The Vortex “Keeper” Maintenance Gate valve provides a positive material and air seal to atmosphere when installed in a closed system. This makes it an excellent choice for handling products such as fine powders in dilute phase (up to 1 bar) pneumatic conveying systems. The narrow profile makes it easily adaptable to existing installations. Overall, it is an economical and reliable means to shut off material flow for system maintenance. The Vortex Maintenance Gate is designed for low cycle applications.
“Keeper” Maintenance Gate is a Salina Vortex trademarked product. Industries utilize different equipment terminologies. This type of valve may be used independently or incorporated with other dry material handling equipment within a material handling system
This type of valve may also be known to those within the dry material handling industry as: bulk solid handling valve, control valve, dry material handling valve, dry material valve, gate valve, knife gate, knife gate valve, low profile slide gate, maintenance slide gate, material handling valve, roller gate, salina maintenance gate, salina valve, slide gate, slide valve, vortex, vortex valve.
