Method and apparatus for the pneumatic conveying of bulk material

• Main Authors: WITTRECK, HUBERT, HEEP, DIETER, HEEP, TOBIAS
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 09.09.2009
• Subjects: CONVEYING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS; SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS; STORING; TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING ORTIPPING; TRANSPORTING

The method for pneumatic transport of bulk materials (3) comprises passing it in a dense stream through a pipe (19) which it partially fills. The pipe is closed off and partially or wholly emptied by the increase in pressure. This is repeated to give a quasi-continuous flow. A portion of the materia...