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Legume

ColbyLang said:

125,000# silo. Closed loop system with huge blower motor and in line sifters. Sifters enclosed in their own room for “ease of clean”. Blower overloads and plugs the system. (Flour can’t sit in the line, must return to silo) 450’ of 4” aluminum line. Disconnect at the coupling, reset the blower and let it blow. We’ve put a fine layer on the entirety of our 40,000sq foot facility. It’s simply the quickest way to get back running. 

I can’t be the only one that wants pics - if not the flour storm, then at least some of the operation.  Sounds cool.

Elijah

ColbyLang said:

125,000# silo. Closed loop system with huge blower motor and in line sifters. Sifters enclosed in their own room for “ease of clean”. Blower overloads and plugs the system. (Flour can’t sit in the line, must return to silo) 450’ of 4” aluminum line. Disconnect at the coupling, reset the blower and let it blow. We’ve put a fine layer on the entirety of our 40,000sq foot facility. It’s simply the quickest way to get back running. 

There are solutions for that. Just depends what you want to spend to quickly get back running and what your lose is when you dust the facility. Redundancy is also your friend in that situation. Imagine if it doesn't reset. 

ColbyLang

I’ve got 3 backups sitting on the shelf for redundancy. I probably have over a half a million bucks in spare parts. One production line from Japan. Another from Germany. Parts ain’t just down the street. 

Elijah

ColbyLang said:

I’ve got 3 backups sitting on the shelf for redundancy. I probably have over a half a million bucks in spare parts. One production line from Japan. Another from Germany. Parts ain’t just down the street. 

Plumbed in and sharing the load. Either on a duty cycle or both running. I don't know your situation. Spare parts on the shelf doesn't help when you're talking minutes. Again, I don't know your situation. 

Kayak

ColbyLang said:

125,000# silo. Closed loop system with huge blower motor and in line sifters. Sifters enclosed in their own room for “ease of clean”. Blower overloads and plugs the system. (Flour can’t sit in the line, must return to silo) 450’ of 4” aluminum line. Disconnect at the coupling, reset the blower and let it blow. We’ve put a fine layer on the entirety of our 40,000sq foot facility. It’s simply the quickest way to get back running. 

And then the local AQ inspector knocks on your door, because of the complaints from everyone downwind whose cars are now covered with a fine white powder. "It must be toxic!"

ColbyLang

Can’t share the load without a serious change in the setup. Smaller blower pushes from silo to sifters. Sifters are 7 screen blow thru. Larger blower from sifters, to mixers and back to silo. Sifters only 15’ from silo for initial push.

FarmingPhD

ColbyLang said:

125,000# silo. Closed loop system with huge blower motor and in line sifters. Sifters enclosed in their own room for “ease of clean”. Blower overloads and plugs the system. (Flour can’t sit in the line, must return to silo) 450’ of 4” aluminum line. Disconnect at the coupling, reset the blower and let it blow. We’ve put a fine layer on the entirety of our 40,000sq foot facility. It’s simply the quickest way to get back running. 

Yikes, don’t light a match or no arcing till that dust settles. 

lkapigian

Making a a Sh!t ton of jerky 

lkapigian

Yesterday’s SRF brisket 

ColbyLang

FarmingPhD said:

ColbyLang said:

125,000# silo. Closed loop system with huge blower motor and in line sifters. Sifters enclosed in their own room for “ease of clean”. Blower overloads and plugs the system. (Flour can’t sit in the line, must return to silo) 450’ of 4” aluminum line. Disconnect at the coupling, reset the blower and let it blow. We’ve put a fine layer on the entirety of our 40,000sq foot facility. It’s simply the quickest way to get back running. 

Yikes, don’t light a match or no arcing till that dust settles. 

You’d be amazed at how many folks don’t know/realize this

FarmingPhD

ColbyLang said:

FarmingPhD said:

ColbyLang said:

125,000# silo. Closed loop system with huge blower motor and in line sifters. Sifters enclosed in their own room for “ease of clean”. Blower overloads and plugs the system. (Flour can’t sit in the line, must return to silo) 450’ of 4” aluminum line. Disconnect at the coupling, reset the blower and let it blow. We’ve put a fine layer on the entirety of our 40,000sq foot facility. It’s simply the quickest way to get back running. 

Yikes, don’t light a match or no arcing till that dust settles. 

You’d be amazed at how many folks don’t know/realize this

High school physics class demo: empty coffee can with an inlet tube to a little funnel in the bottom you put some flour in, a lit candle, then put the lid on and blow in the tube.  

Ozzie_Isaac

FarmingPhD said:

ColbyLang said:

FarmingPhD said:

ColbyLang said:

125,000# silo. Closed loop system with huge blower motor and in line sifters. Sifters enclosed in their own room for “ease of clean”. Blower overloads and plugs the system. (Flour can’t sit in the line, must return to silo) 450’ of 4” aluminum line. Disconnect at the coupling, reset the blower and let it blow. We’ve put a fine layer on the entirety of our 40,000sq foot facility. It’s simply the quickest way to get back running. 

Yikes, don’t light a match or no arcing till that dust settles. 

You’d be amazed at how many folks don’t know/realize this

High school physics class demo: empty coffee can with an inlet tube to a little funnel in the bottom you put some flour in, a lit candle, then put the lid on and blow in the tube.  

We used to throw powdered sugar and flour on fires as kids.  Made a really cool ball of flame.  Clumps didn't work, but slinging a misty layer over the flames did.

fishlessman

ColbyLang said:

FarmingPhD said:

ColbyLang said:

125,000# silo. Closed loop system with huge blower motor and in line sifters. Sifters enclosed in their own room for “ease of clean”. Blower overloads and plugs the system. (Flour can’t sit in the line, must return to silo) 450’ of 4” aluminum line. Disconnect at the coupling, reset the blower and let it blow. We’ve put a fine layer on the entirety of our 40,000sq foot facility. It’s simply the quickest way to get back running. 

Yikes, don’t light a match or no arcing till that dust settles. 

You’d be amazed at how many folks don’t know/realize this

the flocking room were malden mills made polartec was as scary as it gets those fine particles almost never settle

Botch

FarmingPhD said:
High school physics class demo: empty coffee can with an inlet tube to a little funnel in the bottom you put some flour in, a lit candle, then put the lid on and blow in the tube.  

Done that.    

fishlessman

in lock down, baby powder and a match is as good as a shiv

nolaegghead

nolaegghead

fishlessman said:

in lock down, baby powder and a match is as good as a shiv

The asbestos stuff from the good old days wasn't flammable.   The corn starch is.

JohnInCarolina

@nolaegghead - your ability to be in TX and continue to post from an IP address in New Orleans continues to amaze me.

nolaegghead

JohnInCarolina said:

@nolaegghead - your ability to be in TX and continue to post from an IP address in New Orleans continues to amaze me.

Decades in IT and as a hacker on the side...sometimes I even amaze myself.

Foghorn

nolaegghead said:

The best thing about the rebirth of "the Pearl brewery" is that they did it without producing that beer...

lkapigian

Packaging up snack sticks and jerky , 

Eggdicted_Dawgfan

Do you have a site where once could purchase that @lkapigian? 

lkapigian

Eggdicted_Dawgfan said:

Do you have a site where once could purchase that @lkapigian? 

I’d be glad to send you some free ,feel free to dm me an address 

Battleborn

PSA: please make every effort to be home when you have packages delivered. 

Story time: we uncovered a pretty sophisticated porch pirating ring. A delivery driver gives his route address to a Fence, who in turn gives the information to a couple of narcotically challenged individuals to go steal. They steal the packages and bring them back to the fence who pays them a few bucks. Fence then resales the stolen products. 

Botch

Battleborn said:

PSA: please make every effort to be home when you have packages delivered. 

Story time: we uncovered a pretty sophisticated porch pirating ring. A delivery driver gives his route address to a Fence, who in turn gives the information to a couple of narcotically challenged individuals to go steal. They steal the packages and bring them back to the fence who pays them a few bucks. Fence then resales the stolen products. 

I didn’t want to ‘like” this post, but rather appr

Gulfcoastguy

Battleborn said:

PSA: please make every effort to be home when you have packages delivered. 

Story time: we uncovered a pretty sophisticated porch pirating ring. A delivery driver gives his route address to a Fence, who in turn gives the information to a couple of narcotically challenged individuals to go steal. They steal the packages and bring them back to the fence who pays them a few bucks. Fence then resales the stolen products. 

Glitter bomb 4.0 is out. Just watched the video on ewetube.

Ozzie_Isaac

Gulfcoastguy said:

Battleborn said:

PSA: please make every effort to be home when you have packages delivered. 

Story time: we uncovered a pretty sophisticated porch pirating ring. A delivery driver gives his route address to a Fence, who in turn gives the information to a couple of narcotically challenged individuals to go steal. They steal the packages and bring them back to the fence who pays them a few bucks. Fence then resales the stolen products. 

Glitter bomb 4.0 is out. Just watched the video on ewetube.

Claymore 1.0 should do the trick.

alaskanassasin

Narcotically challenged, ha! Like that I might borrow it

lkapigian

JohnInCarolina

lkapigian said:

Beautiful.  What kind is it?  Looks a little like Yukpo.