Short-Term Asphalt Storage Silo

A horizontal traverse conveyor transfers asphalt mix from a drag conveyor or bucket elevator to additional silos. The traverse conveyor is equipped with motors and coupled to in-line, heavy-duty reducers. The transfer conveyor features a strong, all welded, U-box frame that eliminates cracking potential and improves the structural integrity. The heavy-duty chain arrangement includes reinforced flights. High-chrome blend liners protect the floors and side walls from wear. A heated floor with insulated heat covers helps prevent material build-up during start-up and assists in keeping the floor clean. Includes return-run idlers and adjustable take-up assemblies.

The transfer conveyor includes an exclusive bolt-on divert gate assembly with liners. No more welding gates to shafts inside of the transfer body. The divert gate is easily replaced by simply unbolting the divert gate from the transfer conveyor. This allows replacing the highest wear area on the transfer conveyor without welding or torching and without having to also take the transfer down to the ground. The divert gates are lined with wear resistant plates for added life and have an access door for clean out.

Each silo has low level and high level indicator rods that extend through the top deck. The design eliminates weak points and allows service of the rods from the deck. The low and high level indicators measure mix level and communicate that information to the control house. The high level indicator signal prevents overfilling the silo. The low level indicator prevents running the silo completely empty so that when you load from the batcher you are loading onto material rather than the cone.

The batcher features a built-in splitter to protect theleading edge of the gate and minimize maintenance.The splitter divides the flow of material as it drops to helpreduce segregation.