INDUSTRY NEWS
Jan/Feb 2022
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Puzzler
(As if you didn't have
anything else to do!)
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Using only addition, add eight 8s to get the number 1,000.
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Plan Ahead!
As global supply chains remain clogged, many manufacturers are still experiencing shortages and delays with deliveries of raw materials.
Avoid down time and give yourself some breathing room by looking ahead, anticipating your needs and purchasing early!
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“Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.”
Oprah Winfrey
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Benefits of Material Testing
Leave Nothing to Chance
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When is it okay to fail a test?
When designing a pneumatic conveying system!
On-site failures are expensive, but if they happen in a controlled environment, they are just what you need to fool-proof your system before investing significant time and resources.
Many variables are in play when designing a pneumatic conveying system. You need to know how they will react in your operating environment.
Material Characteristics
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Particle Size and Shape - determines flowability and how much air is needed to move the product.
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Bulk Density - helps with sizing system components and meeting requirements to successfully transport bulk solid products.
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Moisture Content - Affects flowability, causing certain materials to pack in a dense phase convey line. In contrast, dilute phase systems maintain particle separation.
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Friability - Does your material easily crumble? The lower velocities of dense and semi-dense phase conveying reduce particle degradation for friable materials.
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Cohesiveness - Materials that adhere to themselves or interlock under pressure tend to agglomerate, making all phases of pressure conveying difficult. Cohesive materials work well with a dilute or dense phase vacuum system.
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Hygroscopicity - Hygroscopic materials absorb and retain moisture in humid atmospheres, something we know a lot about in the southeast. They often stick to or coat the walls of a convey line, which may eventually lead to blockages. Material that easily absorbs moisture from its surroundings may necessitate an air dryer for trouble-free conveying.
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Full Scale Testing at Your Disposal
A leading manufacturer of pneumatic conveying systems, Cyclonaire starts the design process with each client by conducting computerized material analyses, including automatic sieve analysis, bulk density, moisture content, and particle surface characterization. Materials are tested for characteristics that affect the process, including flowability, conveyability, and degradation. By measuring the characteristics and behavior of materials, Cyclonaire determines whether vacuum, pressure, or a combined vacuum-pressure mode is best for your product.
With Cyclonaire as your pneumatic conveying system manufacturer, you have access to CycloTech, a 5,000 sq ft state-of-the-art technology demonstration and system proving facility. They can size a conveying system that simulates your field conditions and what you have and/or need in your facility. This includes the routing, length, number of bends, and other ambient factors. Capacities include extensive closed loop convey line configurations up to 1,137 ft. with multiple conveyors and supporting equipment.
Accurate material testing ensures that the equipment selected will handle your target rate, air usage, convey pressure, degradation requirements, and other important parameters, without risking capacity or other resources.
Full scale testing of your dry bulk material in semi-dense, dense and dilute phases in vacuum, pressure and combined vacuum-pressure modes removes the guesswork from your design. Knowing what can and probably will happen before it does allows you to take preventative measures, before they cost you time and money.
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More Than Just a Manufacturer...
Cyclonaire is about more than just shipping equipment. They work with you from beginning to end to design, test and produce a customized solution precisely matching your specifications and materials for dense, semi-dense and dilute phase applications.
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Steven Duke
Birmingham, AL
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Harvey Kinsey
Atlanta, GA
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