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North Incinerator Finds Solution to Excessive Sweep Elbow Wear

At Montgomery County’s North Incinerator plant, there was a problem several years ago. The Dayton, OH, area trash-to-energy plant was experiencing repeated shutdowns due to sweep elbow failure in its dense phase pneumatic conveying system, a component of the lime injection system in operation ther…read more

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North Incinerator Finds Solution to Excessive Sweep Elbow Wear

At Montgomery County's North Incinerator plant, there was a problem several years ago. The Dayton, OH, area trash-to-energy plant was experiencing repeated shutdowns due to sweep elbow failure in its dense phase pneumatic conveying system, a component of the lime injection system in operation there.…read more

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Pneumatic Deflection Elbows cut Wear, Dust, Offload Time for Bulk Project Contractor

Robert Ober & Associates is a specialty design/build firm that serves an international client base for bulk material handling projects that range from USD25,000 retrofit contracts to USD25 million turnkey plant projects. The company began specifying Smart Elbow® deflection elbows from HammerTek…read more

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Ready-Mix Plants Prevent Wear and Downtime with Deflection Elbows

Concrete Plants, Inc. (CPI) has provided turnkey batch plant equipment, service and parts to ready-mix and precast concrete plants from Maine to South Carolina since 1974. For many years, customers were resigned to abrasive materials wearing through the elbows of their pneumatic conveying system elb…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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How to select a Continuous Level Sensor

Using a continuous level sensor to monitor the material level in your storage vessels can help your operation maintain efficiency – preventing costly process interruptions and keeping you up-to-date on your inventory level. This whitepaper is intended to help operations choose a continuous level s…read more

Case Study

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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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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Successful Commissioning of KREISEL Ceramic Rotary Feeder at PPC Hercules

This article reports on the benefits of KREISEL Ceramic Rotary feeder ZSV-H towards the screw pumps, and on the successful commissioning of ZSV-H in September, 2015. read more

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Pneumatic and Hydromechanical Techniques in the Gold and Coal Mining Industries in South Africa

Based on various task definitions from gold and coal mines in South Africa, it is explained to what extent existing techniques can be applied to the solution of these problems. The investigation shows that experience already gained in pneumatic transport of building materials in West European coal m…read more

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Technical Article

Solids Mass Flow Measurement in Pneumatic Pipelines by F.M. Transducer and Microcomputer

The paper outlines the basic design of the frequency modulated capacitance transducer which has been successfully used to measure mass flow rates of materials ranging from conducting metal particles to non-conducting solids with a wide range of permittivities. The sensing electrode used offers …read more

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Technical Article

Pneumatic Conveying Equipment for the Mining Industry

The author describes heavy duty equipment for the application of dilute-phase pneumatic conveying of large-size abrasive rock or coal under rugged underground mining conditions which can have advantages over conveyor belts bucket elevators or other forms of transport. read more

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Technical Article

Pneumatic Conveying of Bulk Solids Through Pipelines

This article describes the pneumatic conveying of powdered and granular solids through pipeline systems. Other means of pneumatic conveying, such as airtube mail transport systems or air slide systems, or conveying systems in which large items are moved on air cushions, will not be discussed here. read more

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Technical Article

Simplified Computerized Design of Pneumatic Conveyors

The purpose of the design guide outlined below is to obtain the system parameters such as relative pressure drops, velocities, and blower data such as flow and pressure values for pressurized pneumatic conveying systems with a single value of {constant) pipe diameter. The designs are based on the me…read more

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Research Paper

Problems in Catalyst Recirculation in a Catalytic Cracking Plant

In a fluidized bed catalytic cracking plant, smooth catalyst recirculation between a reactor and a regenerator is important. Spent catalyst flows at rates up to 120 tonne min-1 from the reactor down a standpipe to the regenerator. The regenerated catalyst flows through another standpipe to be transp…read more

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Technical Article

Pneumatic Transport In Dilute and Dense Phase

The hydraulic transport of solids can be divided into two broad regions, dilute phase and dense phase. The author reviews the characteristics of these two cases and the relationships which describe them. Results of recent experiments are presented which should lead to a deeper understanding of this …read more

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Research Paper

Correlation Analyses in the Design of Pneumatic Transport Plant

Correlation analyses have long been applied to hydraulic transport with considerable success. The author reviews the possibilities in using, such an approach with pneumatic conveying. The lack of suitable experimental data is a real problem but using the results available some promising correlations…read more

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Case Study

The Storage of PVC Powders

The authors describe the properties of PVC powders which are relevant to their storage, consider some of the bulk storage options available and describe the approach which is being adopted by BP Chemicals at its factory In Barry, South Wales. read more

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Case Study

Ash and Dust Disposal State-of-the-Art in NSW Power Stations

This paper deals with ash and dust disposal in New South Wales power stations. It outlines the factors used in the selection of a suitable site for disposal of solid wastes from a coal fired power station. A number of different methods of handling the ash and dust from the collection hoppers in the …read more

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Case Study

Cement Supply to Remote Construction Sites

This article describes how the problem of shipping and storing of cement in large quantities has been solved in two particular installations. Large construction projects such as harbours and airports usually consume enormous quantities of concrete, requiring thousands of tons of cement a month.…read more

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Process Controls for Hydraulic and Pneumatic Pipeline Conveying Systems

Due to the high investment costs involved in the installation of hydraulic and pneumatic conveying systems associated control systems should have a high degree of availability. High grade open and closed-loop control and monitoring systems are a decisive prerequisite for this. This paper deals speci…read more

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Technical Article

Predicting and Preventing Wear in Pipe Bends – Basic Information for choosing a cost-effective Wear Protection Solution

There are many means of providing wear protection for bends and straight sections in pneumatic conveying systems, but they can be very costly or severely increase the energy consumption, or limit its throughput, if applied too liberally. Hence it is very important to choose carefully the right means…read more

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White Paper

Silo Discharge Aids – Active Devices to solve Bulk Material Flow Problems

Although the knowledge is available to design silo with reliable flow, problems still occur quite frequently, for example, with old installations or if the properties of the material to be stored change. In such cases, a silo discharge aid can be a feasible solution. read more

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Technical Article

Options for Long-Distance Large Capacity Conveying – A Comparison of Continuous Overland Conveying Systems

The conventional overland conveyor is limited in ability with respect to gradient and alignment curvature. However, there are two less-traditional conveying systems worthy of evaluation against conventional conveyors for long-distance, large-capacity installations, the Cable Belt and the Ropecon Sys…read more

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Case Study

Washing the Fines – Additional fines Product together with improved Water Utilisation

A Swedish quarry wanted to improve the quality of its products as well as its economics. Therefore they got their sand and gravel washing plant extended which now utilizes fines in the washed sands and aggregates. read more

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