Solenoid valves and control components
Solenoid valves are electrically operated valves controlling the flow of water, steam, air and drainage in dry cleaning, pressing and laundry equipment. Unicorp stocks Italian-made CEME valves in Johannesburg.
CEME of Italy is one of Europe's most respected manufacturers of solenoid valves and fluid control components, and Unicorp holds the range in Johannesburg for the dry cleaning, pressing and laundry equipment in service across South Africa.
Why they matter more than they look
A solenoid valve is a small, inexpensive component that stops an expensive machine completely. The symptom is almost never "the valve has failed". It is a press that will not fire, a boiler that will not fill, a cycle that stalls halfway, or a drain that will not clear. Diagnosing back to the valve is the part that takes time, and holding the common sizes locally is what turns a week's downtime into an afternoon's.
Compatibility
CEME and OLAB valves are common across BÖWE, VEIT, Reverberi, Silter, Forenta and Unipress equipment, which means one stocked range covers most of a mixed floor. See multi-brand spare parts.
Ratings
Steam, water and air are not interchangeable duties, and neither are the pressures and temperatures each circuit runs at. Give us the machine and the circuit rather than the physical size.
What we hold
- Steam valves
- For the steam circuits in presses, finishers and boilers, rated for the temperatures those actually run at.
- Water and air valves
- Fill, drain and pneumatic control across dry cleaning and laundry equipment.
- Valves with regulators
- Where flow has to be controlled rather than only opened and shut.
- Drain safety valves
- Lever-operated conveyed drain valves for dry cleaning equipment.
Answers before you enquire
- How do I know it is the valve?
- A solenoid that has failed usually still clicks. Test for flow rather than for the click, and check the coil against its rating. If in doubt, tell us the symptom and the machine and we will narrow it down.
- Do you stock valves for machines you did not supply?
- Yes. CEME and OLAB valves are common across BÖWE, VEIT, Reverberi, Silter, Forenta and others, and we hold the sizes those machines use.
Tell us the machine and the symptom
Valve failures rarely announce themselves. Describe what the machine is doing and we will work back to the part.

















