Aerodyne Announces The Vacu-Valve® Armadillo Valve for Dust Collectors Operating Under Negative Pressure
CLEVELAND, Ohio - August 25, 2009 - Aerodyne®, a division of Abanaki Corporation,
announces the addition of the Vacu-Valve ® Armadillo
to its line of material-handling equipment. The Vacu-Valve Armadillo is a closed construction airlock valve that provides
positive seal under hoppers, cyclones and dust collectors. Because this dust-discharge
valve requires no controls, lubrication or power source, it is both energy saving and
maintenance-free - allowing it to operate for about one-sixth the cost of a rotary airlock
valve used for discharged dust or abrasive materials.
The Armadillo's duckbill valve design allows free-flowing continuous discharge,
automatically adjusting to the desired vacuum. See an animated demonstration of how
a duck-bill airlock valve works at www.aerodyneus.com/013.
Aerodyne's Vacu-Valve Armadillo is offered in carbon or stainless steel construction.
Sleeves for this airlock valve are available in neoprene, viton, and white nitrile, making
it suitable for general use, high-temperature or food grade applications. Like its sister
product, Vacu-Valve® Platypus, the Armadillo can be found in such industries as foundries,
mining, cement, pharmaceutical, cereal, plastics, chemical and manufacturing.
The Armadillo airlock valve has a durable enclosure making it useful in controlling
dust in windy outdoor applications or in applications where the valve is not positioned
close to the collection container. The enclosure has an easily removable access door.
Aerodyne Vacu-Valves have been efficiently and economically emptying particulate from
dust collectors and bag houses for more than 60 years. Aerodyne offers a wide range of valves
including rotary, double-dump, knife and screw-type.
More information about Vacu-Valves and the full-line of Aerodyne products and services
can be viewed by clicking on www.aerodyneus.com/013.
To obtain a brochure or for more information about Aerodyne, call Bart Eggert at (440) 543-7400
or (800) 358-7546, extension 130, or
e-mail: Bart@AerodyneUS.com.
About Aerodyne: Aerodyne has been specializing in solving dry material handling problems
for more than 60 years through such products as large dust collection systems and low-cost,
low-maintenance material-handling valves. Like its parent-owner, Abanaki Corporation, Aerodyne
operates under the corporate motto "Clean Our World," TM addressing material-handling challenges
through innovation, customer commitment and environmental stewardship.
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