Taking In The Sights ... and the Silos

Our acoustic cleaning technology is used in many countries far and wide.  I have mentioned before in this blog that the variety of applications for which acoustic cleaners are used and the range of industries that need our products as part of their MPM work means that we are constantly in demand to supply our equipment.

One of the greatest demands comes from the cement industry. It is not surprising therefore that when our Technical Director Alex Bergus travels to conduct a site inspection or installation, a cement plant will often figure on his itinerary.

These photographs were taken by Alex on two entirely different trips, to countries with very different cultures. Yet they share a common theme – colourful local sights .... and silos!

India - away from site, a colourful street in Mumbai

India - on site with PAS-75S acoustic cleaner on a cement silo

Egypt - away from site, camel mounted police at the Great Pyramids

Egypt - on site in the hot sun looking up at a silo

Whilst the landscapes, cities, people, languages and culture that appear on Alex's itinerary may vary, there is one thing for certain .... wherever he goes, if they have cement plants with the all too often associated problems of silo bridging and ratholing, they will have an equal need for the help that our acoustic cleaning technology can offer. Long may it be that we can help this type of plant, wherever it may be ... cement production plays a crucial role in countries being able to develop and improve their infrastructure and thus, hopefully, improve the lives of their people.

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In our last acoustic cleaners blog post we featured photographs from a Prima Whip™ training session for cement silo cleaning on a customer's site in Egypt.

Today we share with you a video clip filmed by our training personnel showing the Prima Whip™ working after installation onto a large cement silo. You see nothing on the surface because the action is all taking place below out of sight!

Here are Alex and Jamie, still in Primasonics workwear, taking in the sights and atmosphere of the fabulous Pyramids Of Giza.

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Prima Whip For Cement Silos In Egypt

Silo cleaning  is one of the biggest sources of enquiries that we receive, with requests for assistance on sites all around the world. I have touched on the subject before in previous blog posts such as Silo Cleaning Stats and Preheater Id Fan Problems.

One of the foremost industries for which we supply our innovative technology is the cement industry - cement silos are well known to give a multitude of problems (silo bridging is probably the one that springs to mind with most people). So efficient cleaning and maintenance is crucial. Here at Primasonics International™ we have now solved silo bridging and material buildup and blockage problems in more than 50 countries, serving not only the cement industry but also many others such as petrochemical, carbon black, food materials and coal.

What's more, we can offer not just one but two highly effective solutions to deal with silo problems - for discharge blockage removal we have the Prima Lance™ and for non-intrusive silo cleaning we have the Prima Whip™.

We recently supplied a Prima Whip™.to help with silo cleaning operations in a large cement plant in Egypt where silos were suffering from material buildup on the walls. Here is a photograph of our Technical Director Alex Bergus (orange hard hat) giving specialist Prima Whip™ training to engineers on site.

After the training session and still on top of the silo with the arid landscape of Egypt in the background, Alex is photographed with Apprentice Engineer James Swindlehurst.

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Prima Whip Training For Silo Cleaning

Our last blog post looked at the statistical importance of silo cleaning. Supplying our acoustic cleaners as a solution to silo ratholing and silo bridging, takes me and my technical staff to many countries around the world. This is particulary the case when customers buy our Prima Whip as we offer special training on site in the use of this equipment. In such a way, our customers are left confident in the knowledge that they can improve their silo discharge performance and overall plant efficiency.

Here is our Technical Director Alex Bergus giving classroom training to cement plant staff who plan to use the Prima Whip in their cement silos.

The next photograph below was taken on the top of a cement silo with the Prima Whip assembled and ready to be lowered into the silo. Again, Alex (centered) isseen playing a key role in training.

 
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