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Looking for alternatives to a baghouse for removing airborne starch
Saxon, You are correct in your assumption that we are manually adding 50 pound bags of corn starch. The problem with pneumatic conveying is the prohibitive costs involved with installing such a system. This particular starch is only used in one product, and while we would stand to gain a...- GACOSUChE
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- Forum: Chemical environmental control
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Looking for alternatives to a baghouse for removing airborne starch
I have 6 mixing vessels of varying sizes and types for formulating adhesives in batches and the main powdered ingredient is corn starch. Currently, the bags are simply dumped in at the top of the mixer and a dust plume of starch is created, which is a situation that needs to be changed. We...- GACOSUChE
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- Forum: Chemical environmental control
