Bulk material silo discharge system - has slewing trough attached at discharge end to loading fitting cover

摘要

The loading mechanism is for material in bulk extracted from a large silo. It has a conveyor trough (1) slewing about a vertical axis (3) near its inlet end, and attached at the discharge end to the cover (10) of a loading fitting (11) movable in a straight line. The path along which the fitting travels forms a secant to the circle (13) described by the trough, and the cover slides on it at right angles to this path. there may be an inlet spout above the inlet and the trough, which is attached to it via a slewing ring, while a further slewing ring joins a spout on the outlet end to the cover.