BIN ACTIVATOR It is a common experience that most-...

BIN ACTIVATOR It is a common experience that most-materials stored in bins. hoppers or silos do not easily flow through discharge opening. When called upon to flow. the materials tend to plug. bridge or rat-hole because of their inherent characteristics environmental conditions or undesirable surrounding vibrations. The conventional solutions employed viz.. electromagnetic vibrators, air/ steam jets pounding on the bin body or even manual packing of material from top or through discharge opening. are largely inefficient, noisy and lead to intermittent and erratic discharge of materials. The use of above techniques results in. * Loss of production. * Down-time on part of down-stream requirements. * Worker fatigue due to additional strenuous work and / or unpleasant vibrator noise. * Contamination, dusting and spillage of product. * Damage to structure due to repeated heavy pounding. * Impaired product quality and down-stream process wherever flow rates and charging time are important.