Saw this image of grain being unloaded by two mechanical arms at a port in China (from wsj). I wondered how they did that and it turns out it's super interesting.pic.twitter.com/2rAP1HIuBM
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I thought it was sucked up by vacuum, but no, there's actually an screw shaped augur inside the arm which works as an elevator for the grainpic.twitter.com/SfxGm7XYVx
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This youtube video shows it in action. It's very cool. At first I thought there's no way this is an augur because then you'd miss a lot of the grain towards the end but they have a solution for that! Drop a bulldozer in the cargo bay! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFKyIbXgIuY …pic.twitter.com/V4BeJuPT2m
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Haha, hope they use food-safe grease for all the bearings on that loader. Lol
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