Method of configuring air accelerator

A method, comprising:

• first configuring a first cross-sectional flow area of a throat within a first air accelerator to discharge a target quantity of a particulate material, the first air accelerator including a body and an adjustable member, an interior surface of the body defining a cavity containing the adjustable member, the throat being at an air outlet of a chamber defined between the body and the adjustable member, the throat being near a discharge end of a singular bore defined by the adjustable member, the first configuring including axially moving the adjustable member along a first longitudinal length of the cavity;
• first establishing an operating airflow through the chamber;
• second establishing a flow of the particulate material into the singular bore;
• discharging the target quantity of the particulate material from the singular bore with assistance from the operating airflow;
• inserting a dosing tube into a first end of a partially formed pouch, the singular bore being in communication with the dosing tube;
• discharging the target quantity of the particulate material from the dosing tube into the partially formed pouch;
• and
• sealing the first end.

A method, comprising:

• first configuring a first cross-sectional flow area of a throat within a first air accelerator to discharge a target quantity of a particulate material, the first air accelerator including a body and an adjustable member, an interior surface of the body defining a cavity containing the adjustable member, the throat being at an air outlet of a chamber defined between the body and the adjustable member, the throat being near a discharge end of a singular bore defined by the adjustable member, the first configuring including axially moving the adjustable member along a first longitudinal length of the cavity;
• first establishing an operating airflow through the chamber;
• second establishing a flow of the particulate material into the singular bore;
• and
• discharging the target quantity of the particulate material from the singular bore with assistance from the operating airflow,
• wherein the second establishing further includes
• connecting a funnel of a metering assembly to an entrance end of the body such that the funnel is in communication with the singular bore, a first internal diameter of an outlet of the funnel being equal to a second internal diameter of the singular bore, and
• configuring the metering assembly to deliver the flow of the particulate material through the funnel and into the singular bore.

A method, comprising:

• first configuring a first cross-sectional flow area of a throat within a first air accelerator to discharge a target quantity of a particulate material, the first air accelerator including a body and an adjustable member, an interior surface of the body defining a cavity containing the adjustable member, the throat being at an air outlet of a chamber defined between the body and the adjustable member, the throat being near a discharge end of a singular bore defined by the adjustable member, the first configuring including axially moving the adjustable member along a first longitudinal length of the cavity,
• wherein the first configuring further includes
• first establishing a test airflow through the chamber,
• measuring a first force of the test airflow exiting the first air accelerator, and
• determining a first axial position of the adjustable member that causes the first force to equal a target force, the target force being associated with the target quantity of the particulate material,
• the chamber having a continuously smaller cross-sectional flow area from an air inlet to the air outlet of the chamber.

A method, comprising:

• first configuring a first cross-sectional flow area of a throat within a first air accelerator to discharge a target quantity of a particulate material, the first air accelerator including a body and an adjustable member, an interior surface of the body defining a cavity containing the adjustable member, the throat being at an air outlet of a chamber defined between the body and the adjustable member, the throat being near a discharge end of a singular bore defined by the adjustable member, the first configuring including axially moving the adjustable member along a first longitudinal length of the cavity,
• wherein the first configuring further includes
• first establishing a test airflow through the chamber,
• measuring a first force of the test airflow exiting the first air accelerator, and
• screwing the adjustable member into a first axial position using first threads on an upper end of the adjustable member that mate with second threads on an upper end of the interior surface, the first axial position causing the first force to equal a target force, the target force being a desired force that causes the first air accelerator to deliver the target quantity of the particulate material,
• the chamber having a continuously smaller cross-sectional flow area from an air inlet to the air outlet of the chamber.