Smart Elbow® Deflection Elbows for Pneumatic Conveying of Abrasive Materials
HammerTek Smart Elbow® Deflection Elbows for Pneumatic Conveying
HammerTek® SMART ELBOW® Deflection Elbow Prevents Breakage
“The heat generated by the PE impacting sweep elbows melted the product inside the conveying lines, forming streamers that jammed downstream equipment.”
“AAP has installed over 100 of the deflection elbows. AAP no longer experiences the maintenance issues caused by streamers, improving production, and notes that Smart Elbow units will be specified on all new vacuum lines added to meet increased demand.”
Ed Komoroski
Project manager
“Abrasive, fast-moving grain was causing frequent blowouts, requiring the mill to shut down every few months.”
“Before the HammerTek elbows, the abrasive wheat would just eat through the elbows regardless of what we did. I’m glad that we found the deflection elbows. They’ve made my life easier.”
Todd Berry
Director of quality control
“Standard type 316L stainless pipe elbows frequently wore out, creating a wide range of costly problems.”
“The standard stainless elbows lasted about four months if the MgO systems were operating at full capacity, 24 hours per day. Under similar conditions, the HammerTek elbows have been installed for one and one-half years and are still functioning fine. We’ve installed them in a second silo vent system.”
Gavin Heckler
Engineer
“Sand products are our biggest challenge. Moving at 60 mph (95.5 km/h) through the pipe, it just wears them out.”
“We went with the HammerTek elbows because our silos were manufactured with them on the fill side. It was a brand that we had seen installed and knew it worked.”
Mike Deppa
Senior project engineer
“I don’t think it was communicated clearly how abrasive our materials are. They very quickly started poking holes in the elbows.”
“We get very little wear from the deflection elbows, so we’re not wearing off that metal into our product. That by itself is enough for us to justify the cost. Eliminating the blowouts, the mess, and unscheduled downtime was a bonus. We can make the case from a purely manufacturing standpoint, too.”
Andrew Harm
Process engineer
“We considered installing thicker-walled sweeps, and other companies offered to reinforce the affected sections of the line.”
“It’s a success story for us.”
Joe Obrien
Project Manager
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