butterfly valves

Butterfly Valve: Applications and Functioning

The purpose of a butterfly valve is to regulate or isolate the flow of different type of fluid, gas or solid material and they have applications across several industries. What characterizes most of the butterfly valves used on dams and hydroelectric plants is their significant dimension and subsequently the very high pressure that the valves…

Accessories

Vortex Hydra from project quotation/initiation stages place much emphasis on the values of the successful packaging and transportation of the plant and equipment. The company recognise the importance of obtaining the perfect transport conditions which includes the optimisation of cargo dimensions for safe movement of plant and equipment together with the most cost efficient solution. Having vast worldwide …

Design Engineering

Vortex Hydra’s Technical Department has over 45 years of experience in the design of hydraulic works having successfully developed and completed numerous commissioned projects in this specialist field of engineering.The Vortex team comprise of both a young and enterprising group of Engineers and Technicians that are fully capable of devising innovative solutions that are tailored to suit a customer’s needs…

Stoplogs

The Stop Logs are custom designed steel bulkheads that are used in channels or control structures to hold back the flow of water. They are individually lowered on top of one another via a vertical guide system to a pre-determined height, to suit the dimensions of the sluice that they are restricting the water flow through. The design of the Stop Logs is a single rectangular unit that can be used in single or modular format to…