| Conveyor systems have been around for over 100 | | | | materials as bulky as railcars. The best candidate |
| years, so we are all familiar with conveyor systems | | | | materials for pneumatic conveyors are items that are |
| that involve belts. They are very common in | | | | non-abrasive and non-fibrous. A pneumatic conveyor |
| warehouses, and of course, airports. However, there is | | | | transports items by forcing a gas stream through |
| a conveying system of which many people are not | | | | vertical or horizontal pipes. In most cases this gas is |
| aware, and that is a pneumatic conveyor system. | | | | simply air, but in cases where there is a fire or health |
| The When and How | | | | hazard, other gases may be used. This gas is expelled |
| They are most commonly used in the chemical | | | | at such high pressures that objects are able to be |
| industry for transporting objects as small as pellets to | | | | vacuumed from one place to another. |