Roller Gates Assist in the Production of Horse Feed In spring 2018, Vortex and Rate Technology, Inc., a Vortex equipment sales representative, consulted with a horse feed producer to assist with a process need. Application At this facility, the client is producing forage cubes. Upstream in the process, bales of hay are broken down and minor ingredients are added before the raw materials are formed into cubes (approximate size: 3 – 4 in | 75 – 100 mm square). Once formed, the cubes are transferred into cloth silos. Below each silo, a common belt conveyor transfers forage cubes to a packaging line, where they are loaded either into 50 lb bags or into bulk bags. Vortex and Rate Technology, Inc. were tasked with identifying a solution for discharging forage cubes out of the cloth silos, down o

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