Standards or literature for removing products using pneumatics?

[ApexM0Eng]

I am looking to research the topic. The pnuematics in question would be simply a valve and compressed air system.
I have been searching for such documentation but have been hard pressed to find what I am looking for.
I was hoping either someone might know of a company that might handle such cases and might have documentation on the subject, or has been across literature in relation to the subject, etc.

It would be similar to blowing capsules (or similar light weight) with compressed air. I wasn't looking for documentation with anything complicated. I was hoping for anything to do with types of forces and control/placement methods. Maybe standard parts to use.
Most I have come across is standards on contaminants and filtering methods. Some companies claim their products are used to move/remove/package pharmaceutical without any information on how they achieve that.

 

[MikeHalloran]

There's nothing complicated about a pneumatic blowoff; you've probably been using too many big words. Note, though, that you have little control over the workpiece's trajectory, so you have to physically constrain it, e.g. with a funnel or something similar.

Pneumatics in closed cylinders is often used in packaging pharmaceuticals, because of their gentle touch, and because they don't leak a lot of oil, like hydraulics. See Clippard Instrument Co. and competitors for illuminative catalogs and such.



Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA

 

[ApexM0Eng]

Trajectory is my biggest concern. I figured setting up a bank of valves at certain angles would compensate for constancy in addition to a funnel.

Currently looking through some of Clippards documentation.

 

[Compositepro]

I believe that you are referring to "pneumatic conveyors". Vacumax makes such equipment for pharmaceutical industry.

 

[ApexM0Eng]

No, I don;t want to move the product through ducting or using vacuums. I more want to blow the product off of a surface, say into a hopper or collector that is below the surface. So the more controlled it is as it is being blown off the better.

 

[Compositepro]

Exair and Vortec make a variety of air jets and blowers.

 

[ApexM0Eng]

It looks like Exair's Super Flat nozzles fit the bill really well. Hopefully I get get some consultation from the engineers on their site about setup
for the application.