Material handling hopper

A material handing system, comprising:

• a material supplier;
• a material receiver;
• and
• a material handling hopper configured to transfer flowable material from the material supplier to the material receiver, the material handling hopper comprising:
• a handing body defining an inlet, an outlet, and an axis, the handling body including a seamless sidewall configured to guide the flowable material from the inlet to the outlet,
• wherein the handling body includes:
• a curvilinear section in which the sidewall is curvilinear and converges in a direction from the inlet to the outlet along the axis;
• and
• a linear section connected to the curvilinear section at an interface and in which the sidewall is linear, and
• wherein the handling body is integrally formed as one piece.

A material handling hopper, comprising:

• an integrally formed handing body defining an inlet, an outlet, and an axis, the handing body including a sidewall configured to guide flowable material from the inlet to the outlet,
• wherein the sidewall is circular in cross-section in a plane perpendicular to the axis and defines a first inner diameter at the inlet, a second inner diameter at the outlet, and a minimum diameter between the first inner diameter and the second inner diameter,
• the sidewall is curvilinear between an axial location of the first inner diameter and an axial location of the second inner diameter in a plane parallel to the axis,
• the sidewall converges in a direction from the inlet to the outlet axis between the inlet and the minimum diameter, and
• the sidewall diverges in the direction from the inlet to the outlet axis between the minimum diameter and the outlet.