An apparatus for enrobing a product portion can include a polymer spray head arranged to direct a plurality of polymeric fibers in an upward direction and levitate product portions in a polymer enrobing zone above the polymer spray head. Polymeric fibers produced by the polymer spray head can wrap around the product portions levitated in the polymer enrobing zone to create an enrobed product. Side guide structure(s) and/or air knife(s) can be provided adjacent to the polymer enrobing zone to inhibit levitated product portions from falling out of the polymer enrobing zone and/or to guide levitated product portions along a desired path. Exemplary enrobed products include smokeless tobacco products.

A pulsation-free wet spraying machine resolves the issue of pulsing during pumping of a concrete spraying machine The wet spraying machine includes a frame, a pumping mechanism, a swing mechanism and a hydraulic system, wherein the pumping mechanism includes a hopper, a material chamber, a concrete feeding mechanism, an auxiliary feeding mechanism and a distribution valve. The hopper of the pumping mechanism is disposed above the material chamber. The distribution valve is disposed inside the material chamber, the concrete feeding mechanism and the auxiliary feeding mechanism both include a hydraulic cylinder, a concrete piston and a concrete cylinder, a discharge pipe is a three-way pipe fixed at a side surface of the material chamber, an auxiliary discharge pipe of the discharge pipe is connected with an auxiliary concrete cylinder, and a through hole is disposed on the auxiliary concrete cylinder. The swing mechanism includes a swing hydraulic cylinder, a swing arm and a swing hydraulic cylinder base, an auxiliary piston rod of the auxiliary feeding mechanism passes through a mandrel to push an auxiliary concrete piston to move inside the auxiliary concrete cylinder. In addition, the pulsation-free wet spraying machine stably feeds a material, has a compact structure, and is wear-resistant.

A system for preparing a dry process material includes a sealed container that holds and seals the dry process material therein and prevents airborne dust or particles from the dry process material from escaping the sealed container. Sealed processing equipment receives the dry process material from the sealed container and prevents the airborne dust or particles from escaping the sealed processing equipment. A sealed connection sealingly couples the sealed container to the sealed processing equipment and prevents the airborne dust or particles from escaping while transferring the dry process material. A sealed transfer conduit is sealingly coupled to and extends from the sealed processing equipment.

A peristaltic pump comprises a drive assembly, a hose pump, and a hose bracket. The drive assembly is rotatably disposed within a frame to move a roller along a pumping path with respect to the frame. The pump hose has rigid hose ends connected by a bendable hose section with limited flexibility tending to bias the pump hose towards a substantially unbent shape. The hose bracket has a rigid body with a first central opening sized to receive the rigid hose ends at first and second retention locations, such that the natural bias of the pump hose towards a substantially unbent shape retains the hose ends within the first and second retention locations, positioning the bendable hose section along the pumping path of the roller.

A powdery-material feeding device includes a hopper configured to reserve a powdery material, a transfer member configured to deliver and to discharge the powdery material fed from the hopper, a motor configured to drive the transfer member, a measuring instrument configured to measure a discharge amount of a powdery material delivered to be discharged by the transfer member, and a controller configured to control, while control according to the discharge amount of the powdery material measured by the measuring instrument is not conducted, a current applied to a coil of the motor to have a substantially constant amount, to control the discharge amount of the powdery material delivered to be discharged by the transfer member to have a required amount.

A powder layer composite includes a base and a powder layer having a thickness of 100 m or less and disposed on the base. An average of a total value of a number of powder aggregates having a long diameter of 500 m or greater and a number of pinholes having a long diameter of 500 m or greater, in any of a plurality of different regions of 20 mm20 mm on a surface of the powder layer, is 0.2 pieces/cm.sup.2 or less.

A dispensing device for connection to a drone is provided. The dispensing device has an outer housing and an inner housing interior of the outer housing. The inner housing has an inner cavity having an entrance opening and an opposing exhaust opening. The area between the outer housing and the inner housing defines an outer cavity adapted to hold a material. The dispensing device also has a fluid access opening to provide fluid access between outer cavity and the inner cavity to allow material in the outer cavity to be transferred to the inner cavity and mixed with air to create an air and material mixture. An air accelerator is provided adjacent the inner cavity to accelerate the air and material mixture out of the dispensing device.

A dosing device for dosing a granular material containing a reservoir for storing the granular material, a dosing disc, and a suction device and a spraying device containing such a dosing device and a method for applying a granular material to a substrate.

An agricultural product delivery applicator for delivering particulate product to a field. The applicator includes a supply compartment to hold the product, a pneumatic conveying system, a metering system, and a controller. The pneumatic conveying system includes first delivery line operably connected to an airflow source and to the supply compartment, and a second delivery line operably connected to the airflow source and to the supply compartment. The metering system includes a first metering device associated with the first delivery line and a second metering device associate with the second delivery line. The controller controls the air flow source, the first metering device to meter product to result in a first mixed flow of airflow and product for the first delivery line, and the second metering device to meter product with the airflow to result in a second mixed flow of airflow and product for the second delivery line.

A powder supply device includes: a hopper that stores powder; a tubular chute that extends in an axial direction, includes one end connected to a lower end of the hopper, and discharges the powder supplied from the hopper from a discharge port provided at an opposite end thereof; an auger screw that is rotatably provided in the chute and includes a helical blade for transporting the powder toward the discharge port; and at least one strip-shaped portion which is provided on an inner wall surface of the chute and has an elongated recessed or protruding shape and of which a longitudinal direction extends in a direction intersecting with at least a part of the blade.