The Many Uses of Self-Dumping Hoppers: From Recycling to Waste

Posted by rauramh on November 1st, 2014

When you think about all the uses that self dumping hoppers provide solutions for, you realize that they address a variety of concerns within the material handling industry. No matter what industry your company is in, you need to be able to efficiently transport waste, recyclables, paper, materials and products from one spot to the other. Here we explore the many uses of self-dumping hoppers and the benefits these forklift accessories offer to each application.

Ease of Use

When it comes to industrial storage bins, the self-dumping hopper is the most used and important type around. That's because they not only come in many shapes, sizes, load capacities and strengths, they also can be used in any number of ways within your warehouse, construction site or factory. No matter what types of heavy-duty steel you go with, you can use your self-dumping hopper to transport just about anything. Self balancing and easy to operate by a forklift operator, these unique types of hoppers get the job done.

Recycling

No matter what industry you're in, you most likely have the need to recycle. This is especially true in retail store warehouses, such as appliance stores or big box stores that must get rid of lots of cardboard. Appliance stores in particular have an abundance of cardboard from large refrigerators and ovens, for example that must be unwrapped and put on display on the showroom floor. Typically, stores like these will have loading docks that have various waste disposal receptacles, one for waste that must be thrown away and perhaps several for recycling, such as plastic for packing materials or cardboard for broken-down boxes. Using a recycling self dumping hopper makes it easy to guide to the proper receptacle.

Manufacturing of Parts

Within the manufacturing space, self-dumping hoppers can be used for collecting scrap metal, for finished parts or for parts to be transferred from one process to another stage of an assembly or manufacturing line.

Organic Waste

Food scraps must be removed immediately from the premises within the food services industry to comply with regulations. If left to rot, this can be a threat to worker and customer safety thanks to the un-hygienic properties. In this case, a stainless steel self dumping hopper that's water tight with a secure lid would be needed to avoid spillage of this smelly type of trash. Not only does this help with the actual transport of the organic waste, clean-up afterward is a breeze through a simple hose-down. A stainless steel self-dumping hopper that can properly contain and transport this type of waste is needed, especially in large companies where heavy volumes of food scraps and the like are disposed of daily.

As you can see, there are many uses for self dumping hoppers within the material handling industry, and each bin type addresses a different need.

About the Author:

This article is written by Mike Genter, who is associated with Roura Material Handling. Roura Material Handling produces a large variety of self dumping hoppers including durable hoppers, rugged hoppers, ultimate hoppers, behemoth hoppers as well as custom and specialty dumping hoppers for both commercial and industrial use.