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THE ORIFICE SLIDE GATE VALVE: WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT FROM OTHER FLOW CONTROL VALVES SUCH AS BUTTERFLY VALVES AND BULL NOSE KNIFE GATES?
Bulk material slide gates and diverters typically rely on compressed air as a power source to open and close the blade of a slide gate or diverter valve.
hopper [hop-er] – a funnel-shaped chamber or bin in which loose material, as grain or coal, is stored temporarily, being filled through the top and dispensed through the bottom.
Butterfly valves are not designed to handle dry bulk solids. They were designed for gas and liquid applications. The abrasiveness of dry bulk solids erodes away on butterfly valves.
In the dry bulk material handling world of gates and diverters, transitions are common components that are used to connect one flange on a valve to another flange on the next piece of equipment.
Question: “What is the main difference between the Clear Action Gate and the Orifice Gate valves? I’m not sure which one I need?”
A slide gate deflector cone, referred to by Vortex as a Special Service Inlet (SSI), is an inexpensive deflector cone used in gravity flow applications.
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.
Slide gates and diverter valves that use pneumatic actuators (air cylinders) must be equipped with a properly matched pneumatic solenoid valve.
When designing a system or replacing a valve component, the question that commonly arises is “What’s the difference between a tube and a pipe?”
There’s lots of words to describe a long cylinder to load material from one place to another location via gravity. But what is the difference between a loading sock and a loading spout?
A loading spout attached to the bottom of a silo or hopper, or located at the end of an air conveying system, is used for distributing dry bulk materials.
Selecting a diverter valve for your pneumatic conveying system can be a tough job, especially when it comes to considering how many diverter valves are on the market.
Many Vortex customers come from industries where conveying abrasive material is a recurring challenge.
One fundamental difference when comparing the Vortex Orifice Gate to other valves, such as a butterfly valve or a bull nose knife gate, is the Orifice Gate is designed to handle dry bulk materials.
We are conveying foundry sand and our diverter valves wear out too frequently. What qualities should we look for when replacing these valves?
When it comes to selecting the right valve for your dry process application, there are many slide gates and diverter valves to choose from.
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