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- Press Releases, Show Announcements and Industry News Wanted!
- New Foil-Barrier Container Liners Provide Climatic Protection
- Brazil's Largest Sugar Plant Installs Mavi Vibratory Conveyors
- Top Picks at Amazon.com
- Ask Joe Column!
- Just Released! Dense-Phase, Line-Sizing Software
- Powder and Bulk Dot Com had over 35,000+ visitors in July!
- More Capacity for Estonia’s Grain Exports
- Hot Messages from the Help Forum
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Hi Everyone,
We are trying a little experiment.
One of our sponsors, Cleveland
Vibrators, is also a RealTime Aide, "Live Customer
Service" software customer. In addition to having their
"chat request" buttons installed on their web site, we
have included their buttons next to their company's listing in the
Powder and Bulk Dot Com's, Web Sites Directory.
Now visitors to Powder and Bulk Dot
Com can chat with a sales/tech support person at Cleveland Vibrator
live from our web site! You might want to take a look at this,
if they are logged in, you will see an animated, "chat
request" button to the right of the hyperlinked company
name. One is located on this web page:
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Protection
From the Elements
New Foil-Barrier Container Liners
Provide Climatic Protection
As some products are more
climatically sensitive than others, polyethylene liners are not
always suitable. There is now a solution
"Protect-A-Tainer" tailor made 20-foot, 30-foot and
40-foot container liners made from aluminum barrier foil laminate.
The
barrier foil laminate provides total climatic protection from
moisture, oxygen, UV, temperature extremes and odor transfer and
will protect any product which may deteriorate due to contamination
from any of these conditions. Protective Packaging Limited have the capabilities
to manufacture the bulk head, filling and emptying design to suit
the customers individual specifications.
Established in Manchester in 1988 the
Protective Packaging Limited has grown to become a world leading
packaging supplier of climatic packaging solutions to manufacturers
in a wide variety of industries. Specializing in total climatic
solutions to prevent moisture damage and reducing supply chain
costs. Manufacturing a range of Barrier Foil Liners from FIBC's and
drums to bags and crate liners. Supported by a dedicated sales
team and network of European, US and Asian Based solution partners
we have the facility to offer global answers to your product
protection problems.
Brazil's
Largest Sugar Plant Installs Mavi Vibratory Conveyors
Sao Paulo, Brazil - Mavi Maquinas
Vibratorias has recently installed the largest vibratory conveyors
for Usina da Barra sugar plant, in Barra Bonita, Sao Paulo, known to
be the world's largest sugar producing plant. Two conveyors were
installed, with a maximum capacity of 200 t/h. They are located
under a set of sugar centrifuges.
Each
conveyor is 25 meters long. All parts in contact with the sugar were
made of polished AISI 304 steel. Usina da Barra has a total of 8
Mavi built vibratory conveyors. The photograph show one machine in
full operation (200 t/h) after installation at Usina da Barra.
Mavi Máquinas Vibratórias has been
developing vibratory equipment and drives for all industrial
branches since 1961. Think about us when choosing vibratory systems.
The leader in Latinamerican leader in vibratory equipment and
drives.
For more information contact:
Mr. Thomas Bussius Mavi Máquinas Vibratórias
São Paulo SP - Brazil
Telephone: +5511 3611 6200
Fax: +5511 3619 3975
Email mavi@mavi.com.br Web site: http://www.mavi.com.br/
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we should have in the Reading Room? Let me know and we will try to include it!
We Need Your 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.
Magnolia, TX - Pneu Solutions'
dense-phase, line-sizing software, "Pneu-Dense", has just
been released.
This
is a powerful tool, but extremely easy to use. This software program
calculates pressure drops, airflows, and horsepower requirements for
any specified line sizes and routings, including stepped-pipe
systems. It includes a great deal of valuable information about
dense phase conveying and will take out the "black art"
conception that many people still have about this technology.
Pneu-Dense
is extremely useful for any material handling professional. Every
plant that uses pneumatic conveying as a means of transporting bulk
materials should have it. Engineering firms can use this tool for
estimating project costs without having to wait for vendor quotes.
Our software package can be used by equipment sales engineers for
estimating their system costs while they are on the road and in
front of customers.
You can count on Pneu Solutions to
receive the support that you need when you purchase this program.
There are no consulting fees associated with the use of this
program. All parties that purchase a licensed copy are eligible for
free upgrades through July 2002.
Pneu-Dilute Released Soon
Pneu Solutions will be releasing a
dilute-phase line-sizing software called Pneu-Dilute soon.
Pneu Solutions is a professional
independent consulting company that develops solutions to all your
pneumatic conveying problems - from field support to feasibility
studies. We have experience with all types of pneumatic
systems.
Powder and Bulk Dot Com
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A
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our web site last month!
That's more than 1,000+ people per business
day! They are looking for companies, equipment and services
you offer! Banner advertising is a great way
to make your company stand out and reach these savvy material handling pro's.
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lots of extras like, enhanced listings, banner rotation in our web
site and this newsletter.
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Port
Facility Expansion
More Capacity for Estonia’s Grain
Exports
The political change in Eastern
Europe has also changed the flow of goods, a benefit to the port
operators in Tallinn (Estonia). They took advantage of the good rail
links to the countries of the former Soviet Union and expanded their
port facilities.
A
large part of the grain traded with the countries of the former
Soviet Union passes through the Estonian port of Tallinn. Since
1986, a grain transshipping facility of the global Buhler Technology
Group has ensured smooth handling of these transactions. The
operator of the installation is the Muuga Grain Terminal company, an
affiliate of the World Wide Cargo Establishment based in Rapperswil
(Switzerland). The port operators in Tallinn are capable of loading
and unloading up to Capesize vessels (up to 120,000 DWT). When it
came to installing an additional ship loader, the people in charge
at the Muuga Grain Terminal again selected Buhler. The new grain
export line complements the existing facility. A well-developed
network of railroad links ensures transportation of the grain
between Estonia and the countries of the former Soviet Union.
Wide range of action in the ships’
holds
Buhler installed the new ship loader
on a finger pier. The new installation loads ships at a rate of 1200
metric tons of grain per hour. On both sides of the finger pier, two
Portalink ship unloaders and one Portalift already unload Capesize
ships at a combined throughput rate of 2500 tons per hour. The new
ship loader is directly linked with the grain terminal. For this
purpose, Buhler had to rebuild one of the three pier belt conveyors
and install additional conveyors in the corner tower. A scale in the
corner tower weighs the grain at a rate of 1250 tons per hour. The
new ship loader increases the flexibility of the existing
installations. Today, these ship unloaders and loaders are capable
of simultaneously loading a ship (at a rate of up to 1200 tons per
hour) and unloading another ship (at maximum 2500 tons per hour). As
an alternative, the operators can unload two Capesize ships at a
rate of 1250 tons per hour each.
Low-dust loading
A high-capacity conveyor elevates the
grain from the pier belt conveyor to the chain conveyor on the boom.
This concept allowed the unit to be placed on the finger pier and
required only minor pier installation rebuilds. A belt tripper
carriage moving along with the loader transfers the material to a
hopper incorporated in the ship loader. The grain is extracted from
the hopper by the high-capacity conveyor and is transferred via the
chain conveyor and the loading spout into the ship. The outlet slide
gates of the chain conveyor open and close automatically in
accordance with the position of the loading spout. Thanks to its
great mobility, the loading spout can reach into all corners of the
holds. The operator controls the loader from the ship’s deck
by radio. However, control is also possible from the operator cab.
Aspiration systems and the loading spout dust suppressor head ensure
low-dust operation.
New dust suppressor
The loading spout dust suppressor
head regulates the material throughput so that there is always a
material backup in the weigh hopper of the unit. This prevents the
material from being discharged at high speed from the spout,
preventing the generation of dust clouds. Operation of the dust
suppressor is based on the principle of a cone valve. Its upper
section consists of a dead box (for reducing the fall energy), and
its lower section of the weight-controlled outlet. The remote
control system regulates the cushion of material in the weigh
hopper. Also the discharge of the grain residue from the weigh
hopper toward the end of ship loading is remotely controlled. A
sensor attached to the loading spout dust suppressor controls the
clearance between the head and the cone of material in the ship’s
hold. A similar dust suppressor is already in operation in the port
of Hamburg. There, the environmental protection authorities have
tested the device and certified its environmental friendliness.
Buhler is the global technology
partner for efficient production systems, engineering solutions and
the associated services in the food processing industry, in chemical
process engineering and in die casting.
We are looking for companies who are
doing coatings job by the fluidized bed method for Busbars and other
components. Interested company may contact:
S M RIZVI
Executive Director
Al Hassan Switchgear Mfg Co LLC
PO Box 1948
Postal Code-112
Ruwi, Sultanate of Oman
Tel: 968-7710575
Fax: 968-7717082
E-mail: smrizvi@al-hassan.com
This
week's homepage photo is of Triple/S Dynamics' Slipstick conveying
cereal in a manufacturing plant. Built in lengths from 4 feet
to 200 feet, the Slipstick horizontal motion conveyor is the most
productive advance in horizontal conveying equipment since the
invention of vibrating conveyors.
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 e-mail us a jpeg or gif of the photo
with a description of what is in the photo for our home page.
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given. Photographs are be changed every two weeks to give
everyone a chance to be included. Send your photograph and description
to: news@powderandbulk.com
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A
large part of the grain traded with the countries of the former
Soviet Union passes through the Estonian port of Tallinn. Since
1986, a grain transshipping facility of the global Buhler Technology
Group has ensured smooth handling of these transactions. The
operator of the installation is the Muuga Grain Terminal company, an
affiliate of the World Wide Cargo Establishment based in Rapperswil
(Switzerland). The port operators in Tallinn are capable of loading
and unloading up to Capesize vessels (up to 120,000 DWT). When it
came to installing an additional ship loader, the people in charge
at the Muuga Grain Terminal again selected Buhler. The new grain
export line complements the existing facility. A well-developed
network of railroad links ensures transportation of the grain
between Estonia and the countries of the former Soviet Union.