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Powder and Bulk Dot Com Newsletter
"For the materials handling & processing professional...."
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Vol. 2, No. 39, April 3, 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
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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
> VIBRA-PACK Reduces Container Shipping Costs of Bulk Materials
> Eurasalt Belgium Changes Name to "Zoutman Industries"
> Top Picks From Amazon.com
> Ask Joe Column!
> Granulator Combines High Efficiency with Easy Maintenance
> We had over 19,000 Visitors in March!
> Rotary Kiln Hot Alignment Video Explains Phillips’ Concept
> 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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VIBRA-PACK Reduces Container Shipping Costs of Bulk Materials
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A patented vibratory bulk material densifier, designed to free
entrapped air and densify bulk materials to be shipped in
lined domestic or overseas containers.
The VIBRA-PACK material densifier is engineered to help reduce
post-production shipping costs for a wide range of powder,
flake or granular materials in plastics, chemicals and
pharmaceuticals. Typical densification applications include
polycarbonates, carbon black, diatomaceous earth, alumina,
BPA and zeolite, to name just a few.
The unit is designed for easy attachment to corner pockets of
transport containers. During loading, vibratory action frees
entrapped air and densifies product to assure maximum container
usage and weight. Dependent on the application, VIBRA-PACK can
increase material densification by 20-30 percent. One customer,
for example, increased container loading of polycarbonate from
29,000 lbs. up to a fixed shipping weight of 45,000 lbs. The
result: bigger container payloads, fewer containers per order,
and dramatically reduced annual freight costs (more than a
million dollars per year).
The compact VIBRA-PACK is a two-mass, sub-resonant, natural
frequency design, requiring low motor horsepower and energy
use. Its low headroom design installs below loading docks
with easy manual or hydraulic attachment to the container.
Options include tire guides for accurate vehicle alignment
and a scissors lift to automatically adjust operating height
to settlement of the truck bed and container during loading.
For more information contact:
Mr. Bill Clark
General Kinematics
777 Lake Zurich Road
Barrington, IL 60010
Telephone: 847-381-2240
Fax: 847-381-1376
mailto:genkinco@ix.netcom.com
Web site: http://www.generalkinematics.com/
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Eurasalt Belgium Changes Name to "Zoutman Industries"
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Eurasalt is one of the independent salt producers in Northern
Europe. Eurasalt, now "ZOUTMAN Industries", has a new
refining unit in Belgium Roeselare and two tableting units
in Poland.
ZOUTMAN Industries produces all grades of Sea Salt for use in
water-softening, dish-washer salt, animal feed, human consumption,
bath-salts, technical applications, deicing, etc. In Poland
tablets are produced from very pure PDV - salt.
The new plant in Belgium is just started and will produce 200,000Mt/
Year. The company was bought in 1997 by the SOBRY Brothers, also
share holders of DESOTEC Activated Carbon and WYNS Products.
The name of the Eurasalt Company was Changed into ZOUTMAN
Industries due to the necessity for a clear differentiation
within the European salt market.
For more information contact:
Zoutman Industries
Saskia Verstraete
Delaerestraat 41
88oo Roeselare
Belgium
mailto:zoutman@zoutman.com
Web site: http://www.zoutman.com/
Telephone: 0032-51-268726
Fax: 0032-51-247373
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Top Picks From Amazon.com
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Top picks from Amazon.com this week are:
"Industrial Air Pollution Control
Systems"
by William L. Heumann (Editor)
Hard Cover, 560 pages, August 1997
"Electrostatic Precipitator
Handbook"
by D. A. Lloyd
Hard Cover, September 1988
"Catalytic Air Pollution Control: Commercial
Technology"
by Ronald M. Heck, Robert J. Farrauto (Contributor)
Paperback, 206 pages, October 1994
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
"Toll Processing, is it for you?"
Guest article by Rick Ritter, Bill Mitchell, Dennis Sarno
& Dan Bopp of Wedco Inc.
You can read Wedco's article at:
http://www.powderandbulk.com/pb_services/askjoe.htm
PAST Ask Joe! ARCHIVED ARTICLES
Web Address for Ask Joe Archive is:
http://www.powderandbulk.com/pb_services/ask_joe_archive/toc.htm
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Granulator Combines High Efficiency with Easy Maintenance
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The Pennsylvania Model TKK Granulator is used almost universally
for the sizing of coal for power generation and other
applications. It reduces coal to the required size economically
and efficiently, even when the coal is sticky, frozen, or
contains wet fines.
This crusher provides ready internal access for maintenance
and inspections. Its hinged frame quadrant opens, exposing
the rotor assembly and much of the crushing chamber. This
enables inspection or maintenance to be performed more quickly,
without disturbing the feed or discharge systems. Such
procedures can be further speeded by use of optional, hydraulic
openers.
This model incorporates Pennsylvania's patented, Toothed
Ring-Hammers, with a profile that crushes coal far more
effectively than ordinary hammers while delivering extended
service life.
For adjustment of output size, clearances between the unit's
screen cage and the hammer path can be readily adjusted using
screw mechanisms, with optional, single-point gear jacks on
the larger models.
The Model TKK Granulator is available in twenty-six sizes,
providing capacities to suit most production requirements.
Pennsylvania's experienced crushing specialists will assist
through every step of the selection process. This can include
test crushing of the user's material, and selection and
sizing of the crusher, drive and reducer.
Pennsylvania also offers the unique Posimetric Feeder, a
design that will ensure a uniform flow of material into
the crusher, so that all crushing components will wear
evenly throughout their service life.
For full details or applications assistance, contact:
Mr. Lee Doyer
Vice-President, Sales & Marketing
Pennsylvania Crusher Corporation
600 Abbott Drive, Box 100P
Broomall, PA 19008-0100
Telephone: 610-544-7200
Fax: 610-543-0190
mailto:ldoyer@penncrusher.com
Web Site: http://www.penncrusher.com/
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Rotary Kiln Hot Alignment Video Explains Phillips’ Concept
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A demonstration video explaining the concept behind the patented
Phillips Hot Alignment Method is available to Phillips
customers at no charge. The 3-minute video shows clearly how
Phillips can perform multi-pier alignments by finding the
centers of rotation at selected points along the kiln as it
rotates.
There is a distinct difference between the center of rotation
and the physical center of the shell. The video, with three-
dimensional animation, describes how the center of rotation
is determined without shutting the kiln down and without
taking physical measurements of the kiln support components.
The video has been incorporated into the Alignment Analysis
segment of our Maintenance Training Seminars which has helped
clarify the hot alignment concept for participants.
Phillips Kiln Services began operations in 1969 by providing
innovative preventive maintenance and maintenance services to
operators of industrial rotary kilns, dryers and similar
equipment. Custom fabrication, high quality component parts
and specialized gear lubricant are also provided. Phillips
offices are located in the USA, Canada, England and India.
For more information or a copy of the video contact:
Phillips Kiln Services Ltd.
2607 Dakota Ave. South
Sioux City, NE 68776
Telephone in USA: 800-831-0876
Telephone outside US: 402-494-6837
mailto:pks@kiln.com
Web site: http://www.kiln.com/
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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. Lankhof needs a better powder metering system:
I am looking for a solution to a (I believe) powder metering
challenge. That is, what is the best set of equipment and
vendors to set-up in a process evaluation trial to attempt to
achieve the following:
Acrisson-metered particulate at a flow rate of ca. 9kg/min
through a 2" venturi. Pulse this flow at ca. 700 pulses/minute
to create a ca. 30% delta in the mass flow of the particulate
stream.
Suggestions?
John Lankhof
Proctor & Gamble
mailto:lankhofj@pg.com or
mailto:hundorfh@pg.com
Telephone: +49 6196 89 5077
Fax: +49 6196 89 4332
Mr. Gatti needs help handling flammable powders:
We are an Italian firm producing red phosphorus in powder
form (10-100 microns). We are planning to built a new handling
and packing line (bags + bins) for this highly flammable
powder. We need to contact firms able to work with us in
designing the new line and supply the proper equipment.
N. Gatti
Italmatch Chemicals S.p.A.
Web site: http://www.italmatch.it/
n.gatti@italmatch.it
Mr. Countryman needs tableting information:
I am looking for a good site to do analysis of the tablet
press industry. Any help would be appreciated.
R. Countryman
Proctor & Gamble
mailto:rconline99@hotmail.com
Mr. Wildgoose wants wood flour:
Can someone please give a source of oak wood flour. We have
a need for this material in a systems design.
Gary Wildgoose
mailto:64goosie@gte.net
Ms. Morin wants to know more about dense phase conveying:
I understand dense phase conveying uses high pressure but what
value would you attach to this? Roughly what's the PSI or
pounds per square inch that this system would be used for?
Really appreciate a response!
Heather Morin
Atlas Copco
mailto:heather.morin@atlascopco.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 the new Samson 800 Series Surface
Feeder for inclusion in an Australian ore handling facility
to receive solar-dried nickel ore direct from dump trucks
discharging to an existing overland conveyor.
Photo courtesy of B&W Mechanical Handling Limited
Web site: http://www.bwmech.co.uk/
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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MANUFACTURES REPRESENTATIVE
Thorne Pneumatic Systems Limited, a full line provider of in
plant vacuum cleaning solutions is seeking representatives,
worldwide.
Portable through 500 hp central vacuums for house keeping and
bulk spill applications. To better understand our capabilities
visit our web site at:
http://www.thorne-vacs.com/
for more information contact:
Mr. Larry Wood
Thorne Pneumatic Systems Limited
1111 Flint Rd.
Toronto, Ontario
Canada, M3J 3C7
Telephone: 1-800-461-6180 for North America, 1-416-663-7639 International
Fax 1-877-461-8970 North America, 1-416-661-8905 International
mailto:larrywood@thorne-vacs.com
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