Hopper Design
Category: Short in-company course
Software: Design of conical and slot outlet
mass flow hoppers
Suggested Programme
- Fundamentals and types of powder flow, compaction and segregation, Mohr's
circles and their use
- Measurement and significance of the flow properties of powders, shear
cell testing and other alternatives
- Design of storage hoppers and silos for mass flow, conical and slot outlet
hoppers
- Modification of existing systems, air introduction, flow promoting devices,
the use of baffles
- Rates of discharge from hoppers and silos
- Pressures on hopper walls
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