Aerodyne's new 10" Vacu-Valve® Trickle Valve System, one of the lowest-cost, lowest-maintenance dust collector valves available. The Vacu-Valve is a trickle valve that operates as a constant discharge valve for dust collectors, hoppers, cyclones and other equipment operating under negative pressure. The new 10" size option offers a much larger capacity. Its unique duck bill design allows it to dispense free-flowing material continuously. The Vacu-Valve is available in the open design of the Platypus or the closed design of the Armadillo.

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The unique design provides a high-efficiency, compact unit that is available in horizontal or vertical configurations. This dust collector can be used as pre-filter for baghouses and cartridge collectors, or as a standalone dust collection system. Ideal for plants/workshops with limited floor space/limited overhead clearance.
 
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Companies that utilize baghouse or cartridge filters are familiar with the costly headaches that these machines produce. A US packaging facility that recently came to Aerodyne for help was no exception. The facility uses baghouse collectors to remove granular carbon from an air stream. The smallest particulate is 10 microns and the average particle size is 44 microns, and 87% of the dust particulate is over 20 microns. The company was facing the usual pitfalls of using baghouses; too much down time for filter replacement and too much money lost on repairs and halted production.

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