Pick a loading case and enter your own figures. The density gain is worked out on its own. Product loss, housekeeping and power are entered separately and kept apart from it. Every figure here is an estimate you can change.
Reference size20 ft truck · 33 m³ · 28 t payload
1 · Density
Field reference: at a grain terminal, a silo filled through DustCone ran about 7% denser than a conventionally filled silo over a sustained sampling period. Mechanism: fines stay in the column, land mixed and fill the gaps, with less air carried in.
2 · Other savings
Kept separate from density and entered by you. Leave any line blank if it does not apply.
3 · Cost
No power, no consumables. Periodic spring inspection.
| Freight saved | $0 |
| Product loss avoided | $0 |
| Housekeeping saved | $0 |
| Power, filters, aspiration avoided | $0 |
| Annual maintenance | $0 |
| Annual savings, net | $0 |
| Extra capacity value per fill (one-off, not in payback) |
Indicative estimates based on user inputs. Actual results depend on material, site and operating practice. Truck and barge results never exceed the payload limit; loading must stay within the legal and certified weight limits that apply to you. Density gain defaults are estimates, not performance claims. Breakage and regulatory fines are not modelled. To fix the density figure for your own material, a tapped-density test (aerated against settled) is the place to start. Background: dust, breakage and bulk density are three separate effects.
Extra tonnes = volume × bulk density × density gain. For trucks and barges the result is capped at the payload limit. A denser load is never a reason to exceed a legal road weight or a vessel's certified deadweight; the gain only counts while the load is still under that limit. If the load reaches the payload limit before the volume is full, the gain is zero, and the simulator shows that.
Trips avoided are the trips needed for your annual throughput at the conventional load, minus the trips needed at the denser load. Freight saved is trips avoided × your freight cost per trip.
Silos and warehouses are bounded by volume alone, so the gain shows up as tonnes held per fill. Its value is extra tonnes × your product value. That is a one-off capacity figure, so it is shown beside the payback rather than inside it.
| Application | Size | Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Truck, 20 ft | 33 m³ | 28 t payload by default, editable |
| River barge | 2,000 m³ | 1,500 t payload |
| Silo | 3,500 m³ (Ø15 m × 20 m) | Volume only |
| Warehouse | 15,000 m³ | Volume only |
Ocean vessels are left out. Only river barges are modelled.
Below 500 kg/m³ a product test is required before relying on any figure. Below 300 kg/m³ the material is not suitable for DustCone and no savings are estimated.
Product loss, housekeeping and power are separate cost lines entered by you. None of them counts the same tonne as the density gain. Breakage and regulatory fines are not included.
Send us your material, bulk density and flow rate and we will come back with engineered sizing and a quoted installed cost for this calculation.