ATEX Drop Through Rotary Valves: RHX Series

Product Description

Anval have a vast and exciting selection of Rotary valves including the newly ATEX Certified RHX Series; specifically designed for Explosive atmospheres.

The RHX Series valves are ATEX marked and designed with the intention of being used in potentially explosive atmospheres, provisions have also been made for all essential Health and Safety requirements.

The Anval RHX Series valves are manufactured to robust design standards and an efficacious Quality Management System that enables teh valve to operate under even the toughest conditions with minimal maintenance. This valve series is driven by ATEX approved geared motors for both direct and chain drive options, alternatively the valves can be supplied as "Bare shaft".

Features

•    ATEX certified with protection by Construction Safety
•    Heavy duty single piece cast iron body
•    Available in Direct / Chain / Bare shaft options
•    Wide selection of rotor types
•    Equipped with "Labyrinth seals" for improved sealing
•    Available with Gas or Grease purging
•    Excellent Airlock perfromance
•    Minimal maintenace requirement
•    Specials manufactured to suit specific requirements.
•    Direct mounted gearbox.
•    Easy to maintain.
•    Higher product temperature.
•    Replacable "Labyrinth seals".
•    Higher pressure handling capability.
•    Manufactured to suit specific requirements.
•    Heavy duty cast iron construction
•    Available in a range of speeds

Sealing Method

Perfect sealing is definitely required on the rotating shaft and Anval rotary airlocks adhere to it by using "labyrinth seals". To seal dust and achieve smooth operation, dust tight seal on a rotating shaft is required. These labyrinth seals even effective with highly abrasive products and also when there is a differential pressure.

Applications

The RHX Series can be used in Safety zones *0 (Internal) and *1 (External), in application areas such as steel, cement, power plants, mineral processing, chemicals, flour mills and other areas where a potentially explosive atmosphere may be present.