Ammonium Sulphate Silo Gates
Dear Ryan,
your problem is not the gate valve, your problem is the cone and the moisture of the material.
We recommed you to chance the cone to 60° so you get a better Flow rate.
If you have place under the silo you can cut the cone at diameter 2000 and mount a new cone
Other you need think is to heat the cone. By heating the cone you never get so much problem with the moisture in the tank.
For better Flow rate we recommend you also to install min 3 air cannon depend from diamater of silo up to 5 air cannons
If you have a drawing from the silo we can quote the air cannon to you including technical design where to install the cannon
If you can chance cone also will be function our disharge hopper.
Also the outlett sitze is not very well for get a good Flow rate.
Better you have square outlett min 300 mm ( 12 " ) better 400 mm ( 16 ")
Hope my answer will help you
Good luck
Bernd Sauer
www.bs-vertrieb.de ■
Ammonium Sulphate Silo Gates
Hi My Sauer,
I have attached a drawing of our proposed tank design that we had a consulting firm develop for us based on or specific product testing.
- Heating the tank to solve the moisture maybe a solution and I will look into that with the project team.
- Using air cannons to assist the flow is interesting. I have attached a drawing of the new silo design for your reference.
- Is there any reason why a square gate would be preferred instead of a rectangular?
Thanks for your input.
Do you have any particular gates available that you have design for customers with similar product? Some product details are on the attached drawing.
Thanks,
Ryan Brown
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What Is The Best Gate For Ammonium Sulpahte Silos?
Hello,
I am replacing an old ammonium sulphate storage bin and would like to get some idea of typical gates used for this product. We currently have a slide gate but this type of gates poses problems with flow (old tank has angle of 45 degrees) and often gets caked up with wet product. Moisture is our big problem here as we are an outdoor facility (in Hamilton Ontario) and cannot eliminate is compeltely.
I have been researching mass flow gates and clam shell gates and was wondering if anyone has any experience with this type of product and gate configuration.
The product we are storing is emptied daily and has a particle size of 1-4mm with a moisture content that varies from 0-0.38%.
Our new silo is to be a mass flow design (30-40 tonnes) which will make flow better so I just need to match the new design with an optimal gate design. The bottom opening of my silo is approximately 6 feet by 2 feet.
I have attached a copy of the new silo design which was created by online testing with our product.
Thanks,
Ryan Taylor Brown
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Ammonium Sulphate Silo Gate.
Moving hole feeder may be a good solution to your problem. It can be fitted under the rectangular opening of the silo. For details see: http://www.kamengo.com/feeder.html ■
Re: Ammonium Sulphate Silo Gates
Ryan
I have merged your threads in here - there is no need to start another thread on the same subject. (post #4)
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Silo Issues
About your silo issues;
There is no need for gates at any time
if you have an apron feeder to draw the
material down using air cannons to break it
loose as postioning the air cannons
where the manufacturer recommends
it to be placed on the inverted cone(s).
Using a single apron feeder to draw the material
down to the draw off point/belt would be very
simple to do.
You will have the benefit of flow from back to front
pulling all the material with the tractive effort created
by the apron feeder tread.
The apron feeder will hold the material in place
on the feeder plates and the skirting will prevent
spillage.
lzaharis ■
Ammonium Sulphate Silo Gates
Hello,
I am replacing an old ammonium sulphate storage bin and would like to get some idea of typical gates used for this product. We currently have a slide gate but this type of gates poses problems with flow (old tank has angle of 45 degrees) and often gets caked up with wet product. Moisture is our big problem here as we are an outdoor facility (in Hamilton Ontario). We try to control the moisture as much as possible but ultimately have to deal with it when it becomes present in our product.
I have been researching mass flow gates and clam shell gates and was wondering if anyone has any experience with this type of product and gate configuration.
The product we are storing is emptied daily and has a particle size of 1-4mm with a moisture content that varies from 0-0.38%.
Our new silo is to be a mass flow design (30-40 tonnes) which will make flow better so I just need to match the new design with an optimal gate design. The bottom opening of my silo is approximately 6 feet by 2 feet.
Thanks,
Ryan Taylor Brown ■