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Barge Loading
Location: Owensboro, KY
Materials: Gypsum
Material Handling Rate: 500 TPH
- Initial site development
- System for barge loading rated at 500 TPH of 70#/CF material
- Truss and support design for 100 MPH winds
- Pivoting transfer conveyor to shuttle conveyor design
- Electric powered shuttle conveyor
- Operator control room and platform
- Lined outlet and discharge chutes
Wilson Manufacturing & Design, Inc. was uniquely involved in the design and construction of this gypsum load-out system in a joint effort with a company in Owensboro, Kentucky. The purpose of this project is to transfer the gypsum generated to barge at a rate of 500 TPH.
A below grade load-out hopper is utilized to dump materials from plant operations onto a 320' transfer conveyor. The 14' square hopper is constructed of heavy gauge mild steel and lined with UHMW, with a structural bar grizzly to allow dumping from truck or end loader. Catwalks, handrails, and stairs were provided for access to pit entrance, transfer conveyors, and support superstructures. Transfer conveyors, 320' and 115', were used to transfer gypsum at a rate of 500TPH onto a 50' retractable shuttle conveyor.
This system was designed by Wilson Manufacturing's in-house design staff, and includes many Wilson Manufacturing & Design standard features such as:
- Hinge type belt conveyor covers
- Zero speed switches
- Emergency stop cables & switches
- Continuously welded joints
- OSHA belt guards
- Martin Dirt Hawg belt cleaners
- Galvanized bar grating walkways
All four post and two post bends are constructed of heavy structural beams.
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