Over the past month I have spoken with many customers who all had a similar concern. Will the Line Vac actually convey my product? Generally, the Application Engineer team can pool our experience together and get a pretty good feeling on if the product will be able to be conveyed the needed vertical and horizontal distance. We can even give some estimates on what rate of transfer for the product.
In some cases though, the customer prefers to have some hard evidence to showcase to their leadership that the product will work and fill the need they have. In those cases, as long as the product does not present a disposal hazard or respiratory hazard then we can probably take a small sample and do some testing then provide images, and possibly even some video.
We may not be able to set up the exact product path that your system will require, we can generally convey a simple vertical with some horizontal. The list below gives just a few examples of the products we have tested:
- paper scrap
- medicine tablets
- ground rubber
- dry ice
- seasoning/spices
- die cut scraps
- steel shot
- tumbling media
- candy bars (These were delicious, please send more!)
- nutraceuticals
- plastic caps
- plastic parts
- packing peanuts
- coffee beans
- adhesive backing paper
- cat food additive
- bolts
- springs
- Doo Hickeys (okay, maybe my daughters made me watch Little Mermaid recently.)
- sand
- nuts/seeds
The list could go on and on. The point is, if you are questionable on how well a Line Vac would work with your product, don’t let that deter you from reaching out to us and speaking with an Application Engineer. We’ve done lots of product testing, and we will all share our experiences with you. Also, we have conveyed a Cincinnati-Style Chili 3-way. You can see that in the archives under Will It Launch.
Brian Farno
Application Engineer
BrianFarno@EXAIR.com
@EXAIR_BF