Ceramic valves for repair

The TWA ceramic rotary valves are designed from the outset to be reconditioned to “as new” with changeable wear parts. These valves are installed under electrostatic precipitators handling fly ash at a coal powered power station run by RWE in Niederaussem, Germany. There are 36 valves and 12 spares, transferring ash from the ESP outlets into a Claudius…

900mm explosion isolation valve

The range of explosion isolation valves is growing. In conjunction with Fike, the market leader in explosion protection, the MID range of large silo explosion isolation valves has been added to with a 900×900 unit. The 900mm unit, with a smaller, lighter plate than the original 1200mm unit, can close even faster with a reaction time…

Made to fit rotary valves

Using sophisticated fabrication techniques, we can manufacture valves to fit any other manufacturer’s footprint. Rather than just replacing the valve like-for-like, we add wear resistance using hard materials to dramatically increase longevity. In real-life, customer tested applications, swapping to an MID unit increased longevity by a factor of 3 compared to a tungsten carbide lined…

Refurbished rotary valve

Refurbishment This rotary valve feeds a mill handling gypsum. The existing unit was built long ago and was expensive to repair, with the body worn completely through in places. Rather than simply effecting a repair, we upgraded the unit, machining the old body out so it was concentric and fitting wear plate liners that are…

Explosion isolation slide valve receives ATEX certification

Working in an exclusive collaboration with Fike, the market leader in explosion protection, we have designed and built some large 1×1.2m explosion isolation valves that have been tested and certified by Ineris for Atex certification as a protective device to 0.5 bar. The valves are used as part of an explosion detection, suppression and isolation system and the…

Rotary valve with resin rotor

Sometimes things don’t always go to plan so we have to get a little inventive to help customers out. A pharmaceutical company ordered a quick clean rotary valve but the resulting throughput was too high. They didn’t want to slow the valve down as the process would not cope with the “pulsing” effect so instead…