Good day to all,
 
I just joined the Bulk-Blog and take the liberty to introduce myself to you.
 
Living in The Netherlands and having reached the age of 65 years, I am entitled to retire. So I did.
 
My working career always took place in ports and on the water.
After and during my studies, Electrical Engineering, Mechanics and Shipbuilding, I was a Rhine barge sailor, dredging equipment designer, dredging equipment surveyor, shipyard draftsman, project manager of a stevedoring company in Rotterdam, project manager of a pneumatic unloader manufacturer and technical manager of a stevedoring company again.
 
In those jobs, I travelled to various regions in the world.
 
During the last 30 years, I was involved in pneumatic unloading and spend a lot of thinking and evening hours and spare time on figuring out, how does pneumatic conveying function mathematically, how to calculate and how to design.
 
In the Bulk-Blogs to come, I will try to share experience and knowledge and to bring some logic into the general perception of pneumatic conveying.
 
Any suggestions or remarks from your side (even now already) are very welcome.