Dry Processing

Vacuum conveyor

By Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor

Piab’s piFLOWp vacuum conveyor develops a vacuum through the use of COAX cartridges. The device is designed according to USDA and GMP guidelines; all materials are FDA approved. All configurations can be delivered with an ATEX dust certificate. Conveyor builders have access to technical data, drawings and CAD files, which let designers change configuration parameters online to see if the proposed conveyor system fits the application. The supplier maintains a database of 30,000 standard configurations.

Piab; 800-321-7422; www.piab.com

KEYWORDS: bulk handling conveying

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Wayne Labs has more than 30 years of editorial experience in industrial automation. He served as senior technical editor for I&CS/Control Solutions magazine for 18 years where he covered software, control system hardware and sensors/transmitters. Labs ran his own consulting business and contributed feature articles to Electronic Design, Control, Control Design, Industrial Networking and Food Engineering magazines. Before joining Food Engineering, he served as a senior technical editor for Omega Engineering Inc. Labs also worked in wireless systems and served as a field engineer for GE’s Mobile Communications Division and as a systems engineer for Bucks County Emergency Services. In addition to writing technical feature articles, Wayne covers FE’s Engineering R&D section.