PEBCO® is a major manufacturer, offering services in the engineering and supply of ruggedly built equipment to control and load dry bulk materials. PEBCO® designs and manufactures customized gates, valves, diverters, mass flow feeders, air slides, dustless loading spouts, telescopic chutes, Cleveland Cascade® Chutes and systems for barge, ship, truck and railcar loading.
Since 1977, PEBCO®’s corporate headquarters have been located in Paducah, Kentucky; on the western edge of the Kentucky coal fields and south of the Illinois basin coal fields. The company has been servicing mines, industries and utilities involved in fossil fuels for over 30 years. Through years of experience and service, PEBCO® has grown to global prominence with headquarters in the United States and representation throughout the world.
Over the years PEBCO® has assembled a team of specialists with a wide array of experience in various types of bulk material control. PEBCO®’s engineering team treats each application individually and custom tailors 80% of products to exact customer specifications. Seeking solutions to unique material handling problems, PEBCO®’s experience, versatility, and innovation have lead to the development of several patented products, features and options for equipment used in the dry bulk solids handling industry. As a result, it has patented products that demonstrate the innovation of the company in the field of moving, storing, and weighing bulk solids. The company’s patents include: Rolling Blade® Gate, Mass Flow Feeder control technology, Uni-Load® chute and the Cleveland Cascade® chute.
PEBCO® is a company dedicated to standing behind what it designs, manufactures, and sells. It offers an array of standard products, while at the same time seeking solutions to unique material handling problems. Utilizing the matrix system of management, it co-ordinates the functions of: engineering, procurement, fabrication, installation, and preventative maintenance and service.
The company’s systems are specially designed to best serve the needs of its customers. Each project is evaluated on an individual basis allowing for customer requirements, product characteristics, environmental considerations and other elements. Its total commitment to its customer is to supply equipment and systems that incorporate the most practical and most advanced technological approaches, yet keeping in mind the economic considerations of the project. The company totally controls design, manufacturing and testing.
 
TELESCOPIC CHUTE
PEBCO® engineering offers a better way to alleviate the problem of severe dusting at material handling and storage sites. PEBCO®’s telescopic chute contains the product as it free falls to the ground and has a dual cable hoisting system for chute stability and smooth, even actuation. This heavy weldment is provided with PEBCO® flange detail for attachment to the customer provided head chute.
Construction can be of any number of sections, diameters and lengths based upon individual requirements. The chute sections can be fabricated out of various materials of construction. The top (stationary) section size diameter is calculated based on flow, bulk density and product size. Remaining chute sections increase
in diameter by approximately 4”. The bottom section of the chute is typically provided with two tilt switches for sensing chute contact with the material pile. The chute rises automatically as pile height increases.
The drive assembly, integral or remote, is located at the top of the Telescopic Chute. The motor driven wire rope hoist lifts and lowers the chute. End-travel control is by means of a geared rotary limit switch arrangement, driven directly from the hoist.
PEBCO® offers several options for the telescopic chute which help meet individual application requirements. Some of the options include: y local or remote control panels with a wide range of control
options; y electrical for hazardous or extreme environments; y dust suppression system; y product spreaders; and y gimbals.
PEBCO® manufactures a full line of truck, railcar, barge and shiploading telescoping chutes. PEBCO® can provide customized gates, valves, diverters, mass flow feeders, air slides and dustless loading spouts. It all comes down to innovation, advanced engineering tools, and experience.