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Tipping container unloading system

Filquip supplies tipping container unloading systems for the transferring of powders and granules from containers into Storage Silos. One of our systems completed has been sized to fully decant a container of PVC powder into one of 4 different silos in 45 minutes.

The following equipment package was supplied:

  • Container Unloading Chute and Screw Conveyor.
  • Intermediate hopper between Screw Conveyor and Dense Phase Conveyor (2m3).
  • Dense Phase Transfer System (12TPA500).
  • Bulk Bag Unloader system for additional feed from bulk bags into the storage silos.

This tipping container unloading system from Filquip saves the customer considerable cost on specialised container suck/blow unloading trucks as simple container tipping trucks can be utilised to deliver raw materials. Along with providing a dust free bulk bag unloading system giving flexibility of raw material procurement options to the company. The system transfers full 20T Container loads of PVC or Calcium Carbonate up to 60m to four different selectable silo locations in 45 minutes.

Container Unloading and Transfer System

Container Unloading System

Suck and Blow Pneumatic Conveying Skid

Filquip is a provider Suck and Blow Pneumatic Conveying Skids and has recently completed a trial Suck and Blow System for handling popping corn kernels.

The system utilises a Filquip Vacuum Bulk Bag Loader with a  modified outlet to suit a Venturi piece for the positive pressure blowing part of the system. The trial measured bulk density of the popping corn kernels was 904kg/m3 The system conveyed 22kg in 30 seconds using the 3″ Pipe with RV02 Rotary Valve and 7.5kw Blower setup.

The system has the following features:

  • Low profile design compared with other trailer mounted suck and blow systems.
  • Skid mounted for ease of movement around the plant/site with a forklift.
  • Fabricated Skid Frame can be mounted on a trailer.
  • Integrated control panel with hopper overfill shutdown to avoid line blockages.
  • Automatic Reverse Pulse Cleaned Dust Collector for the Filter Receiver to reduce maintenance and keep product out of the blower blades.

Vacuum Skid for moving Waste or Product to Bulk Bags

Filquip has recently supplied a new mobile industrial vacuum skid system to vacuum up waste / product and transfer it into bulk bags.

The Filquip mobile industrial vacuum skid includes modular replaceable equipment for maintenance and has the following features:

  • Designed with a sliding frame allowing the unit to be lowered and made compact for travel.
  • Fabricated Skid Frame for Forklift movement or can be mounted on a trailer.
  • Up to 30m Vacuum Distance with Flexible hose and wand attachments provided.
  • 7.5kW Vacuum Blower and integrated control panel with overfill high level shutdown.
  • Automatic Reverse Pulse Cleaned Dust Collector for the Filter Receiver.
  • Automatic Rotary Valve Airlock for vacuumed feeding product into a bulk bag.

 

Filquip Mobile Industrial Vacuum Skid

Silo Filling Equipment

Since 1999 Filquip has been providing Hopper and Silo Filling Equipment for all types of powders and granular materials.

Filquip is an Australian supplier based in Brisbane of all the following Silo filling equipment:

  • Dust Collectors / Dust Vents
  • Pneumatic Conveying Fill Systems
  • Silo Overfill Protection Control Panels
  • Silo Explosion Panels
  • ILT Level Indicators
  • Silo Pressure Relief Valves
  • Silo Pressure Sensors
  • Silo Fill Pipeline Valves
  • Silo fill line wear bends and pipe couplings

And many other powder and granular materials handling equipment items.

Open Filquip Silo Overfill Protection Equipment Details

IECEX Ship Hopper Loading Bellows

Filquip has specified and supplied a new set of IECEX Hazardous Area Ship Hopper Loading Bellows to fill/load open trucks with many different products unloaded from the port into trucks.

The bellows supplied are Stainless Steel Contact Parts and IECEX rated for hazardous area dusts, the design brief for the bellows includes being able to load out Wheat, Chickpeas, Barley Malt, Barley Dust, Soymeal, Canola, Lupins, Faba Beans, Maize, Oats, Rye, Fertilisers (MAP, DAP, Urea, Super Phosphates), Potash, Magnetite, Gypsum and Soda Ash.

The following specifications were included for the Loading Bellows:

  • Inner and Outer Bellows system with Stainless Steel 304 Drop Cones
  • 0.55kW IECEX Winch Motor.
  • IECEX Junction Box and IECEX Level Indicators for Control Feedback.
  • Stroke of 3890mm (6090mm extended length, 2200mm retracted length).
  • 440 m3/hr Throughput Capacity.

These loading bellows have been supplied with IECEX electrical parts for all equipment located inside the hazardous area zone.

View the loading Bellow Specifications Datasheet and brochure

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Ship Hopper IECEX Loading Bellows for Port Unloading
Ship Hopper Loading Bellows

IECEX Loading Bellows Winch Motor

 

Weather proof Industrial Storage IBC Hoppers

Filquip is a supplier of Weather proof Industrial Storage IBC Hoppers. These hoppers are perfect for storage of hygroscopic materials that are affected by weather and moisture. These hoppers are used where bulk bags experience difficulties due to weather and moisture effects onsite.

Weather Proof Industrial Storage IBCs

Weather proof Industrial Storage IBC Hoppers

The IBC hoppers are stackable due to the design of the frame which locks into the unit below when stacked.

Filquip also has a bulk bag unloader frame which is positioned over the IBC Hopper to allow easy filling from bulk bags of product.

  • Weather Proof Industrial Conical Vessels.
  • Cone Bottom Tank for Powders and Liquids
  • Sizes: 0.6m³ 1.0m³, 1.5m³, 2.0m³
  • Cone Angle: 50°
  • Outlet Sizes: 100mm or 200mm diameter
  • Outlet Valve: Butterfly Valve with Hand Lever (other options available)
  • Frame: Heavy Duty Galvanised Frame with Integrated Fork Channels.

IBC Filling Station

Concrete Pump Truck Vibrators

Concrete Pump Truck VibratorsThe MVE DC range of OLI electric vibrators come in 12 and 24VDC versions. These DC vibrators are typically used for concrete pump truck hoppers.

  • Vibratory force (centrifugal force) output from 50Kg to 1,500Kg.
  • Water tight and Hermetically enclosed.
  • Designed for continuous use.
  • Used on Concrete Pumping Truck Hopper for vibration.
  • Used on Asphalt walking floor trailers.
  • Used on Tipper trailers.

Open DC Vibrator Range Datasheet

Dense Phase Conveying from Bag House to Silo

Filquip has specified, supplied and commissioned a new Dense Phase Conveying system to transport the dust collected in a plant bag house and return it to the product silos for re-use. The plant bag house collects stone dust, fly ash, cement, sand dust and slag dust from their building products bagging plant, then the BART dense phase conveying system returns the dust to a storage silo for re-use.

The following equipment package was supplied by Filquip:

  • Dense Phase Transfer System (BART 24L System, 1.2TPH transfer rate)
  • Silotop Dust Collector and VHS Pressure Relief Valve for Receiver Silo

The installation of this system has allowed the customer to return 40T of dust collected in the first month of operation to the plant process. This system will continue to offer savings in raw product to the customer as the dense phase system has the ability to convey the collected dust back to the process storage silos regardless which dust is being generated on the day from the packing line.

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Dense Phase Conveying to Return Baghouse Dust to Process        Dense Phase Conveyor under Baghouse Dust Extractor

Filquip Innovative Dust Extraction System Design

Filquip regularly provides technical dust extraction advice and designs to our customers.

At the forefront of our design and specification for Dust Extraction systems and their layouts is functionality and maintainability.

When one of our customers required dust extraction from within a large processing machine but also required regular access to get inside the machine, Filquip and our partners designed a simple solution where the suction hood for the extraction system folds down into an access platform into the machine.

This hood with access platform on the back provides containment for the machine to allow effective dust extraction when in position.

See the video below to show our innovative solution, just one of the ways Filquip goes above the beyond for our customers.

MAP Continuous Mixer for Bentonite and PAC

Filquip has specified, supplied and installed a MAP Continuous Mixer for Bentonite and PAC powders. The project commenced with R&D works using a MAP lab mixer to ascertain the required mixing residence times and to deliver a proof of quality control in mixing of the Bentonite and PAC (Powder Activated Carbon) powders.

  • Model: WAHV.0500.PO
  • 5m3/hr Mixing Capacity at 50% fill factor, 60 second mixing residence time with 1:100,000 dispersion for maximum mixture homogeneity.
  • 5kw Motor and Gearbox Combination
  • Pneumatic Sampling Device Included

The mixers Filquip supplies by MAP are made to measure from standardised modular components, carefully selected to the relevant mixing process requirements.

WAH Continuous Horizontal Single Shaft Mixers use a single mixing shaft inside a cylindrical mixing drum vessel with an inlet, and an outlet at the opposite end. Ploughshare or inclined blade-type shovel tools rotate as mixing tools in a special arrangement on the mixer shaft in the drum. The result is a turbulence in the mix that constantly involves all the product particles in the mixing process. The formation of dead spots or slow-movement zones in the mixing drum is prevented ensuring precise mixing.

The quality of the mixture is achieved before the product reaches the mixer outlet. Continuous WAH Series Mixers are suitable for dry bulk solids (powders, granules, fibres), dry bulk solids + liquids (moistening + granulating), sludge and low-viscosity pastes.

View the Filquip MAP Mixers Range

Bentonite and PAC Continuous Mixer  MAP WAHV Continuous Powder Mixer Filquip

 

MAP Continuous Mixer for Bentonite and PAC