Can't keep pressure in pneumatic

Good thread, OP. I am learning. Dry bulk is my boogeyman.

 

Ive posted a simple process sometime ago for Heavy's Bulk school similar to my famous coffee school. I'll have to find it.

However I agree with the funnel scenario vs rocks in it. that really clears up so much.

I'll stick to powder. Its what I do best.

 

Nails in the morning and the suit desk corner at dinner in the office later.

 

I admit, I'm kind of at a loss a bit on this one. About the only other thing I could think of is the blower speed.

The first tank outfit I worked at was like the training company in our area. You would go there to learn, then move on to greener pastures.

They taught us to run the blower at 1200 rpms, no matter what. But, after I learned it a bit, I figured out the blower speed makes a big difference.

One place we went, it was a two hour unload. Until I bumped the blower speed up a bit. I shaved twenty minutes off the unload simply by increasing the rpms.

 

If you're doing dry bulk you're always learning. I've been doing it off and on for over thirty years and I still get challenged every once in awhile.

 

I love it for the most part. Been doing it 10 years and counting. As I type this, I'm sitting in my recliner. Been at home, laid off for two weeks, due to lack of work. We have year round work, but have some people that cannot take a layoff over winter.

So here I sit, collecting unemployment. Kinda like paid vacation.