ALC - Aerodyne

Material handling valves come in all shapes, sizes, varieties, and there are hundreds of available options for each style. From rotary valves and knife gate valves to double dump valves and trickle valves the choices are nearly endless. With such a vast selection available, choosing the right material handling valve for a given application can be a difficult task and choosing the wrong valve can be costly. While there may be more than one possible solution to a material handling need, there is often a best solution to be found if the proper considerations are given. Here are the top 5 questions any plant manager or plant engineer should ask when choosing a material handling valve.

An engineering company is working with a peanut supplier on how to control the pneumatic peanut shell waste. The peanut company is currently using six cyclones in various sizes to dispose of the waste. The company, however, by not having any airlock valves under the cyclone, are carrying through some dust into a clean outlet. The company, looking to fix this problem, turned to Aerodyne.

A company that manufactures specialty chemicals for the automotive industry needs a way to control the flow of the carbon black dust to its dust collector and box which has a bag collecting dust. The company in the past have used and saw firsthand the effectiveness of Aerodyne’s dust collection products and decided to go back to Aerodyne to solve this problem.