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"Spider Diagrams" : A novel way of predicting Powder Flow (March
2009)
Guest article by E. McGee,
Ajax Equipment and D. McGlinchey, Glasgow Caledonian University
Belt
Conveyor Design For Extreme Cold Climates (January 2009)
Guest article by Paul Janze, Sandwell Engineering
Models can help
to address a Flow Problem, but Beware! (October 2008)
by Joe Marinelli, Solids Handling Technologies, Inc.
The
Evolution of High Capacity Pellet Classifiers (July 2008)
Guest article by L. H. Stone,
Kason Corporation
Storage
Silo Selection – Dry Bulk Applications (March 2008)
Guest article by Bill Neighbors, Tank Connection
The Design of
Loss-in-Weight Feeders (January 2008)
Guest article by Mike Page of Rospen Industries
Design of Metering
Screw Feeders (October 2007)
Guest article by Mike Page of
Rospen Industries
Advantages and Disadvantages of Aero-Mechanical Conveying (August
2007)
Guest article by Michel Podevyn
Preventing
Conveyor Belts from Derailing! (April 2007)
Guest article by Ing. Harry
P.M. Clerx of Centre for Concepts in Mechatronics
Dust Explosion Hazard Awareness
(February 2007)
Guest article by David E. Kaelin Sr., Chilworth Technology Inc.
The Safety Effects of Erratic Flow Behavior in Bulk Solids (October
2006)
Greg Mehos, PhD and Eric Maynard, MSME, Jenike & Johanson, Inc.
Should My
Material Be Tested On-Site? (September 2006)
by Joseph Marinelli, Solids Handling Technologies, Inc.
Flooding Powders : When Is Permeability Important? (May 2006)
by David S. Dick, Solids Handling Technologies, Inc.
Does Your Silo Honk and
Thump? (February 2006)
by David S. Dick, Solids Handling Technologies, Inc.
How to Get a Pneumatic Conveying Pipeline to Handle More (November
2005)
Guest article by Jack D. Hilbert, Pneumatic Conveying Consultants
Designing a Belt Feeder
Interface-Transition (August 2005)
by Joseph Marinelli, Solids Handling Technologies
What is an Iris Valve? (May
2005)
Guest article by Kevin Peterson of Salina Vortex
How to Read a Solids
Flow Report (February 2005)
by Joseph Marinelli, Solids Handling Technology, Inc.
Rigid IBCs in
the Metal Powder Industry (September 2004)
Guest article by Carl
Andrews, General Manager, Matcon USA Inc.
Material Temperature Effect on Pneumatic Conveying (August 2004)
Guest article by Paul Solt, Pneumatic Conveying Consultants
The Bulk Solids Pump: A new feeder for
free-flowing materials (June 2004)
Guest article by Everett Von Frank, K-Tron
Attrition : DEM Simulation for Breakage and
Degradation of Particulate Solids (May 2004)
Guest article by Dr. Ting Han, Carnegie Mellon University
Intermediate Bulk Containers in
Plastic Compounding (April 2004)
Guest article by Carl Andrews, General Manager, Matcon USA Inc.
When Things Go Wrong : How
to Address a Solids Flow
Problem (March 2004)
by Joseph Marinelli, Solids Handling Technologies
Expand
Production with the 'Parallel Processing' Method (January 2004)
Guest article by Carl Andrews, General Manager, Matcon USA, Inc.
The
Art of Blending and Blender Selection - A Few Basics (November 2003)
Guest article by Clark A. Beebe, Technical Services Manager, Gemco
Increasing
Conveying Rates in Pneumatic Systems (September 2003)
Guest article by A. Tim Agarwal, Pneumatic Conveying Consultants
Frequently
Asked Questions on Feeder Performance (July 2003)
Guest article by John Winski, Director of Sales, K-Tron Americas
Low-Profile,
Bin-Bottom Design Suits Cement (June 2003)
Guest article by Reinhardt Matye, President, DCL Inc.
Flow
Properties Testing - Jenike Shear Tester (April 2003)
by Joseph Marinelli, Solids Handling Technology
Dense
Phase Milling - Is It For You? (March 2003)
Guest article by Charlie Regenhard, CCE Technologies
Operating
Considerations for Belt Conveyors (Feb. 2003)
Guest article by Dr Harold Wright, Alan Jackson and Ray Hodgkinson
Computer
Simulation of Granular Material Flows (Jan. 2003)
Guest article by Greg Dewicki of Overland Conveyor Co. Inc.
Solving
Closed-Loop Pneumatic Conveying System Problems (Dec. 2002)
Guest article by Tim Singer of Pneu Solutions
Spherical
Disc Valves For Solids Processing Applications (October 2002)
Guest article by Jim Lenihan, President, Gemco Valve Company
Table
Feeders: An Alternative for Difficult Applications (July 2002)
Guest article by Samer Habash, Granulation Business Specialist for LCI
Corporation
High Temperature Pneumatic
Conveying (June 2002)
Guest article by Marco Flores and Paul Solt of Pneumatic Conveying
Consultants
Frequently
Asked Questions, Part II (May 2002)
by Joseph Marinelli
Selecting
Diverter Valves For Your Pneumatic Conveying System (March 2002)
Guest article by Kevin Peterson of Salina Vortex
Dealing With "Flooding"
Powders (February 2002)
Guest article by Lyn Bates, Ajax Equipment Ltd.
You
Too, Can Select a Pneumatic Conveying System (January 2002)
Guest article by Tim Singer, Pneu Solutions
Carbon Black & Titanium Dioxide
Handling (November 2001)
by Joseph Marinelli
Hopper
Retrofits Save Money (October 2001)
Article by Joseph Marinelli
Dense
Phase Conveying, Is It The Right Choice? (July 2001)
Guest article by Tim Singer of Pneu Solutions
How
to Design a Volumetric Belt Feeder (May 2001)
by Joseph Marinelli
Applying
Weighfeeders in Blending Operations for Bulk Solids (April 2001)
Guest Article by
Sheldon V. Shepherd, Industry Consultant, Siemens-Milltronics, Inc.
Silo
Damaged by Plastic Powder - A Case Study (February 2001)
Guest article by David Stuart-Dick of Powder Engineering Systems
Adapting
Acoustic Monitoring Technology to Detect Bulk Solids Flow (Jan 2001)
By Sheldon V. Shepherd, Industry Marketing Manager, Siemens-Milltronics,
Inc.
Testing
Materials with Large Particles (October 2000)
by Joseph Marinelli
Is My Pneumatic Conveying
System Causing Segregation? (August 2000)
Guest article by Richard Farnish, The Wolfson Centre for Bulk Solids Handling
Technology
Frequently
Asked Questions (July 2000)
by Joseph Marinelli
The
Use of Inserts in Hoppers (June 2000)
Guest article by Lyn Bates of Ajax Equipment
Wear
in Lean-Phase Pneumatic Conveying Pipelines (May 2000)
Guest article by Richard Farnish, The Wolfson Centre for Bulk Solids Handling
Technology
Compressibility-What Is
It? (April 2000)
by Joseph Marinelli
Toll Processing, is it
for you? (March 2000)
Guest article by Rick
Ritter, Bill Mitchell, Dennis Sarno & Dan Bopp of Wedco Inc.
Loss-in-Weight,
Gain-in-Weight Feeders (February 2000)
by Joseph Marinelli
Caking of Powders- a
common process problem (January 2000)
Guest Article by Richard J. Farnish, The Wolfson Centre for Bulk Solids Handling
Technology
Selecting
and Installing Conveyor Belt Scales (January 1999)
Guest article by Sheldon Shepherd & Ron Slauson,
Siemens-Milltronics
Flow
Aids Keep Material Flowing Out of Storage Vessels (February 1999)
Guest article by Richard Wahl, Vice Chairman of Vibrascrew, Inc.
Transferring Solids with Chutes
(March 1999)
by Joseph Marinelli
What is Dense Phase Conveying? (March
1999)
Guest article by Paul Solt, Pneumatic Conveying Consultants
How to Design a Volumetric Screw
Feeder, Part 1 (April 1999)
by Joseph Marinelli
How to Design a Volumetric
Screw Feeder, Part 2 (May 99)
by Joseph Marinelli
Silo and Bin Failures (June 1999)
by Joseph Marinelli
Challenging Material Handling
Problem?....Consider This! (July 1999)
Guest Article by Paul Solt of Pneumatic Conveying Consultants
Cooked Feathers, Cooked the Conveyor! (July
1999)
Guest Article by John Stoltzfus of J. S. Machines
Wall Friction Effects (August 1999)
by Joseph Marinelli
How Wall Friction Effects Hopper
Angles (August 1999)
by Joseph Marinelli
All Hoppers Are Not Created Equal!
(September 1999)
by Joseph Marinelli
Abrasion, Efficiency and
Rotary Valves (September 1999)
Guest article by Mike Giffiths of Omegaslate, Ltd.
Packaging Powders - The Great "Give
Away" (October 1999)
Guest article by Richard Farnish, The Wolfson Centre for Bulk Solids Handling
Technology
Bulk Powder Conveying, Part I (November
1999)
Guest article by Henk Colijn of Colijn & Associates
Bulk Powder Conveying, Part II
(November 1999)
Guest article by Henk Colijn of Colijn & Associates.
Silo Loads (December 1999)
Guest Article by David Stuart-Dick, Powder Engineering Systems
Why We
Hate Titanium Dioxide (March 1998)
by Joseph Marinelli
It's Just a Feeder !
(March 1998)
by Joseph Marinelli
Factors
That Impact a Bulk Solid's Flowability (April 1998)
by Joseph Marinelli
Do
You Have Segregation Problems? (April 1998)
By Joseph Marinelli
What is
Expanded-Flow? (May 1998)
By Joseph Marinelli
Volumetric
vs. Gravimetric Feeding? (May 1998)
by Joseph Marinelli
The
Parable of the Fallen Arches (June 1998)
Guest article by Lyn Bates, Ajax Equipment, Ltd.
Mass Flow Design
Considerations? (Arching--Part 1) (June 1998)
by Joseph Marinelli
Mass Flow Design
Considerations? (Arching--Part 2) (July 1998)
by Joseph Marinelli
Cohesive
Properties Testing (September 1998)
by Joseph Marinelli
The Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Hoppers (September 1998)
Guest article by Lyn Bates, Ajax Equipment, Ltd.
Effects
of Temperature & Time of Storage at Rest on Flowability (October 1998)
by Joseph Marinelli
Flow in Bulk
Storage Bins (November 1998)
Guest article by Lyn Bates, Ajax Equipment, Ltd.
Spark Detection &
Extinguishment Systems (November 1998)
Guest article by Bob Barnum, GreCon, Inc.
To Clear the Blockage (December
1998)
by Willie Shake-the-pole (Guest poem by Lyn Bates, Ajax Equipment, Ltd.)
Help others by posting your comments, suggestions and
experiences with bulk solids feeding or any other materials handling concerns you may have
on our On-Line Help Forum. For
past Ask Joe ! Articles, visit the Ask Joe! Archived Articles.
Guest articles for the Ask Joe! Column are always welcome,
for more information please contact Joe Marinelli directly at his email address:
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