Vortex system turns in better performance

Published: 13-Apr-2004


Powder Systems Limited (PSL) has introduced its new 200mm ChargePoint Split Butterfly Valve Vortex System, which complements the company's existing range of high containment powder transfer valves. The standard PSL ChargePoint is a high containment split butterfly valve, designed and tested to maintain an OEL performance of <10µg/m3 over real operation time. The new 200mm ChargePoint Vortex System has been proven to exceed this standard achieving OEL performance of <1µg/m3 over real operation time. It also achieves a 10-fold increase in containment by vortex cleaning the valve before uncoupling is completed. An O-Ring on the passive unit ensures that powder cannot escape to atmosphere during operation or vortex cleaning cycle. The Vortex cleaning cycle involves simultaneous extraction and pulsed jet tangential entry of air or gas into a small opening between the active and passive discs, which creates a centrifugal effect and allows all loose particulates of airborne dust material to be extracted out of the valve chamber and fed directly through exhaust pipeline to a HEPA filter housing. The PSL ChargePoint Vortex System comes complete with a user-friendly pneumatic control panel that can be used in all pharmaceutical areas.

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