Lorenzo Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 Hi All, I have been searching for a stainless barrel filling cane that can be connected to an air pump to fill barrels, only finding the fuel type fillers with small pump mounted on top of cane. What most distillers using...? lorenzo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HottyToddy77 Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 We use a stainless 1.5” butterfly valve followed by a 90 and lastly a long hose barb. If you’re pipe is smaller you might need a spool instead of a hose barb. Fyi 53 gallon barrels take around 400lbs so we put our barrels on a scale and watch the scale to know it is almost full. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southernhighlander Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 Lorenzo, We have what you need, but they are not listed on our web site yet. Email me paul@distillery-equipment.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StonesRyan Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 On 2/24/2018 at 11:53 AM, Southernhighlander said: Lorenzo, We have what you need, but they are not listed on our web site yet. Email me paul@distillery-equipment.com Can you PM me what your solution is? I may be interested. I’m looking for a flow meter to use while barrel filling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silk City Distillers Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 3 hours ago, StonesRyan said: I’m looking for a flow meter to use while barrel filling. For what purpose? For gauging, TTB would require an accurate mass flowmeter like a high-precision coriolis flow meter, which would be ballpark around $5-10k. Accurate mass flow meter. A mass flow meter for making volume determinations of bulk distilled spirits. A mass flow meter used for tax determination of bulk spirits must be certified by the manufacturer of the meter or other qualified person as accurate within a tolerance of plus or minus 0.1 percent. A mass flow meter used for all other required volume determinations of bulk spirits must be certified by the manufacturer of the meter or other qualified person as accurate within a tolerance of plus or minus 0.5 percent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StonesRyan Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 8 hours ago, Silk City Distillers said: For what purpose? For gauging, TTB would require an accurate mass flowmeter like a high-precision coriolis flow meter, which would be ballpark around $5-10k. Accurate mass flow meter. A mass flow meter for making volume determinations of bulk distilled spirits. A mass flow meter used for tax determination of bulk spirits must be certified by the manufacturer of the meter or other qualified person as accurate within a tolerance of plus or minus 0.1 percent. A mass flow meter used for all other required volume determinations of bulk spirits must be certified by the manufacturer of the meter or other qualified person as accurate within a tolerance of plus or minus 0.5 percent. Any other suggestions for gauging while barrel filling? I have a proofing tank on a floor scale but no way to lift full barrels onto the rack (no forklift) if I do it that way. I’m thinking I may have to bite the bullet on a suitable flow meter unless anyone has another suggestion. It’s still cheaper, and takes up far less floorspace, than a forklift. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huffy2k Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 Have you looked into a portable gantry crane? You could use it to lift barrels off the floor scale after weighing and then onto your racks? A quick Google turned this up: https://www.globalindustrial.com/p/material-handling/hoists-cranes/cranes-portable-trailer/folding-floor-crane-with-telescopic-boom-4000-lb-capacity?infoParam.campaignId=T9F&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIjsmqhOL72QIVAVgNCh3vbQQhEAQYASABEgLiHfD_BwE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Lenerz Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 17 hours ago, StonesRyan said: Any other suggestions for gauging while barrel filling? I have a proofing tank on a floor scale but no way to lift full barrels onto the rack (no forklift) if I do it that way. I’m thinking I may have to bite the bullet on a suitable flow meter unless anyone has another suggestion. It’s still cheaper, and takes up far less floorspace, than a forklift. We used to use a scaled pallet jack to do pairs of barrels on the rack. Now we have a flush with the floor, floor scale we use now. If that isn't an option you can usually find ramps for floor scales too, so you can pallet jack the barrels and rack up on to it. As Huffy2K suggests a gantry crane might be a good option, or an appropriately sized straddle stacker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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