Removal of bridging in a soda ash silo
Chemical industry in Tunisia
5 December 2022
Silo cleaning in a sugar factory
5 December 2022PROBLEM:
Bridging in a silo with a capacity of 9000 m3 (20 m high, 6m diameter). Approximately 15% of the material stored was clogged.
PRODUCT:
Sodium carbonate
OBJECTIVE:
To empty the silo in order to recover 100% of the storage capacity.
SOLUTION:
- First step: Use of pneumatic POWERNET to create a chimney with a diameter of 350 mm.
- Second step: Intervention by pneumatic GIRONET and efficiently clean the whole of the silo
RESULT:
The customer recovered all of its storage capacity. Production was not stopped and the intervention took place in complete safety and without human intervention inside the storage unit.