For Testing the Bulk Material Handling Characteristics of Your Product, Young Industries maintains a 9,000 sq. ft. research and test lab area
Young Industries maintains a 9,000 sq. ft. research and test lab area, including a 600 sq. ft. conference and training area, in our Muncy, Pennsylvania plant. The lab is operated by a full time staff that assists Young Industries Application Engineers, Design Engineers, and Customer personnel in analyzing and providing solutions to customer problems in pneumatic conveying, mixing, blending, size reduction, and air pollution control.
This facility is equipped with bench testing equipment that is used to evaluate customer's materials, and to provide data to the engineers for use in designing the systems.
Young Industries test center has both dilute and dense phase pneumatic conveying test systems that are used to solve customer's conveying problems and verify design information. The dilute phase system is powered by either negative or positive pressure by a 30 HP power unit with variable speed drive. The test lab has a computerized data acquisition and control system that is used to control and monitor the pneumatic conveying systems. The data acquisition system logs all the pressures and air volumes that are later used to evaluate the system's performance.
In addition to the conventional systems, we modify existing test lab equipment or develop prototype equipment in our test center. The test center is complete with weighing equipment, feeding equipment, steam, compressed air, water, and electrical utilities. The test lab also has provisions for using nitrogen or inert gas as a conveying media.
Test Lab Capabilities - Pneumatic Conveying
BENCH TEST FOR MATERIALS CHARACTERISTICS
Bulk Density - Poured and settled
Particle Size Distribution - Tyler RoTap to 325 U.S. mesh
Angle of Slide on Steel (coefficient of static friction)
Angle of Repose
Angle of Fall
Angle of Spatula
DILUTE PHASE CONVEYING - ROTARY VALVE FEEDER TYPE
Type Available - Positive pressure, negative pressure, pull/push and
closed-loop using rotary valves
Maximum Horizontal Distance - 400 ft. (extendible)
Maximum Vertical Distance - 50 ft.
Maximum Number of Elbows - 8 @ 90 deg. (can be increased)
Maximum Capacity - 10,000 Ibs./hour
Velocity Range - 1,000 to 10,000 ft./minute, average
Pipe Size - 3" outside diameter
DILUTE PHASE - VENTURI EDUCTOR
Size - 2" Sch. 10 pipe
Maximum Distance- 300 ft. total
Capacity - to 2,500 Ibs./hour (distance and material dependent)
DENSE PHASE - BATCH TYPE MUUI-PHASE
Vessel Size - 5 cu. ft. working volume
Line Size - 2" Sch. 40 pipe
Distance - 300, 600, 900, 1200 ft.
Elbows - 22 @ 1,200 ft. distance
Capacity - 20,000 Ibs./hour (distance and material dependent)
Design pressure - 150 PSIG
Velocity - 200 to 2,500 ft./minute at inlet
Gases - Air and inert gases
DENSE PHASE - BATCH TYPE PRODUCT PUMP
Vessel Size - .75 cu. ft. and 3 cu. ft.
Configuration - Horizontal and vertical transporter vessel
Line Size - 1-1/2" and 2" Sch. 10 pipe
Distance - 20 to 200 ft. horizontal and 50 ft. vertical
Rate - 2,500 Ibs./hour, typical
DENSE PHASE - CONTINUOUS
Line Size - 1-1/2" and 2" pipe
Distance - 300 ft. horizontal, 50 ft. vertical
Rate - 5,000 Ibs./hour
Velocity- 200 ft./minute
