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What have we built over the years? Here are just a few of our projects. Select a category in the menu below to view samples of our work. Click on any image for a magnified view.

Truck Receiving Pit With Integrated Dust System

As a second phase of a facility expansion project, ESI added a new 30' x 20' x 14' deep truck receiving pit with a fully-integrated 20,000 CFM dust system and fully enclosed building.The new pit includes six dust pickups, a ladder gate including 4 openings along with an Andco actuator allowing for percentage control of the inbound grain flow. The hopper feeds a pair of 20,000 BPH Hawthorne-Seving drag conveyors that transfer grain to a 20,000 BPH Hawthorne-Seving receiving leg (constructed during phase I of the project).

Receiving pit with dust system and building

Pit hopper and 4-hole ladder gate with an Andco actuator

Aerial view of new receiving pit building and concrete approaches

Enlarged Grain Receiving Pit Grate and Hopper

Our customer was seeking ways to increase the speed and capacity of their inbound grain receiving capabilities. ESI proposed enlarging an existing grain receiving pit that previously could only handle one trailer unload gate at a time with a new, larger grate and pit to accommodate both trailer gates. This new pit greatly reduces the time needed to unload a grain trailer resulting in shorter truck lines and wait times for the cooperative's customers.

millwrights Material Handling Truck Receiving

Original Receiving Pit Allowing For a Single Trailer Gate Unload

Enlarged Receiving Grate and Hopper Allowing For Dual Trailer Gates Unload

Jumbo Truck Receiving Pit & Dust Filter

This grain operation handles high volumes of grain and multiple commodities. To accommodate both requirements, ESI designed and installed a 12' x 24' grain receiving pit with an oversized hopper that holds approximately 1,000 bushels of grain. With the large grate and hopper a truck can dump its entire load into the pit without running the receiving conveyor. This allows the grain elevator to switch between commodities without holding up the truck line.

Another critical requirement was the need for dust collection. This projects includes baffles below the pit grate and a Donaldson dust filter with dust pickups mounted to the hopper's sidewall. To prevent grain from being pulled into the dust pickups, ESI installed perforated deflector plates covering the dust openings.

The entire receiving pit is covered with a Golden Giant building and includes an attached separate control room.

Truck Receiving Dust Systems

Pit grate with dust baffles and steel grid to catch foreign objects

12' x 24' pit can unload two truck gates at a time

Dust filter and building enclosure for the receiving pit

Receiving & Dust System Addition

As this customer's facility continued to expand, so did their need for increased grain receiving capacity. ESI designed and installed this 20,000 BPH receiving pit along with a 25,000 CFM dust filter.

Truck Receiving Dust Systems