Bigger checkpoint speeds airport travelers

Passengers go through the new security checkpoint in the under construction Terminal 2 West at Lindbergh Field. All 12 lanes won't be fully operational until the terminal opens later this year.
— Howard Lipin

Passengers go through the new security checkpoint in the under construction Terminal 2 West at Lindbergh Field. All 12 lanes won't be fully operational until the terminal opens later this year.
— Howard Lipin

Travelers at the San Diego International Airport found an unusual spot for speediness Friday afternoon — the new and roomy security checkpoint in Terminal 2.

While jackhammers jolted outside the terminal, which is undergoing expansion, passengers moved at a quick clip through the 29,000-square-foot checkpoint, which can have a maximum of 12 inspection lanes operating.

The new setup opened on Wednesday andinto the case, the kneader blades 61 being driven by an electric motor 62. For the kneading machine of the above construction, an upper pipe 64 is disposed, extending from a feed port 63 which is for the feed of compressed air up to the upper upper port 52. In the pipe 64 there is mounted an upper solenoid valve 65 which functions to respectively establish communication and cut off communication of the pipe 64 with respect to the with the upper port 52 and also functions to open the cylinder 51 side of the upper pipe 64 to the atmosphere. Also mounted in the upper pipe 64 is a pressure regulating valve 70 in a position closer to the feed port 63 with respect to the solenoid