 
GPX ORB Impellor
GPX A.V.R. 3000
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Gillespie + Powers, Inc. Vortex System
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- Overcomes the high surface
 tension of
molten aluminum.
- Separates dross simultaneously.
- Full utilization of the thermal capacity of
the furnace is achieved.
- Melt loss is reduced. Melt rate increases.
Dross separation is improved.
- Drier dross and a separate well make
removal easier.
- Continuous charging is possible with no
interruption in production.
- Used in combination with the Gillespie +
Powers, Inc. Automatic
Charging System,
melt loss is reduced further and dross separation substantially
improves.
- No manual labor is required for melting
when all elements of the system are installed: the Trolley
Supported Vortexer, the Vibratory Conveyor Feed Bin, and the
Automatic Salt Charger.
- All equipment has been fully tested and is
being used to improve production in custom designed
installations around the country.
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Increased control of the entire production
process means increased efficiency, increased recovery, reduced
costs, and greater productivity.
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Design Advantages of
High Efficiency Vortexer
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- The Vortexer is a graphite wheel that
evolves from a circle into an octagonal shape with leading edges
that create an unusually powerful low pressure zone.
- Sculptured contours of eight holes and
angles have been tested and proven to provide optimum submerging
action pulling shredded scrap or cans into the void created by
the whirl of the Vortexer.
- The design of the Vortexer has been
perfected to complement the flow patterns within the furnace.
- The Vortexer not only submerges with its
physical mixing, but improves thermal mixing.
- Both the physical mixing of the aluminum
and its alloys and the thermal mixing for heat transfer are
homogeneous. A circulating pump brings heated metal into the
vortex chamber below the metal line.
- Moving clockwise, the Vortexer instantly
pulls the solid material under the surface of the bath
preventing metal oxidation or loss.
- The graphite shaft is screwed into a wheel
for easy removal. A high temperature ceramic parting agent is
supplied with the shaft and wheel.
- Self-cleaning surfaces of the wheel and
shaft prevent dross accumulation and permit continuous charging.
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Two U.S. Patents have been granted to cover
all equipment.
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