Product category:
Powder and Solids Handling
News Release from: Ajax Equipment | Subject: Online video resource
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 10 January 2007
Online video resource tackles hopper
flow problems
For engineers faced with hopper flow problems the Ajax Equipment web site now features video showing common flow problems, with advice on how to solve them
For engineers faced with hopper flow problems the Ajax Equipment web site now features video showing common flow problems, with advice on how to solve them Arching, cohesive arching and segregation are featured along with examples of how extraction patterns can be improved to overcome the flow problem
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 25 May 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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"Poor hopper flow is amongst the most common materials handling problem faced by chemical engineers.
The videos on the Ajax Equipment web site are intended to show engineers what's going on inside the hopper and how they can overcome the problem," said Eddie McGee, technical director, Ajax Equipment.
Ajax Equipment has over 30 years of experience in solids handling processing and equipment design and manufacture including screw feeders, screw conveyors, continuous mixers and IBC Systems.
The web site features many powder handling and processing papers on topics such as hopper design, stress in screws and materials bulk density database.
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