Material separation system
AssigneeVigie Group
InventorsRik Slabbinck, Peter Baert, Simon Waroquier, Thierry Vlieghe
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Abstract
A material separator system including a separation device to separate at least a first group and a second group of material from an incoming stream of material; the stream of material laying on a conveyor belt and being carried along a longitudinal axis to a separation device; the material separator system including at least one air nozzle adapted to blow air between the conveyor belt and the support table in order to create an air-cushion in-between.
Claims10
A material separator system comprising:
- a separation device to separate at least a first group and a second group of material from an incoming stream of material;
- a conveying device to convey said incoming stream of material to the separation device, said conveying device comprising a motorized conveyor belt translating over a support table, the stream of material laying on the conveyor belt and being carried along a longitudinal axis to the separation device;
- at least one air nozzle configured to blow air between the conveyor belt and the support table in order to create an air-cushion in-between, the at least one air nozzle being disposed on a lateral side of the conveyor belt oriented parallel to the plane of the support table, in a transversal direction, perpendicular to the longitudinal axis.
A method for controlling a material separator system including a separation device to separate at least a first group and a second group of material from an incoming stream of material, a conveying device to convey said incoming stream of material to the separation device, and at least one air nozzle configured to blow air between the conveyor belt and the support table in order to create an air-cushion in-between, said conveying device including a motorized conveyor belt translating over a support table, the stream of material laying on the conveyor belt and being carried along a longitudinal axis to the separation device, the method comprising:
- detecting an instability of the speed of the conveyor belt;
- and
- activating the at least one air nozzle when said instability is detected.
A method for controlling a material separator system including a separation device to separate at least a first group and a second group of material from an incoming stream of material, a conveying device to convey said incoming stream of material to the separation device, and at least one air nozzle configured to blow air between the conveyor belt and the support table in order to create an air-cushion in-between, said conveying device including a motorized conveyor belt translating over a support table, the stream of material laying on the conveyor belt and being carried along a longitudinal axis to the separation device, the material comprising:
- detecting an activation of the conveyor belt or the activation of the separation device or the power supply of the material separator system;
- and
- activating the at least one air nozzle to blow the air between the conveyor belt and the support table in order to create an air-cushion in-between when said activation or the power supply is detected.
A method for an incoming stream of material on a material separating separator system including a separation device to separate at least a first group and a second group of material from an incoming stream of material, a conveying device to convey said incoming stream of material to the separation device, and at least one air nozzle configured to blow air between the conveyor belt and the support table in order to create an air-cushion in-between, said conveying device including a motorized conveyor belt translating over a support table, the stream of material laying on the conveyor belt and being carried along a longitudinal axis to the separation device, the method comprising:
- starting the conveyor belt;
- starting the separation device;
- providing an incoming stream of material to separate on the conveyor belt;
- and
- while the separation device is running, implementing a method for controlling the material separator system, the method for controlling the material separator system comprising
- detecting an instability of the conveyor belt speed, and
- activating the at least one air nozzle when said instability is detected.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.