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Powder and Bulk Dot Com Newsletter
"For the materials handling & processing professional...."
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Vol. 2, No. 42, April 24, 2000
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN): 1526-9051
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Joseph Taylor, Editor, mailto:jtaylor@powderandbulk.com
Copyright 1999-2000, Powder and Bulk Dot Com
This is a 100% opt-in newsletter with news and information
for the materials handling professional. The Newsletter is
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Our goal is to provide information to improve your business
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Thanks,
Joe Taylor
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Contents:
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> Press Releases, Show Announcements and Industry News Wanted!
> Your Company's Ad Could Be Here For Only $100
> Conveyor Industry Reaches Record Level in 1999
> STI Completes Acquisition of Lundahl Instruments, Inc.
> Top Picks From Amazon.com
> Ask Joe Column!
> GEI International Wins Technological Development Award
> We had over 19,000 Visitors in March!
> Seminar on Bulk Solids Handling & Processing in India
> Hot Messages from the Help Forum
> Call For Photographs!
> From the Job Fair
> Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Sponsorship & Archive Information
> ReferWare
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Press Releases, Show Announcements and Industry News Wanted!
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Conveyor Industry Reaches Record Level in 1999
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NAPLES, FLORIDA — The Conveyor Equipment Manufacturers
Association (CEMA) reports that, for the fifth consecutive year,
record-setting growth occurred in booked and billed sales for
the industry.
Booked sales totaled $6.4 billion for 1999, and shipments
totaling $5.9 billion established a new industry record. Booked
sales eclipsed the prior year record of $5.4 billion according
to James F. Krempa, CEMA President, who announced the results
at the Association’s annual meeting in Naples, Florida in
March.
Booked sales for unit handling conveyors increased by 26%, and
shipments increased by 5%. Bookings and shipments for bulk
handling conveyors decreased by 7% and 5%, respectively,
from 1998 levels. The pace of booked orders and shipments
for the industry increased 19% and 7%, respectively, compared
with 1998.
This was led by an increase in three of the seven unit
handling conveyor categories — unit handling (light to medium),
trolley (heavy-duty conveyors), and tow conveyors. One of
the four bulk handling conveyor categories posted an increase
in booked orders (Engineered Bulk Handling Equipment), and
one category in shipments (Bulk Belt Conveyor Components).
Founded in 1933, CEMA is the national trade association of
leading U. S. conveyor equipment manufacturers. CEMA tracks
seven classes of unit handling equipment and four classes of
bulk handling equipment.
CEMA also makes available to both member and non-member
companies, safety labels for all types of conveyor equipment
as well as useful technical information and manuals. For
further information on CEMA or its member companies, or to
order safety labels or technical information,
visit their web site at:
http://www.cemanet.org/
Conveyor Equipment Manufacturers Association (CEMA)
6724 Lone Oak Blvd.
Naples, Florida 34109
Telephone: 941-514-3441
Fax: 941-514-3470
mailto:cema@cemanet.org
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STI Completes Acquisition of Lundahl Instruments, Inc.
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FREMONT, CA - April 1, 1999 - Scientific Technologies Inc.
("STI", NASDAQ:STIZ) today announced that it has completed
its acquisition of Lundahl Instruments, Inc., a privately-held
company located in Logan, Utah ("Lundahl Instruments").
Lundahl Instruments designs and manufactures non-contact
ultrasonic sensors and controllers. The sensors and controllers
are used primarily in the automation of industrial processes
for applications involving level and flow control, environmental
monitoring, automated vehicle collision avoidance and material
positioning. The acquisition will be accounted for under the
purchase method of accounting. Other terms of the transaction
were not disclosed.
In commenting on the acquisition, Joseph J. Lazzara, President
and Chief Executive Officer of STI stated, "We expect this
acquisition to expand our existing portfolio of sensor products.
In particular, Lundahl Instruments' ultrasonic technology is
an especially good fit for our level and flow business unit.
The unique combination of high performance and low cost
characteristics make this technology a preferred technique for
solving level, flow and material positioning applications in
industrial automation."
Lundahl Instruments was founded in 1987 by Cordell Lundahl and
was operated as a subsidiary of the Ezra C. Lundahl, Inc. until
it was acquired by Mark Lundahl in 1995. STI plans to retain
the Lundahl Instruments' engineering, manufacturing and sales
operations in Logan, Utah following the closing of the
acquisition. As a wholly owned subsidiary of STI, it is
anticipated that Lundahl Instruments will operate as a business
unit organized to address market opportunities for level and
flow monitors and controls.
Scientific Technologies Inc. is a leading global supplier
of machine safeguarding products such as safety light curtains,
safety interlocks, safety relays and safety mats. STI also
manufactures and markets a variety of sensing solutions for
customers in the factory automation, defense and automated
tollway markets. The Company's headquarters are located at:
Scientific Technologies Inc.
6550 Dumbarton Circle
Fremont, CA 94555
Telephone (toll-free): 1-888-510-4357
Web site: http://www.levelandflow.com/
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Top Picks From Amazon.com
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"Spring cleaning" for the mind, check out our picks for moving
more business in the internet world. We have added a "rack"
of new books in our bookstore, take a few moments to browse.
Top picks from Amazon.com this week are:
"B2B Exchanges:
The Killer Application in the Business-to-Business Internet Revolution"
by William W. Woods
Hardcover, 272 pages, December 1999
"Business to Business Direct Marketing:
Proven Direct Response Methods to Generate More Leads and Sales"
by Robert W. Bly
Hardcover, 272 pages, 2nd edition, March 1998
"Business-To-Business Internet Marketing:
Seven Proven Strategies for Increasing Profits Through Internet Direct
Marketing"
by Barry Silverstein
Paperback, 528 pages, 2nd edition, November 1999
We thank you for your continued support of the Reading Room.
Do you need a book? Can you suggest a book you love, that we
should have in the Reading Room? Let me know and we will
try to include it!
Thank you for your continued support of Powder and Bulk Dot
Com and for our Reading Room. You can visit the Reading Room at:
http://www.powderandbulk.com/pb_services/readingroom.htm
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Ask Joe Column!
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GUEST ARTICLES
Do you have an area of expertise in bulk materials, have you
solved a difficult materials problem? You too, can be an Ask
Joe! guest author!
Share your knowledge with others and promote yourself (the
old publish or perish is true!) by contributing an article
to the Ask Joe! Column.
For more information, please contact Joe Marinelli at:
mailto:shtech@fmtc.net
THIS WEEK'S ARTICLE
"Compressibility-What Is It?"
Article by Joseph Marinelli, Solid Flow Technologies
You can read Joe's article at:
http://www.powderandbulk.com/pb_services/askjoe.htm
PAST Ask Joe! ARCHIVED ARTCLES
Web Address for Ask Joe Archive is:
http://www.powderandbulk.com/pb_services/ask_joe_archive/toc.htm
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GEI International Wins Technological Development Award
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GEI International and Heineken are proud to announce that they
have won the Food Processing Magazine, ‘Technological Development
of the Year’ award. Heineken sponsored the development of an
advanced FBI (Filled Bottle Inspection) system. The development
team responded to the need to protect valuable beverage brands
from potentially costly and disastrous product recalls.
The patented FBI system detects foreign bodies such as 1mm
cubed glass particles at on-line speeds of up to 1000 bottles/min.
The system uses an elegant – yet robust – method of bottle
spinning and advanced image analysis to ensure high reliability
and low false rejection rates. The first system is currently
installed and being commissioned at the Heineken site in
Zoeterwoude.
GEI International will market the system to the worldwide
beverage industry.
For further details contact:
Dr. Paul Sheppard
GEI International
Telephone 0802 626824
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Seminar on Bulk Solids Handling & Processing in India
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Number of processing units handle bulk solids including powdery
or granular materials. Their storage, handling, transportation
and processing pose tricky problems like uneven flow out of
storage , choking in the conveying system , spillage and dust
nuisances and sometimes explosions or fires. The processing
in a continuous and automated operating plant is disturbed due
to the above reasons. Power plant, mineral processing units,
cement plants, complex fertilizers plant, pharma units and
many others face these problems and are charged for not meeting
their full capacity production expectations or the pollution
control requirement.
The solution to all these lies in proper understanding of the
bulk. Solids characteristics & physical properties. The role
of proper scientific sizing , their design and selection of
such material handling & processing equipment are very important.
This seminar aims at dealing various aspects of the technology,
including the dissemination of plant experiences & problems.
New development in the material handling equipment and
related products shall also be covered. Design engineers,
manufacturers of such equipment & user industries may benefit
by attending this seminar.. Presentation of technical papers
shall be by the experts in the field.
Date: 19th Aug. , 2000
Timing: 9:30AM to 5:30PM
Venue : Hotel Express Alkapuri, Alkapuri, off RC Dutt Road,
Vadodara- 390005 (Ph. 0265-337899; 337991)
Fees : Rs. 1200 (Rs One Thousand Two Hundred only) per participant,
which is inclusive of providing supporting literatures, tea/coffee
and lunch.
Expert Faculty : Mr. N.K. Roy; Mr. R.J. Singh & Invited Faculties
Registration:
Send in the names of participants on your letterhead along with
DD/Cheque drawn in favour of Gramya Research Analysis Institute,
payable at Vadodara, addressed to;
Conventions Division
Gramya Research Analysis Institute
P.O. Box 4016
8 , Manusmriti
14 , J.P. Nagar
Old Padra Road
Vadodara- 390015, India.
Telephone: (0265) 338309, 341457, Fax : (0265) 338309, 341457
mailto:grai@pi.zaverchand.co.in
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Hot Messages from the Help Forum
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People post their requests for help and offer their suggestions
to others in our open forum.
Mr. Robinson wants corn starch supplier:
I am seeking a bulk supplier of cornstarch-based powders in the
southern California area. If anyone can be of assistance it
would be greatly appreciated.
Steven Robinson
Telephone: 949-855-1616
mailto:srobinson@enablesolutions.com
Mr. Paternoster wants information on pneumatic calculations:
I am a student working on a group project for a plant layout
course that has a materials handling focus. Our project is to
convey 1 ton of saw dust per hour 100 ft. into a waste container.
80 ft. in the horizontal direction and 20 ft. in the vertical
direction. The group is to size a belt and pneumatic conveyance
system. I am working on the pneumatic system and would like
help find the equations for sizing a blower for 4"- 6" piping
that would accomplish this. The saw dust would be coming out
of some type hopper into the system in front of the blower so
that the material would not go through the blower. Can anyone
assist? Please email.
Eric Paternoster
mailto:treefrog@dpnet.net
Mr. Lamison needs help screen sizes:
Where can I find a comparison between Tylers mesh size vs. SGN
(Size Guide Number) and a Uniformity chart ? Thank you for any
help you may offer.
Don Lamison
Case Engineering Inc.
5925 Imperial Parkway
Mulberry, FL 33860
Telephone: 863-701-2822
Fax: 863-701-2732
mailto:dclam@caseinc.com
Mr. Ross needs help rebagging RE oxide powder:
We need help unloading a 20' container containing supersacks
(bulk bags) of RE Oxide powder (non-hazardous, but may be a bit
messy). Two 800 kg supersack on each pallet - (double-stacked).
They may then need to be rebagged into new supersacks, (if they
were damaged in transit). You will need a forklift capable of
4000 lbs. We are in Ann Arbor, so looking for someone in the
Detroit metropolitan area.
Jim Ross
PIDC
Call me at 734-930-9292, ext. 202
Email me at mailto:jim@pidc.com
The Help Forum is open for everyone to use. Share your
expertise with others, you can find these & other messages at:
http://www.powderandbulk.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl
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Call For Photographs!
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This week's photograph is of the use metal detectors to identify
metal contamination problems before major damage occurs to
downstream equipment can protect product purity and maintain
the productivity of the processing line. Here, individual
chocolate bars are run through Eriez Magnetics' E-Z Tec® Metal
Detector to protect against contamination. Photo courtesy
Keith Jones of Eriez Magnetics:
Eriez
Magnetics 
We would love to have your photo of a bulk materials process,
packaging, conveying or handling "action shot" for our home page.
If you have a favorite photograph of bulk materials handling
at its best, please email us a jpeg or gif of the photo with
a description of what is in the photo for our home page.
Full credit and the description of the photo will be given.
Photographs are be changed every two weeks to give everyone
a chance to be included.
Send your photograph and description to,
mailto:news@powderandbulk.com
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From the Job Fair
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MANAGER OF ENGINEERING SERVICES/BULK MATERIAL HANDLING
Poly Hi Solidur has an immediate opening for a mechanical
engineer that will be responsible for the design and
installation of TIVAR 88 liner installations in bins and
hoppers. The position will provide direction for departmental
efforts pertaining to technical customer service, database
maintenance, product and application development.
Candidate must have a minimum of five years domestic sales
and engineering experience in the bulk material handling
industry with a proven tract record of Project Management
and Product Design. International experience a plus. Position
will be located at the company world headquarters in Fort
Wayne, Indiana.
For confidential consideration please contact:
Mr. Joe Wolfcale
Manager of the Bulk Material Handling Business Unit
Poly Hi Solidur
PO Box 9086
Fort Wayne, IN 46899, USA
Telephone: 219-479-4100
Fax: 219-478-1074
mailto:58woljoe@menasha.com
Web site: http://www.polyhisolidur.com/
ACCOUNT MANAGER/SALES REPRESENTATIVE
Account Manager/Sales Representative is needed for the
Southeast area (Florida, Georgia). The company is a
leading supplier of premium ingredients to the nutritional,
pharmaceutical and food industries, worldwide. the product
lines include: Botanical Powders, Minerals, Probiotics,
Amino Acids, Extracts, and Specialties.
A minimum of two years experience desired, especially if
in the nutritional supplement industry. Job duties and
responsibilities include: Maintain direct sales
responsibility for assigned accounts, (Current accounts
approximately 60), Work in a partnering environment with
the customer service department or assigned CSR, Provide
timely communication regarding account activity, Work
with NSM to develop a Strategic Sales Plan for territory,
Salary range of $50,000 - $100,000 depending on experience
Plus bonus.
Contact:
Mr. Bruce Bonnough
Florida Recruiters
9703 South Dixie Highway
Miami FL 33156
Telephone: 305-232-6322
Fax: 305-668-8944, Attention Bruce
mailto:b-bonnough@msn.com
COMMISSION SALES
Toll processor needs person with established contacts in
the mineral and chemicals industries to develop new business.
Would consider paying a commission based on the value of the
contract
Aero Instant Spray Drying Services
3963 Darien Highway
Brunswick, GA 31525
Telephone: 912-265-2000
Fax: 912-265-3000
http://www.aeroinstant.com/
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