Feeders & Valves
Feeders & Valves
Butterfly Valves
Rotary Valves
Tablet Valves
Valve Gaskets
Valve Actuation
Valve Configuration
Vibratory Feeders
Feeders and Valves Brochure
Feeders & Valves
Precision Powder Discharge Systems
An integral part of many powder handling systems is the valve or “feeder” that feeds your product into the process. Determining what kind of feeder to use depends on the way you need your powders discharged into your process. We offer a variety of feeders and valves to accommodate virtually any of your powder discharging requirements:
- Vibratory Feeder
- Butterfly Valve
- Rotary Valve
- Tablet Valve
Butterfly Valves
Sanitary Powder Valve Solutions
SA Sanitary Butterfly Valve sets the standard in hygiene and ease of use for the handling of powders and granules in most powder transfer applications.
These valves are the perfect solution for when an open pour is called for.
Butterfly valves are often used as the loading or discharging valve on powder handling equipment, as well as commonly used as the bottom valve for portable powder containers (i.e. – IBCs).
Rotary Valves
Controlled Feeding & Dosing
Our industrial Rotary Valves offer unmatched performance for contiThe ROTARY VALVE allows for the continuous feeding of granules and powders without flow obstruction. Its use is ideal for the controlled feeding of mills, tablet press machines, capsule filling machines, or any other scale-based system. A 6-pocket rotor oscillates back and forth over 180° introducing a uniform quantity of product with each revolution.
The ROTARY VALVE’s unique design provides a highly accurate flow control system in far less space and with smallest dimensions compared to those seen with conventional 360° rotary valves.
The ROTARY VALVE has been developed to provide uniform dosing of product. Its star configuration and its movement uniformly supplies product into the receiving vessel below while keeping the rest of the product in the holding vessel above.
The reciprocating movement prevents separation and the rotation of the valve can be regulated as required and used as an accurate batch feeder using an inductive position switch.
Tablet Valves
Gentle Product Handling
The TABLET VALVE offers an ideal solution for handling fragile capsules, tablets, pills, etc. Its silicone coated disc allows opening and closing of the valve without any damage to the product.
The TABLET VALVE has an inner vane that is smaller in diameter and silicone coated. The remainder of the silicone vane along its outer surface is flexible. This allows opening and closing of the valve without damaging the product.
- Reduces product breakage
- Ensures gentle handling
- Suitable for pharmaceutical and supplement production environments
Valve Gaskets
Since our valves come in contact with your powders, we offer a wide range of valve gasket elastomer materials for chemical compatibility, as well as sturdiness.
- Silicone
- Viton® (FKM)
- EPDM
- PTFE-encapsulated silicone
All are FDA compliant and certification will be provided.
Valve Actuation
All valves are supplied with either a pneumatic actuator (air/air or air/spring). Actuators are available in aluminum, epoxy painted aluminum, or stainless steel. Alternatively, valves can be supplied with a handle for manual actuation.
Valve Configuration
Valves can be supplied in a variety of configurations, including body style and inlet/outlet options. There are TWO body style configurations available: Bolt Together or Clamp Together. The clamp together body is ideal for use in highly sanitary conditions due to its quick assembly/disassembly.
Valves can also be provided with inlets/outlets with tri-clamp ferrules, spigots, no ferrule, or any combination of these. Wafer style valves are also available.
Vibratory Feeders
High-Accuracy Feed Solutions
Because valves interface directly with product streams, valve IERotary Valves are fantastic batch feeders, but sometimes there are project parameters that make the use of these valves inappropriate:
- Dosing material to a very fine accuracy
- Smaller product flow rates
- Hard to reach receiving vessel inlets which prevent gravity feeding
- Filling small containers
This is where Vibratory Feeders excel. IEDCO has supplied a wide range of custom designed Vibratory Feeders to solve the most challenging of batch feeding projects.
If you are faced with any of the above-mentioned project constraints, let us design the perfect Vibratory Feeder solution for you.
Feeders & Valves Gallery
Below are examples of some Feeder & Valve systems we have designed and manufactured.
