Knife Gates
The Meyer Knife Gate Valve is designed for positive shut off of all free flowing bulk material. It can be used in feeding, dust collector hoppers, silos or other conveying equipment. The valve’s open throat is designed to assure there is no clogging of bulk material; the robust design can handle dust to 1/4″ coarse grain granulated material. Standard operator is a manual hand wheel with the option of a pneumatic operator.
The unit consists of a cast iron housing with a stainless steel gate supported by a series of rolling cams and an inlet seal positioned beneath the inlet retaining ring sandwiching the gate at the top. The unit incorporates graphite aramid fiber packing as standard with the option for Teflon and spring loaded packing.
The cast body of the valve is dust-tight assuring clean operation
Knife action to cut through standing column of material
Short opening and closing time
Maintenance is easy with replaceable packing
Modular design permitting upgrades to packing and operators
• Non-jamming operation
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Product Chart
| Manual Operator | 6" | 8" | 10" | 12" | 14" | 16" |
| Pneumatic Operator | 6" | 8" | 10" | 12" | 14" | 16" |
Manuals/PDF
- Knife Gate Catalog
- Application Data Form
- Knife Gate Manual and Safety Supplement (Effective 10/1/19)