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EQUIPMENTS

STANDARD INDUSTRIE

handling bulk products

in total environmental respect Equipments

Airchoc
on bend,
to clean the
pipework

The handling and transport of bulk products in glassworks can often

lead to material build-ups in crucial areas. Standard Industrie gives us

an idea of how these issues can be avoided with its products, which

also reduce cleaning costs and guarantee worker safety.

or more than 40 years, to reduced plant productivity AIRCHOC ®
Standard Industrie Inter- and higher cleaning costs. This Since 1978, when Standard
Fnational has been specialised leads to higher labour accident Industrie patented its first
in the design and manufacture risk for the maintenance staff. Airchoc, the group has sold more
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of solutions aiming to facilitate These types of issues can be than 50,000 of its Airchoc air
the handling of bulk products by avoided if preventive meas- cannon systems in 90 countries.
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combining safety and respect for ures to avoid blockages and The Airchoc can be applied to
environment. This expertise has build-ups are taken or if regular various locations in a glass fac-
been shared with more than 60 dif- cleaning of storage areas are tory, any time cloggings or build-
ferent types of industries, including undertaken. ups appear.
the glass industry. Having developed expertise
in both these areas, Standard Applications
MATERIAL BUILD-UPS IN Industrie has helped a number In the batch house where raw
THE GLASS PRODUCTION of plants across the world materials are mixed, Airchoc air
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PROCESS improve their productivity; cannons can be installed in bulk
Material build-ups in the glass reduce cleaning costs and lower material silos. Specific silos or
production process often lead accident risks. hoppers containing cullet can also

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