Cement : Cleveland Cascade Chute Installed At Lafarge Plant

Paducah, KY -- Lafarge/Sugar Creek was not pleased with the performance of an existing chute for loading cement clinker into trucks and contacted Pebco for their expertise in loading. Pebco’s Chief Engineer traveled to the job site to evaluate the existing chute and make recommendations for improvement.

Pebco worked closely with Lafarge and designed a Cleveland Cascade® Chute with features similar to one previously manufactured for another facility that was also loading cement clinker into trucks. The chute features steel cones with Triten liners to maximize chute life. The Cleveland Cascade® Chute requires minimum maintenance and operates free of product spillage and dust leakage.

The solution to loading abrasive products is the Cleveland Cascade® Chute. This design chute has successfully handled a diverse range of dry bulk solids from finished cement and alumina to calcined petroleum coke, calcined lime, wheat, soda ash, potash, phosphate, lead oxide, clinker, etc.

The truncated, oppositely-inclined cones, supported by straps and covered by a wind shroud, enable material to be loaded in mass flow at low velocity. In this way, the bulk particles remain tightly packed together; thereby minimizing the release of small dust particles. Operating on the principle of mass flow at low velocity, dust emission is minimized without recourse to secondary extraction systems, while degradation and segregation are considerably reduced. This patented chute has applications in ship, barge, truck, railcar, and silo loading as well as conveyor-to-conveyor transfer.

Pebco Inc. is the owner of the North American Patent for the Cleveland Cascade® Chute and is widely recognized as an innovator in the loading of bulk materials. Pebco purchased the patent rights from Cleveland Potash of England to manufacture and sell the Cleveland Cascade® Chute in North and South America.

For further information please contact:
W. Edward Barker
Pebco, Inc.
P. O. Box 7506
Paducah, KY 42002-7506
Phone: (270) 442-1996
Fax: (270) 442-5214
E-mail: barker@pebco.com
Web Address: www.pebco.com

CEMA : Booked Orders Up 38% in June

NAPLES, FL. -- The Conveyor Equipment Manufacturers Association reported that its June 2004 Booked Orders Index was 157 up 8 points or an increase of 5% from May's 2004's Index of 149 (1990=100).

The June 2004 Index represents an increase of 38% from the June 2003 Index of 114.

June Booked Orders Indexes were 193 for Bulk Handling Equipment* and 131 for Unit Handling Equipment*(1990=100).

The Twelve-Month Index for Booked Orders was 149 in June. Index represents an increase of 3% from May's 2004 Twelve-Month Index of 145.

The CEMA Billed Sales (shipments) Index was 196 in June up 52 points or an increase of 36% from the May Index of 144. The June 2004 Index represents an increase of 32% from the June 2003 Index of 149.

June Billed Sales Indexes were 200 for Bulk Handling Equipment* and 197 for Unit Handling Equipment*(1990=100).

The Twelve-Month Index for Billed Sales was 146 in June. Index represents an increase of 3% from May's 2004 Twelve-Month Index of 142.

* Since Bulk Handling Systems booked and billed sales are reported quarterly, they are averaged back to the two preceding months to enable a running monthly index.

Source: http://www.cemanet.org/

New : FlexWall Plus “Easy Change” Hopper Design

Mississauga, ONT -- Andy Kovats of Brabender Technologie Inc. demonstrates the NEW “Easy Change” hopper design for the FlexWall Plus feeder. FlexWall Plus features Real Mass Flow performance and compact shape in both Loss-in-Weight and Volumetric models. Screw modules interchange from single screw to twin screw.

Easy Change enables the hopper, screw, tube and ingredient (e.g. pigment) to be removed in seconds and replaced with a different ingredient hopper. Downtime to change ingredients is virtually eliminated. The hopper is easily handled as shown in the picture, the feeder base with LIW scale, paddles and external motor are left in place. A special self-releasing seal (not shown) disconnects the feeder outlet spout from the process connection.

For more information contact:
Brabender Technologie Inc.
6500 Kestrel Road
Mississauga, Ontario L5T 1Z6
Canada
Telephone: (905) 670-2933
Toll Free: (888) 284-4574
Facsimile: (905) 670-2557

Longwood, FL -- The World Batch Forum is seeking papers for presentation at its 2005 North American Conference, May 15-18, 2005 in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

"We’re particularly interested in receiving submissions covering data integration using the ISA S95 standard and Business To Manufacturing Markup Language (B2MML); continuous and discrete manufacturing using the S88 batch standard as well as S95; issues specifically related to pharmaceuticals manufacturing." says Harry Gianakis, conference co-chair. "However, papers addressing any batch manufacturing issues will be considered, especially those that deal with leading-edge techniques and applications."

Deadline for submission of abstracts is October 1, 2004. All submissions should be sent electronically, in Microsoft Word.doc format, to Harry Gianakis at harry@wbf.org , or conference co-chair Jen Zglenski at jen@WBF.org . WBF will notify authors regarding acceptance by October 10. Full papers must be submitted to WBF for review by December 15th, 2004.

Please note that all papers and presentations must be in English. Links to abstracts from previous WBF conferences are available at www.wbf.org .

For additional information, contact conference co-chairs Harry Gianakis at ( harry@wbf.org ) or Jen Zglenski at jen@wbf.org .

Web site: http://www.wbf.org/

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Conveyor Idler Manufacturer Introduces Robotic Welding In an industry first, Melco has installed a sophisticated robotic welder that even surpasses the technology employed by automotive manufacturers.

Abresist Announces Lacey-Harmer Company As Representative
Abresist Kalenborn Corporation is pleased to announce the appointment of Lacey-Harmer Company as their representative for Washington, Oregon, western Montana, and northern Idaho.

Full-Scale Pilot Plant For Drying of Charcoal Mavi is participating in a joint effort to set up an experimental full scale plant to reduce levels of humidity something around 50 m3/h of reforestation derived charcoal.

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Mr. Proctor wants cool calcined stucco:

We are looking at cooling stucco after it has been milled and flash calcined. We have thought about drum coolers etc but they are too expensive and our product is too fine for many of the standard designs.

We were going to investigate the option of conveying the product in large ducts, powered by fans to silos 20 - 25m elevation. These silos would then have a cyclone and D/C set-up to handle the very lean phase conveying. The hot air coming from the system could then be used for a pre heater on the mill.

Would this system cool the stucco to the necessary specs before it reaches the silo? Are there any commissioned systems like this? and where?

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Sales Representative Needed - Dry Products

Hoover Materials Handling Group, Inc. is searching for qualified candidates to grow its direct sales representation within the U.S.  Immediate openings in the South (TX, OK, LA) and Southeast Territories (GA, AL, MS, TN).  Other regions will be considered based on candidate experience.

Hoover's Dry Products Division offers a complete line of IBCs and associated equipment engineered to contain, control and manage flowable solids.  Products offered include: hopper bottom and cone-top bins, fill and discharge stations, cleaning stations, weigh stations, blenders, and lifts and dumps.

This position has responsibility for managing the Company's relationship with current accounts and for developing new business with major target accounts.  Develop partnerships with key internal and external decision-makers at customers and prospects and keep them informed on pricing, product application, and problem resolution, services provided and general business issues and trends.  Accept single point accountability for managing major accounts to meet or exceed plan and to produce growth in keeping with the overall strategy of the company.  Coordinate communication efforts with Marketing and Manufacturing.

REQUIRED SKILLS  
Selling techniques which include the ability to negotiate, motivate, and persuade.  
Experience selling dry material handling equipment.
Must have excellent presentations skills and be comfortable in making presentations to large groups of senior management personnel.  
Ability to research organizations, understand how they work, and develop strategies for penetration.  
Must have excellent organizational skills and be self-starter.  
The ability to develop price quotations for products.  
Conflict resolution and problem solving skills.  
Good verbal and written communication skills.

EDUCATION:  
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WORK EXPERIENCE:
Minimum five (5) years of successful experience as a Field Sales Representative (preferably in the dry material handling market) with a proven track record for revenue growth in a manufacturing or related business.

Interested individuals should send or email resumes and salary expectations to:
Ms. Dawn Steel  
Hoover Materials Handling Group, Inc.  
12725 Morris Road Suite 310  
Alpharetta, GA  30004  
dsteel@hooveribcs.com

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Emailed resumes should place "Hoover BDM" in the subject line.

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