Silo for crushed glass
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Overview
Glass is made of quartz sand, lime and soda, which are melted together at extremely high temperatures up to 1600 °C. This melting process is very energy intensive and for that reason, more easily melted waste glass is also often added into the mix. After delivery, the waste glass is first crushed and freed from impurities. The material, known as cullet, is then transported and filled into a silo, where it is fed to the melting process. To ensure a continuous supply of material to the furnace, a reliable level measurement in the cullet silo is required.
Operating Conditions
- Measuring Task
- Level measurement and point level detection
- Measuring Point
- Silo
- Medium
- Crushed waste glass
- Measuring Range
- 0 … 15 m
- Temperature
- -5 … +40 °C
- Pressure
- 0 … 0 bar
Challenges
- Noise and dust during filling, poor reflective properties
Benefits
- Reliable: Reliable measurement enables a continuous supply of material to the furnace
- Cost effective: Non-contact measurement, long service life
- User friendly: Blockage detection makes additional monitoring superfluous
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