The Lined Valve Company (LVC) has created a handy guide to help customers better select which knife gate they should purchase.
The handy guide can be downloaded from the company’s website to help with selection whether it is for abrasion resistance for the cement industry or a uni-directional knife gate for sludge hoopers.
Now there are times when only one style of knife gate will work, such as polymer or urethane lined for the mining industry, or a bi-directional stainless steel resilient seat for the beverage industry. But there are also instances when one mill will prefer a resilient seat and another a metal seat. Fortunately LVC has intentionally designed a wide range of knife gates to accommodate the requirements of numerous applications.