Features & Benefits:

  • 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 4 heights, from 10 5/8"H to 18 3/8"H; and 4 flange diameters from 4" to 18".
  • 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 or 316 cast stainless steel valve housing.
  • Square inlet / outlet flange.
  • No. 4 finish on internal product contact surfaces of housing, and all rotor surfaces.
  • Interior coatings: hard chrome, tungsten, nickel, and epoxy®.
  • Rotor types: closed-end, metering, shallow-pocket, adjustable-tip, and Teflon®-coated.
  • Adjustable rotor tip types: hardened steel, stainless steel, and bronze.
  • 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, or 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.)
Valve Size 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
16 45 225 360 450 540 630 720 810 900 990
1 5 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22
Rotor Speed (RPM)

Customizations: MD with Quick-Clean RotorRail™

Rotors

Adjustable Polyurethane Tip Rotor Adjustable Polyurethane Tip Rotor Bolt-On Serrated Tips Rotor Bolt-On Serrated Tips Rotor Helical Metering Rotor Helical Metering Rotor Helical Rotor Helical Rotor Staggered Pocket Rotor Staggered Pocket Rotor

Kits

Combination Shaft Seal and Rotor Pocket Air Purge Kit Combination Shaft Seal and Rotor Pocket Air Purge Kit Rotor Pocket Air Purge Kit Rotor Pocket Air Purge Kit Shaft Guard Kit Shaft Guard Kit Shaft Seal Air Purge Kit Shaft Seal Air Purge Kit Zero Speed Switch Kit Zero Speed Switch Kit

Accessories

Discharge Blow-Through Adapter for Round Valves Discharge Blow-Through Adapter for Round Valves Discharge Finger Guard for Round Valves Discharge Finger Guard for Round Valves Inlet Shear Protector: Half-moon Style for Round Valves Inlet Shear Protector: Half-moon Style for Round Valves Inlet Shear Protector: Spool Style for Round Valves Inlet Shear Protector: Spool Style for Round Valves Inlet Shear Protector: Spool Style for Round Valves, Vented Inlet Shear Protector: Spool Style for Round Valves, Vented Inlet Shunt with Tip Cleaner for Round Valves Inlet Shunt with Tip Cleaner for Round Valves Maintenance Slide Gate for Round Valves (Air Operated) Maintenance Slide Gate for Round Valves (Air Operated) Maintenance Slide Gate for Round Valves (Manually Operated) Maintenance Slide Gate for Round Valves (Manually Operated)

Specifications

Inlet/Outlet Flange Sizes: 4 sizes from 4" to 18"
Material of Construction: Cast Iron, Stainless Steel
Pressure Differential: Up to 15 PSIG
High Temperature Range: 500°F
Industries
Systems
Types

Videos

Steps to Clean Your Quick-Clean Rotary Valve
Steps to Clean Your Quick-Clean Rotary Valve

Cleaning a Quick-Clean rotary valve is simple! This animation offers a step by step instruction on how to do it.
A 3D view of material flow in an MD Series rotary airlock valve
A 3D view of material flow in an MD Series rotary airlock valve

Watch a quick 3D demonstration of material flow and pocket fill in an MD series rotary airlock valve. The video is silent.
Will it clean?
Will it clean?

We talk a lot about how easy it is to clean our valves. Watch as we put our dinner into one of our valves and then clean it up!
Yes, you have to remove our endplates to replace the shaft seal
Yes, you have to remove our endplates to replace the shaft seal

We're facing our critics head on.
Understanding Airlocks: The key to increasing ROI
Understanding Airlocks: The key to increasing ROI

Learn the fundamentals of airlock performance, how to minimize air leakage and how improve efficiency.
Why you can't afford an unreliable valve
Why you can't afford an unreliable valve

Choosing the right rotary valve can improve your productivity. Choosing the wrong one can do the opposite.
Make cleaning suck less with our Quick-Clean valve on RotorRails™
Make cleaning suck less with our Quick-Clean valve on RotorRails™

Cleaning is the worst! Make it better. Watch this video to learn how.
Quick-Clean Rotary Valve Demonstration
Quick-Clean Rotary Valve Demonstration

Enables quick, tool-less access to the rotor and the interior of the housing for cleaning.
Quick-Clean Rotary Valve
Quick-Clean Rotary Valve

This valve can be taken apart, cleaned and reassembled in just minutes hassle free!
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Brochures

The ACS MD Series Valve: no more fitting squares into circles

The ACS MD Series Valve: no more fitting squares into circles

Put your own spin on the completely customizable MD Series valve. With an endless combination of adjustable features, and a universal ANSI class 150 flange bolt pattern, this valve is perfect for industries requiring round flange outlets.

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