Bulk Tankers & Aeration

Any ash, lime dust the more powdery material it will stick to the sides and rat hole if you only use top pressure

 

Id say everything can use aeration...Id bet your trailers uses fluffer or vibrator? somehow air has to infiltrate the product right? you not just sending a log of plastic out the back right?Your sending aerated plastic out the back/bottom..


Id say were all doing the same thing, just different configs

Could be wrong tho

 

It's very common for vac trailers dedicated to plastics to not have vibrators/aerators. Plastic is extremely sensitive to contamination and aerators are an easy place for product to get trapped and contaminate the next load. All it takes is a tiny crack in the rubber and you've got a huge-money problem on your hands. It can also cause melting around the aerator if your intercooler isn't totally keeping up. Besides, plastic pellets and powder unload great with top air only, so it's not worth the risks.

 

Yep. The heavier the product, the more important aerators are. Pads are for granular product, and top air is for light, fluffy product like hydrated lime.

 

Some trailers use an air pad instead of a flo-cone. Cement hoppers used pads. J model Fruehauf had a flat bottom and a side outlet. the hopper bottom [lid] made an air chamber under the pad and shook the cement out the side... PD bulk railcars can work the same way...

Google 'airslide' and see some of the first hoppers that looked like double conical tankers, same system was used in railcars.

 

Wow, neat to know...be lookin to see what you say next
I dont know enough to bring a question!! LOL

My place has so many configs on thier blower trailers, so many (it seems) valve configurations etc etc..A bit intimidating as I put myself out there as an 'everything guy' LOL
Really need to know, well....everything if possible

I got my place covered though...cement, flyash, lime, sand etc etc, all the standard hauls...Never using top air (trained not too!)..But now im out there, I see guys giving it a little...Assuming to cut back on unload time

Gosh, all the food crap too? Flour? Chocalate? Jello!!!!
Man , im gonna need more training..lol