{"id":1510,"date":"2019-12-02T08:00:23","date_gmt":"2019-12-02T07:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ai-lati.eu\/?p=1510"},"modified":"2025-07-01T15:05:23","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T13:05:23","slug":"the-design-of-suction-systems-more-precise-faster-and-intuitive","status":"publish","type":"ailati","link":"https:\/\/www.ocrim.com\/en\/ailati\/the-design-of-suction-systems-more-precise-faster-and-intuitive\/","title":{"rendered":"THE DESIGN OF SUCTION SYSTEMS: MORE PRECISE, FASTER AND INTUITIVE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>It is still in an experimental phase but has already received great interest at the International CAE Conference (Vicenza, 28-29 October). Our R&amp;D department, in partnership with FMB Eng.In.E. &#8211; academic spin-off of the University of Parma &#8211; has studied a new method for the dimensioning and balancing of suction systems. Many advantages both in the design and about sanitation matters.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What Does It Consist Of?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nowadays the increasing demands of systems and machines capable of meeting the increasingly requirements concerning <strong>the food safety and sanitation matters,<\/strong> require constant innovation from suppliers. <strong>The Research &amp; Development department of Ocrim,<\/strong> in collaboration with its <strong>partner company FMB Eng.In.E<\/strong>., an academic spin-off of the <strong>University of Parma<\/strong>, has been strongly oriented towards the optimization of <strong>suction and pneumatic transport systems since proper functioning of the milling plant depends on them<\/strong>. This research falls within a wider project related to food safety matter, which began first with the introduction of <strong>stainless steel <\/strong>and then continued with <strong>antimicrobial sieves<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the milling industry the correct sizing of the\nsuction systems is of primary importance for many reasons:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Avoid dust spillage<\/strong> from machines and from transport systems of wheat and its products; <\/li><li><strong>Separate the dust <\/strong>and other lighter impurities <strong>from the wheat<\/strong>;<\/li><li><strong>Separate the grinding products by density difference<\/strong> (purifiers); <\/li><li><strong>Contain the moisture content<\/strong> in the grinding products and in the machines and reduce the formation of mold. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ocrim.com\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/infografica.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1511\" width=\"278\" height=\"278\"\/><figcaption><strong>The results of the fluid dynamic calculation<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Presented at the <strong>International CAE Conference<\/strong> (Vicenza, October 28-29) and carried out in collaboration with our partner FMB Eng.In.E, one of our latest R&amp;D activities concerns a <strong>new method, still at experimental stage, for dimensioning and balancing of the suction systems<\/strong> in the milling industry thanks to the <strong>integrated use of CFD<\/strong> (computational fluid dynamics) <strong>one-dimensional and three-dimensional<\/strong>. This combination allows to accurately characterize every single component of the plant (purifiers, roller mills, cyclones, separators etc.) using Ansys Fluent technology &#8211; a precise and accurate 3D simulation &#8211; and to provide all information to Flownex &#8211; a one-dimensional simulation dedicated to study of complex networks and systems &#8211; to accurately reproduce the behaviour of the system. Since the initial phase, the new method <strong>allows to position the design objective not only on the dimensioning but also on the balancing<\/strong> of the suction line, to have <strong>the correct flow rates on all the branches<\/strong> and avoid branches excessively aspirated or dead branches on the exhaust manifolds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The reliability of the new method has been validated<\/strong> thanks to an accurate measurement and experimentation tests performed inside the University of Parma, <strong>on a pilot suction system,<\/strong> with its bag-type filter, realized a few years ago by Ocrim.Th e benefits of this new simulation approach make <strong>the design<\/strong> <strong>more effective and intuitive, the most clean and balanced plant ensuring an optimal level of sanitation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Innovation Passes Through R&amp;D<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ocrim.com\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/infografica-FMB.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1512\" width=\"320\" height=\"180\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>FMB Eng.In.E. is a company that deals with <strong>research and development from the plant and process<\/strong> point of view. Founded in 2014 as a spin-off of the University of Parma, for Ocrim it represents an <strong>integrated research platform<\/strong> able to combine in-depth theoretical knowledge of simulation, modelling and visualization of industrial processes, with the advantages of the academic world, such as the availability of <strong>high skilled people, laboratories and equipment at the cutting edge of technology.<\/strong> Ocrim and FMB Eng.In.E boast a close long-lasting collaboration carrying out various projects of equipment design and, in general, of plant. A strategic partnership that confirms <strong>Ocrim commitment to invest constantly in Research &amp; Development.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":5096,"template":"","ailati_category":[2362],"class_list":["post-1510","ailati","type-ailati","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","ailati_category-archive"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ocrim.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ailati\/1510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ocrim.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ailati"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ocrim.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ailati"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ocrim.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ocrim.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ocrim.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ailati_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ocrim.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ailati_category?post=1510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}