MÖLLER Airlift
A real high-flyer
Dizzying: 800 t/h more than 100 m
vertical conveying
Product profile
• V
ertical conveying up to 800
t/h of powdery and fine-
grained bulk materials
• Conveying height more than
100 m
• Maintenance-free (no rotating
parts)
• Compact, space-saving design
• Low specific energy
consumption
• Temperature resistant up to
300°C
• Completely dust-free
operation
• High reliability
• Very low wear
1 Airlift
2  Expansion separator
3 Cyclone
4  Exhaust air filter
Applications
The MÖLLER® Airlift has been
developed for vertical transportation of
powdery and fine-grained bulk
materials.
It is used world-wide for hundreds of
applications in the cement-, lime-,
gypsum industry, in metallurgical
plants, in ash removal installations of
power stations, in the aluminium
industry and in all other industries
where bulk materials have to be
conveyed without any problems.
Throughputs up to 800 t/h are
possible. A conveying height of more
than 100 m can be achieved.
Operation
The Airlift basically consists of the
elevator housing (transmitter), the
conveying line and the expansion
separator (receiver). The communi-
cating effect between the material
column in the elevator housing and
the flowing material-air mixture in the
conveying line is utilised for material
conveyance.
When the elevator housing is filled, the
fluidised bulk material is pressed
towards the booster nozzle by the
pressure of the material column, and
the air jet escaping there conveys the
bulk material into the pickup pipe of
the conveying line arranged directly
above the nozzle.
The material contained in the elevator
housing seals off the plant towards the
material inlet. The throughput in-
creases with rising material level. The
cylindrical part of the elevator housing
is available in different heights
depending on the bulk material to be
conveyed and the conveying height.
The booster nozzle is centrally
arranged in the bottom of the nozzle.
Around it are fluidising areas to ensure
material flow. A non-return valve
prevents that bulk material enters into
the air pipe.
At the upper end of the conveying
line, material and air flows are
separated by the expansion separator
and by an additional cyclone. A rotary
vane feeder provides for material
discharge to the unpressurised area. A
bag filter on the silo cleans the
exhaust air.

Low maintenance,
cost-efficient,
high performance
High availability
The MÖLLER Airlift does not use any
mechanical or drive elements and is
therefore not subject to wear to these
elements like conventional vertical
conveyors.
This means high availability at low
specific energy consumption.
The bottom part of the conveying line
centrally arranged above the booster
nozzle can be exchanged.
Inspection glasses are placed in the
cylinder for control of the filling level.
A control circuit is built up between
the Airlift filling level and the feeding
dosing unit for fully automatic
operation.
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Equipment variants
If extremely abrasive materials are
conveyed, the exchangeable pickup
pipe will be made of particularly wear
resisting material.
The Airlift can be equipped with
fluidisation fabric for bulk material
temperatures of up to 300°C.
The material can be fed into the upper
cylindrical part of the elevator housing
vertically or horizontally.
Should the bulk material contain large
contaminants the Airlift can be
equipped with a grating to remove
these contaminants from the
conveying process. When the plant is
shut down, they can be removed
through the manhole.
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