08-10-2011, 09:45 AM
Southern Tuxedo Wrote::? Ok, so I have been following this thread and I’m getting more and more confused. Is the truck being loaded or unloaded? It looks to me that the truck is unloading its contents into the hopper. Am I wrong?
While doing some research, I found this cool website with lots of great pictures.
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Scroll about 1/3 the way down and you will see a truck being loaded from a hopper. They are using one of the upper pipes on the truck and of course it’s hooked up the bottom of the hopper, hence my confusion. Reinhard’s picture shows the hose being hooked up to the lower pipe on the truck and it appears to be going to the top hatch of the hopper. What do you guys think?
Mark
I'm not sure, Mark. The web site for Caltex Plastics raised even more questions in my mind. The web site said that they convert "laminated multi-layer barrier products into custom pouches, tubing, sheets, and sheeting..." That sounds like they receive plastic sheeting in rolls rather than pellets. If that is the case I would expect them to receive boxcar loads rather than covered hoppers. Could it be that scrap pieces are converted back into pellets to be sent back for recycling?