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Vortex specializes in the design and manufacture of components used to transport and control flow of dry bulk solid materials.
Vortex handles a wide range of materials & has over 150 years of combined experience handling dry bulk solids.
Vortex holds memberships to numerous industry organizations and partners with various publications and online partners.
Questions that we frequently receive regarding our slide gates, diverters, loading spouts & other dry bulk handling applications.
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These Vortex Titan Maintenance Gates feature hand wheel actuators with non-rising stems, 304 stainless steel material contact, customer specified paint, and lifting lugs to aid with installation.
The self-sealing discharge effectively closes off the discharge end of the loading spout. The mechanism only opens within the confines of the vehicle to be loaded after the spout seats into the hatch.
In 2003, a customer approached a Vortex representative regarding special application requirements for several Roller Gates. The gates needed to be a custom, rectangular shape.
From transloading to plant expansions, freight cost reductions and more, this white paper discusses how loading spouts can improve manufacturing and loadout efficiencies.
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.
Convey various grain meals out of 3 storage silos. Each silo is equipped with a screw conveyor. At the end of each conveyor run, the grain meals are discharged into a common vacuum transport system.
Since 1994, APCO has consulted Allen/Davis Technology Representatives, an equipment representative for Vortex, to find many other applications for Vortex products within their facility.
A Vortex Quick Clean Orifice Gate met all of the customer’s requirements. The Quick Clean Orifice Gate was specifically designed for applications requiring daily sanitation of equipment.
Application: Divert industrial sand from a bucket elevator into three storage tanks at a railcar unloading/truck loading station.
