Abstract: A vertically oriented barrier filling assembly for filling barrier tubing with a filling material and coiling filled barriers is disclosed. The barrier filling assembly includes a barrier filling device positioned above a barrier receiving device. The barrier filling device includes a coiler hopper that funnels the filling material to a barrel. An auger situated in the barrel includes a shaft and a fighting, with rotation of the auger feeding the filling material to empty barrier tubing attached to the barrel. Filled barriers are coiled on a vertically adjustable floor of the barrier receiving device as the barrier tubing is filled by moving the coiler hopper and/or the barrel in an orbital path. A system for filling and coiling barriers includes a supply hopper, the assembly, a processing station, and one or more conveyors, the system having a process flow from the storage hopper to the assembly to the processing station.

Abstract: A vertically oriented barrier filling assembly for filling barrier tubing with a filling material and coiling filled barriers is disclosed. The barrier filling assembly includes a barrier filling device positioned above a barrier receiving device. The barrier filling device includes a coiler hopper that funnels the filling material to a barrel. An auger situated in the barrel includes a shaft and a fighting, with rotation of the auger feeding the filling material to empty barrier tubing attached to the barrel. Filled barriers are coiled on a vertically adjustable floor of the barrier receiving device as the barrier tubing is filled by moving the coiler hopper and/or the barrel in an orbital path. A system for filling and coiling barriers includes a supply hopper, the assembly, a processing station, and one or more conveyors, the system having a process flow from the storage hopper to the assembly to the processing station.

Abstract: A cooling system having a source of pressurized intake air includes a primary fan and a secondary fan spaced apart from the primary fan. The pressurized intake air flows from either of the primary or secondary fans. Ductwork includes an inlet, at least one generally hollow supply plenum in fluid communication with the inlet, and at least one supply opening in fluid communication with the supply plenum. The pressurized intake air is urged into the inlet, through the supply plenum and out of the supply opening as a first air supply. The supply opening is configured to direct the first air supply toward at least one first heat generator. The secondary fan is configured to operate in a predetermined manner corresponding to a status of the primary fan.