The image below shows spillage of small alumina particles at an aluminum manufacturing plant. This customer needed a method to vacuum the spilled material and return it to the main hopper. The ideal solution needed to be compact, simple, and provide repeatable results. All of these are key aspects of EXAIR Line Vacs, so our principal began discussing application variables to make a solution recommendation.
Spilled alumina material which needs to be vacuumed and returned to the main hopper.
Whenever Exair team considers Line Vac applications they always explore the following variables:
- Bulk density of the material
- Size of the material
- Conveyance height
- Conveyance distance
- Required conveyance rate
- Available compressed air supply
The spilled alumina in this application has a bulk density of 1.1 g/cm³ (~68.7 pounds/ft³) which needs to be conveyed to a height of 3.3m (~11ft.). The conveyance rate is not mandated, but the alumina particles are rather small in diameter and the customer wanted to move as much material as possible in as little time as possible. Compressed air is readily available at proper pressures and flows, so Exair team was left to determine whether a Line Vac could be a viable solution. Fortunately Exair team has found success in transferring alumina with our Line Vacs in multiple applications before, so Exair team was confident they could find a solution here as well.
The height of this application is 3308mm (~11ft.) – an easy conveyance height for an EXAIR Line Vac.
After exploring the specifics of this application Exair team determined the best solution to be the 2” Heavy Duty Line Vac model 150200. The 150200 Heavy Duty Line Vac can easily move the alumina to a height of 3.3m at an estimated conveyance rate of 11kg/minute (25 pounds/minute). There are no moving parts to wear out, which means little to no maintenance and reliable performance each time the Line Vac is used.
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