How Vacuum Conveying Works

With vacuum conveying, materials are drawn to the delivery point through a
totally enclosed pipeline, in a clean, contained stream of air generated by a
vacuum blower package.
In vacuum conveying, no moving parts contact the materials, no dust escapes into the atmosphere and
no contamination can enter the system.

The Advantages Of Vacuum Conveying

Efficiency
Safety
Hygiene
Cost effectiveness
Flexibility
Automation
Dust free operation
No contamination

Elements of a Vacuum Conveying System

From pick-up probe to piping to receivers and vacuum blowers, Coperion K-Tron offers a wide range of
equipment for pneumatic conveying needs, whether for automated refill of feeding systems or as stand alone
conveying applications. The following list describes the varied elements available from Coperion K-Tron for
building a complete conveying system for loss-in-weight feeder refill (pictured in the diagram below).
Material Pick-up
From simple suction wands for free flowing materials to fully fluidized feed bins (1), silo pick-up pots (2) or bag
dump stations (3) with prefeeders for powders, Coperion K-Tron offers a wide variety of equipment to ensure
reliable material pick-up into the conveying air.
Conveying Line
Connecting one or multiple material pick up stations to a vacuum receiver. To ensure blockage-free conveying,
diverter valves (4) and line clearance valves (5) are available in addition to the piping (6).
Vacuum Receivers
Various models of central (7) and self-contained receivers are available to separate the material from the
conveying air stream, alternating between suction and discharge modes of operation.
Sequence & Vent Valves
Sequence & vent valves (8) allow the air stream to bypass and vent the vacuum receiver during the discharge
cycle.
Blower Packages
Vacuum blower packages include the pump -- PD blower (9), sliding vane or rotary lobe blower(10) -- to produce
the air stream as well a bypass valve (11) to allow the blower to run while no receiver is conveying and a
secondary filter (12) to protect the vacuum pump from entrance of foreign bodies.
Controls
LSR controller is available to control a single central or self-contained unit. To control the sequence of a multi-
component system microprocessor (MPC) or programmable logic (PLC) controls (13) are available which are
programmed to suit the clients process. Siemens, Mitsubishi and Allen Bradley PLC controls are available.
Special Pneumatic Conveying Projects
Unique problems are a welcome challenge to Coperion K-Tron; they often introduce us to a whole new area of
business.

Whether replacing outdated technology or mechanizing manual operations, our resourceful designers will
engineer a custom vacuum conveying solution.

Examples of Challenging Vacuum Conveying Projects

Fragile foodstuffs such as nuts and spaghetti shapes were being handled using cumbersome, difficult to clean
bucket elevators... until we designed a gentle pneumatic conveying system that caused no product damage.
Hot melt adhesive pellets were always manually handled, exposing operators to fumes and splashes of hot
molten glue... until we developed vacuum conveying equipment which ensures continuous direct transfer of the
pellets to the point of use.
Safety and hygiene
Wherever hygiene, product integrity, dust control and operator safety are paramount, Coperion K-Tron can
provide clean controlled vacuum conveying.

Batch and Continuous

Our vacuum conveying equipment delivers bulk materials in batches or as a continuous flow, lending itself to a
wide range of applications:
 transfer from bulk storage to process
check screening of raw materials
mixer loading and unloading

Products Coperion K-Tron Has Conveyed Typical Vacuum Conveying

with its Vacuum Conveying Systems Applications
From our test data on more than 5000 products, here are just
a few of the many products Coperion K-Tron can convey:

Vacuum Conveying of Plastic Products

flake
regrind
pellets
pellet-powder blend
PP (polypropylene)
PS (polystyrene) Single Pick-Up Single Destination
PE (polyethylene)
PET (polyethylene terephthalate)
EVA (ethylene vinyl acetate)
glass filled PP pellets and regrind
nylon pellets
wood flour
PCV compound
TIO2
Multi Pick-Up Single Destination
soft pellets
CaCo3 (calcium carbonate)
acrylic pellets

Vacuum Conveying of Food Products

icing sugar
flour
granulated sugar
dextrose Single Pick-Up Multi Destination
bread crumbs
coffee granules
tea
coconut
grated cheese
full cream milk
peanuts
salt Multi Pick-Up Multi Destination Single Line
frozen vegetables
chocolate coated sweets
puffed rice
batter mixes
(and thousands more)
Vacuum Conveying of Chemical Products
stannous chloride
china clay
talcum
aerosil (fumed silica)
fullers earth
sodium sulfate
metal powders Multi Pick-Up Hopper Selection
gypsum
hydrated lime
gelatin
detergents
salt
Vacuum Conveying of Pharmaceutical Products
filled capsules
laxatives
Individual Pick-Up Single Vacuum Source
aspirin tablets
cold and flu remedy
citric acid
bicarbonate of soda
milled sugar
tablet granulate
magnesium
enzymes
sodium sulfate Blender Loading System (Direct Vacuum)
contraceptive pills
paracetamol
effervescent powder

Vacuum Conveying of Speciality Products

Component conveying
Hot melt glue systems

Dense Phase Vacuum System

Inline Mill or Screen System

Protected System (Explosive Material)

Positive Pressure System

Positive/Negative Pressure System

Single Material Weighing System

Multi Material Weighing System

 Through Put Totalizing System

Loss-in-Weight Feeder Refill

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