Amazing Versatility Of Sonic Horn Technology

One of our sonic horns on an ESP

Just over a year ago I wrote an article dedicated to the subject of ESP cleaning with sonic horns. It is a subject which crops up on a regular basis, not just because electrostatic precipitators have a tendency to suffer material build-up and our sonic horns are ideal for the prevention of that, but because the mechanical rapping systems so often used to clean ESPs produce a secondary problem of physical damage.

So we receive two types of enquiry for ESP cleaning - from plants wanting to solve the problem of dust build-up and also from plants wanting to replace existing and damaging rapping systems. This exemplifies the uniqueness of sonic horn technology. However, sonic horns are more than that. Indeed, they offer a remarkable versatility.

Economizer section with sonic horn installed

Sonic horns are used by a wide range of industries and for different applications. These include cement silo cleaning and bulk storage bin cleaning.

Then there's the power generation industry where economizers and SCRs can suffer from ash build-up and thereby reduce efficiency and output.

Other industries which find our acoustic horns to be invaluable in aiding material flow include gypsum, carbon black, foods (sugar etc), brewing/distilling, wood products, detergents, petrochemical, pharmaceutical and ceramics.

Then consider that within each of these industries there is a myriad of applications - not just silos, hoppers and boilers but also id fans, filters, superheaters, air classifiers and more - and you begin to get an idea of the scale and scope of the usefulness of this amazing audiosonic technology.

Hence why I get excited every time there's a new enquiry, giving us the opportunity to solve yet another material buildup problem and help industry get back on its feet :)