A system to automate the separation of agricultural products. The system includes an enclosure, sealed with permeable mesh to permit airflow and walled with non-porous material to prevent agricultural material from escaping the enclosure while allowing for flow to pass freely. This system is capable of separating material without mechanical interaction, such as with grippers or end effectors, and relies on air flow through the enclosure to create separation between the desired and undesired material using ballistic coefficient as a fundamental differentiator between constituent material of the agricultural products. This is accomplished with a variable speed fan which blows air through the enclosure, lifting and separating material based on the ballistic coefficient of that material and the flow settings. Dividers are used to separate and capture the products for retrieval at the conclusion of operation.

Both a hydraulic (wet) separation process and a dry separation process are used in combination to recover sand, bentonite clay and organics from foundry waste created during operation of a green sand foundry. These recovered ingredients are then recycled for reuse in making additional green sand molds.

Both a hydraulic (wet) separation process and a dry separation process are used in combination to recover sand, bentonite clay and organics from foundry waste created during operation of a green sand foundry. These recovered ingredients are then recycled for reuse in making additional green sand molds.

A dedusting apparatus removes dust and debris from particulate material flowing over the surface of a wash deck formed with steps and incorporating an air knife engaging the flow of particulate material as the material drops from one wash deck level to another. An ionizing wire is placed at each step on the wash deck so that the air knife blows negative ions from the ionizing wire into the particulate material falling off the step onto the level of wash deck below the ionizing wire. The wash deck is formed with openings to allow air to blow through the wash deck surface and remove dust and debris from the flow of particulate material. The wash deck can be constructed from modules supported on one another in a manner to present an overhang at each step. The wash deck can be formed from a flat pattern as a unitary bent structure.

A dedusting apparatus removes dust and debris from particulate material flowing over the surface of a wash deck formed with steps and incorporating an air knife engaging the flow of particulate material as the material drops from one wash deck level to another. An ionizing wire is placed at each step on the wash deck so that the air knife blows negative ions from the ionizing wire into the particulate material falling off the step onto the level of wash deck below the ionizing wire. The wash deck is formed with openings to allow air to blow through the wash deck surface and remove dust and debris from the flow of particulate material. The wash deck can be constructed from modules supported on one another in a manner to present an overhang at each step. The wash deck can be formed from a flat pattern as a unitary bent structure.

A vertical roller mill includes a housing, a chute that supplies materials to be grinded to a center portion of the housing, a grinder that is provided below the chute and grinds the materials to be grinded, an exhaust pipe that is provided above the grinder, a transport mechanism that forms an air flow for transporting, to the exhaust pipe, grinded materials grinded by the grinder, and a flow-constricting flow path provided between the grinder and the exhaust pipe and narrows a flow path area for the air flow, in which the flow-constricting flow path is formed between a first flow-constricting ring provided in the center portion of the housing and a second flow-constricting ring provided to protrude from the housing toward the center portion of the housing.

A vertical roller mill includes a housing, a chute that supplies materials to be grinded to a center portion of the housing, a grinder that is provided below the chute and grinds the materials to be grinded, an exhaust pipe that is provided above the grinder, a transport mechanism that forms an air flow for transporting, to the exhaust pipe, grinded materials grinded by the grinder, and a flow-constricting flow path provided between the grinder and the exhaust pipe and narrows a flow path area for the air flow, in which the flow-constricting flow path is formed between a first flow-constricting ring provided in the center portion of the housing and a second flow-constricting ring provided to protrude from the housing toward the center portion of the housing.

Raw cannabis plant material is dried, coarsely ground, agitated while chilled, sifted and collected to result in cannabis plant material rich in trichomes. Dried cannabis plant material is coarsely ground using a grinder. The coarsely ground cannabis plant matter is agitated in a tumbler in a cooled environment to separate the trichomes from the remainder of the plant matter. The trichomes are then sieved using a sieve shaker with sieves of different mesh sizes mounted in a tower. Chilling the plant material embrittles the trichomes so that they can be removed more easily from the remainder of the plant material.

A process for reforming the fly ash, including the heating step that heats a raw fly ash powder containing the unburned carbon at a temperature of 780 to 1000 C. to decrease the amount of the unburned carbon contained in the raw fly ash powder; and the cooling/classifying step that introduces the heat-treated fly ash in a state of being maintained at a high temperature as obtained through the heating step into a cooling/classifying apparatus so that the fly ash is separated into a fine grains and a coarse grains; wherein the cooling/classifying apparatus 3 used in the cooling/classifying step has a basic structure in which the gas flow for classification is introduced from the lower side and the gas flow Z for cooling/classification introduced into the apparatus is then discharged from the upper side; the heat-treated fly ash is brought into contact with the gas flow Z for cooling/classification, the fine grains contained in the heat-treated fly ash is lifted up and discharged out of the apparatus while the coarse grains contained in the heat-treated fly ash is allowed to stay in the apparatus 3, and the fine grains and the coarse grains are separated and cooled; and the fine grains discharged from the apparatus 3 is recovered by using a dust-collecting apparatus, and the coarse grains is recovered from the apparatus 3.

A process for reforming the fly ash, including the heating step that heats a raw fly ash powder containing the unburned carbon at a temperature of 780 to 1000 C. to decrease the amount of the unburned carbon contained in the raw fly ash powder; and the cooling/classifying step that introduces the heat-treated fly ash in a state of being maintained at a high temperature as obtained through the heating step into a cooling/classifying apparatus so that the fly ash is separated into a fine grains and a coarse grains; wherein the cooling/classifying apparatus 3 used in the cooling/classifying step has a basic structure in which the gas flow for classification is introduced from the lower side and the gas flow Z for cooling/classification introduced into the apparatus is then discharged from the upper side; the heat-treated fly ash is brought into contact with the gas flow Z for cooling/classification, the fine grains contained in the heat-treated fly ash is lifted up and discharged out of the apparatus while the coarse grains contained in the heat-treated fly ash is allowed to stay in the apparatus 3, and the fine grains and the coarse grains are separated and cooled; and the fine grains discharged from the apparatus 3 is recovered by using a dust-collecting apparatus, and the coarse grains is recovered from the apparatus 3.