Dislodging Device duplicates blow of a sledgehammer.
Press Release Summary:
Hopper Hammer automatically generates impact that dislodges dry material from sides of material handling equipment and unplugs hoppers, bins, and bunkers. It has greater acceleration than standard vibrators to overcome material's natural adhesive forces and cause fluid release of material pluggage or residue. Unit runs on 110 Vac and can operate in any position, making it suitable for chutes and conveyors.
Original Press Release:
New Technology Provides "Breakthrough" In Material Flow Pluggage Prevention
A.V.C. Specialists, Inc.'s Hopper Hammer Now Available For Material Handling Applications.
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(Moorpark, California) - It's a technological new spin on a successful product that has been on the market since 1980. A.V.C. Specialists, Inc. (A.V.C.), maker of the SR-A1 High Intensity Rapper, is now launching the patented Hopper Hammer for any dry bulk-material process application. The Hopper Hammer is a totally enclosed, electro-mechanical device used to generate discrete impacts to dislodge dry material from the sides of hoppers, bins and bunkers. Usually, flow-enhancing and pluggage prevention products are high frequency, low-impact vibrators, either electrical or pneumatically operated. These devices tend to compact the material rather than dislodge it and require considerable maintenance. A.V.C.'s Hopper Hammer is based on a proven, reliable rapper design and can operate in any position in order to strike a material flow problem area. The Hopper Hammer has greater acceleration than standard vibrators, overcoming a material's natural adhesive forces and causing a more fluid release of the material pluggage or residue.
"There is a real need in the marketplace for this product," says A.V.C. Specialists, Inc. President Tom Shideler, "because most hopper vibrators tend to classify materials. When a plant maintenance worker really wants to dislodge pluggage, he takes a sledgehammer and hits a strike plate. Our product automates this process."
The high impact capabilities of the Hopper Hammer can duplicate the blow of a sledgehammer. A.V.C.'s new technology is a direct spin-off of its successful Model SR-A1 precipitator rapper, which has been in production since 1980. The Hopper Hammer incorporates its own controller, allowing the operator to set its intensity (1 - 25 ft. lbs.), duration, and operating intervals. Unlike most other rappers, the Hopper Hammer runs on 110 VAC and can operate in any position - making it ideal for hoppers, chutes, conveyors and any area where problems are experienced in moving dry material.
Another unique aspect of A.V.C.'s product line is the Hopper Hammer System, which is capable of incorporating hundreds of these devices within a facility and utilizing artificial intelligence to interface with associated equipment such as level detectors, evacuation systems, alarms, etc. - all in one central control unit.
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