Blending system

Abstract

Blending system comprising batch hopper with a scale, a blend hopper positioned directly below the batch hopper, an upwardly running conveyor running the full length of the blending hopper to the top of a surge bin, an upwardly running discharge conveyor running from the bottom of the surge bin to the top of a holding bin, and a holding bin for holding several batches of material. The batch hopper, the first of four hoppers, rests on a scale and includes a plurality of baffles positioned to control material which is dumped into the hopper such as by a front-end loader. A set of doors on the bottom of the batch hopper dumps the material directly below into a blending hopper which holds the contents of the batch hopper and includes a baffle for further blending of the material. A conveyor runs the entire length of the blend hopper and transfers material upwardly to a surge bin. The surge bin has baffles to eliminate any concentration of materials and disperse them throughout the material. The upwardly moving discharge conveyor moves the material from the surge bin into a holding bin. The holding bin holds several batches of material and has a plurality of baffles providing for final blending of material, eliminating any concentrations. The blending system requires less time and energy for blending of materials and only has two moving components, the conveyors and the doors of the batch hopper.

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