Key benefits of piFLOW®am

•  Safety and hygiene: piFLOW®am is made of premium stainless steel and meets the highest hygiene standards.
•  Efficiency: Thanks to COAX® technology, vacuum production is the most energy-efficient.
•  Flexibility: The conveyor is suitable for a variety of applications, including printer filling, hoppers and material recycling.
•  Easy maintenance: The hygienic design allows for easy maintenance and cleaning.

PiFLOW®am is a small vacuum conveyor designed based on OEM requirements in the additive manufacturing segment. The small and compact design incorporates Piab’s patented and highly efficient COAX® vacuum technology as well as a throttle valve. The throttle valve is insensitive to pressure fluctuations and is able to hold the material batch inside without a pump installed. It has a standard TC connection, which simplifies integration for the customer. The unit is simple to use and can be easily integrated with any type or brand of 3D printer, screen, hopper and other intermediate container. The product is controlled by pneumatic or electric control units.

Why choose piFLOW®am?

piFLOW®am is the ideal solution for safe and efficient handling of powder materials in the additive manufacturing process. Its advanced features and design guarantee reliability and high performance, making it an invaluable tool for your production.
Piab vacuum conveying technology can be used to solve many different problems related to additive manufacturing. It is the perfect technology for loading the printer with metal powders, retrieving/cleaning excess material from printers and post-production, and filling or emptying metal powders from/to adjacent equipment such as a sieve or powder container.

PiFLOW®am is made of stainless steel and can withstand material temperatures up to 60°C [140°F]. The conveyor unit weighs 15 kg [33 lbs] and has a maximum feed pressure of 0.7 MPa [101.5 psi].

Customer Benefits

•  Employee Safety and Metal Dust Exposure
•  Low Building Height
•  Handling High Bulk Density Materials (1.5-8 kg/L) [93.6-499 lb/ft3]
•  Low Noise and Energy Consumption
•  Easy Cleaning, Operation and Maintenance

Target Application

•  Metal Powder Recovery from Overflow Bin
•  Metal Powder Filling Printer
•  Metal Powder Filling Screen or Hopper
•  Recover Metal Powder from Printer
•  Conveying to and from Mixer/Blender