Orifice Gate Handling Carbon Black

The client sourced a Vortex Orifice Gate for use on a carbon black extrusion line. In order to create plastic pellet, the client fills a bag dump station with carbon black.

Seal Tite Diverters Handling LCD Screen Materials

The client was completing an overseas project for manufacturing LCD television and calculator screens.

Part 1: Vortex Titan Lined Diverters (TLDs) Handling Industrial Sand

Vortex Titan Lined Diverters are being used to divert sand materials toward various production processes.

Vortex Corporate Video 2019

Founded in 1977, Vortex Global specializes in the design and manufacture of components used for the transportation and flow control of dry bulk solid materials.

Part 2: Vortex Titan Slide Gates (TSGs) Handling Industrial Sand

In this application, Vortex Titan Slide Gates (TSGs) are being used to control flow through a loading spout. Various grades of industrial sand are being discharged into enclosed trucks below.

Part 3: Vortex Loading Spouts Handling Industrial Sand

In this application, five Vortex Loading Spouts, complete with in-line Vortex Filtration Systems are being used to load various grades of industrial sand into enclosed trucks below.

Vortex Multi-Port Diverter Assists with Pasta Production

In this client's process, a manual hose switching station was used to pneumatically convey and diverter flour from a main supply line into eight silos.

Vortex Gravity Vee Diverter Handling Baking Flour

Previously, the client used a flapper diverter for this application. This was problematic because, depending on the position of the blade, material was constantly flowing through one of the outlets.

Vortex Titan Series Maintenance Gate

The Vortex Titan Series Maintenance Gate is designed for use in gravity flow applications handling heavy duty and/or abrasive dry materials. The gate is designed to handle heavy duty materials.

Vortex Seal Tite Diverter Handling Bird Seed

A bird seed processor uses flap diverters to divert millet, milo and sunflower seeds into separate storage bins. The processor had partnered with a new major client who required a cleaner end product.

Vortex Flex Tube Diverter Handling Book Trimmings

In the client's previous process, a direct line transferred thin paper strips toward a bailer. The book spine pieces were heavier and were removed from the trimmer by hand.

Vortex Roller Gates Assist in the Production of Horse Feed

In spring 2018, Vortex and Rate Technology, Inc., a Vortex equipment sales representative, consulted with a horse feed producer to assist with a process need.

Vortex Roller Gate Assists in the Brewing Process

This Vortex Roller Gate is used to discharge barley out of individual holding bins and into a mechanical conveying system. The barley is conveyed into a batch hopper.

Vortex Titan Slide Gate Handling Coal

This Vortex Titan Slide Gate was designed with abrasion-resistant material contact areas, a hydraulic actuator, a return pan to contain moisture from the bituminous coal.

February 14, 2019

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Vortex Loading Spout Handling Corn

When expanding their operation to include a railcar loadout station, this client’s primary concerns were loading efficiency and dust management, in order to address safety best practices.

Vortex HDPV2 Gate Handling Calcium Carbide

This application uses a Vortex HDPV2 Gate to discharge batches of dry calcium carbide from one pressurized holding vessel into another.

Vortex Multi-Port Diverter & Wye Line Diverters Assist with Donut Production

In this application, flour pre-mixes are pneumatically conveyed out of containerized trucks and are transferred toward eight packing lines.

Vortex Loading Spout Handling Cement Powder

Ash Grove Cement in Chanute, Kansas, USA was able to reduce loading time by equipping their Vortex Loading Spout with a Dual-Axis Spout Positioner.

Part 4: Vortex Titan Maintenance Gates Handling Industrial Sand

In this application, five Vortex Titan Maintenance Gates are installed between each holding bin and its corresponding Vortex Loading Spout.

Wye Line Diverter vs. Flex Tube Diverter: What’s the Difference?

The Wye Line Diverter and the Flex Tube Diverter are among Vortex’s most popular diverter valves for pneumatic conveying applications.