FLOVEYOR
Floveyor, the aeromechanical conveyor - the innovative further development of the tube chain conveyor
The aeromechanical conveyor is the evolution and all-purpose weapon in the conveying of bulk materials. With the more efficient alternative to the classic chain conveyor, all common free-flowing bulk materials (from fine powders to granulates) are conveyed in high throughputs and with almost no wear. With its slim design, it conveys your products both from, or into, silos, BigBags, mixers, packaging machines and much more
Due to its unique properties, aeromechanical conveying is also ideally suited as a replacement for bucket elevators in the area of powdery bulk materials.
The Aeromechanical Principle
The conveyor cable moves through a tube at a speed of 4m/s, creating suction/vacuum behind the conveyor disc. The material – any free-flowing bulk material is suitable – is “pulled” or sucked into this suction without almost 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, the product volume displaces the air volume. When ejecting, the same amount of air is sucked in again via the funnel.
Advantages
- Very high flow rates with minimum maintenance
- Minimum 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 necessary for product feed
- ATEX Zone II 2D Ex IIIB T200°C Db
Conveying capacity
Function gallery
HOUSING
One-piece pulley housing with virtually no beads or edges for the longest possible service life and easy access for maintenance and cleaning.
PULLEY WHEELS
The pulley wheels are located directly on the drive shaft.
THE CONVEYOR CABLE
The only maintenance part and central element of the Floveyor. Good to know: Our long-lasting conveyor cables are also sometimes suitable for other makes, please contact us!
VARIANTS OF CONVEYOR CABLES AND SHEAVES
Conveyor cables are available in both AISI 304 and AISI 329 (magnetic)stainless steel and sheathed in white and blue PU (optional magnetic). The PU conveyor discs are available in white or blue and optionally magnetic.
SPECIAL HYGIENE REQUIREMENTS
In the hygienic version of the Floveyor, all cleaning options and the use of magnetically detectable plastics are a matter of course.
EASY CLEANING – WET OR DRY
Almost no residues remain in the machine, making dry cleaning possible at any time during the running process. Wet cleaning can also be easily carried out.
VIDEO: FLOVEYOR IN USE – TEST RUN WITH A RANGE OF MATERIALS
Material testing with a single Floveyor testing machine equipped with an F3 conveyor cable. Transportation of
Animal feed pellets, milk powder, corn kernels, peanuts, plastic pellets, puffed wheat, oat flakes, tea leaves
and white rice.
Individualization
By arrangement, the machine can be adapted to any requirement of your processing procedures and sequences. A small overview of the possible extensions:
- Bag or BigBag task
- Chassis for mobile operations on-site
- Winch for changing the conveying angle
- Wet and dry cleaning
- Direct flange for screw conveyors etc.
Distributor valves - Lump crushers
- 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 cable are fused in a single operation, completely without rivets. This results in a complete seal between the two assemblies, an optimum prerequisite for a particularly long service life and clean operation.
Can also be used for other makes
Conveyor cables are available in AISI 304 and AISI 329 (magnetic) stainless steel, bare or sheathed in white and blue PU (optional magnetic).
Conveyor discs made of PU are available in white or blue and optionally magnetic.
Questions and answers
- Significantly reduced wear on both product and machine.
- The product is only minimally stressed.
- Higher throughput with smaller conveying tubes
- Product changeover is faster and easier.
The operating costs are comparatively minimal, as only a 1.5 kW motor is required for operation.
Low construction volume: Floveyors are compactly designed and built, requiring significantly less operational space than bucket elevators. Mobile use is also an option, i.e. Floveyor machines do not have to be permanently installed.
The systems can be used at any angle, i.e. with any inclination.
Optionally, a mobile chassis can be mounted, 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 residues remain in the machine.
Dry cleaning is possible during the running process.
Wet cleaning also not a problem
The ropes are available in three materials or designs:
- Bare AISI 304, AISI 329 stainless steel, magnetic
- sheathed in PU, white and blue
- sheated in PU, magnetic
The cast-on conveyor discs are available in
- PU in white or blue
- Magnetically detectable PU in blue
- We only offer riveted discs on express request
No, the machine has an integrated dosing unit.
After changing a cable, the cable tension should be checked three times within 8 hours, after which the system runs maintenance-free.
Example values for orientation are e.g. cement at max. 60 t/h, sugar at max. 40 t/h and flour at max. 20 t/h.
