An international textiles technology company approached MID to help with the bespoke design of a diverter valve with 450mm inlet/outlet, that could withstand an explosion pressure of 10 bar. Traditional diverter valve designs would not cope with this sudden increase in pressure – at best the panels used to construct the valve would just buckle and at worst they could become detached from the valve creating a significant safety risk to those close by………. MID…
A global filtration manufacturer approached MID to ask for assistance with a project involving the handling of domestic waste at a recycling facility in Wandsworth, London. As with most waste streams, problems in handling the material stem from the variance in material types, shapes and overall size and finding an ‘off the shelf’ valve that can reliably handle such a diverse range of materials is a difficult task……… Datasheet One of the largest and most…
Datasheet We’ve just finished some 1600mm diameter butterfly valves for Cemex. They’re custom designed and machined to a close tolerance finish to isolate ductwork in the main Cemex cement plant at Rugby. The valves have stainless braced vanes and fabricated steel bodies with our simple yet very effective sealing sytem on both vane and shafts. The ultra-reliable Kinetrol pneumatic actuator powers the valve and it’s fitted with a 4-20mA positioner to control the vane position.…
We’ve just completed a slide valve, 2.25m long by 0.75m wide. As it’s so long and thin, we split the plate into 3 sections all operated independently. The valve is used as an isolation valve over a conveyor. The 3 stainless steel plates are pushed home by a chainwheel and 2 start, custom designed thread with brass nut. We’ve carefully designed the mechanism so that it’s in tension both ways, increasing wear life and reducing the…
We’ve recently completed a TWA Extreme Duty rotary valve with a 600mm diameter rotor. The client wanted a smooth discharge so we designed a staggered rotor that doubles the rate at which the product “pulses” from the rotor, smoothing the flow for the required downstream process. The rotor has a carbon steel construction with 400 Brinell wear plate replaceable end rings and tips. The first photo above shows the rings and half the tips fitted on the…
We’ve recently completed some custom made ATEX zone 22 hydraulic FSV slide valves. They’re designed to be installed in pairs, nose to nose to form one large 2.5 x 0.5m slide valve. Each valve has its own 230 bar, 100mm bore hydraulic cylinder to provide a huge thrust so the sharpened stainless steel blade can push through a solid column of sugar. Sealed, low friction flanged rollers help the slide plate glide forwards. A double, self-adjusting…