FLOVEYOR
Floveyor, the aeromechanical conveyor - the innovative further development of the tube chain conveyor
The aeromechanical conveyor is the evolution and all-purpose weapon for conveying bulk materials. This more efficient alternative to the classic chain conveyor conveys all common free-flowing bulk materials (from fine powders to granulates) at high throughput rates and with virtually no wear. With its slim design, it conveys your products from or into silos, big bags, mixers, packaging machines and many more.
Thanks to its unique properties, aeromechanical conveying is also ideally suited as a replacement for bucket elevators for powdery bulk materials.
The aeromechanical principle
The conveyor rope moves through a pipe at a speed of 4 m/s, creating suction/vacuum behind the conveyor pulley. The material – any free-flowing bulk material is suitable – is “pulled” or sucked into this suction with virtually no frictional forces or wear on the bulk material.
When operating without material, only the existing conveying air circulates in the pipes. When the product is fed in, the product volume displaces the air volume. The same amount of air is sucked back in via the funnel during discharge.
Advantages
- Very high delivery rates with minimal maintenance
- Minimal stress on the bulk material
- Low energy costs due to 1.5 kW drive
- Conveying at any angle, from horizontal to vertical.
- Can be used as a fixed installation or mobile
- Dry and wet cleaning possible
- No external dosing required for product supply
- ATEX Zone II 2D Ex IIIB T200°C Db
Conveying capacity
Function gallery
Versions
Individualization
The machine can be adapted to any requirements of your processing procedures and workflows on request. A brief overview of the possible extensions:
- Bag or Big Bag Task
- Chassis for mobile use on the premises
- Winch for changing the delivery angle
- Wet and dry cleaning
- Direct flange for screw conveyors etc.
Distributor flaps - Tuber crusher
- Magnets
- Multiple deflections
- Adaptation to ATEX directives
Systems and possible applications
Systems and possible applications
The mobile version with bag feed and cleaning options.
FILLING BIGBAGS
The machine can be individually adapted to any requirement. For example, a fast and safe BigBag feed including magnet and lump breaker at the inlet as well as a double diverter at the discharge.
FLOW/CONTROL SIEVE WITH FLOVEYOR FEED
Example of control screening of bulk materials from bags fed by aeromechanical conveyor. Including dust-tight, flexible sleeve at the transition into the sieve. Integrated magnets are widely used in this field.
BIGBAG FEEDING
Parallel BigBag and bag feeding offers maximum flexibility for mixer feeding.
INDIVIDUALISATION AND EXPANSION
The machine can be adapted to any requirement of your processing procedures and operations.
INTEGRATION INTO EXISTING SPATIAL CONDITIONS
The machine can be adapted to any requirement of your processing procedures and operations.
INDIVIDUALISATION AND EXPANSION
Example of a system with metered and weighed product feed with both several BigBags and a double diverter at the discharge.
DIRECT FLANGE FOR SCREW CONVEYORS ETC.
Openings serve as a flange for attachments for product feeding and the following processes during product discharge.
Tanker loading by Floveyor
Tanker loading by floveyor
The machine can be adapted to any requirement of your processing procedures and operations.
Tanker loading by floveyor
The machine can be adapted to any requirement of your processing procedures and operations.
Tanker loading by floveyor
The machine can be adapted to any requirement of your processing procedures and operations.
Tanker loading by floveyor
The machine can be adapted to any requirement of your processing procedures and operations.
Sheathed ropes in polymer coating
The great advantage of this design, which has been tried and tested in practice since 2005, is that the transport sheaves and the rope are fused together in a single operation, without any rivets. This results in a complete seal between the two assemblies, the ideal prerequisite for a particularly long service life and clean operation.
Can also be used for other makes
Conveyor cables are available in stainless steel AISI 304 and AISI 329 (magnetic) bare or coated in white and blue PU (optionally magnetic).
Conveyor disks made of PU are available in white or blue and optionally magnetic.
Questions and answers
- Wear on the product and machine is significantly less.
- The product is only subjected to minimal stress.
- Higher throughput with smaller delivery pipes
- Product changes are quicker and easier.
The operating costs are comparatively minimal, as only a 1.5 kW motor is required for operation.
Small construction volume: Floveyors are compact in design and construction and require significantly less space in operation than bucket elevators. In addition, Floveyor machines can be used in mobile applications, i.e. they do not have to be permanently installed.
The systems can be used at any angle, i.e. with any inclination.
Mobile trolleys can be fitted as an option, allowing the Floveyor machines to be moved manually.
Each machine is adapted to the conditions on site or the connected process units.
All bulk materials up to a particle size of approx. 12 mm.
Almost no residue remains in the machine.
Dry cleaning is possible during the process.
Wet cleaning is also no problem
The ropes are available in three materials and designs:
- Stainless steel bright AISI 304, AISI 329 magnetic
- coated in PU in white and blue
- coated in PU, magnetic
The cast-on conveyor disks are available in
- PU in white or blue
- Magnetically detectable PU in blue
- We only offer riveted panes on express request
No, the machine has an integrated dosing unit.
After a rope change, the rope tension should be checked three times within 8 hours, after which the system runs maintenance-free.
Example values for orientation are e.g. cement with max. 60 t/h, sugar with max. 40 t/h and flour with max. 20 t/h.
