Fully integrated rotary valve with motor, and embedded electronics controler in one compact volume.
Designed for OEM systems where space is limited but performance cannot be compromised.
A new approach to fluid routing, enabling simpler architectures, cleaner integration, and higher system efficiency.
In modern OEM instruments, fluidic performance is often limited not by chemistry or mechanics, but by how components are integrated. As systems become smaller and more complex, integration challenges quickly impact footprint, reliability, and development time.
A more integrated approach to fluid routing enables simpler architectures, faster development, and more reliable systems.
The RVM mini is engineered for space-constrained systems requiring high integration density without compromising fluidic performance. With a minimum volume of only 32 cm³ and a weight starting at 77 g, it enables efficient integration into compact instruments, portable devices, and automated fluidic platforms. Available in configurations from 2 to 12 ports, the valve supports flexible routing for multi-channel and automated fluid handling applications.
The valve head combines PCTFE and PTFE for broad chemical compatibility, with additional materials such as PEEK, UHMW-PE or full PTFE available for specific requirements. It integrates a new-generation electric motor and supports multiple communication interfaces, ensuring seamless integration into OEM systems. Designed as a robust microfluidic component, it can be easily integrated with tubing, pumps, sensors, and OEM control environments while remaining adaptable to industrial manufacturing constraints.
Key specifications and integration features:
Motor, control electronics, and fluidic routing integrated into a single OEM component.
Traditional fluidic systems often rely on distributed architectures with separate motors, driver boards, connectors, and wiring harnesses. As systems become more compact and multi-channel, this approach increases integration complexity, footprint, and potential failure points.
The RVM mini addresses these challenges by embedding motion control and communication electronics directly into the rotary valve. Multiple communication interfaces, including USB-C, RS232, RS485, TTL, analog I/O, and I2C with power, are integrated into a single compact component, enabling simplified electrical and mechanical integration into OEM systems.
This architecture reduces external components while improving robustness, scalability, and ease of integration in automated microfluidic instruments.
Key integration benefits
Solenoid valves are highly effective for simple fluidic tasks such as washing, purging, or waste management.
As systems become more compact and fluid routing becomes more complex, microfluidic requirements introduce new challenges, including dead volume, tubing complexity, carryover risk, and distributed control architectures.
The RVM mini addresses these limitations through compact rotary routing, embedded control electronics, and optimized internal fluidic geometries designed for advanced microfluidic systems.
The RVM mini leverages the same fluidic architecture as the RVM Industrial Microfluidic Rotary Valve series, already validated across a wide range of microfluidic applications and industrial systems.
Its rotary valve design enables precise routing of fluids through multiple ports while maintaining optimized internal geometries for advanced liquid handling applications.
The RVM mini rotary valve leverages the same fluidic design as the RVM Industrial Microfluidic Rotary Valve series, already validated across a wide range of microfluidic applications and industrial systems. Its rotary valve architecture ensures precise control of fluid flow through multiple ports, with leak-tight rotary valve architecture, no dead volume and low carryover.
The optimized rotor-stator interface and reduced channel dimensions enable accurate and repeatable fluid routing in complex microfluidic systems, including chemical analysis, lab automation and microfluidic chip integration. This ensures high performance in liquid handling, even for small sample volumes or sensitive reagents.
Key fluidic benefits:
The RVM mini enables direct integration onto compact microfluidic manifolds, opening new possibilities for multi-stage and multi-layer fluidic architectures.
By integrating fluid routing directly inside the system structure, multiple fluidic paths can be managed within a reduced footprint while minimizing external tubing and connection complexity.
This approach simplifies system integration, improves routing efficiency, and enables scalable fluidic architectures for advanced automated instruments.
The combination of compact rotary routing and manifold integration is particularly suited for applications requiring parallelized operations, multiplexing, random access workflows, and optimized handling of sensitive samples.
This manifold integration approach is currently patent pending.
To learn more about how the RVM mini enables compact multi-stage manifold architectures, discover our Microfluidic Manifold solutions.
The RVM mini is designed to deliver full rotary valve functionality in an ultra-compact, fully integrated format.
Detailed specifications will be released at launch, but the key characteristics are outlined below.
Key features:
Applications:
Ideal for a wide range of applications, including:
Valve heads are interchangeable. Other models available upon request.
The above specifications are typical for our components and may vary due to multiple parameters / factors (e.g. fluid type, usage conditions…). Specifications are subject to change.
Compact microfluidic on/off rotary valve designed for precise fluid isolation in automated OEM systems. The RVM mini delivers the functionality of a traditional 2/2 valve while reducing dead volume, minimizing carryover, and simplifying integration through embedded control electronics and compact fluidic routing.
Compact microfluidic switch rotary valve designed for injection and fluid path switching in automated OEM systems. The RVM mini enables accurate sample transfer while minimizing dead volume, reducing carryover, and simplifying integration through embedded control electronics and compact routing architecture.
Compact microfluidic distribution rotary valve designed for reagent and sample selection in automated OEM systems. The RVM mini enables flexible multi-channel routing while minimizing dead volume, reducing tubing complexity, and simplifying integration through embedded control electronics and compact architecture.
High-density microfluidic distribution rotary valve designed for multiplexing and fluid selection in advanced OEM systems. The RVM mini enables scalable multi-channel routing while minimizing dead volume, reducing tubing complexity, and simplifying integration through embedded control electronics and compact architecture.
The rotary valve integrates the motor, drive electronics, and PCB directly into a single compact body. There is no external controller, no additional wiring harness, and no separate mounting for electronics. This reduces system complexity, shortens integration time, and limits potential failure points. For OEM developers, this means a cleaner architecture, easier validation, and faster transition from prototype to series production. Everything required to operate the valve is already embedded, enabling direct integration into space-constrained instruments without compromising control or performance.
Designed to fit where standard rotary valves cannot, this valve dramatically reduces the occupied volume inside an instrument. Its compact footprint frees up space for additional functions, shorter fluid paths, or smaller enclosures. By minimizing the space required for both the valve and its control hardware, OEMs can simplify mechanical design, reduce routing constraints, and design more compact systems. This is especially valuable in benchtop, portable, or multi-module instruments where every cubic centimeter matters.
The internal flow paths and rotary positioning are optimized for precise, repeatable fluid routing. Tight mechanical tolerances and controlled motion ensure accurate switching between channels while minimizing internal volume and carryover. This design supports reliable handling of sensitive reagents, biological samples, and low-volume fluids. By combining precision mechanics with integrated control, the valve delivers consistent performance across repeated cycles, which is critical for automated workflows and demanding analytical or diagnostic applications.
This rotary valve is built from the ground up for OEM integration and series production. It is designed to fit seamlessly into custom instruments, with flexibility for mechanical, fluidic, and electrical adaptation. Materials, interfaces, and configurations can be tailored to specific application needs, whether for diagnostics, lab automation, or industrial systems. OEM teams benefit from a component that is not only compact and precise, but also designed to scale reliably from early development to long-term production.
This miniature rotary valve is designed for advanced microfluidic systems where precision, integration, and industrial scalability matter.
By combining compact size with fully integrated control, it enables new instrument architectures while remaining compatible with OEM development and series production.
Tell us more about your application, fluidic architecture, or OEM integration requirements. Our engineering team can help you evaluate configurations, routing strategies, manifold integration possibilities, and fluidic compatibility for your system.
A microfluidic rotary valve is a compact flow control component that uses a rotating mechanism to direct liquids between multiple microchannels. It enables precise, programmable switching for complex fluid handling tasks.
AMF valves are specifically designed for microfluidic use, with ultra-low internal volume, no dead volume, and OEM-ready integration. They’re built for automation, precision, and reliability in demanding environments.
The RVM mini is designed to be the smallest fully integrated OEM rotary valve, with the motor, electronics, and PCB embedded directly into the valve body. Exact dimensions will be disclosed at product launch.
Low dead volume means minimal liquid remains trapped inside the valve. This reduces sample loss and cross-contamination, essential for sensitive assays and high-value reagents.
Yes. Our valves are designed for seamless integration with automation systems, allowing real-time control of fluid flow in research instruments, diagnostic devices, or industrial platforms.
Multiplexing is the ability to handle multiple fluid channels or samples in parallel. AMF’s rotary valves support multiplexing by enabling fast, clean switching between several fluidic pathways within a single device.
Absolutely. Our valves are designed to connect with standard tubing, chips, and pumps. We also offer custom fittings and configurations to ensure compatibility with your specific system.
They’re used in diagnostics, cell culture, nanoparticle synthesis, continuous flow chemistry, environmental testing, and more, anywhere precise, programmable fluid control is required.
Yes. We specialize in OEM solutions and can adapt valve geometry, materials, and integration to fit your system architecture and application needs.
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