Application

Material control gates are used in the cement industry at all levels of production for redirecting, damming or dividing flows of material. FLS have designed gates for all types of raw materials, clinker, and finished cement; dusttight gates and gates equipped with wearplates are also available. FLS Material Control Gates come in standard series for application together with FLS screw conveyors, drag chains, Fluxoslides, and silos. Gates are available for both transversal and longitudinal installation below screw conveyors and drag chains. The opening, resetting, and closing of FLS material control gates may be effected by remote control, automatically by means of RACO motor-operated actuators, hydraulically or pneumatically. Manual operation is also possible for smaller size gates. In each case a signal is automatically sent to a central control panel showing the gate position.

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Air-tight change-over gates have individual motors for each chute, thus enabling one gate to be opened in the event of a blockage in the other passage. The use of dividing gates makes it possible to direct the flow of material towards two subsequent mechanical conveyors in any preselected proportion. For extrernely sticky materials a special design of control gate has been developed which permits fast cleaning by water flushing. In certain cases electric heating elements are incorporated to prevent clogging. The type designations are as follows : D, S, P , PL, R, or UK One or two figures (mm or cm) L or T

Slide gate for drag chain, transversal Slide gate for drag chain longitudnal Slide gate for screw conveyor, transversal Slide gate for screw conveyor, longitudinal Change-over gate for pulverulent or bulk material Change-over gate for ulverulent material (air-tight) Dividing gate Flap gate for hot clinker Hoisting gate for UK hammer mill

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Machinery or Dimension(s) Longitudinal material or Transversal installation.

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Data in this brochure series is only intended for preliminary project planning. Manufacturer reserves the right to modify equipment details and/or specifications without notice. DENMARK: F. L. Smidth & Co. A/S. Vigerslev All 77, DK-2500 Valby Copenhagen UNITED KINGDOM: F. L. Smidth & Co., Ltd. 17, Lansdowne Road, Croydon, GB-CR9 2JT FRANCE: F. L. Smidth & Cie - France, 55, Rue Ampre, F-75017 Paris FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY: F. L. Smidth & Co. GmbH, D-2400 Lbeck, Geniner Strasse 133-135 ITALY: F. L. Smidth & C. Italiana, S.r.l., Via Lucilio, 25,1-00136 Rome SPAIN: F. L. Smidth & Cia. Espaola, S.A., Calle de Jorge Juan, 46, Madrid 1 CANADA: F. L. Smidth & Co. of Canada, Limited, 1500 De Mainsonneuve Blvd. West, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3G 1H1 U.S.A.: F. L. Smidth & Co., 300 Knickerbocker Road, Cresskill, New Jersey 07626 MEXICO: F. L. Smidth & Cia., S.A. de C.V., Ave, Campos Eliseos, 385, 5 piso, Torre B, Polanco. Mexico City 5, D.F. BRAZIL: F. L. Smidth, S.A. Comrcio e indstria, Rua Nebraska, 459, Brooklin Paulista - CEP-04560, Caixa Postal 3506, 01000 Sao Paulo - SP JAPAN: F. L. Smidth & Co. (Japan) Ltd., Togeki Building 1-1, Tsukiji 4-chome, Kyobashi P.O. Box 78, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104.