Pneumatic Dry Bulk Tank Trailers are vacuum-sealed enclosed tanks designed to transport homogenous non-liquid products.
Dry bulk tank trailers have hatches on the top through which bulk material is loaded and funnel-shaped bottoms with openings which allow easy discharge of the flow-able material transported in these trailers.
These trailers feature single or multiple hoppers. The hoppers also have cube partitions which compartmentalize the load.
Pneumatic trailers are used across a wide range of industries for various products, including Construction: Cement, sand, lime, fly ash: Food and Agriculture: Flour, sugar, grain, animal feed; Chemical and Fertilizers: Plastic pellets, various powders, minerals.
Dry bulk tank trailers are manufactured as food grade and non-food grade trailers.
Dry bulk tank trailers are widely used for transporting various types of fertilizers, which can be in granular, powdered, or pelletized form. These are the most common type of trailer for dry bulk fertilizers.
Food grade trailers are manufactured to 3A sanitary standards and are used for the transport of sugar, flour, corn starch and other dry bulk food products. These are typically single hopper trailers and there is no simultaneous transport of different food products.