MaxiStore ®
Bridge Distribution Systems
As part of Redler's ongoing commitment to producing effective and efficient material handling systems, they have created MaxiStore® bridge distribution systems in order to maximise the potential for bulk material handling and storage.
The MaxiStore® is one of the most advanced and considered bridge distribution systems available. It provides a modern, functional approach to bridge distribution using up-to-date technology and fresh ideas in material handling to offer the most effective bridge distribution system.
What makes the MaxiStore® a superior bridge distribution system?
The MaxiStore® offers many benefits:
- Suited to buildings with a low-pitch roof which allows greater width, maximising storage capacity
- Can be fitted within an existing low-profile building as a retrofit arrangement
Machinery loads are carried via building walls, not the roof, offering significant cost reductions.
Flat Store Building Design
Design 'A'
Design 'B'
Why is the MaxiStore® better than traditional bridge distribution systems?
Image A shows a traditional building for bulk storage. These are often 'A'-frame buildings, with a high apex roof which is required to house an overhead belt conveyor system. The increased height often restricts the width - and storage capacity - of the building.
Additionally, dropping material from roof level increases dust levels which can interfere with machinery. Often, a discharge chute with additional dust suppression features is needed to minimise this.
Image B shows how the MaxiStore can be fitted into a low-profile building, creating extra storage space and eliminating the need for dust suppression or any other costly additions to the material handling process.
The MaxiStore® allows fully-automated bridge distribution and performs exceptionally in flat store buildings. Incredibly versatile, the MaxiStore® offers two material feeding arrangements:
- A belt conveyor is mounted at low level along the side wall along the length of the store. A travelling belt tripper is attached, which moves with the bridge structure, allowing the bridge to be fed at any point. This option is normally used for bridge distribution systems within existing buildings.
- A travelling and reversible shuttle conveyor is mounted along the side wall of the store, but fed externally at the mid-point. The MaxiStore® is attached to one end of the shuttle which feeds onto the bridge. The shuttle then moves to fill one half of the store, at which point it is transferred to the other end of the shuttle to fill the second half of the store.
In both cases, all functions are carried out automatically from a central control point.
What makes the MaxiStore® unique?
The MaxiStore® contains a unique En-Masse conveyor which offers two unique features:
- Multiple outlets at close pitch along the length allow discharged material to build up and block the outlet. This allows new material to flow across to the next outlet and discharge. This continues until all outlets are filled, as shown in Image C.
- The depth of material handling is around six times the depth of the chain which moves the material. This results in the material being transferred as a column within the casing, as shown in Image D. This is more economic and offers a smoother material handling process.
Designs 'C' & 'D'
Other benefits of the MaxiStore® Bridge Distribution System
Store Reclaim
Material handling is carried out by front end loader, discharging directly to road vehicles for maximum efficiency. Front end loaders can also be fitted with an onboard load weight indicator.
Control System
The controls are fully automatic, and designed to integrate perfectly with a main facility control system.
Environmental
The chain conveyor is completely encloses, offering dust suppression and minimising material degradation.
Application Features
The MaxiStore® is well-suited to handling and storage of animal feeds and other materials with similar characteristics such as minerals or coal, creating near-vertical faces to the piles. Rates in excess of 1000tph can be achieved, depending on the overall application requirements.
Flat Store or Silo
The use of a flat store is virtually self selecting when considered against a number of criteria.
- High throughput volume.
- Throughput of different types and qualities of product.
- The need to keep them segregated.
- Storage characteristics of the material which make it difficult and or expensive to reclaim material from silos.
- The photograph shows how the material 'stands up' and creates almost vertical walls illustrates this point.
- Cost, where floor space is not a problem then the flat store provides an economic solution as opposed to the alternative silo arrangement.
- The overall operational philosophy of such a plant and its equipment is well established and very practical which simplifies control methods. Plant maintenance is simplified and personnel readily assimilate the operational requirements.
Benefits of the MaxiStore
- Maximises storage space within flat store buildings.
- Cost effective compared with other storage methods.
- Fitted within traditional and common forms of structural buildings.
- Employs only well proven forms of equipment.
- Installation is quick and easy.
- High environmental status and features.
- Fully automated.
- Low level of operational and maintenance staff required.
- Single or multiple material storage readily achieved.
- Simple form of reclaim direct to road vehicles.
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