Techcon TS7000 Cartridge Assembly, 8-Pitch

Description

The Techcon TS7000 8-pitch cartridge assembly is a complete feed screw and chamber unit for the TS7000-DCX-8 rotary auger valve. As dispensing valve parts, it swaps in as one sealed piece, so the shop replaces both wear surfaces together instead of fitting a new screw into a worn chamber bore.

Where This Dispensing Valve Parts Kit Is Used

Techcon’s divorced cartridge design keeps the feed screw and chamber separate from the drive motor, so this cartridge lifts out and a fresh one drops in without recalibrating the valve or disturbing the motor coupling. Assembly and electronics manufacturers running high-mix, high-volume dispensing lines use this kit on scheduled maintenance intervals rather than waiting for visible output drift, since a chamber and screw that wear as a matched pair hold tighter volumetric accuracy than mixing a new screw with an old chamber.

Why Replace the Cartridge as One Dispensing Valve Parts Unit

Fitting a new screw into a chamber that has worn to match the old screw’s profile creates clearance that was never part of the original tolerance stack. That clearance shows up as inconsistent dot volume long before the new screw itself is due for replacement. Replacing screw and chamber together resets the whole flow path to factory clearance in one step.

Log the install date on a maintenance card near the valve so the next tech knows the cartridge’s duty history before troubleshooting an output drift. Keep a spare cartridge on hand for lines running multiple shifts, since a swap takes minutes when the replacement is already staged, compared to a full valve teardown. Browse the wider selection of rotary valve components in the Dispensers, Mixers & Nozzles category at Chemical Concepts. Techcon documents cartridge interchange and maintenance procedures at Techcon.

Need Help?

Need help deciding between a full cartridge swap and a single feed screw replacement? Call (800) 220-1966 or email [email protected].