Horizontal Filter Vacuum Receiver Reduces Clogging
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional vertical vacuum receivers in Vacuum Conveyance Systems require significant space for filter access and maintenance, leading to inefficient product flow and frequent off-cycle intervals due to filter clogging.
Innovation Solution
A horizontal filter configuration relocates the filter above the receiver body, enhancing space efficiency and reducing product accumulation, allowing for increased product flow rates and decreased off-cycle intervals through optimized cleaning and blow-off mechanisms.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a vertical filter configuration is used in the vacuum receiver, then the filter can be accessed for cleaning by lifting it out through the top cap, but a significant amount of space must be available above the system which increases the overall system footprint
Solution Approach 1:
The filter configuration is changed from vertical to horizontal orientation. The filter housing extends horizontally from the side of the receiver body, allowing the filter to be accessed by removing a side panel rather than lifting through the top. This dimensional change reduces the vertical space requirement while maintaining filter accessibility for cleaning and replacement.
2Device complexity
If a vertical receiver body with cylindrical filter is used, then the filter can be installed inside the receiver, but the filter occupies significant portion of the receiver body volume reducing effective product capacity
Solution Approach 1:
The filter and its housing are extracted from the interior of the vertical receiver body and relocated to a horizontal position outside the main receiver volume. The filter housing extends horizontally from the side of the receiver, allowing the filter to be positioned external to the product containment volume. This extraction increases the effective volume of the receiver body available for product storage and transfer.
3Area of stationary object
If the filter is located within the vertical receiver body, then the configuration is compact, but product accumulates on the filter during use leading to frequent clogging and off-cycle intervals
Solution Approach 1:
The filter is repositioned from a vertical orientation within the receiver to a horizontal orientation outside the receiver body. This dimensional change alters the flow dynamics and reduces product accumulation on the filter surface during operation, thereby decreasing clogging frequency and maintaining higher productivity levels.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The horizontal filter configuration significantly improves accessibility and reduces downtime for maintenance, increasing product flow rates and efficiency in material transfer by minimizing space requirements and filter clogging.
Implementation Method 1
a vacuum being pulled on the line. The transfer line carries material to a vacuum receiver
Implementation Method 2
Inside the tube is a filter that prevents the incoming product from being sucked into the vacuum line
Implementation Method 3
material accumulating on the filter falls down into the receiving hopper in the absence of the vacuum
Data Source
AI summary
A receiver for a vacuum conveyance system may include a vertically-oriented, cylindrical receiver body having an inlet port through which material may be conveyed when an airstream is created. A head assembly attached to an upper end of the receiver body includes a filter housing having a first end and a second end, the filter housing constructed to house a horizontally-oriented cylindrical pre-filter between the first end and the second end, wherein the head assembly includes a filter access cap removably attached to the first end and usable to remove and insert cylindrical pre-filters. A vacuum utility assembly may be attached to the second end of the filter housing.