FLSmidth Abrasion Resistant Pipeline Fittings are designed to meet the stringent durability demands required when conveying abrasive polymer materials. FLSmidth has designed a diamond shape interior finish that has consistently proven its ability to resist abrasion and dramatically reduce development of fines and streamers.

FLSmidth Cast Aluminum Pipeline Fittings are ideally suited for pneumatic conveying systems handling plastic pelleted materials. Various configurations are available to suit pipeline layout.

Photo: Top bend – FLSmidth Abrasion resistant fitting shows no wear after 2 years.

Bottom bend - Average fitting after 5 months shows patch from wear.

Materials Typically Handled:

• PVC
• Polyethylene
• Polypropylene
• Nylon
• Polyester
• Vinyl Acetate

Fittings are cast of either 356.0 - T6 or SR319.0 - T51 (75-85 BHN). Internal surfaces have a diamond pattern finish proven to reduce wear and streamers. Standard end styles are plain end for compression type reducing couplings, flanged (150 lb. std.) and Victaulic® groove ends available.

Availability:

Sizes: 3", 4", 5", 6", 8", 10", 12"

(75 mm, 100 mm, 125 mm, 150 mm, 200 mm, 250 mm, 300 mm)

Bend Angles: 90º , 60º , 45º , 30º

Features

• Cast Aluminum Construction
• Symmetrical Design
• Cast Internal Diamond Finish
• Cast Internal Bevel
• 3D Bend Radius
• Choice of End Connection Plain, Flanged, Grooved

Benefits

• Increased abrasion resistance due to material hardness yielding longer life and less maintenance
• Permits reversibility for additional wear life
• Reduces fines and streamers and ensures complete cleanout
• Allows match up of schedule 10 or 40 pipe
• Reduces wear by limiting product impingement points
• To suit plant standards

FLSmidth's 450 Iron, abrasion-resistant pipeline fittings are ideally suited for pneumatic conveying systems handling abrasive materials. Various configurations are available to suit pipeline layouts. Bend radii are nominally three times pipe diameter.

Materials of Construction

Fittings are cast throughout their entire thickness with FLSmidth 450, abrasion- resistant cast iron with 475-550 Brinell hardness.

Availability

Fittings are generally available in nominal diameters ranging from 3 inches to 12 inches (76mm to 300 mm) in size.

Wearbacks are available as integral castings or replaceable bolted units.

Standard end style is plain end for compression type couplings and/or flanged adapters. Cast flanged ends are also available in certain configurations. Consult availability chart below for standard size and configurations

FLSmidth's Material Feed Valve efficiently introduces material into vacuum conveying systems. The abrasion resistant construction permits use on any conveyable material. 8" and 12" (200 mm and 300 mm) inlet sections connecting to pipeline size 3" to 10" (75 mm to 250 mm) are standard.

• Precipitator Hopper - Fly Ash
• Fluid Bed Ash Hopper - Bottom Ash
• Rail Car Loadout – Miscellaneous

Specifications

• 450 iron construction (575 BHN) inlet, disc, seat and tee
• Cast iron body
• Beveled inlet connection with 150 lb. drilled half couplings
• 400°F (205°C) standard design temperature
• Air cylinder actuated with single solenoid, 120V, manual override
• 2-SPDT NEMA 4 limit switches
• Sizes - material inlet - 8" and 12" (200 mm and 300 mm)

pipeline - 3", 4", 5", 6", 8",10" (75mm, 100mm, 125mm, 150mm, 200mm, 250mm)

Special designs: 850°F (450°C) design, voltages, switch ratings

Features

• 8" or 12" inlet connections with beveled ends
• Abrasion resistant construction
• Orifice Plate
• Angled inlet to pipeline
• Air cylinder actuated
• Plain or beveled end pipe connection

Benefits

• Suitable for new or existing applications
• Flanged half couplings meet 150 lb. drilling
• Suitable for handling any conveyable material
• Fine tunes desired rate
• Feeds directly into pipeline
• Prevents flooding
• Quick response, reliable operation
• 150 lb. flanged or reducing style couplings available

ChamFlex® water source heat pump hose assemblies and hose kits are flexible, abrasion resistant, custom-manufactured and best of all have a UL-94 VO rated tube compound.

ChamFlex® provides you a hose with a long life of trouble-free service. Our tube compound is tested to and meets UL94 with a VO rating, the highest fire safety standard in the industry. The patented process, which bonds the tube to a stainless steel wire outer braid, minimizes the possibility of the hose assembly kinking during installation.

Chamberlin Rubber Company, Inc. has six hose kit options available to you for easy installtion, or we will custom assemble kits to meet your specifications.

Chamflex® Advantages:

• Superior abrasion resistant properties from our coated wire braid.
• The "washer-less" design of the swivel end provides you with ease of installation.
• Superior water flow capabilities, due to excellent flexibility of the hose, which also minimizes the possibility of kinking.
• All male pipe threads are shipped with thread sealant already applied (eliminating the need for Teflon tape), capped, and ready for installation.
• The permanently installed (crimped) end fittings eliminate the possibility of bands or clamps loosening and creating leaks.
• Plated steel fittings and adapters reduce the possibility of over-torquing, a common problem with brass and other softer metals.

For more information visit our website at www.chamberlinrubber.com or click here.

VTS Venturi Scrubber
This reliable design utilizes open pipe liquid introduction, a vertical throat, and a flooded elbow inlet to the cyclonic separator. Open pipes will not plug like high pressure spray nozzles if large particulate enters the recycle system and are able to accommodate a high solids concentration, if required. Since a pool of liquid is present at the bottom, the flooded elbow prevents wear. The VTS Venturi Scrubber can handle the most difficult of scrubbing applications.

• Open pipe liquid injection - plug resistant
• Vertical venturi with various throat designs available
• Flooded elbow - abrasion resistant
• Traditional or MS cyclonic separator can be used.

How it works:
The dirty gas entering a scrubber is forced at high velocity through a venturi where it collides with scrubbing water. The tiny water droplets capture particles through impaction and diffusion. The dirty water is then removed in a cyclonic separator and discharged into a recycle tank. Some of the liquid is continuously purged to limit the solids concentration and allow recirculation back to the venturi section.

The design of the scrubber must be carefully considered to ensure proper operation. At FKI, we utilize numerous throat, water injection, and separator designs to ensure that the scrubber you install is best suited for your process requirements. Our throat design options include fixed or adjustable, single or multiple blades, and rod decks. Water can be injected via spray nozzles, open tangential entry pipes or splash plates, when required. Flooded elbow inlets can be provided to minimize wear. We offer our high velocity, compact MS Series cyclonic separator as well as a large diameter / low pressure drop collector for droplet removal.

Performance can be guaranteed based upon accurate operating conditions and aerodynamic particle size data. Whatever your application requires, FKI can provide.

Available Scrubber Features:
• Vertical or horizontal gas entry
• Various throat and water injection designs
• Integral or external recirculation tanks
• Compact MS series cyclonic separator design
• High temperature quench section
• Combination particulate collection and gas absorption
• High solids concentration separator design
• Package systems complete with tanks, pumps, instrumentation, piping, fans, stack and controls
• Carbon steel, stainless, nickel alloys, or FRP construction
• High pressure design (ASME Code stamp available)
• Performance warranty

VICOTE^® Coatings – VICTREX^® PEEK^™ Coating Technology for the Glass Fibre and Fabric Belting Supplier Industries.

VICOTE^® Coatings, liquid dispersions, based on VICTREX^® PEEK^™ polymer offer exceptional scratch and wear resistance, high temperature performance, strength and durability.

Belts coated with VICOTE Coatings can increase wear and abrasion resistance, improve cut-through resistance, increase puncture and impact resistance and case studies show an increase in the belt's life by up to 40% reducing both downtime and maintenance cost for the belt manufacturer's customers.

The relevant markets are food processing, wood pulp processing, rubber processing, clothing production and carpet carrying belts where durability and long life as well as "release" properties of the coated belts are all important end use requirements.

Americas Sales or Technical Information:
800-VICTREX
484.342.6001
americas@victrex.com

Global Sales and Technical Information:
+ (44) 1253 897700
victrexplc@victrex.com
eurosales@victrex.com
japansales@victrex.com
scsales@victrex.com

VICOTE Coatings a Fit for Textile Fuse Pressing Belts

In the textile fusing process, when fusing two or more fabric layers together to form the reinforced panel for collars, cuffs, or any other product requiring a certain amount of rigidity or stiff construction, it is vital that the carrier belt has the following characteristics:

• Temperature resistance to 260°C (500°F)
• Excellent release
• Semi-conductive
• Non-marking top surface
• Chemically inert
• Easy cleaning

While standard antistatic PTFE coated products offer these properties, VICOTE Coatings can greatly enhance them. The result, a product range far superior to other PTFE coated belts. Advantages include:

• Increased scratch resistance (up to 38%)
• Exceptional Abrasion Resistance – very hard, tough, and scratch resistant (up to 20%)
• No rub-off
• lmproved anti-static properties
• lncreased adhesion of PTFE to glass
• Better around narrow diameter rollers
• Greater dimensional stability

These advantages translate into benefits for end use customers, including, longer life belts with improved durability, reduced downtime and maintenance cost.

Benefits of VICOTE Coatings for Textile Fuse Pressing Belts

• Longer belt life (40% increase)
• Increased efficiency
• Less downtime
• Improved finished product
• Easier to clean and maintain
• Elimination of PTFE migration

Benefit of VICOTE Coatings for Textile Machinery Components

• High Temperature performance, continuous use temperature up to 260ºC (500ºF)
• Excellent Mechanical Properties, including wear, creep and cut through resistance. Extremely durable at high temperatures.
• Provide higher performance and longer life
• Reduce overall systems cost, less frequent part replacement, higher operating efficiencies, longer life and more efficient design versus machined parts
• Very Good Chemical Resistance, can withstand exposure to heat, water, steam and/or chemicals in demanding textile manufacturing process
• Ease of Processing, increased design flexibility

Taconic International selects VICOTE® Coatings For Demanding Food Cooking and Processing Belt Application

Taconic International, pioneered the manufacture of PTFE coated woven glass fibre fabrics and other high-temperature/non-stick materials and is a leading supplier to the food processing industry. They needed a better performing belt with improved resistance to grease and oils, and enhanced wear and abrasion properties to increase conveyer belt life, to reduce both downtime and maintenance costs for their customers. By incorporating VICOTE Coatings dispersions as a key element in the new Tacmaster product range for food processing conveyor belts they were able to increase the belt's life by up to 40% satisfying their customers demand for reduced downtime and maintenance costs.

Taconic uses VICOTE Coatings in its range of Tacmaster food processing belts that are produced in master rolls and converted to required conveyor belt dimensions. These specially coated conveyor belts are used in aggressive food cooking environments where excellent wear, release and mechanical properties, and excellent temperature performance are required, such as in the pre-cooking of bacon, chicken, burgers, tortilla, pizza crusts and eggs.

Taconic found that by adding VICOTE Coatings dispersions to their existing Fluoropolymer system and coating and curing the woven glass fibre belts with the resulting mixture translated into a belting product that offers an improved service life for the food processing industry of at least four times that of the standard belt.

"By using VICOTE Coatings dispersions in our new food conveyor belts, we are able to provide our customers around the world, with increased wear and abrasion resistance, improved cut-through resistance, increased puncture and impact resistance as well as non-stick properties," said Ian Molyneux, General Manager, IPD Europe, Taconic Industrial Products Division.

Working with Victrex, Taconic created a new customized coating system based on VICOTE Coatings providing a unique combination of performance properties including wear and abrasion resistance, dimensional stability, chemical resistance for exposure to oils and grease, high temperature performance, continuous temperature resistance up to 260°C (500°F), and revolutionize the way food belts are manufactured.

Benefits of VICOTE Coatings for Food & Beverage Processing

• Exceptional Abrasion Resistance - very hard, tough, and scratch resistant
• Excellent Wear Surface – an excellent wear counterface to hard surfaces like steel and ceramics. Non-galling with low particulation and nonsloughing
• High Temperature performance – one of the highest performing polymers available where continuous high temperature performance up to 260°C (500°F) is required, withstands lead-free soldering temperatures VICOTE 708, 709, F813 Blk and F814 grades are based on VICTREX PEEK-HT for even higher temperature performance up to 280ºC (550ºF) and enhanced mechanical properties
• Excellent Mechanical Properties – including wear, creep and cut through resistance, extremely durable at high temperatures
• Very Good Chemical Resistance – insoluble in all common solvents, excellent resistance to acids, bases, hydrocarbons, salts and steam
• FDA Compliance – the majority of VICOTE grades can be used in environments involving food contact
• Eco-Friendly – majority of dispersion grades are aqueous (water) based and are formulated to contain some of the industry's lowest levels of volatile organic compounds (VOCs)
• Ease of Processing – process temperatures between 380°C to 420°C (716°F to 788°F). Increased design flexibility, can lead to cost savings versus machined parts

High Performance Coating

Eco-friendly VICOTE High Performance Coatings were developed to fill the performance gap found in many existing coating technologies today. Whether applied to industrial, automotive, food processing, semiconductor, electronics or pharmaceutical parts, VICOTE Coatings are a great choice for engineers looking to improve the wear performance and life of the coated part in their industrial coating applications.

VICOTE 700 Series powders are used for electrostatic coating. The grade required will depend on the film thickness required and/or the temperature requirements.

VICOTE 800 Series aqueous-based liquid dispersions are available where thinner coatings are required, where difficult geometries must be coated, and in instances where enhanced properties such as release are required.

Electrostatic Dissipative (ESD) grades, available as part of the range of VICOTE Coatings, can effectively help control the rate of electrostatic charge build-up, which is of particular importance in hazardous-area industrial applications, as well as the manufacture of sensitive electrical and semiconductor equipment.

Ease of VICOTE Coatings Liquid Dispersion Coating processing for your Industrial Coating Application
VICOTE High Performance Coatings can be applied using electrostatic or conventional dispersion spray techniques, including thermal spraying.

The main ingredient of VICOTE Coatings is VICTREX® PEEK™ polymer, a linear, aromatic, semi-crystalline thermoplastic, widely regarded as one of the highest performing thermoplastic materials in the world. It offers a unique combination of properties to help processors and end-users reach new levels of cost savings, performance, and product differentiation.

For additional VICOTE Coatings processing, visit VICOTE Coatings Processing.
VICOTE® Coatings, powder and liquid dispersions, based on VICTREX® PEEK™ polymer offer exceptional scratch and wear resistance, high temperature performance, strength and durability.

KEY FEATURES OF VICOTE COATINGS

• Exceptional Abrasion & Scratch Resistance
• Excellent mechanical properties – exceeds that of all Fluoropolymers
• Excellent Wear Resistance – an excellent wear counterface to hard surfaces like steel and ceramics. Non-galling with low particulation and nonsloughing
• Good Lubricity – offer a smooth and uniform surface after processing
• High Load Bearing Surface
• Excellent Radiation Resistance – Can withstand high doses of Gamma radiation (> 10⁹ Rads) without embrittlement.
• High Temperature Performance – continuous high temperature performance up to 260°C (500°F), withstands lead free soldering temperatures.
• Very Good Barrier Properties
• FDA, RoHS Compliant
• Very Good Chemical Resistance
• Require no primer
• Good Electrical Insulative Properties
• Halogen Free*, Low Smoke and Toxicity
• Ease of Processing
• Eco-Friendly

VICOTE High Performance Coating Applications
Whether applied to industrial, industrial, automotive, food processing, semiconductor, electronics or pharmaceutical parts, VICOTE Coatings are a great choice for engineers looking to improve the wear performance and life of the coated part in their applications. Based on VICTREX® PEEK™ polymer, VICOTE Coatings offer a unique combination of properties to help processors and end-users reach new levels of cost savings, performance, and product differentiation.

Industrial & Automotive

• Chemical processing and transport components
• Vessels, pipes, valves, and ball seats
• Industrial mixers and agitators
• High performance washers
• Compressor components
• Rollers and bearings
• Molds
• Textile Manufacturing

Food Processing

• Industrial bakeware
• Processing belts
• Cutting equipment

Semiconductor & Electronics

• Equipment components
• Ultra-pure water systems
• Circuit substrates
• Mobile Phone Sliders

Pharmaceutical

• Process tanks

Consumer

• Cookware
• Appliances
• Exercise Equipment

VICOTE Coatings provide excellent wear resistance and durability for demanding applications that require exposure to extreme conditions such as high temperature, chemicals and abrasion. By using VICOTE Coatings in the coated part of their applications customers can extend application life, improve product performance and functionality, reduce overall systems cost and facilitate design freedoms to achieve product differentiation.

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Americas Sales or Technical Information:
800-VICTREX
484.342.6001
americas@victrex.com

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+ (44) 1253 897700
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For more information on VICOTE Coatings visit www.vicote.com or www.vicote.mobi.

VICTREX® is a registered trademark of Victrex Manufacturing Limited.

PEEK™, PEEK-HT™, T-Series™, MAX-Series™ and APTIV™ are trademarks of Victrex plc. VICOTE® is a registered trademark of Victrex plc.

Call us today to see how the high temperature performance, strength and durability of VICOTE Coatings can help you!

_{*According to the definition in IEC 61294-2-21, pure VICTREX PEEK is classified as halogen-free.}

The Victrex PEEK team
Continues to stay focused and passionate about its deep expertise in polyetheretherketones, and we continue to expand our product offering through the development of unique polymers, proprietary blends, and high performance compounds.

See what high performance Victrex VICOTE Coatings can do for your Glass Fibre Food Processing and Fabric Belting application today.