star valve
star valve
[′stär ‚valv] (food engineering)
In a machine for preparing puffed foods, a thick wheel with vanes that rotates in a tight-fitting cylindrical casing and transfers the product from a higher pressure to a lower pressure, or vice versa. Also known as rotary lock.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.