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Conveyor Transfer Point Upgrade controls Dust at Brazil Port

One of Brazil’s busiest ports is successfully managing dust emissions from its grain terminal conveyor system with an innovative transfer chute design. To prevent impacting the local community and adjacent docks with dust from loading and unloading agricultural commodities, the conveyors at the T-…read more
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Smart Elbow® Deflection Elbow Installation Brought in $30,000 Under Projected Budget

At Miller Brewing Company's Fort Worth, TX, facility, staff engineer Roy Marin was faced with an interesting problem two years ago — a problem that was solved by using the patented HammerTek Smart Elbow® deflection elbow. The Smart Elbow flow device provides change of direction in pneumatic and s…read more
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Pneumatic Deflection Elbows cut Wear, Dust, Offload Time for Bulk Project Contractor

Robert Ober & Associates is a specialty design/build firm that serves an international client base for bulk material handling projects that range from USD25,000 retrofit contracts to USD25 million turnkey plant projects. The company began specifying Smart Elbow® deflection elbows from HammerTek…read more
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3D Level Sensors can solve the toughest Food Storage Challenges

For almost a decade, 3DLevelScanners have been providing highly accurate level and volume measurement in challenging materials contained in bins, tanks, and silos. Measuring and mapping the material surface, these sensor sends pulses in a 70° beam angle, taking multiple level measurements and accou…read more
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SWR engineering: Moisture Measurement in Wood Pellet Production to ensure Material Quality

A manufacturer of wood pellets processes raw materials such as planing chips or wood chips (wood waste) to produce wood pellets. To ensure optimal adjustment of the drying process, the company uses SWR engineering's M-Sens 2 moisture sensor. The moisture is measured while the material is transporte…read more
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motan - colortronic: Conveying and Dosing Technology at Greiner Packaging GmbH

Precision in seven layers Worldwide, up to 2.5 billion cups of coffee are drunk every day. Much of this is prepared from coffee powder capsule portions in coffee machines. Due to the necessary oxygen barrier to prevent ageing of the coffee due to oxidation, these capsule portions consist of either a…read more
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The Use of Measured Flow Properties for Dimensioning the Outlet of a Mammoth Silo for Coal Storage

This article describes a procedure for predicting the outlet size of a large flat-bottomed coal silo to ensure reliable flow. The design is based on the flow properties measured on relevant samples of the bulk solid and a mixture of existing silo theories and common sense. Due to the special feature…read more
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Bulk Grain Silo Developments in Southern Africa

The history of the development of the large diameter freestanding bin silo in South Africa is given explaining the advantages and highlighting some of the problems encountered, the solution of which resulted in the type of grain silo which is now being constructed throughout Southern Africa Failures…read more
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Evolution of Bulk Solids Technology Since 1974

Cooperation of process engineers concerned with flow of bulk solids in bins, and civil engineers designing bins in terms of mechanical strength has improved but is not yet optimal. Angles of wall friction determined by shear testers can be used for process technological design of hoppers as well as …read more
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The Development of Industrial Silos Throughout the World During the Last 100 Years

It was exactly 100 years ago, in 1881, that Baker started to investigate the lateral pressures exerted by a solid. Nevertheless it is said that the initial steps towards the automation of flour mills were taken with the construction in 1780 of the first bucket elevator. read more
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Critical Nature of Wall Thickness/Diameter Ratio in Reinforced Concrete Silos

Traditionally the design of the wall of a circular silo has been on the basis of a calculated pressure assumed to be uniform in the horizontal plane at a given position hence leading to a wall tension per unit height = P·D/2, as for a pressure vessel, where P = internal pressure and D = diameter. read more
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The Storage of PVC Powders

The authors describe the properties of PVC powders which are relevant to their storage, consider some of the bulk storage options available and describe the approach which is being adopted by BP Chemicals at its factory In Barry, South Wales. read more
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A Post-Stressed Concrete Silo to Store 30,000 t of Cement

The paper describes important predesign design, tendering and construction aspects of a single cell 30,000 t cement silo owned and operated by Adelaide Brighton Cement Limited and located on a wharf in Port Adelaide, South Australia. All elements of the structure are discussed and particular emphasi…read more
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Design of Storage Silo Systems

There are many excellent publications expounding the theories of powder technology but the main concern of the user of bulk powders is the proper integration of the various pieces of equipment used to comprise a complete scheme. It is most desirable that, when approaching a supplier of equipment …read more
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Fresh Air for Cement Plants – Loosen, Mix and Transport Powdery Goods with Compressed Air

Compressed air is often essential for transport, loosening and/or homogenisation tasks in producing powdery goods. This also applies to cement plants, where large numbers of screw compressors and positive displacement blowers are used in the production process. read more
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Large Scale Fuel Storage Silos – Safe and Environmentally Friendly Storage of Coal, Coke or Wood Pellets

There is a growing number of reasons why companies that handle and store large quantities of bulk solids should care about environmental issues. Large scale storage silos offer a cost-efficient way to manage and minimise environmental impacts and can also be used for solid fuels such as coal, pet co…read more
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Flow and Pressure during Centric and Eccentric Discharge in Cylindrical Silos

This article presents an experimental investigation of the flow pattern and wall pressure due to centric and eccentric discharge. The experiment were performed on a metal silo prototype using corn as a granular material. The silo prototype used in the study was built of a metallic cylinder, which ca…read more
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Whipped into Shape – Concrete Mixing Plant Relieves Pressures with Silo Cleaning Service

When their silo walls bulged due to increased internal stresses, which resulted from material build-up within the silo, a North American Ready Mix Concrete plant looked for a possibility to empty the silos without the need to enter them. read more
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Sufficient Stock at Lower Cost: Reducing the Cost of Carrying Safety Stocks

Following, please find how accurate level measurement can improve inventory reporting and reduce safety stocks of bulk solids, helping companies meet financial targets, reduce costs and increase sales. read more
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Technical Article

Stresses in Silos Part 2: Stresses in Hoppers – Disturbances to the Stress Distribution

The first part of te paper on stresses in silos [10] focused on te bulk solid properties wit respect to stresses, and te stresses in te vertical part of a silo. e present second part explains te stresses acting in oppers for filling and emptying conditions. In die ideal case stress distributions are…read more
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Safe Silo Cleaning – The Whip kept Material flowing at Illinois Cement, USA

When the Eagle Materials Illinois Cement facility experienced a serious blockage in its 80000 ton storage silo, the company employed an innovative pneumatic cleaning technology that was remote controlled from outside the domed structure. read more
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Tubular Drag Conveying – A Cost-Effective and Energy Saving Alternative to Pneumatic Conveying

While pneumatic conveying has advantages in specific applications, a totally enclosed tubular drag conveyor can offer similar advantages, while also mitigating material degradation and separation, maintaining low energy consumption and reduced explosion risk. read more
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Silo Dischargers for Non Free-Flowing Bulk Materials

The problems associated with the discharge of non free-flowing bulk materials from silo storage is outlined and a range of mechanical dischargers are described in detail. On the grounds of economy, cylindrical silos provide the most efficient method of storing a wide range of industrial bulk ma…read more
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