Silos, Bins, Hoppers

Bulk material storage vessels (e.g., silos, bins, hoppers, elevators, bunkers) are available in a variety of sizes, shapes, and materials of construction. Proper selection of a silo, bin, or hopper requires evaluation of many factors, and in cases where basic material characteristics have been ignored, undesired consequences such as, caked or, and have resulted.

• General configuration that meets capacity and spatial constraints
• Bulk material flow properties that help select vessel design parameters
• Hopper shape, angle, and internal surface required for bin flow pattern
• Outlet size and shape engineered to avoid poor flow and ensure discharge rate
• Unique design features for powder and bulk solids reliable handling, processing

• for highly cohesive wet bran
• that efficiently strips polyolefin hydrocarbons
• retrofit for handling hot lime at 800° F (427º C)
• that handles saturated gold ore tailings
• silo for feeding kaolin clay at high rates into railcar
• , Y-branch, and mass flow surge hoppers for dual-sided press compacting potent pharmaceutical powder into tablets