Reception, storage, shipment and feeding of artificial gypsum at the British Gypsum Company works.

The article reviews the equipment produced by companies of the Aumund Group and supplied for modernization of the British Gypsum Company gypsum plasterboard works in the town of Sherburn, UK. The equipment is intended for reception, storage, shipment and feeding of artificial gypsum; it includes control and automation systems. The article provides a detailed description of design solutions and operation of the equipment, which has been selected with due consideration of special features of the enterprise under modernization.

Author: N. Velten

Section: Equipment and technology

Keywords: conveying and storage of materials; feed conveyor; belt conveyor; reclaimer; hopper