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Quick Clean Rotary Valve

Datasheet  MID’s quick clean option can be added to any rotary valve with a removable end cover. Used where cross-contamination of different products or rapid dismantling for cleaning is needed, the MID quick clean option is beautifully engineered. We use chromed polished rods with linear recirculating ball bearings so the rotor simply glides out of the body while being held securely by the non-drive end cover. Quick clean valves that use bushes are prone to…

MID and ISO 9001

MID’s 50 year old quality control system has received 3rd party approval to ISO 9001. The certification was very straight forward- our existing procedures needed only minor modifications to meet the requirements and the assessors were surprised at how the company “seemed to be doing just the right thing for years”. Quality has always been at the heart of the company. We don’t see it as a burden or a paper generating excercise- we’re proud…

ATEX Explosion Testing

Datasheet  Explosion testing of our range of Rotary Valves is complete and our standard valves are certified as APD devices. An APD is a valve that can contain an explosion- if a part of your process has an unfortunate explosion, then our rotary valves are certified by a third party, Basseefa, to contain that explosion pressure to 10.5 bar and not transmit a flame. The testing was done by bolting the test units to a chamber with…

TWA Goes Global with Claudius Peters

MID are delighted to announce that Claudius Peters have incorporated the TWA Extreme Duty Rotary Valve into their line of products. The valve fits in extremely well with their own range of components used in the cement, gypsum, ash and alumina industries, all of which require equipment that is wear resistant. After initial trials with RWE (a multinational power generation company), Claudius Peters and MID signed a distribution agreement to supply the TWA valve worldwide. Since then, MID have…