Press buck valves

The buck valve admits steam to the padded lower bed of a garment press, and on a manual press it is opened by the buck pedal. It takes the most cycles of any valve on the machine, so it is the one that wears first: the buck steams with the pedal up, or the pedal goes down and nothing comes. United Brass Works of North Carolina makes the replacements, and Universe Corp holds the common patterns in Wynberg, Johannesburg.

Short and long

Five models cover the presses in service here. The V125 and V125F are short valves for Hoffman V-series and Forenta presses. The V131 is the long valve for the Hoffman F series. The X180 and X185 are the short and long valves for Hoffman R and X presses, and the X185 also fits American, Goldman, Martin and New Yorker machines. The pattern is set by the press, and the selection chart gives it by model.

Gaskets and pedals

Every buck valve installs on a V128T PTFE gasket, sold separately, so order it with the valve. If the pedal, rod, clevis or spring behind the valve is what has worn, those are on the Hoffman press parts page. The head valves for the top plate are a separate page.

Ordering

Give us the press make and model, or a photograph of the plate and of the valve in place. The material list on each spec sheet under Documents numbers every stem, spring, disc and packing, so a single part can be quoted on its own.