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Efficient Silo Refurbishment: Sustainable Operation of a Multi-chamber System enabled for another 20 Years

Fast, safe, cost-effective, sustainable - REMAPUR-75 proves to be the superior solution for the refurbishment of a mixing silo at RUF Baustoffe. Thanks to the sprayable wear protection, the experts from REMA TIP TOP overhaul the worn multi-chamber silo system in just three and a half weeks for a con…read more

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Safe Confined Space Entry for Chutes, Silos and Hoppers

An estimated 7% of the U.S. fatalities recorded by MSHA between 1995 and 2011 occurred in a confined space. To reduce that number, conveyor operators are wise to understand exactly how a confined space is defined, and to consider what they can do to prevent serious injuries.read more

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Conveyor Belt Generates Power for Air Cannons to control Build-Up

The Ash Grove Cement plant in Louisville, Nebraska produces approximately 1.1 million tons per year. In order to maintain production levels, efficient material movement via conveyor is critical. The issue is especially acute when running wet raw material at the quarry. Over time, operations personne…read more

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Martin Engineering: Cement Plant overcomes remote Conveyor Issues with unique Power Generation Technology

An innovative cement manufacturer in the Midwestern U.S. has implemented a unique power solution developed by Martin Engineering at a remote conveyor location that lacked convenient electrical access. The patent-pending design uses the kinetic energy of the moving belt to generate enough electricity…read more

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Martin Engineering: Tata Plant Expansion includes Training Facility with life-size Conveyor Models

Martin Engineering has helped one of the largest steel manufacturers in the world to train new staff on conveyor operations and safety at one of the company’s newest facilities. After expanding the existing plant, Tata Steel Ltd. constructed a dedicated training facility and invited Martin Enginee…read more

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Solution to the Problem of Cleaning Out of Silo Floors

The author describes the problems associated with the unloading of silos, in particular those for grain storage. The "Matscrew' Silo Unloader is described and significant cost savings are claimed over other unloading methods. read more

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The Hogan Vibratory Bin Discharger

The discharge of powders stored in bulk has always been a problem, and there are many devices schemes and designs to ensure that material once in a silo will flow out again. The subsequent control of that flowing material is considered a separate problem. This paper discusses the mechanical make-up …read more

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Air Cannon's Ambiance too hot! Innovative Air Cannon Positioning at Clinker Cooler for easier Maintenance

Martin Engineering has helped a U.S. cement plant resolve clogging issues in its clinker cooler, using advanced air cannon technology and an innovative mounting strategy. HeidelbergCement’s Lehigh-Hanson facility upgraded to modern air cannons and set them in a long U-shaped pipe configuration awa…read more

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Silo Discharge Aids – Active Devices to solve Bulk Material Flow Problems

Although the knowledge is available to design silo with reliable flow, problems still occur quite frequently, for example, with old installations or if the properties of the material to be stored change. In such cases, a silo discharge aid can be a feasible solution. read more

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A Sound Solution – Eliminate Material Side Wall Build-up and Bridging

A typical problem met in silos or hoppers: The material won’t move and leave the silo. You’ll need a supporting technology. A simple, yet elegant method is the use of acoustic cleaners, which overcome the binding forces within the stored material through the energy of acoustic waves. read more

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World’s largest Wood Pellet Store – 100% Reclaim from the actually largest fully automated Wood Pellet Store

In the UK as well as in the rest of Europe biomass fuel is finding ever more attention. To enable the utilisation of such materials in power plants on a big scale they have to be supplied in consistent quality with regard to chemical and physical composition. This can be achieved by transforming the…read more

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Material Buildup? Blow it away – Air Cannons hammer Preheater Buildup at Nebraska Cement Plant

An American cement producer faced severe problems of material buildup in his preheater. Manual hydro-lancing meant process disruptions. So they approached Martin Engineering for a more sophisticated solution. read more

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Technical Article

Eyes on Air Cannon Nozzles – Maximizing Air Cannon Performance through Nozzle Research

Well known for some 40 years, air cannons are a decisive element for the handling of fine-grained and coarse bulk materials. Due to a further improved design process the nozzles can now easily be tailored to suit specific accumulation problems. read more

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Down the Rathole – A Hopper Flow Solution for a Concrete Plant

A cement and concrete manufacturer faced a problem with their storage bins for the raw material, which accumulated in the hopper forming a rathole. To keep the whole of the material flowing they installed an aircannon system with some interesting specifications. 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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Improve your Size Reduction: Expect More from your Horizontal Shaft Impactor

Horizontal Shaft Impactors (HSI) were first implemented in the midst of the last century. Since then they have taken over the size reduction process in many industries. Here’s why, and how. read more

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Feeding of Biomass: Design Experience with Wood Chips

Part of the international struggle to reduce the carbon footprint in energy consumption is the utilisation of biomass instead of fossil fuels such as coal or oil. Although the basic approach is quite promising, as there is a huge amount of usable biomass, there are some problems to be solved with re…read more

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Sometimes a Hit is unavoidable – The well-known “Silo Hammer” has a pneumatically driven Equivalent

One of the most often met problems during the handling of bulk solid materials is that the material which has been filled into a silo will stuck in the same. One way to get the infill flowing again is to transfer a mechanical impulse into the hopper wall, as described in the following presentation. …read more

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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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Limestone in a Silo: OK – but out? Resolving Material Accumulation in Cement Plant Limestone Silo

Cement production involves a good deal of bulk material handling. As the base materials, and especially their handling behaviour, are prone to humidity, special action must be taken to keep these materials moving in the course of the production process. 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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The Design and Operation of Bin Activators

The Bin Activator was developed almost 20 years ago in response to the basic processing need for reliable material flow from storage. At the time of its conception volumetric vibrator feeders which could meter a variety of materials with accuracies of ± 1 to 2%, were gaining greater acceptance thro…read more

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