Acoustics -- a practical preventive to bin bridging
An acoustic generator installed in Owens Illinois' soda ash bin eliminates plugging, production downtime, and batch irregularities.
When everything is working right, Owens Illinois' facility in Huntington, W. Va., has the ability to produce 1.8 million glass containers a day for the liquor, pharmaceutical, and food industries. As recently as December 1987, however, the container manufacturer was having production problems, resulting from material bridging in its soda ash bin.