Oregon-based Keith Walking Floor (Keith) is set to launch a new stainless steel moving floor system designed specifically to enable truck trailers to self unload abrasive loads, including wastes, compost and aggregates. The moving floor unloader is made of a series of floor slats, which are powered by a hydraulic drive. As the floor cycles through its phases, material is conveyed or unloaded.
Designed to handle a variety of bulk products, the system is expected to offer many benefits over conventional tipper trailers. The horizontal unloading action of a moving floor system hkelps to eliminate many of the hazards using tipping trailers to unload products in the field. An added benefit of the system is that it can safely unload on uneven ground, with controlled material discharge in minutes. The new stainless steel floor slat is also said to be capable of loading/unloading pallets and is forklift compatible.