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Gericke RotaVal taking part in the Wiltshire Festival of Engineering, promoting their Apprenticeship Scheme and giving encouragement to the engineers of the future.  Here is Georgio with MPs Michelle Donellan and Andrew Murrison explaining how rotary valves work.

Gericke RotaVal have chosen Julia's House hospice for children as their supported charity for the next 12 months.Julia’s House is an award-winning children’s hospice charity dedicated to bringing comfort and care to families across Dorset and Wiltshire.They provide practical and emotional support, tailoring care to the needs of each individual…

Gericke RotaVal’s Beverley Ford has been shortlisted in the Manufacturing Champions Award in the Manufacturing Leader Category.This is in recognition of her work with the local UTC and community to champion engineering as a career for young people and women.This year saw the highest quality entries ever seen and the…

Our expert Paul Bailey offers advice on air leakage in Rotary Valves

Our rotary valve expert Paul Bailey has created a video giving advice on squealing rotary valves.  Visit the video section of the website to view.

Gericke RotaVal have launched a series of videos to show manufacturing in progress and also some informative problem solving clips.

On Friday 23rd September Beverley Ford, Gericke RotaVal's Managing Director attended a reception for contributors to The Parliamentary Review at Westminster Palace.  Alongside other companies best practice was celebrated.

Gericke RotaVal appears alongside UK Prime Minister Theresa May in the 2016/17 Parliamentary Review.Established by former minister The Rt Hon David Curry in 2010, The Parliamentary Review’s September release is now a key fixture in the political calendar.Gericke RotaVal features alongside the Prime Minister and a small number of outstanding…

All rotary valves leak air (or gas) even where there is no pressure differential as even the product entering the valve displaces air into the inlet area.This is significantly increased when operating under a pressure differential due to losses past the operational clearances and carry-over of pockets of high pressure…

We received this testimonial from Doosan Babcock showing that RotaVal are service specialists“Doosan Babcock placed an order on Rotaval for Rotary Airlock Valves for one of our projects in South Korea. The product has been installed and is working as per requirements. There was an incident at site and a taper…

Gericke RotaVal Flap Diverter Valves are designed to route powders and granular materials within lean phase pneumatic conveying systems.  The design embodies a self-adjusting parabolic flap seal.  This bears on a fully machined surface to give excellent sealing characteristics.  Care has been taken to ensure a minimal change in cross…

The team at Rota Val had an enjoyable day filming the new company video.  It gave our factory an ideal opportunity to show off their skills.  Alongside the company video a number of 'how to' videos were filmed at the same time.The videos will be available at the end of…