This installation in Blair, Nebraska uses the Kamengo Feeder to discharge wet corn fibre from a 65-foot tall bin into a screw conveyor. The corn fiber is a residue from corn after extraction of sugar. The material is wet, mushy and highly compactible, making it a very difficult flowing material.

This installation on Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada includes a 6,000 cu-ft mass flow bin and Kamengo Feeder for storing and discharging processed wood pulp into 45-foot truck trailers. The stored processed wood pulp at the Crofton installation has a 60%+ moisture content, making it a particularly difficult flowing material. The mill has been able to store material for several days without hang-ups in the bin.

Located at a sawmill in Northern British Columbia, this installation includes a 50-foot tall, 17,000 cu-ft double mass flow bin and Kamengo Feeder discharging hog fuel, shavings and chips into trucks.

The Kamengo installation has shown to have several advantages over conventional truck load out systems such as clam shell bins, which suffer from material hang-ups and poorly controlled material discharge. First, the Kamengo Feeder’s even and controlled discharge is able to load up to 11% more material in the truck before it volumes-out. Second, the storage volume of the tall bin is equivalent to three conventional clam shell bins, delivering a large storage volume in a minimum footprint. Third, the system has proven to be easy to use and efficient. The truck load out system is able to fill a standard 30-foot trailer in less than 15 minutes.

This truck load out bin is a pilot scale system that includes a Kamengo Feeder and 5,700 cu-ft bin. The pilot system was built to test the advantages of using a tall mass flow bin and Kamengo Feeder for loading truck trailers with wood chips. The pilot tests proved that a Kamengo Feeder can fill 15-26% more chips in a truck trailer than can be filled by a conventional truck loading system. Further, the pilot scale system proved that chips can be reliably stored in and discharged from a mass flow hopper with a Kamengo Feeder. A full scale system is envisioned to include two back-to-back bins with enough storage capacity to fill three B-train (double trailer) trucks in less than 20 minutes each.