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Re: Interesting container load ...
Author: Graham Buxton
Date: 10-23-2017 - 18:17

WebDigger Wrote:
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>
> There's now a device for tilting containers for
> loading (and unloading?).
>
> "MiTilt(TM) has reshaped the way the world handles
> bulk materials. A-Ward’s revolutionary tilting
> container loader allows you to fill up every last
> inch – and do it faster – using the power of gravity.


MacMillan-Piper in Seattle (facility viewable by walking across the Airport Way bridge) has been transloading grain from hopper cars into 'tilted" containers for several decades.

http://www.macpiper.com/images/airport_way.png
While its not obvious from the photo that the container is tilted, the level of grain at the far end is much higher. I first saw the tilted containers getting filled there in the late 1990's.


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[www.macpiper.com]

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Subject Written By Date/Time (PST)
  Interesting container load ... Graham Buxton 10-23-2017 - 06:53
  Re: Interesting container load ... WebDigger 10-23-2017 - 09:22
  Re: Interesting container load ... Graham Buxton 10-23-2017 - 09:44
  Re: Interesting container load ... jst3751 10-23-2017 - 10:29
  Re: Interesting container load ... Nussel Snouts 10-23-2017 - 10:48
  Re: Interesting container load ... Graham Buxton 10-23-2017 - 11:53
  Re: Interesting container load ... WebDigger 10-23-2017 - 16:48
  Re: Interesting container load ... Graham Buxton 10-23-2017 - 18:17
  Re: Interesting container load ... Rocker 10-23-2017 - 09:30
  Re: Interesting container load ... really, "Rocker"?? Graham Buxton 10-23-2017 - 09:39
  Re: Interesting container load ... George Andrews 10-23-2017 - 17:44
  Re: Interesting container load ... trackwalker 10-23-2017 - 21:36
  Re: Interesting container load ... ? 10-24-2017 - 07:29
  Re: Interesting container load ... F. Gump 10-24-2017 - 11:38
  Looks like they've found the Shipment Logs. Barry Scott (CoastalRail.org) 10-25-2017 - 17:18


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