Key Benefits
Very low maintenance, with no moving parts
Completely enclosed, dust-free system
Extremely low energy costs
Maximum flexibility thanks to extensive accessory options
Dense phase conveying, for high throughput
Low-maintenance, low-energy pneumatic conveying of dry bulk materials Your conveying systems keep your process going. They need to be reliable, low-maintenance and low cost. FLSmidth's Airslide conveyors harness the power of gravity, giving you a system that is low maintenance, high efficiency and high performance. Throughputs of more than 2000 m3/h are possible with very low energy consumption.
What we offer
A pneumatic conveying system that just makes sense
With minimal fluidising air and a gentle incline, Airslide conveyors transport dry and fine-grained mineral bulk materials economically and efficiently.
Working at speeds of 2000 m3/h and more, these enclosed systems are dust-free, low wear and low maintenance, yet highly efficient. They can be used across the plant, in applications such as conveying bulk material from silos to vehicle or ship loading facilities, receiving material from bucket elevators for further distribution to silo chambers, or where multiple material flows meet for transport on to a common station.
Thanks to the low conveying speed and simple construction, Airslide convey even high volumes of materials gently, without segregation and with very low wear. This gives you a long equipment life with virtually no maintenance.
Our Airslide conveyors are built with flexibility in mind, so we’ve designed a variety of attachments and accessories to enable a broad range of uses. Branch points, distributing systems, ejection flaps, or shut-off units and regulating units enable a large number of individual conveying section variations. Adaptations can also be made for high-wear or high-temperature materials up to 400°C.
Product Features
Working with nature to deliver eco-friendly pneumatic conveying
So how does the Airslide harness the natural force of gravity to provide gentle but high-volume pneumatic conveying?
The pneumatic Airslide consists of an upper trough and a lower trough, with a porous fabric clamped between the two. Material to be conveyed is fed into the upper trough, while the lower trough is charged with a low-pressure fluidising gas – usually air. This passes through the fabric and fluidises the material, but the material can’t pass through the fabric.
Material flow is achieved by sloping the Airslide conveyor to match the fluidised angle of repose to the powdered material. At the correct angle, fluidised materials flow with the consistency of a liquid. Every installation is tailored to your material and application. The whole process requires very little energy – just 0.02 kWh/t per 100 m of conveying length.
Our Airslide conveyors have a robust and simple structure. As they are installed overhead, valuable floor space and added headroom are available for other purposes. By eliminating the need for massive support members, it permits a flexibility of plant design not available with straight-line conveyors.
Low investment costs and energy-efficient operation result in an optimal pneumatic conveying system that is quiet and clean.
Typical Airslide conveyor applications include:
Distribution from bucket elevators to storage silos
Gathering under baghouses / precipitators
Feed to process
Feed to other conveyors
Loadout from bulk silos to trucks, railcars or barges
In-plant conveying
Storage silo / bin withdrawal
Key Benefits
- Very low maintenance, with no moving parts
- Completely enclosed, dust-free system
- Extremely low energy costs
- Maximum flexibility thanks to extensive accessory options
- Dense phase conveying, for high throughput
Low-maintenance, low-energy pneumatic conveying of dry bulk materials
Your conveying systems keep your process going. They need to be reliable, low-maintenance and low cost. FLSmidth's Airslide conveyors harness the power of gravity, giving you a system that is low maintenance, high efficiency and high performance. Throughputs of more than 2000 m3/h are possible with very low energy consumption.
What we offer
A pneumatic conveying system that just makes sense
With minimal fluidising air and a gentle incline, Airslide conveyors transport dry and fine-grained mineral bulk materials economically and efficiently.
Working at speeds of 2000 m3/h and more, these enclosed systems are dust-free, low wear and low maintenance, yet highly efficient. They can be used across the plant, in applications such as conveying bulk material from silos to vehicle or ship loading facilities, receiving material from bucket elevators for further distribution to silo chambers, or where multiple material flows meet for transport on to a common station.
Thanks to the low conveying speed and simple construction, Airslide convey even high volumes of materials gently, without segregation and with very low wear. This gives you a long equipment life with virtually no maintenance.
Our Airslide conveyors are built with flexibility in mind, so we’ve designed a variety of attachments and accessories to enable a broad range of uses. Branch points, distributing systems, ejection flaps, or shut-off units and regulating units enable a large number of individual conveying section variations. Adaptations can also be made for high-wear or high-temperature materials up to 400°C.
Product Features
Working with nature to deliver eco-friendly pneumatic conveying
So how does the Airslide harness the natural force of gravity to provide gentle but high-volume pneumatic conveying?
The pneumatic Airslide consists of an upper trough and a lower trough, with a porous fabric clamped between the two. Material to be conveyed is fed into the upper trough, while the lower trough is charged with a low-pressure fluidising gas – usually air. This passes through the fabric and fluidises the material, but the material can’t pass through the fabric.
Material flow is achieved by sloping the Airslide conveyor to match the fluidised angle of repose to the powdered material. At the correct angle, fluidised materials flow with the consistency of a liquid. Every installation is tailored to your material and application. The whole process requires very little energy – just 0.02 kWh/t per 100 m of conveying length.
Our Airslide conveyors have a robust and simple structure. As they are installed overhead, valuable floor space and added headroom are available for other purposes. By eliminating the need for massive support members, it permits a flexibility of plant design not available with straight-line conveyors.
Low investment costs and energy-efficient operation result in an optimal pneumatic conveying system that is quiet and clean.
Typical Airslide conveyor applications include:
- Distribution from bucket elevators to storage silos
- Gathering under baghouses / precipitators
- Feed to process
- Feed to other conveyors
- Loadout from bulk silos to trucks, railcars or barges
- In-plant conveying
- Storage silo / bin withdrawal
