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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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In this application, Two Vortex Rounded Blade Gate (RBG) are modified as a two-way diverter to handle cement by a cement manufacturer in the United States.
These Vortex Aero-Slide Conveyors replaced screw conveyors used to transport powdered sugar from a filter receiver to an icing mixer. The end product is cake frosting.
Victory Brewing in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, USA uses Vortex Roller Gates to control the flow of barley from holding bins into a batch hopper.
BASF in Redditch, UK specializes in the production of flooring systems including concrete repair, structural waterproofing, traffic repair, car park decks, roofing waterproofing and structural grouts.
This company has provided high quality flour to nationally known bakers for more than a century. They first became aware of Vortex in spring 1992.
This Titan Pressure Valve is being used in a blending process.
A Vortex Loading Spout works in tandem with a Vortex Dual-Axis Spout Positioning System.
Application: Introduce hot, spent foundry sand into a cooler.
The Vortex Fill Pass Diverter is used to handle coffee beans. Engineers discovered that the diverter caused minimal damage to the roasted coffee beans; much less than a flapper-style diverter.
This Vortex Loading Spout is being used for stockpiling by a dry feed processor in the United States.
A Vortex Flex Tube Diverter eliminates material cross-contamination, and a Vortex Roller Gate shuts off and seals material at the bottom of dry blenders and mixers.
Containers filled with brownie and cake mixes are dumped into stationary hoppers. The hoppers feed packaging equipment.
The primary goals of this client's plant expansion was to add capacity and reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
This Vortex Loading Spout significantly improved indoor air quality as part of an open truck loading process.
This Vortex Gravity Vee Diverter was customized to meet the client's specific application requirements.
This Vortex Loading Spout works in tandem with a Vortex Spout Positioning System and an Aerial Camera System for exact positioning into a truck's loading hatch.
Application: Divert industrial sand from a bucket elevator into three storage tanks at a railcar unloading/truck loading station.
This client liked the cleanliness of the Flex Tube Diverter and the elimination of possible material cross-contamination.
The Vortex Gravity Vee Diverter replaces an existing bucket-style diverter. The material handled cakes & builds up when wet, the bucket diverter was constantly binding up & was difficult to clean.
Divert sticky material from one source to two destinations with the ability to inspect, clean, and maintain valve without removing it from service.
The tube-in-tube design was selected because it provides better flow when handling materials of varying shapes and sizes.
