Beginning a
few years ago, some of the large rail lines began sending out bulletins
and letters to inform their customers that the Airslide Railcars that
they had been using for years were going to be phased out in lieu of
the newer Gravac Railcar. The customers that are affected the
most by this are in the food industry.
Shown below
are some various systems that can be used as a replacement. In
some cases, these systems can utilize existing equipment to save money.
While only sugar unloading examples are represented below,
there are many more examples of systems with various ingredients available
on our web site.