USA Civil & Marine Inc, USA, part of the Civil & Marine (Holdings) Ltd. Group in the UK, has placed an order with F.L.Smidth A/S, a member of the FLS Group, for a new greenfield slag grinding facility in Port Canaveral, Florida, USA.

The slag facility will be supplied on turnkey terms by F.L.Smidth Inc., USA, and has a value of more than USD 31 million.

The machinery and equipment will be shipped to the plant site during the next six months. The slag grinding facility is expected to be operational in September 2004. The facility has an output capacity of 83 tonnes per hour of ground slag with provisions for later expansion up to 110 tonnes per hour.

The contract recently signed includes the supply of equipment, engineering, commissioning services and spares as well as the civil construction of buildings and installation of the equipment.

According to the contract F.L.Smidth will supply a UMS 50 x 15.5 metre ball mill equipped with a state-of-the-art LGD lateral gear unit to be supplied by MAAG Gear AG of the FLS Group. The scope of supply also includes an O-Sepa high-efficiency separator, a flash dryer and miscellaneous auxiliary equipment, with FLS Materials Handling A/S providing two 5000 tonne storage silos with truck load-out systems. The contract also includes auxiliary building, offices and control room.

The project has been under development for eight months in close cooperation with Civil & Marine and the design is already into its final stages at the time of contract signing.

F. L. Smidth and its sister companies serve the global cement industry with cement production processes, machinery, spare parts and services including environmental expertise and equipment. The company's vision is to remain a technologically competent, international and dynamic organization operating on a long term basis to meet the needs of the 21st century.

Source:  http://www.flsmidth.com/

Nurnberg, Germany -- POWTECH has been one of the world’s leading trade fairs for mechanical processes for powder and bulk solids technology for years. It has long been a must event distinguished by the effective density and extremely high quality of the information offered. POWTECH 2004 takes place in the Exhibition Centre Nuremberg, Germany from 16-18 March 2004.

Around 550 exhibitors offer the 14,000 expected trade visitors the unique opportunity to obtain compact and comprehensive information about the latest developments in powder and bulk solids technology.

POWTECH, which is highly rated by both exhibitors and trade visitors due to its effectiveness, will again provide a complete survey of mechanical processing technologies and instrumentation. This offers outstanding information density for the trade visitors from the industrial sectors of chemicals, pharmaceuticals and food, quarrying and earthworks, ceramics, metallurgy, plastics and plant and equipment engineering on the three days of the exhibition.

PARTEC Congress again in 2004

The top particle experts from all over the world attend the international PARTEC Congress held every three years. This combination is traditionally a ‘must’ for experts from the chemical, ceramic, quarrying and earthworks or plastics industries and environmental technology.

The congress, with its associated events, has been extended to Particle Week for 2004 to allow congress participants sufficient time to visit POWTECH.

Powerful exhibition trio: POWTECH, TechnoPharm and ExploRisk

The TechnoPharm International Trade Fair for the development, manufacture and analysis of pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, dietary and health food products will again take place at the same time as and in direct combination with POWTECH 2004. This will offer an exclusive information platform for companies wanting their plant, equipment and products to also reach specialists in the pharmaceutical, food and life sciences industries.

ExploRisk covers the whole field of explosion protection and industrial safety. It substantially extends the product spectrum of the exhibition combination. Products and services for explosion protection and industrial safety complement the other two trade fairs.

Source:  http://www.powtech.de/

Whitewater, WI -- AccuRate was recently rewarded U.S. Patent Number 6,568,567 for its Mechatron bulk solids feeder line.

The design permits users to laterally remove the feed hopper from the non-process side of the Mechatron. This feature allows access to the extension hopper without having to remove the hopper from the frame, which makes it easier to clean the interior section of the feeder. With the ability to remove the feed hopper, cleaning the nozzle without disconnection is also achievable.

Mechatron feeders come in volumetric and gravimetric models and can be disassembled, reconfigured, cleaned, and serviced from the non-process side of the feeder. Feed rates range from 0.002 to 1,100 cubic feet (0.057 to 32,160 liters) per hour.

AccuRate, a Unit of SCHENCK AccuRate, is a global supplier of bulk solids metering equipment and systems.  For additional information on AccuRate products, contact them at (800) 558-0184, by fax at (262) 473-2489 or visit  http://www.accuratefeeders.com/

Livingston, NJ -- Supermet Roll Mills, from Franklin Miller, provide dependable fine reduction of a wide variety of solids with an efficient once-through milling action. These units can produce an output in a narrower, more controllable particle size range than other size reduction methods.

The roll mills employ dual counter-rotating smooth, serrated or grooved rolls that mill, pinch and crack solids to an output range between 13 and 150 mesh without degrading the valuable qualities of the feed material and with low dust. Roll gaps are variable to fine tune the particle size discharged. These units can efficiently reduce such materials as salt, polymers, chemicals, grain, coffee, glass and more.

The Supermet 1010M built in carbon steel that features serrated 10" x 10" rolls, variable roll gap, a hopper feed regulator, automatic spring overload relief, a special output enclosure for a dust control system and oversized hopper.

Standard units are available in a variety of models and sizes starting with dual 10" long x 10" diameter rolls and larger. They are provided in carbon or stainless steel construction Options include: automatic electrical control system, automated roll gap actuator, tandem arrangement, special enclosures and more.

Supremet Roll Mills are part of a wide range of size reduction processors and systems available from Franklin Miller Inc. for applications from pre-breaking and shredding to fine milling.

For more information contact
Franklin Miller Inc.
60 Okner Pkwy.
Livingston, NJ 07039
Phone: 973-535-9200
Fax: 973-535-6269
Email: info@franklinmiller.com
Web site:  http://www.franklinmiller.com/

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I have a Tuthill 5514-46L2 blowing through a venturi valve which is hooked to a 6" steel pipe, 2ea.-90 degree (Swoop) elbows, feeding a 60,000 lbs double coned conical blender. Total line length is 56'. We are dumping into a hopper which gravity feeds into top of venturi.

The problem is we are getting "Angel Hairs". I know that adjusting feed rate will help with reducing velocity. The question is, is there a simple way to determine proper feed, or is there a fool proof method of eliminating our problem?  (Click here to post a reply)

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Process Engineer - Special Processes Wanted

JOB SUMMARY:  Lead the Continuous Improvement effort over the assigned LCN Core Process Areas

MAJOR ACCOUNTABILITIES:  Drive continuous improvement of LCN core processes. 25% of responsibilities involve liquid paint application to plastic, cast iron, and steel parts, and powder coat application to cast iron, steel, aluminum & brass parts.  Will also lead improvement process involving the wastewater system.  Implement and maintain process control through Advanced Quality Planning techniques (ie. Dimensional Control Plans, PFMEA, Key Characteristics management, Mistake Proofing, etc.).  Implement Lean Manufacturing tools & techniques (ie. Lead Accelerated Change Workshops, KanBan, Visual Management, Total Productive Maintenace, Set-up reduction, etc.)  Use formal problem solving techniques to solve and manage complex problems.  Manage productivity and cost savings projects.  Evaluate processes and techniques for various operation requirements for the LCN operation, as assigned.

KEY COMPETENCIES:  
High Achiever
Problem Solving/Decision Making
Customer DrivenOpen to Learning
Team Player
Open to Change
Creative Thinker 

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:  
 
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Experience in Manufacturing Engineering or Operations.
Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing and/or Six Sigma concepts.
Knowledge of capital equipment.  
Able to analyze and solve problems.  
Demonstrated teamwork skills.  
Education & Minimum Years of Experience:  
 
Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
3+ years engineering experience involving a minimum of 1 year experience with powder coat/liquid paint application and a minimum of 6 months experience with wastewater treatment systems.  
Good communications skills.  
Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, Project and CAD.

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Ingersoll-Rand Company
ssastaffing@irco.com

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