Need to supply a production or mixing area in a building,
from a storage area in a remote location?

TIM uses pneumatic transfer when transferring plastic pellets
over distances of up to 100m.

Pneumatic transfer operation

Vacuum transfer

Pneumatic vacuum transfer operates in cycles:

  • Suction phase (cyclone filling)
  • Emptying phase (when the cyclone is full, suction is cut off and it empties into the hopper)

Vacuum transfer keeps the hopper full.

Equipment

  • A suction unit equipped with an automatically declogging filter box
  • A cyclone for material reception, vacuum piping and material transfer
  • A suction cane

Pressure transfer

As the transfer cycle is continuous, large volumes can be filled quickly.

Equipment

  • A booster
  • A pressurized turbine
  • A fan or other
  • A rotary feeder or injector to feed the transfer line with material
  • A transfer pipe
  • A cyclone of reception and decompression

The virtues of pneumatic transfer

Pneumatic transfer is recommended over the flexible screw: 

  • When the material is easily transported by suction and the layout is more suitable
  • When the conveyed material needs to be conveyed and distributed to several points. This makes it possible to set up a centralized feeder
  • When materials come from many different sources, simultaneously or not, for reasons of cost.
Pneumatic transfer

Dust recovery

The suction units are equipped with
self-cleaning filter boxes.

Transfer protection

Material intake probes equipped with filters prevent contamination

Long distances and high elevations

Up to 100 meters away depending on location
Up to 15 m elevation in discharge (overpressure)

No creation of electrostatic charges

Electrical continuity is present along the entire length of the transfer, allowing static electricity to be dissipated.

Technical specifications of our pneumatic systems

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