BETHLEHEM, PA—New Smart Elbow® Deflection Elbow Kits from HammerTek® Corp allow direct replacement of silo top elbows and piping/tubing subject to abrasive wear, with all preparation done safely at ground level. Each kit contains all components required to replace failing elbows, including two Smart Elbow® deflection elbows and all necessary piping/tubing, connectors and gaskets. All can be assembled on the plant floor prior to silo top installation, reducing personnel hazards associated with maintenance at high …

HammerTek is the only one-product company that offers specialty elbows for pneumatic conveying systems. Yes, our SMART-ELBOW® Deflection Elbows are available in cast iron, carbon steel, aluminum, stainless steel and other alloys; at 90- and 45-degree angles, and with either flanges or socket-weld ends, but it doesn’t change the fact that elbows are all we do! And it’s been that way since HammerTek’s beginnings back in the early 1980’s. Over the years, we’ve seen ads …

In conventional pneumatic conveying systems, materials impact the elbow wall at high speed to change direction. As a result, abrasive materials can wear through the elbow wall, fragile materials can break apart, and heat-sensitive materials can build-up and clog the elbow. When plastic pellets impact and heat the elbow wall, they often melt, forming streamers, angel hair and snakeskins. A simple maintenance step to prevent these problems is to replace conventional sweep elbows, ceramic-backed elbows …

Pneumatic conveying: you love it. No other conveying option comes close to moving large volumes of materials over long distances, completely and quickly. Whether in dense phase or dilute phase, pneumatic conveying tends to blow most other options away, both literally and figuratively. So what’s the downside? Well, unless you have the rare system that runs in a straight line from intake to outlet, there will be a bend–usually multiple bends, in the convey line. …