Client:
Victory Brewing – Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Quantity:
Size:
Application:
Discharge different types of barley from individual holding bins, through a mechanical conveying system, into a batch hopper.
Features:
- Oversized, double-acting pneumatic air cylinder actuator, for quicker actuation.
- Equipped with a Variable Position Open (VPO) Assembly. The client specified these gates actuate from full close, to 50% (on the opening stroke only), to full open. The VPO Assembly is equipped with a threaded rod along the pneumatic air cylinder, which can be manually adjusted at any time to limit the opening stroke to a different specification. The purpose of a VPO Assembly is to prevent flooding the conveyor below.
- Positive material shut-off.
- Dust-tight sealing capabilities.
- On the sides of the gate, a milled access slot allows for bonnet seal replacement while the valve remains in-line. As new bonnet seals are driven into the slot, the worn bonnet seals are simultaneously ejected out the other side of the gate.
Challenge: In the past, the client used gates with unregulated openings and slow closure. Because of this lack of control, barley tended to flood the system and create issues with beer recipes.
