Food grade covered hopper cars use Miner SaniLOK gate

Geneva, Ill.-based Miner Enterprises, Inc.  says its SaniLOK™ gates recently were selected for application to food grade covered hopper cars by American Railcar Leasing, Chicago Freight Car Leasing, and TrinityRail for new and rebuilt cars leased or sold to Cargill, Domino Sugar, Imperial Sugar, and Union Pacific.

“Sugar and other food grade commodities must be unloaded under sanitary conditions and we have engineered the SaniLOK gate to meet that requirement and simplify the gate operation,” said Miner Vice President of Sales Ric Biehl. “Recently, in response to our client’s needs, we modified our plenums to reduce the chance of sugar clogging in the chamber, thus allowing for faster and more complete cleanout of cars.”

For the new car applications, Miner’s SaniLOK gate was specified as well as its TCC-III constant contact side bearings, TF-880 TecsPak® friction draft gears, and Series 2008 brake beams.

Said Biehl, “We understand that it is the only sanitary stainless steel gravity-pneumatic gate built with all USDA and FDA approved materials in the flow path of the commodity and has a unique movable vacuum chamber that is easy to clean.”