Specification
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Brand
United Brass Works
Model
R121
Stock
JHB
Press head valves
Steam head valves for garment presses, matched to the press by make and model
Rating plate
Brand
United Brass Works
Model
R121
Stock
Johannesburg
Specification
- Product type
- Press head (top) steam valves
- Made in
- Randleman, North Carolina, USA
- Rating
- 125 WSP (working steam pressure, psi) at 350°F maximum, every model
- Gasket
- V120T PTFE gasket, ordered separately. RA111 is the exception: it ships with its own PTFE gaskets and guides.
- Model R121
- Head valve assembly, the base R-series valve
- Model R121A
- Head valve assembly with bushing. Fits American Concord and Revere; Goldman Utility, Legger and Mushroom; Hoffman RCO, RCF, RCS and RE series; Martin U-42; New Yorker N and R; Unipress dry cleaning presses
- Model R121AB
- Head valve assembly with bushing. Fits Butler P18, P40 and P45 series; Hoffman RW and RB series
- Model R121AC
- Head valve assembly with bushing. Fits Hoffman RCO-56 and RCF-56
- Model R121ANY
- Head valve assembly with bushing. Fits New Yorker J and JJ presses and New Yorker air presses
- Model R121B
- Head valve assembly
- Model RA111
- Head valve assembly with gaskets and guides. Fits Ajax presses, head and buck. Kits: RA111K for current models, RA111KS for pre-1969 presses, RA111US adapter bushings for pre-1969 presses (two required)
- Model X121
- Head valve assembly
- Model X121A
- Head valve assembly with bushing. Fits Hoffman XCO-5, 6 and 7 and XCF-5, 6 and 7
- Model X141
- Head valve assembly
- Model X141A
- Head valve assembly. Fits Hoffman VCO and VCF-5, 6 and 7, VCO-56, XW-1, 2, 6 and 12 and XB-10
- Model X141AB
- Head valve assembly
- Model X141B
- Head valve assembly
- Model 7000
- Head valve assembly, pneumatic. Fits Pantex Mushroom HC9, CF-1 and CA-1
- Model 7000C
- Head valve, pneumatic. Fits Forenta 47 MLS, F and VL series 42, 46, 47 and 48, and Forenta air presses
- Model 7000L
- Head valve assembly, pneumatic. Fits Forenta 47 MLE and 47 MLR; Pantex HC9, CF-1 and CA-1
- Model X140A
- Named on the selection chart for Hoffman FCO, FCF, VE, WW, VJ, VB, XCO, XCF and XE series presses; quoted on request
- R121 head valve spec sheet and material listPDF · 118 KB
- R121A head valve spec sheet and material listPDF · 126 KB
- R121AB head valve spec sheet and material listPDF · 126 KB
- R121AC head valve spec sheet and material listPDF · 126 KB
- R121ANY head valve spec sheet and material listPDF · 124 KB
- R121B head valve spec sheet and material listPDF · 307 KB
- RA111 head valve spec sheet, material list and kitsPDF · 121 KB
- X121 head valve spec sheet and material listPDF · 125 KB
- X121A head valve spec sheet and material listPDF · 130 KB
- X141 head valve spec sheet and material listPDF · 116 KB
- X141A head valve spec sheet and material listPDF · 118 KB
- X141AB head valve spec sheet and material listPDF · 118 KB
- X141B head valve spec sheet and material listPDF · 115 KB
- 7000 series head valve spec sheet and material listPDF · 117 KB
The head valve admits steam to the top plate of a garment press. It is worked by the press linkage, so when it wears the symptom is at the head: steam that leaks with the pedal released, or a head that will not steam at all. United Brass Works of Randleman, North Carolina has made these valves since the presses were new, and Universe Corp holds the common ones in Wynberg, Johannesburg.
Three families
The R121 series fits most Hoffman R-series presses and the American, Goldman, Martin, New Yorker and Unipress machines built on the same pattern. The A, AB, AC and ANY variants add a bushing, and which one you need depends on the press model, not on preference. The X121 and X141 series fit the Hoffman X and V presses. The 7000 series is pneumatic, for Forenta and Pantex presses. The RA111 is the Ajax valve, supplied as a kit with its own gaskets and guides, in a current-model version and a pre-1969 version.
Gaskets
A head valve is installed on a V120T PTFE gasket, which is not in the box. Order it with the valve; a valve seated on the old gasket is the usual reason a new head valve still leaks. Buck valves take the V128T, and the buck valves page covers those.
Identifying yours
The selection chart lists the head valve for every Hoffman, Forenta, Unipress, Ajax, American, Butler, Goldman, Martin, New Yorker and Pantex model UBW supports. If the press is not on it, photograph the valve in place and the press plate and send both with the enquiry. Each spec sheet under Documents carries the material list, so a single worn part can be quoted on its own number.
Ask about this model
Price and availability: Press head valves
Tell us what you are running and we will confirm the price, the lead time and whether this is the right model for it.
Questions
Answers before you enquire
- Is the gasket included with the head valve?
- No. Every head valve except the RA111 installs with a V120T PTFE gasket, which is ordered separately. The RA111 comes as a kit with its own gaskets and guides. Tell us the press and we quote the valve and the gasket together.
- Which head valve fits my press?
- Read it off the selection chart on the multi-brand spare parts page, which lists Hoffman, Forenta, Unipress, Ajax, American, Butler, Goldman, Martin, New Yorker and Pantex presses by model. If your press is not on it, send us a photograph of the valve in place and the press plate.
- Is a head valve the same as a solenoid valve?
- No. These are mechanical steam valves operated by the press linkage or, on the 7000 series, by air. The electrically operated solenoid valves for boilers, irons and finishers are on the solenoid valves page.
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