Aerolock™ Rotary Valves: K-Tron Aerolock™ rotary valves are backed by more than 45 years of experience-tested airlock design and application. We are continually upgrading and refining our airlocks, which now include more than 150 models and sizes. This broad scope and variety of Aerolock sizes and models enables K-Tron to provide the most appropriate airlocks and rotary valves for applications in the food, plastics and chemical process industries.

Diverter Valves: K-Tron Diverter Valves direct material from one source to multiple destinations. The cylindrical, cast housing provides a smooth, low resistance path for the conveying air and material. One outlet is in line with the inlet, and the other is offset 30 degrees. The diverter valve is ideal for use in pressure systems.

Vacuum Sequencing Receivers: K-Tron vacuum receivers handle powder, pellet, regrind or granular materials in a self-contained or central vacuum conveying system. The Series 2400 line offers filtered vacuum loaders and receivers for conveying materials for the plastics, chemical and food industries. The P-Series filtered receivers are specially designed for use with powders and friable materials in the food and pharmaceutical industries.

Self-Contained Loaders: Self-contained pellet and powder loaders are low cost vacuum conveyors used for machine loading and other applications where material is moved short distances to one destination.

Blower Packages: Selecting the right blower that operates at the correct speed is critical to the success of any pneumatic conveying system.

Automated Pneumatic Conveying Controls: K-Tron’s standard PLC is Allen-Bradley. We are also experienced with other brands such as, General Electric, Siemens, Modicon and Automation Direct.

Bin and Hopper Fabrication: K-Tron offers bag dump stations, surge bins, scale hoppers and airlock surge hoppers.

Filter Receivers: The Filter Receiver provides automatic material-from-air separation. The tangential inlet, located in the receiver’s circular hopper, provides a cyclonic separation of the material/air stream. Airborne material is trapped by the filter bags. Timed, compressed-air pulses clean the filter bags, dropping the once airborne material into the hopper.

Cyclone Receivers for Filterless Pneumatic Conveying: The filterless cyclone receiver is ideal for conveying clean, pelletized materials without fines, or in applications where complete separation isn’t required.

Bin Vents: Mounted atop a storage tank, a Bin Vent filters the exhaust air and allows the tank to breathe. When material is conveyed to the storage tank, the increased volume within the tank reduces the air stream velocity, the material drops, and the excess air is vented through the filter. During the venting process, airborne dust particles are trapped by the filter bags. Sequentially timed bursts of compressed air controlled by solenoid valves, pulse the bags and dislodge the dust particles. All of the product remains in the storage tank and clean air exhausts through the tank vent into the atmosphere.

Feeders and Blenders/Mixers: Equipmet for on-machine feeding for injection and extrusion applications, continuous and batch gravimetric blenders.

Silos and Surge Bins: Storage tanks for dry bulk material storage applications.

Dryers and Drying Hoppers: Frequently vacuum transport systems include dryers to reduce moisture content or prevent moisture contamination of a dry bulk material. K-Tron offers three different dryer options for drying or maintaining the dryness of your material.

Flow Aids: Fluidizer beds for tank hoppers, bin unloaders for rotary valve interface, and zone blenders for belding and homogenizing free flowing bulk materials within a hopper or silo.