CONVEYING TECHNOLOGYLOADING TECHNOLOGYPALLETIZING TECHNOLOGYPACKAGING TECHNOLOGYSORTATION AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS

Loading equipment for bulk material

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BEUMER LOADING TECHNOLOGY

Large quantities of bulk materialsmust be transported by road andby rail.

These bulk materials, whetherbuilding materials, coal, grain,animal feed, mineral aggregate orproducts from the chemical industry, are frequently loaded atthe production site and transportedas mass bulk material to their sitesof use by means of appropriatevehicles.

It is essential to provide technicalloading and unloading equipmentdesigned for the handling of speci-

Bulk loading terminal with 4 loading lanes

BEUMER is one of the leadingmanufacturers of loading equip-ment for bulk material. Decades ofexperience, unsurpassed quality,comprehensive know-how and

continuous innovative developmentof this product line ensure a highdegree of availability and economi-cal operation for the customer.

fic products and exactly adjustedto the assembly conditions.

During the design phase the cha-racteristics of each type of materialto be loaded need to be conside-red, in particular with regard to the

bulk density, product temperatureand flow behavior.

Other important criteria include theloading capacity, weight and volu-me control as well as dustfree, en-vironmentally safe operation.

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Loading head for tanker vehicles

Loading head with integrated filter

Filling level monitor / Optional equipment

Mobile loading head for tanker vehicles

Loading head for open vehicles

Material feed and metering

Automatic dispatch control system

Loading head for tanker vehicles

Tanker vehicles can be loaded quickly and free of dustby means of the BEUMER bulk loading head. It is de-signed according to the double-wall system i.e. mate-rial flow and dust extraction are separate from oneanother. The loading head must be connected to adust-collecting air system. The lifting device is a moto-rized or manual cable winch. The material feed mustbe dosed. The device is operated by means of a sus-pended push-button switch.

When setting down on a filling spout, the sealing coneof the loading head lowers further and simultaneouslyopens the material outlet spout. The variable loweringlevel of the sealing cone with filling level indicator ma-kes it possible to adjust the material level in the vehi-cle.

For setting down, the loading head can be moved tothe side to conform precisely to the position of the ve-hicle. At the end of the loading process the vibratorstarts to loosen any material left in the head to preventdust accumulation on the vehicles.

Loading unrefined sugarCement loading terminal

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Technical data

Type Loading capacity Dust extraction air K E M P L

B 401 max. 300 m3/h 900 m3/h 400 400-500 159 340 850

B 501 max. 600 m3/h 1.500 m3/h 500 500-600 194 455 1200

material inlet

dust extraction flange

conical seat

sealing cone

filling level monitor

suspended push-button

control cabinet

motor winch

vibrator (option)

bellows and telesco-ping component

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Loading head with integrated filter

Loading system in a lime factory

Inner filter part for the loading head

Loading head for tanker vehicles with integrated filter

The advantage of the BEUMERbulk loading head with integratedcompressed air filter is its indepen-dence from a central dust extrac-tion and transport system, which istoo costly to install just forconnection to a bulk loading unit.The dust removed from the vehicleis fed back to the material infeedduring the loading process. Thecompressed air filter consists of filter bags located between the in-terior telescopic material feed tube

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and the outer bellows. A fan on theexterior extracts the dust. The unitis cleaned by jets of compressedair controlled by a timing relay. The customer must supply therequired compressed air with 4 - 6bar. Otherwise, the loading operation is the same as for thestandard loading head.

Technical data

Type Loading capacity Dust extraction air K E N P L Compressed air connection

BF 401 max. 300 m3/h 900 m3/h 400 400-500 1200 340 1450 pressure 4 – 6 bar

BF 501 max. 600 m3/h 1.500 m3/h 500 500-600 1300 455 1650 consumption 10 m3/h

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material inlet

dust extraction fan

conical seat

sealing cone

max

. 600

max

. 200

0

150

1720

filling level monitor

control cabinet

compressed airconnection

motor winch

suspendedpush-button

guard and guide ring

vibrator (option)

bellows with filter and telescoping component

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Filling level monitors for loading heads

The filling level monitor serves toaccurately shut off the materialfeed to the loading head when thevehicle is full. Different types of fil-ling level monitors are required de-pending on the properties of thematerial being loaded.

The primary criteria used to selectthe correct switch are the bulk den-sity, flow behavior as well as theproduct temperature. All systemsare interchangeable. This ensuresquick and trouble-free conversion ifrequired.

Capacitive switch

Vibration probe Air-contact switch

Paddle wheel switch

150 150

250

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Optional equipment

For all BEUMER bulk loading heads various additional modules and special models are available.

• Hand winches instead of motorized winches for minor applications

• Inlet chutes with electromotive cross slide device. If the tanker vehicle is not located exactly in the center of the loading lane it is possible to adjust the loading head position to both sides.

• Imbalance-type vibrator for automatic self-cleaning which is activated after each loading process to preventdust accumulation on the vehicle.

• Infiltrated air flap for automatic pressure compensation of the dust extraction system.

• Stainless steel version.

• Stabilized bellows to handle stress in extreme cases of application.

cross sliding inlet chute

infiltrated air flap

imbalance-type vibrator

hand winch

stabilizedbellows

150150

With very large loading require-ments, for example in the cementindustry, stationary loading headsare no longer sufficient, particularlyin those cases where the vehicle ispositioned on a scale during loa-ding and cannot be moved. Theloading head must be moved to

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each filling spout on the vehicle.Depending on material propertiesand length of the vehicle, severalmobile or articulated conveyingunits are available: These mobileconveying devices can be equip-ped with 1 or 2 loading heads ac-cording to the requirement.

Mobile telescoping tube

Mobile loading equipment for tanker vehicles

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Mobile screw conveyor Cantilever double mobile articulated screw conveyor

Single mobile articulated screw conveyor

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Mobile loading equipment for tanker vehicles

Mobile screw conveyor

Cantilever double mobile articulated screw conveyor Mobile airslide

Single mobile articulated screw conveyor Single mobile articulated airslide

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Double mobile articulated screw conveyor

Mobile telescoping tube Double mobile articulated airslide

Mobile hopper

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Loading equipment for open vehicles

For dust-free loading of open vehi-cles, various types of telescopingloading systems are available. Atthe start of the loading process,the head is lowered to the base ofthe vehicle and material feed isswitched on. The unit is raised au-tomatically by a filling level monitorlocated at the lower end of the co-nical valve which is dampened bythe upward material. The bottomof the conical valve always re-

mains on top of the material so thatno dust can escape to the outside.The dust extraction bellows or tele-scoping tubes are connected to acentral dust suppresion air system.Material is fed in by correspondingequipment or rotating gates.

Dust-free loading of open vehicles withPortland cement clinker

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Loading stations in standard design

Combined loading head for tankers and open vehiclesCapacity to approx. 250 m3/h

When loading tanker vehicles, the conical valve with rubber apron is automatically secured inits uppermost position with 3 hooks. This type of loading head is not equipped with a sealingcone. The filling level monitor is firmly mounted underneath the outlet flange.

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Loading head ICapacity to approx. 300 m3/h

This loading head is used for fine and lumpy material and can be connected to a dust extraction system for up to 6.000 m3/h.

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Loading stations in standard design

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Loading head IICapacity to approx. 300 m3/h

This unit is utilized when the dust suppression system has to meet particularly high demands. The dust extraction capacity is 6.000 m3/h or more.

!! Material inlet„„ Telescoping dust extraction tubes

2 x 3.000 m3/h

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Material feed and metering

Metering devices for ganular and lumpy bulk material

- pin gate

- emergency flat slide gate

- flow control gate

Metering systems for stationary loading units. The same metering devices can also beused for mobile loading equipment.

horizontal rotary feeder

vertical double rotary feeder

rotary feeder and screw conveyor

flow control gate

flow control gate and airslide

flow control gate and screw conveyor

Metering devices for powder

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BEUMER Automatic dispatch control systems

Today bulk material loading stations are checked andcontrolled automatically. Integration as well asdispatch logistics often require a tailor-made concept.

BEUMER offers solutions for the specific require-ments of each customer from single loading controlsto full material flow control. These are implementedusing the following system components which havebeen tested and tried many times.

• material flow control via SPS

• computers for processing weighing information andcustomer data, implemented as Windows NT workstation

• connection between material flow control and com-puter weighing system via field bus system or alter-native via data carrier with corresponding input andoutput terminals

business data pro-cessing equipment

entrance scale

computer weighing

material flow control

bus connectionor

data carrier

PROGRAM OF SUPPLY

CONVEYING TECHNOLOGY

• Conventional and closed belt conveyor systems

• Overland conveyors also in curved design

• High capacity belt and chain bucket elevators

• Apron conveyor systems with chains or steel cable reinforced belts as traction element

• Bag handling systems for packing plants

• Screw conveyors in various designs

LOADING TECHNOLOGY

• Plants for loading of bulk or bagged materialonto trucks, into railroad vehicles and ships

• Semiautomatic railcar unloading machines

• Automatic bag loading systems for trucks and containers

PALLETIZING TECHNOLOGY• Palletizing robots

• Automatic high capacity palletizers

• Automatic depalletizers

• Pallet conveying systems

PACKAGING TECHNOLOGY• Stretch wrapping

• Shrink wrapping

• Stretch hood wrapping

• Palletless shrink wrapping

SORTATION AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS• Computer-controlled handling, sorting and distributing

systems for piece goods

• Routing controlled conveying of pallets and collected loads

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We reserve the right for modifications serving the technical progress.

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