Vacu-Valve Armadillo Energy-Efficient Airlock Valve for Managing Dust, Particulates

The Vacu-Valve Armadillo is a closed-construction airlock valve that provides a positive seal under hoppers, cyclones, and dust collectors. Because this dust-discharge valve requires no controls, lubrication, or power source, it is both energy-saving and maintenance-free—allowing it to operate for about one-sixth the cost of a rotary airlock valve used for discharged dust or abrasive materials.

The Armadillo’s duckbill valve design allows free-flowing continuous discharge, automatically adjusting to the desired vacuum. See an animated demonstration of how a duck-bill airlock valve works at www.aerodyneus.com/013. Aerodyne’s Vacu-Valve Armadillo is offered in carbon or stainless steel construction. Sleeves for this airlock valve are available in neoprene, viton, and white nitrile, making it suitable for general use, high-temperature, or food-grade applications. Like its sister product, Vacu-Valve Platypus, the Armadillo can be found in such industries as foundries, mining, cement, pharmaceutical, cereal, plastics, chemical, and manufacturing.

The Armadillo airlock valve has a durable enclosure making it useful in controlling dust in windy outdoor applications or in applications where the valve is not positioned close to the collection container. The enclosure has an easily removable access door.