Conveyor installation and method for conveying plastics granulate

US10815078B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• COPERION GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Bernhard Stark · Weingarten, DE
• Michael Duerr · Mannheim, DE
• Thomas Vögele · Binzwangen, DE
• Christian DIKREUTER · Markdorf, DE
• Christian Toni · Ravensburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 23, 2018
• Grant date: Oct 27, 2020
• Expiry date: Feb 23, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65G2201/042
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A conveyor installation for plastics granulate comprises a dispatch location at which the plastics granulate with a pressurised carrier gas is dispatched into a conveyor line, a target location that in terms of conveyance is connected to the dispatch location, a humidification unit for humidifying the carrier gas and/or the plastics granulate by adding liquid, wherein a separation device for separating the humid carrier gas from the plastics granulate is provided at the target location.