Swiss technology group Bühler announces the launch of a new 8-inch TUBO tubular push conveyor. With the new solution customers in malting and brewing, milling, coffee, oat flakes, and animal feed processing industries can benefit from an increase of 80% in throughput capacity, reaching up to 43 tons per hour.
“The new addition builds on the success of the revolutionary TUBO system with push technology. With the new 8-inch tubes we offer a system for an even broader range of applications with higher capacity requirements,” says Stefan Anshelm, Product Manager of Grain Quality & Supply at Bühler. Up to now, the system has been available with tubes in 5-inch and 6-inch diameters with a throughput ranging from 12 tons per hour to 24 tons per hour. The new TUBO with 8-inch tubes allows for capacities of 40 to 43 tons per hour. The system transports products gently over distances of up to 50 meters in all directions. “With lighter loads and fewer bends in the system’s configuration this can be increased to 70 meters,” says Markus Huber, Product Engineer at Bühler.
Pushing instead of pulling
Like previous releases, the new 8-inch TUBO follows the simple and effective principle of pushing instead of pulling. Loose pusher elements called TUBITs are pushed inside the tubular construction moving material gently from inlets to outlets.
“The TUBO concept has many advantages over conventional pneumatic systems or mechanical conveyors such as bucket and chain conveyors. These conventional systems require more space, more conveying components to transport material in different directions, and additional explosion protection such as decoupling devices,” says Anshelm.
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