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Production of zinc and zinc alloys: Feed hopper for low-dust ship unloading

Category: Chemical Industry, Components, GreenTech | | Created by Lea Pfingsten

Robert Wiesmüller, Project Manager at Loibl Förderanlagen GmbH:

„A really exciting job, with a scope of delivery 100% adapted to the customer's needs. Our feed hopper was developed in close cooperation with the customer from day 1, which makes it absolutely unique.“

Retrofit Project in Norway. Enclosed between mountains and fjords lies the zinc production factory for which Loibl Förderanlagen GmbH supplies a customised feed hopper system. Currently, the factory is being fundamentally modernised and extensively expanded. The decades-old ship unloading plant is being replaced by a new one. The hopper car is an important part of the ship unloading process. It is the link between the handling dredger and the conveyor system. The feed hopper leads right up to the factory and is equipped with the most modern and innovative solutions, including a dust retention system to enable dust-free ship unloading.

Environmentally friendly dust reduction. The sophisticated extraction system of the hopper car continuously extracts dust-laden air.

Protection of natural waters. An additional special construction, the Spillage Board from Loibl, is used to collect spilled material during the transfer from ship to bin in order to guide it back into the ship. This protects the surrounding sea so nature remains unaffected.

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  • Inspection of the existing plant: The feed hopper will be set up between the sea and the zinc factory.

  • The new hopper car system is designed to preserve the landscape around the Norwegian Harbour.

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