Pneumatic Flow Cutter

A slide gate that stops or reduces the flow of grain and other bulk products in gravity chutes. A sliding plate moves across the product passage to close it fully or partly, and can be operated by hand or by a pneumatic cylinder. Modeled in Autodesk Inventor. The body, slide plate, guide rails and mounting parts are designed as sheet metal parts for laser cutting and bending. It includes an outlet flange for mounting to the next machine, a bracket and connection piece for the pneumatic cylinder, and a valve mounting plate. The model is organized into separate assemblies for the body, the slide, the manual handle and the pneumatic cylinder.