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Loading Plastic Beads in Rail Hopper
Hello, I am currently looking at replacing our in house built loading spouts (spreaders) that are used to load plastic beads into a rail hopper. The current spreaders use air to spin the rotating blade which allows for more product to be loaded into a rail car. These spreaders however do not...- cbabz10
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- Forum: Chemical plant design & operations
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Pump Drive Shaft Binding
I currently have an issue with a centrifugal sump pump with a ~13 ft vertical drive shaft. The pump is used to move water and plastic pellets (3mm in D) up approximately 40 ft into a filtering system. The past repair/replacement of this pump has been every 8 months. The problem generally is that...- cbabz10
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