Pneumatic In-Line Magnets
Bunting offers gravity, pneumatic, and center-flow in-line magnetic separation equipment. As material flows across the surface of a powerful rare earth magnet, the magnetic force captures and traps ferrous metal contamination, holding it against the face of the magnet to prevent it from re-entering the product stream. In gravity and pneumatic in-line magnets, tapered transitions guide material directly over the face of a hinged plate magnet, which swings away from the housing to enable quick external cleaning. In center-flow in-line magnets, the magnet achieves optimal contact with the product flow by suspending a conical magnet in the center-line of the housing. All of our designs can come with 10,000 gauss to comply with food standard.
To deliver powerful magnetic separation, our in-line magnetic separation equipment comes standard with rare earth magnets, although we do offer other options based on your needs. For optimum safety, metal-detectable gaskets and grommets are standard in the housing of in-line magnets. All of our pneumatic units come with a lock out tag out feature, allowing operators to lock the unit in order to prevent injury or tampering from personnel. All of our pneumatic units come with a sensor backplate, so operators can install a sensor to tell them when the magnet is open or when the magnet was last cleaned. This helps operators know if it is safe to run their product, or if maintenance is keeping up with cleaning. Our in-line magnets excel at removing ferrous fines as well as larger pieces of tramp metal contamination from your material, and extensive customization options are available. Additionally, Bunting’s units are designed to prevent the product from degradation and do not cause it to splinter.
Pneumatic in-line magnets are built for use in dilute phase pneumatic conveying systems. They can be installed easily with optional factory-supplied compression couplings, and work best in horizontal runs with the plate magnet down to take advantage of material stratification. Pneumatic in-line magnets feature full-flow architecture to allow an unobstructed product stream.
