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HAZARDOUS LOCATION PORTABLE DRUM DUMPER
APPLICATION / PRODUCT:
Discharge 55 gallon steel drums of powder into a custom hopper in a dust tight manner. Unit was installed in a hazardous location environment (Class 2, Division II, Group E, F, and G).
CUSTOM FEATURES:
Drum dumper included a custom 304 stainless steel pour cone with a 2b finish. An existing volumetric feeder was retro-fitted to the discharge end of the pour cone with a bolt-on flange. Unit also included a pneumatic turbine vibrator mounted to the pour cone to ensure optimum material flow and cone clean-out.
The hydraulic power system included the exclusive MTS Lift & Seal System™ to ensure dust tight sealing of the drums to the fixed pour cone.
The self-contained 2 G.P.M. hydraulic system, with dual acting cylinders, was air motor powered. Push button, dead-man type controls were air operated and water proof.
The portable frame was provided with locking 4" casters with urethane wheels to allow dumper to be rolled away from receiving vessel. The frame featured full wash down duty construction with tubular, capped and angled, continuously welded, carbon steel structural members.
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