Chris Landers, IGS, explains how a novel air cannon installation was able to help a cement plant in the Midwest United States maintain material flow.

The complex includes three 125-ton storage silos measuring 30'x30'x57' (9.144m x 9.144m x 17.374m), two used for cement storage and one for fly ash / pozzolan storage.

a bulk cement truck was pumping cement into a storage silo when excessive pressure on the top of the silo caused it to crack. A large amount of cement dust erupted outward, creating a massive ...

Trucks drive under the silo and load up to 25 tons of ... limitations for container transport and storage.” In particular, the Hawaiian Cement facility affects interisland shipper Young Brothers ...