Patent ID: 11858760
Assignee: SOLARIS OILFIELD SITE SERVICES OPERATING LLC
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 15:
16. A method for loading proppant into a silo, the method comprising:
positioning a system at a wellsite using a vehicle, wherein the system comprises a base, a derrick, a first arm, and a second arm;
decoupling the system from the vehicle once the system is positioned, wherein the system is in a folded state when positioned and decoupled, and wherein the derrick is oriented substantially horizontally when the system is in the folded state;
actuating the system into an unfolded state after the system is decoupled, wherein the derrick is oriented substantially vertically when the system is in the unfolded state;
actuating the first arm when the system is in the unfolded state, wherein actuating the first arm comprises rotating the first arm around a first end thereof in a first horizontal plane through a first angle, wherein the first end of the first arm is coupled to the derrick; and
conveying the proppant when the system is in the unfolded state, wherein the proppant is conveyed from a first conveyor on the base, to a second conveyor on the derrick, to a third conveyor on the first arm, to a fourth conveyor on the second arm, and into the silo.