In November 2017, Vortex celebrated 40 years of designing and manufacturing slide gates, diverter valves, iris diaphragms and loading spouts for use in gravity flow, dilute phase and dense phase pneumatic conveying applications. Vortex was founded in 1977 by Loren Neil Peterson and his son-in-law, Lee Young. The company was established with its patented Vortex Orifice Gate – the first valve designed specifically for handling dry bulk solid materials. Since then, Vortex has established more than 20 innovative valve designs…

On site works have now accelerated at the Barruecopardo Tungsten project in Salamanca, a low cost, simple mining and simple metallurgy tungsten project in Western Spain. Fairport Engineering, Saloro’s Engineer, has been prominent in supporting activities having previously undertaken the Basic Engineering studies for the project and is now advancing the ordering and manufacturing of proprietary equipment as well as defining the civil works associated with the processing plant and infrastructure. The civil works commenced in October 2017. The project,…

When constructed and fully commissioned Hinkley Point C will provide added security to the mix of electrical generation capacity in the UK. In its own right nuclear power can be viewed as one of the greenest forms of reliable, long-term electrical energy available. The project will secure power for the UK for the foreseeable future, reportedly at least 60 years.  Nuclear power is also one of the renewable energy forms that produce less CO2 than traditional fossil fuel systems. However,…

Fairport Engineering Ltd was commissioned by a major food manufacturer to design a small water treatment plant to enhance the quality and supply of potable water to one of their processing plants. The treatment plant consisted of an inlet surge tank, filtration plant, backwashing facilities, conditioned water buffer tank and high lift distribution pumps. The filtration plant was fully automatically controlled by the water demand of the processing plant and included automatic backwashing of the filters, when required, without interruption…

Vortex Global Limited announces the appointment of Alpha Engenharia as its representative agent in Portugal. This partnership allows Vortex to formally extend its products and services to reach new markets, as the company has not previously held representation in Portugal. A subsidiary of the company Ana Beco Malheiro, Lda., Alpha Engenharia began activities in 2015. Its main objective is to provide technical and commercial assistance across industries in regards to automation, instrumentation, valves and accessories. Through a rigorous selection of…

Over the past 12 months, Fairport Engineering has been working with Anglesey Mining plc on a Scoping Study for their Parys Mountain project in North Wales. The Parys Mountain deposit, mined since the Bronze Age, contains mineral resources estimated at 2.1 million tonnes at 6.9% combined base metals (lead, copper and zinc) in the indicated category, with a further 4.1 million tonnes at 5.0% combined base metals in the inferred category. Although the project is projected to be financially viable…