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Flexible Screw Conveying System ups Production of Powdered Food Premix

The fast-growing Food Division of Blaine Manufacturing Corporation manufactures seasonings, premixes and blends, provides tolling services, and supplies food ingredients such as flavors, herbs, spices, vitamins, minerals, vital wheat gluten and many other raw materials to the food industry. read more

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Ajax Equipment: Go with the Flow with a Multi-screw Feeder

From fine cohesive powders to shredded wastes, bulk solids can exhibit varied and awkward flow behaviours which can make the material challenging to handle. Multi-screw feeders can help secure a reliable and effective feed of these demanding materials from hoppers, silos and bunkers through positive…read more

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Moisture Measurement & Control yields immediate Results: Consistent Product Quality from Lab to Line

What is worse than wasted effort? Economical losses and decreased productivity. Moisture measurement is a crucial aspect in manufacturing from the initial process to the end-product stage. Product quality and consistency are forefront with MoistTech in the development of the IR3000 sensor to accurat…read more

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Modern Process Equipment: Chain-Vey for Flour outperforms Screw Conveyors and Pneumatic Conveyors

A large flour producer in the US manufactures and distributes corn flour as an ingredient in various food products. Roughly one year ago plant engineers installed three 6-inch Chain-Vey tubular drag conveyors for the transport of yellow and white corn flour. The Chain-Veys supplied by Modern P…read more

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SWR engineering: Moisture Measurement in Wood Pellet Production to ensure Material Quality

A manufacturer of wood pellets processes raw materials such as planing chips or wood chips (wood waste) to produce wood pellets. To ensure optimal adjustment of the drying process, the company uses SWR engineering's M-Sens 2 moisture sensor. The moisture is measured while the material is transporte…read more

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Aalborg Portland A/S relies on the Pipe Conveyor of BEUMER Group

An economically convincing alternative The manufacture of cement is particularly energy intensive. For an economical and sustainable operation, Aalborg Portland A/S therefore relies on alternative fuels and raw materials, in its Denmark lead plant, to ignite the calciner and the main burner. BEUMER …read more

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Inclined Screw Conveyors – DEM Analysis of the Impact of Intermediate Bearings

The design and sizing of high inclination screw conveyors for bulk materials is still often based on experience from the equipment manufacturers. To assure an efficient sizing based on trusted calculation methods the Institute of Materials Handling Material Flow Logistics (fml), Munich, Germany, is …read more

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Toxic Dust Control – Bulk Bag Unloading System contains Toxic Dust in Fluoridation Plants

In water fluoridation plants different chemicals are used, including, for example, the highly toxic silicofluorid. Bulk material handling systems for this application have to meet high dust control requirements. read more

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Large Scale Fuel Storage Silos – Safe and Environmentally Friendly Storage of Coal, Coke or Wood Pellets

There is a growing number of reasons why companies that handle and store large quantities of bulk solids should care about environmental issues. Large scale storage silos offer a cost-efficient way to manage and minimise environmental impacts and can also be used for solid fuels such as coal, pet co…read more

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Application of FEM Analysis for Development of a Pipe Conveyor Test Stand

A test stand was designed to study the behaviour of the belt material and to determine the forces exerted at the idler housings of a pipe conveyor. To predict the forces working within the belt during the pipe-forming process and the reaction of the belt material a model was prepared using Finite El…read more

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Conveyor Belts and tight Bends – How to transport a difficult to handle Product through your Factory

In-plant conveying quite often is extremely challenging, due to limited building space and given footprint of existing equipment as well as the inability of most conveying systems to follow a random conveying path. The following story presents an exception to the rule. read more

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Conveying Ammonium Sulfate – Van Beek Screw Conveyors fit within DSM’s new Plant in Geleen

In the new state-of-the-art ammonium sulfate plant that DSM is building in Geleen there will be as many as 17 Van Beek screw conveyor systems. These conveyor systems play an important part in the production of ammonium sulfate. read more

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A Clean Affair: Sewage Sludge Transport with the Tube Chain Conveyor

The ever increasing amount of sewage sludge from waste management companies poses a major challenge for mechanical materials handling. The hermetically sealed tube chain conveyor system provides for the safe, gas-tight, and odorless transport of sewage sludge. read more

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Creating Value from Overburden: Valuable Rock Grade obtained from Contaminated Feed Material

he new dry process clay adhesions from screen waste produced in quarries and gravel pits. Operators report that they are able to convert more than 90 % of contaminated feed material into salable rock grade using the ‘Combimix’ system. read more

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Feeding of Biomass: Design Experience with Wood Chips

Part of the international struggle to reduce the carbon footprint in energy consumption is the utilisation of biomass instead of fossil fuels such as coal or oil. Although the basic approach is quite promising, as there is a huge amount of usable biomass, there are some problems to be solved with re…read more

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Screw-type Technology for Economical Ship Unloading

Peter Göransson, sales manager for Siwertell AB explains how it is possible to achieve significant long-term savings through the use of high-capacity unloaders. read more

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Design of a High Speed Transfer Chute in a confined Space – A DEM Case Study

This paper aims to redesign a transfer chute as used in a Eurosilo system specifically for handling coal. The velocity of material vertically entering the chute was estimated at 15 to 34 m/s depending on the fill height of the silo. A three-stage approach was taken. First the existing situation with…read more

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Online Moisture Measurement: Non-Contact NIR Moisture Sensors in Powder and Bulk Solids

Moisture content varies widely in raw materials, and at different points in production processes, so non-contact moisture measurement is essential for final product quality. Near-Infrared technology offers a perfect solution to this Task. read more

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Specifying a Bulk Bag Filler: The six most important Parameters to consider

As the number of options for bulk bag filling equipment options increases, so should the ability of the specifier to evaluate stand-alone equipment and integrated systems against current and anticipated needs. read more

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Toxic Dust Control – Bulk Bag Unloading System contains Toxic Dust in Fluoridation Plants

In water fluoridation plants different chemicals are used, including, for example, the highly toxic silicofluorid. Bulk material handling systems for this application have to meet high dust control requirements. Prominent Fluid Controls, Australia, has supplied more than 60 fluoridation systems…read more

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Safe Silo Cleaning – The Whip kept Material flowing at Illinois Cement, USA

When the Eagle Materials Illinois Cement facility experienced a serious blockage in its 80000 ton storage silo, the company employed an innovative pneumatic cleaning technology that was remote controlled from outside the domed structure. read more

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