Rotary Airlock Valve
At Perfectplus Engineering India Pvt. Ltd, we understand the critical role that precise and reliable equipment plays in industrial operations. One such essential device in the material handling and pneumatic conveying industry is the Rotary Air Lock Valve. Designed to maintain a consistent flow of bulk materials while preserving air pressure, this valve is a game-changer for businesses aiming to optimize their process efficiency.
What is a Rotary Air Lock Valve?
A Rotary Air Lock Valve is a mechanical device used to regulate the flow of bulk materials such as powders, granules, and pellets from one chamber to another, typically from a hopper or silo into a pneumatic conveying system. Its primary function is to allow materials to pass through while preventing air or gas leakage between two parts of a system operating at different pressures.
Why Choose Rotary Air Lock Valves from Perfectplus Engineering?
Perfectplus Engineering India Pvt. Ltd offers rotary air lock valves manufactured with precision engineering and high-quality materials. Our valves are designed to handle a wide range of materials across diverse industries, including pharmaceuticals, food processing, chemical, cement, and plastics.
- Robust Construction: Made from durable stainless steel or carbon steel, our valves ensure longevity and resistance against wear and tear.
- Efficient Sealing: Our valves are engineered to provide excellent air-tight sealing to minimize air leakage, improving the overall efficiency of pneumatic systems.
- Customizable Options: We understand that every industry and process has unique requirements. Hence, our rotary air lock valves come in various sizes and configurations tailored to your specific needs.
- Smooth Operation: Featuring precision-machined rotors, our valves enable smooth material flow, reducing clogging and downtime.
Applications and Benefits
Rotary Air Lock Valves are widely used in various industries to manage bulk material flow efficiently. They help in maintaining system pressure, reducing contamination, and improving productivity by ensuring a controlled discharge of materials.
By integrating Perfectplus Engineering’s rotary air lock valves into your system, you can expect enhanced operational reliability, minimal maintenance, and improved energy efficiency.
Key Features :
- Maximum number of blades in contact with body at one time without affecting throughput.
- Good throat opening at valve entry allowing high pocket filling efficiency.
- Minimum clearance at rotor tips and sides with body.
- Robust body adequately stiffened to prevent distortion.
- Heavy shaft diameters minimising deflection.
- Outboard bearings for non-contamination.
- Packing gland type seals.
- Maximising valve speed to 25 rpm -prolonging life, ensuring good throughput.
- Precision machining of components.
- The prime function of a Rotary Valve is to regulate the flow of dust, powder and granular products from one chamber to another whilst maintaining a good airlock.
- In the dust filtration field a good airlock is essential on cyclone and bag filter applications in order that the manufacturers quoted high dust collection efficiencies can be maintained. Airlocks are also important in the pneumatic conveying industry, where product is regulated into a pressure or vacuum conveying line while minimising air leakage.
- With Rotolok there are no double standards, all our standard valves are precision machined for close tolerances and minimal eccentricities.
- Pressure differentials to 20psi and temperatures to 400°C (752°F) are considered the norm and extreme pressures and temperatures can be accommodated with special designs. If your application requires such considerations contact the Rotolok Engineering team.
- Rotolok Rotary Valves and Airlocks have ATEX Covered
- Following successful completion of the rigorous testing process Rotolok can offer a complete range of Rotary Valves certified as suitable for use as an explosion barrier to a maximum of 10bar and for explosion isolation for St1 and St2 dusts.
- Due to careful design of the internal components the overall dimensions are very similar to our standard range of valves and we can offer a selection of optional features such as purged shaft seals, scalloped rotor pockets and staggered rotor pockets without the throughput being greatly reduced or the barrier efficiency being affected.
Specifications :
Bodies
Cast Iron, Stainless Steel or Aluminium precision bored.
End Covers
Cast Iron, Stainless Steel or Aluminium spigot located inbody for concentricity.
Rotor
Fabricated Mild or Stainless Steel.
Bearings
Sealed-for-life ball type rigged outboard.
Shaft Seal
Gland type with PTFE packing.
Drive
TEFC geared motor unit side wall mounted to valve body and complete with taper lock sprockets and chain drive all in an enclosed guard.
Options :
- Quick Release Rotors
- Direct Coupled Drives
- Air Purge Glands
- Body Vents
- Vent Boxes
- Dropout Boxes
- V.S. Drives
- Speed Switches
- Flameproof Motors
- Shear Plate Deflectors
- Electroless Nickel Plating
- Hard Chrome Internals etc
Variation :
1. Square Inlet
2. Circular Inlet