ABOUT US
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Atlas Systems provides custom designed bulk material storage and retrieval systems. Since 1959, systems have been produced that handle a variety of materials for both fuel feed and process feed applications. The systems work well with wood waste (hogged bark, sawdust and shavings), wood chips and shredded municipal refuse. Storage volumes have been as small as 300 cubic feet and as large as 664,000 cubic feet and material retrieval rates have ranged between 60 and 12,000 cubic feet per hour.
The Atlas System is a live bottom retrieval system consisting of a storage unit (a closed bin or an open circular pile), a sweep conveyor, and one or more outfeed conveyors. When supplied with variable speed drives, the material can be retrieved at a uniform and controlled rate. The unique component of the Atlas System is the sweep conveyor, which does not stay under the material but rather retrieves from the periphery. A powered ring rotates about the material perimeter. The leading end of each of four chains of segmented sweep buckets is attached to the inside of the ring at quarter points while the trailing end is unrestrained. Natural dynamic forces cause the trailing sweep buckets to move inward and engage the periphery of the material. The sweep buckets, which are open on the front, inside and bottom, fill with material and sweep it to openings in the floor. The material falls through the floor openings into a recessed drag chain conveyor, which delivers it to a location outside of the storage area. The Atlas System is a proven performer with the advantages of positive feeding, variable feed control, easy maintenance, and low energy consumption. Consider an Atlas System as the solution to your needs for storage and feeding of bulk materials. Please contact us for additional information. |
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Unique in concept: an Atlas System retrieves material from the perimeter of the pile and is not required to operate underneath the stored material, as are most other reclaim systems. Each Atlas System is designed to the customer’s exact requirements and conditions. The uniform outfeed characteristics of the Atlas design make it an effective surge and feeding system for smaller volumes.
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The Atlas
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WHY ATLAS
Atlas offers adapability & flexibility plus the Gentle Touch. This is the combination that makes the Atlas storage and reclaim system totally unique. The basic Atlas system is so adaptable it meshes easily and economically with any type of conveyor system … drag chain, belt or pneumatic. It offers you greater flexibility because Atlas units come in capacities from 200 cubic feet up to 1 million cubic feet. And Atlas takes on those tough to handle ones like chips, sawdust, shavings, bark, biomass etc. with a “gentle touch” that reduces the creation of additional fines to a minimum - an exclusive Atlas feature that increases your profit margin.