
Sanitary MD with Quick-Clean RotorRail™
Rotary Valve for Metering, Feeding and Airlock ApplicationsThe MD Series valves, with ACS RotorRail quick-clean design, provide tool-less, single-step access to rotor and internal surfaces.
Features & Benefits:
- Stainless steel valve housing, cast in North America, ensures superior housing solidification and metallurgy; eliminates pits and dimples where contaminants could accumulate.
- Product contact surfaces of the housing, and all rotor surfaces, are a No. 4 finish.
- Tool-less, single-step access to rotor and internal surfaces; simplifying cleaning, validation, and inspection.
- RotorRail™ feature maintains rotor and endplate alignment during dis-assembly; ensures fast and accurate rotor and endplate re-alignment during re-assembly.
- Available in 7 heights, from 7 3/8" to 23"; and 7 flange inside diameters from 4" to 15".
- CNC-machined components and housing provide precision tolerances; eliminates axial shaft movement, extends maintenance cycles.
- Outboard bearing design protects bearings in high-temperature and high-PSIG applications; removes bearings from direct path of damaging contaminants.
- Easily manages pressure differentials up to 15 PSIG.
- Excellent performance in high-temperature applications up to 500°F.
- 8-vane rotor with beveled tips and sides.
- Direct-drive motor package.
Options:
- 304, 304L, 316, 316L, or 2205 cast stainless steel valve housing.
- No. 4 finish on internal product contact surfaces of housing, and all rotor surfaces.
- Rotor types: closed-end, metering, shallow-pocket, and Teflon®-coated.
- Shaft seal types: ACST-4™ glandless Teflon® shaft seal, and packing gland.
- Valve housing vent ports.
- Shaft seal and rotor pocket air purge.
- 6-vane, 10-vane, 12-vane rotor.
- Custom drive packages.
- Application-specific accessories: blow-through adapter, shear plate deflector, surge hopper, motion speed switch assembly.
Rotary Valve Capacity (Cubic Feet/Hr.) | |||||||||||
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4 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 27 | 30 | 33 |
6 | 6 | 30 | 48 | 60 | 72 | 84 | 96 | 108 | 120 | 132 | |
8 | 12 | 60 | 96 | 120 | 144 | 168 | 192 | 216 | 240 | 264 | |
10 | 24 | 120 | 192 | 240 | 288 | 336 | 384 | 432 | 480 | 528 | |
12 | 45 | 225 | 360 | 450 | 540 | 630 | 720 | 810 | 900 | 990 | |
14 | 66 | 330 | 528 | 660 | 792 | 924 | 1056 | 1188 | 1320 | 1452 | |
16 | 84 | 420 | 672 | 840 | 1008 | 1176 | 1344 | 1512 | 1680 | 1848 | |
1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 22 | ||
Rotor Speed (RPM) |
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