FEATURE AIR FORCE
By Mark S. Kuhar AIR-SUPPORTED CONVEYOR SYSTEM SERVES VULCAN RAILCAR LOADING STATION
IN FLORIDA. CHALLENGE:
Adding a new conveyor and load‐out structure to an existing plant.
SOLUTION:
An innovative air‐sup‐ ported conveyor system from Martin Engineering.
TIP:
With the fully enclosed system, there is no con‐ tamination of the con‐ veyed material or escape of fugitive dust.
veyor system to serve its new Florida railcar loading station, allowing the firm to ship clinker in bulk quantities to its grinding facilities in Port Mana‐ tee and Tampa. With its stable ride and fully enclosed construction, the system contains fugitive dust and re‐ duces maintenance requirements, while taking excellent advantage of very limited space.
T 18 ROCKproducts • OCTOBER 2011 When company officials at the
he nation's largest producer of aggregates has employed an in‐ novative air‐supported con‐
Thompson S. Baker cement plant in Newberry, Fla., decided to ship clinker to remote grinding facilities, they knew it would require adding a new conveyor and load‐out struc‐ ture. The real challenge to the project came in designing the system so it would fit with the plant's existing silos and conveyors.
"The only practical option was to lo‐ cate the railcar loading conveyor next to the existing pan conveyor, which carries clinker to the finish mill," said Maintenance Manager Jim
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