FFU This new Coperion discharge gate valve is designed for controlled bulk material flow from storage bins and hoppers to downstream process steps. Various models are available with manual or pneumatic drives, from 6 to 16 inches. Both plastics processors and auxiliary equipment suppliers can install the Coperion FFU slide gate valve in new and existing machinery setups.
What’s new? The discharge valve, manufactured through a precision casting process that has resulted in a unique geometry and seal, making it appropriate for a variety of applications, even in combustible areas. The design allows closure through a static product column.
Benefits Flexibility across a number of applications. The cost-effective, compact and robust discharge valve is easy to install and maintain. The discharge valve closes securely and reliably while material is flowing.
Coperion K-Tron Salina Inc., Salina, Kan., 785-825-1611, www.coperion.com
Karen Hanna | Senior Staff Reporter
Senior Staff Reporter Karen Hanna covers injection molding, molds and tooling, processors, workforce and other topics, and writes features including In Other Words and Problem Solved for Plastics Machinery & Manufacturing, Plastics Recycling and The Journal of Blow Molding. She has more than 15 years of experience in daily and magazine journalism.
