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Vortex specializes in the design and manufacture of components used to transport and control flow of dry bulk solid materials.
Vortex handles a wide range of materials & has over 150 years of combined experience handling dry bulk solids.
Vortex holds memberships to numerous industry organizations and partners with various publications and online partners.
Questions that we frequently receive regarding our slide gates, diverters, loading spouts & other dry bulk handling applications.
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Before contacting Vortex, this client had used alternative iris valves from two other industrial equipment manufacturers and had not been comfortable with either company’s pricing or valve mechanics.
In 2015, Hareza Technical Sales, Inc. – a manufacturers’ representative for Vortex – was contacted by an engineering firm to discuss an upcoming process need they had.
This Vortex Pivoting Chute Diverter features “wetted parts” (parts that material comes in direct contact with) made of abrasion-resistant steel (400 BHN) to address wear from the material handled.
This Vortex gate replaced a less robust gate. The Vortex gate offers added features and improved life-cycle costs.
These Vortex Titan Maintenance Gates feature hand wheel actuators with non-rising stems, 304 stainless steel material contact, customer specified paint, and lifting lugs to aid with installation.
The self-sealing discharge effectively closes off the discharge end of the loading spout. The mechanism only opens within the confines of the vehicle to be loaded after the spout seats into the hatch.
In 2003, a customer approached a Vortex representative regarding special application requirements for several Roller Gates. The gates needed to be a custom, rectangular shape.
From transloading to plant expansions, freight cost reductions and more, this white paper discusses how loading spouts can improve manufacturing and loadout efficiencies.
Vortex’s retractable loading spouts are used for loading dry bulk solid materials into vessels such as semi-tankers, open trucks, railcars, barges and ship holds, as well as open stockpiling.