Pneumatic accelerator

It is a pneumatic device intended to improve the flowability of difficult and cohesive products. It can also accelerate the emptying of products with normal flowability in case of a lack of flow.

It helps the flow of cohesive powders that tend to clog the outlet of the bin activator. Indeed, the pneumatic accelerator generates a compressed air flush towards the outlet of the bin activator. The mechanical effect of this air flush is to remove the product blocked in its area of action.

The use of a pneumatic accelerator facilitates the restart of a powder flow after a prolonged stop of the bin activator for example.

Description

The pneumatic accelerator is particularly recommended:

When a butterfly valve is fitted under the bin activator or, more generally, if the outlet of the bin activator does not provide a complete passage
When the bin activator feeds into a loss-in-weight dispenser. The nominal flow rate of the bin activator is attained much more quickly
In the case of cohesive products which tend to clog the outlet cross-section. The pneumatic accelerator always operates vertically from top to bottom. It must be positioned 500 mm above the outlet

Its action lasts no more than 1 second. This is to avoid putting pressure on the bin activator and the handling operations. The operating frequency of the pneumatic accelerator is set by ISERCO.