pneumatic conveyor

British

noun

engineering a tube through which powdered or granular material, such as cement, grain, etc is transported by a flow of air

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Davis engineers wrap a coil of copper wire around a standard pneumatic conveyor pipe that carries feed from chopper to storage bin.

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