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Matt Mayo is an application engineer for Triple/S Dynamics. Matt started in design work and added application engineering, sales, and project management over the last 20 years. Background includes a BSME from the University of Texas at Arlington and has held a P.E. registration. Triple/S Dynamics located in Dallas Texas, produces vibrating conveyors and feeders for a wide range of markets including food, chemical, aggregate, foundry, and grain. Many of these applications are custom or unique in nature.Ask this Expert a Question |
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We are a supplier of wood pellets and we have customers who are building their own storage units to take bulk delivery. Our truck has an augered boom that will deliver the pellets at a desired height. Normally, we will just feed into the top of a silo. Customers are designing piping systems to catch our pellets outside and bring them into a storage container in a garage or basement. I need to determine at what angle a fill pipe without any mechanical means needs to be angled for the material to flow after it is augered from our truck.Answered October 23rd, 2009 by Expert:Without using approximations, our best recommendation would be to do an actual test with your product on a curved surface with similar surface finish. That being said, 60 degrees from horizontal is a frequent, conservative starting point.