Pneumatic conveying

Conveying by mechanical means has existed for many centuries, and is one of the earliest forms of man’s ingenuity towards labour saving as we know it to-day. The pneumatic conve...

A pneumatic conveying plant of practically any type comprises the following five main components: (1) A _pump_ or _exhauster_ to create a partial vacuum in the pipe line and so...

=Dischargers.= The advocates of “blowing” material, instead of “sucking” it through the pipe, often lay great stress on the alleged difficulties of extracting the material from...

The pneumatic principle has been applied to the handling of grain in bulk to a much greater extent than to any other material. As previously stated, the original successful plan...

The writer was directly interested in the erection and installing of one of the first plants installed in this country for the elevation and conveying of coal, and a description...

Numerous means have been devised to cause the necessary current of air to flow along the conveyor pipe, but the ideal method is probably yet to seek. Probably the most satisfact...

A method of removing ashes from boiler furnaces which has been developed extensively in America is essentially a pneumatic system, although steam is the conveying medium instead...

=Pneumatic Despatch Tubes.= The ordinary pneumatic conveyor picks up material at one point and unloads it at another and continues this course consistently, whereas the “pneumat...