Development and Application of Automatic Pneumatic Cylinder Cleaner

To remove the tobacco dust buildup on wall of cylindrical equipment in tobacco primary processing line,an automatic pneumatic cleaner was developed on the basis of aerodynamic principle of high speed air stream. From a small high-pressure fan,the high speed air stream injected on the inner wall of cylinder acted as a rotary air knife and cleaned the wall areas tended to build up tobacco dust. The results of application showed that after installing the cleaner in cut strips casing cylinder,the average amount of tobacco buildup on the cylinder wall reduced from 40.6 to 3.3 kg/shift. The cleaner has a self-cleaning function,and is simple in structure,it can clean cylinder walls and spikers effectively.