Smoother Airlock Discharge
Hi muddybiker,
The discharge of a Rotary Airlock can be smoothed out by using a rotor with staggered pockets. The degree of smoothing will be dependant on product characteristics, throughput, valve speed and valve size.
Send your application details to gary@rotolok.co.uk for a full evaluation.
Regards,
Simon ■
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you can smooth the feed by using suitably sized screw before the RV. The screw should be running at decent rpm to give a plus free flow and also should set the flow rate. The plus free flow from the screw can then pass through a RV which should be running at max rpm to transfer the feed plus free into the gasifier. ■
Mantoo
Airlock Feeding a Classifier
slugging discharge of an airlock feeding a classifier
Hello everybody,
I'm looking for ideas for feeding an air classifier from a vacuum receiver or feed bin. The material is a fairly free flowing powder that needs to be dropped into the top of a classifier. A rotary airlock would work well, except that the flow of the material will pulse as each pocket of the airlock discharges. The classifier needs a smooth feed rate without the slugging effect of the airlock. Does anybody know of an alternate way to feed the powder, or a device that could "smooth" out the discharge of the airlock?
Thanks in advance...
John ■