Diverter Valves, Slide Gates & Rotary Airlocks

Coffee Manufacturer Using Vortex® Roller Gates and Diverters

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Coffee Manufacturer using multiple roller gates and wye line diverters throughout the plant. 2-Way Straight Line Diverters being used to divert Green Coffee Beans into the holding tanks. Roller gates controlling the flow of green coffee beans into the roasters. 2-Way Wye and 2-Way Straight Leg Diverters being used to divert roasted whole beans and grounds to packaging lines.

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5-Way Wye Line Diverter Handling Chlorinated Polyvinyl Chloride

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This five-way Vortex Wye Line Diverter is being used by a vinyl extruder to handle CPVC. Material flows from one source to five destinations. CPVC (Chlorinated Polyvinyl Chloride) is a thermoplastic produced from chlorination of polyvinyl chloride resin. With their old system, this client had to manually switch lines. The new automated process saves a significant amount of time in their process.

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PVC Powder Problems Solved With Ceramic Backed Diverter

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Vortex Global provides several abrasion resistance options for the Vortex® Wye Line Diverter™ as well as many other equipment models. For additional insights into abrasion resistance you can read more here.
In this application, Ceramic Backing was chosen as the preferred choice for providing the longest service life possible for these Wye Line Diverters. Ceramic wrappings play a crucial role in pneumatic conveying applications, providing protection to the Wye Line Diverters against wear and abrasion typical in dilute phase material conveyance.

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Wye Line Diverter Handling Sheet Metal Shavings in Vacuum System

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In this application, Vortex Wye Line Diverters are included on a piece of equipment that acts as a multi-tool machine used for building airplane parts. As holes are drilled to fasten sheet metal, the diverter is used as part of a vacuum system to pull away shavings. The shavings are routed through the straight leg to reduce wear and the off leg pulls to clean air. The straight leg is opposite the air cylinder to fit better in the client’s process.

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Orifice Gate with Flanged Spool Adapter Handling Plastic Pellets

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This 12” Quantum Orifice Gate is equipped with custom flanged spool adapters that set the valve at a 15° angle. The access door was fabricated into the spool piece to allow for washout of the system after the lot is complete. The door also serves as maintenance/inspection hatch. A proximity switch senses if the door is open or closed.

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Explosion Proof Bag Dump Station for Calcium Stearate

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NBE provided a bag break station with rotary airlock and remote dust collector. The rotary airlock discharged into an existing hopper that fed a pneumatic conveying system. The equipment was designed to meet a Class I Div II and CIass II Div I area classification. To assist and promote product discharge, all material contact parts are electropolished, the hopper included 77 degree sloping walls and a dust collector to pulse clean the filters and discharge all material out of the Bag Break Station. Customer had height constraints and a section of the bag break station hopper went through a mezzanine to keep the grate height at operator level.

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