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    How do you determine capacity of hopper with a long rectangular gate?

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      http://forum.bulk-online.com/showthread.php?6186-Discharge-Size-of-Hopper-Bin scroll down 3 :)

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        I have run into this problem in the production of plastic injection moulds. The math can be reduced by filling the cavity with a non-compactable medium like sugar or salt and measure the total volume in a cylinder. From that point on the measurements of the volume is simple math.  

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