Bin design gets system moving again
Soda ash handler uses data from material flow property tests to correct a serious flow problem.
A couple of summers ago, Jenike & Johanson, a consulting engineering firm specializing in solving and preventing powder and bulk solids handling problems, was contacted by a company with a serious flow problem: Product wasn't moving at all. The client, located in the southeastern United States, was handling soda ash [anhydrous sodium carbonate], a fine [ - 200 mesh] powder used in manufacturing sodium bicarbonate, glass, ceramics, detergents, and soap.