A METHOD OF EMPTYING AND COLLECTING FROM A TRANSPORT VESSEL,PREFERABLY OF CONTAINER SIZE,UNITARY BATCHES OF A GRANULAR OR DUSTFORMING PRODUCT WITHOUT CREATING DUST IN THE SURROUNDINGS,AND APPARATUS FOR CARRYING OUT THE METHOD

摘要

A method and an arrangement for emptying and collecting from a transport vessel (15) of container size unitary batches of a granular or dust-like product without creating dust in the surroundings, there being used an emptying unit (20) having a receiving bin (21) and the vessel (15), in at least one end wall (17) of which vessel there is arranged in the lower part of said end wall an emptying opening (18) which can be closed and opened by means of a flap (19), and in which the bin (21) is brought into sealing engagement with the vessel (15) around the emptying opening (18) by moving the transport vessel (15) and the bin (21) relative to one another, whereafter the bin (21) is fixedly locked to the end wall (17) and at least the transport vessel (15) is tipped so that the product is caused to slide into the bin (21) so as to be passed through the emptying unit (20) to a storage station (28) without dust escaping.