Vortex® holds the esteemed position as the global leader in valves designed for handling dry bulk solids. Situated on a sprawling 15-acre campus in Salina, KS, their cutting-edge manufacturing facility and office complex span over 150,000 square feet. Leveraging their current infrastructure, they have implemented lean manufacturing techniques supported by advanced fabrication equipment and laser cutting technology.
The Vortex® Iris Valve opens from and closes toward the center of its opening to create a gradual flow or restriction of materials. This design ensures an even discharge of materials and allows manual control over flow rates. The Iris Valve’s fabric sleeve and gradual closing action protect delicate and friable materials from degradation.
The Vortex® Pivoting Chute Diverter™ offers in-line maintenance features, durable materials of construction, reduced downtime, prolonged service life and many other significant advantages over flap diverters and bucket diverters.
A robust roller-supported slide gate featuring bonnet seals and side seals to provide a better seal of fine materials and dusts across the blade and to atmosphere. Ideal application: Ideal for handling heavy-duty aggregates and abrasive materials in installations above or below gravity-fed hoppers/silos, mixers, and augers/screw conveyors.
Our knowledge and experience with handling abrasive materials like salt came from an extended and close working relationship with the salt industry. We identified slide gates and diverter valves' key wear points, reinforced those areas with abrasion resistant materials, and added features to reduce the time it takes to perform maintenance on our components.
Whether you are a plastics compounder (blending polymers, fillers, plasticizers and colorants), a plastics company that utilizes a compounder’s product to manufacture plastic products (e.g. plastic bags, bottles, compact discs, outdoor furniture, packaging, pipe, vinyl siding), or a plastic recycler, somewhere in your system a Vortex product may be needed.
Our knowledge and experience with handling abrasive materials like cement came from an extended and close working relationship with the minerals industry. We identified slide gates and diverter valves’ key wear points, reinforced those areas with abrasion resistant materials, and added features to reduce the time it takes to perform maintenance on our components.
Commands equipment to fail-closed in the instance of electrical loss. Single-coil solenoid valves are often used on slide gates in order to close down the system. This forbids materials from moving any further in the manufacturing process until power is restored.
A Special Service Inlet acts as a funnel to direct material flow through the center of a gate’s opening. It is designed to create a slight void between the blade, seals and the material flow stream. This creates a “dead pocket” that allows residual materials remaining at the leading edge of the blade to fall away into the process line below, prior to the blade entering its end seal.
Several Vortex diverters feature a removable access panel. For quick and easy interior access without tools, the removable access panel can be secured with spin knobs.Compatible Vortex products: Seal Tite Diverter, Flex Tube Diverter, Aggregate Diverter, Titan Lined Diverter, Pivoting Chute Diverter
