AKO air operated Pinch Valves

AKO Celebrate 30 Years in Business

The Background of AKO AKO is a family run company with the head office based in Germany, and subsidiaries based in the UK and France, with distributors of AKO products in countries all over the world. AKO is proud to have been in business for over 30 years now, manufacturing and supplying their Pinch Valve…

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fluidisers

Aeration Fluidisers for Silos, Bins & Hoppers

Air fluidisers are small and simple cone shaped components that solve bulk dry powder and granular material flow problems, acting as a flow aid. Bridging, caking, compacting and rat-holing are common reoccurring problems in large vessels including silos, hoppers and bins. A simple solution for solving this issue is to install air fluidisers around the vessel, which give off a gentle vibration using low volume directional airflow and aeration.

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robotic printing arm

AKO Pinch Valves used in Robotic 3D Concrete Printing Application

AKO UK are supplying their VMP plastic Pinch Valve in DN25 (product code VMP025-03XK-72) into a concrete slurry application, which is used as a fail safe option. The concrete slurry with very fine aggregates in size 0.3-1mm is used for robotic concrete printing.

The world’s first commercial 3D concrete printing robot is currently in design production, with the aim to be used on site to produce a variety of elements including cladding panels.

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