The M-TDV is a multiport valve without sharp bends. Its design centres around‘ full bore’ architecture that features a swan neck: a continuous, curved internal pipe. This pipe automatically aligns with the desired outlet, so instead of a hard collision, the transported dry bulk solids experience a sliding transition. A design that does away with the disadvantages mentioned above.
Winning the Fight for Factory Real Estate
Diverter valves are big boys – but you know that already. They are so large that many dry bulk solids processors struggle with their legacy footprint: the surface taken up by their existing equipment. Manifolds and forests of piping can take up a lot of space, while moving or even expanding your facilities is never easy, if even feasible. Having insufficient room can hamper innovation and is an almost guaranteed brake on your efficiency.
This is where a multiport valve can breathe new life into your facility. To illustrate this, we’ ll have another look at the M-TDV. Say you want to replace five diverters that take up a surface of 4.31 m2 together( see the image for the setup). The single M-TDV that replaces
them, has a footprint of 1.24 m2. This multiport frees up 3.06 m2, which opens up a world of possibilities. Bear in mind that the more diverters you replace, the more space you win.
Any producer will be happy with more space, but dry bulk solids processors with cleanrooms benefit especially. The high costs per m2 of a cleanroom makes for an even more convincing argument in favour of multiports.
Hygiene to the Highest Standard
Gone are the days of“ clean enough”. Authorities issue ever stricter food safety protocols, while multi-ingredient recipes frequently feature allergens. This makes hygiene by design a matter of legal compliance and brand reputation for dry bulk solids processors.
Traditional valves often feature dead zones: small pockets or crevices where material can build up, ferment, or cross-contaminate the next batch. Future-forward producers of multiports must take these threats into account.
Circling back to the M-TDV, you will find that its design is a direct response to the increasingly strict food safety protocols. With its enclosed product path, the tube-totube design inherently eliminates these contamination pockets. The M-TDV even exceeds current requirements, making it a futureproof solution that is EC 1935 / 2004- and FDA-compliant, with ATEX 2014 / 34 / EU-certified and USDAaccepted versions available.
The Business Case for a Multiport Tube Diverter
A multiport is a long-term investment. When evaluating its business case, your focus must shift from initial capital outlay to Total Cost of Ownership( TCO). The return on investment is found in a series of quantifiable areas. We already had a look at some advantages:
• Yield recovery: By reducing product degradation to a minimum, you convert what was previously dust back into sellable, high-grade product.
• Regaining factory real estate: The space-saving design of a multiport frees up valuable space in your facility, allowing you to expand your production.
• Risk mitigation: By choosing a hygienically designed multiport, you ensure that every batch meets the physical as well as the sanitary specifications required by increasingly discerning global markets.
But a multiport diverter has more to offer:
• Less and simpler maintenance: Replacing 10 + valves with a single unit means your maintenance team only has one set of actuators and one set of seals to monitor. This reduces your spare parts inventory and diminishes your mean time to repair, with fewer labour costs for maintenance.
• More uptime: With fewer components to fail, your system is operational for a longer time, and thereby more productive. And when you go for a diverter like the M-TDV, its design ensures that changeovers between different products are significantly faster.
• Energy Efficiency: A more direct and smoother product flow also means your solids encounter less overall resistance during transport. As a result, components operate with more ease, resulting in measurable savings in kWh over the course of a production year.
Conclusion: A Future-proof Approach to Diverting Dry Bulk Solids
With dry bulk solid materials becoming more complex and safety standards getting increasingly strict, the equipment that routes these products must evolve as well. The multiport tube diverter represents this evolution at the crossroads of fluid dynamics, spatial efficiency, and hygienic integrity.
With a premium multiport diverter, engineers can ensure that the product leaving the facility is of the exact same quality as the product that entered the line. In the world of high-value processing, that consistency is the ultimate value proposition.
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