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We are pleased to announce that
Lorenz & Son has become a sponsor of Powder and Bulk Dot Com.
Lorenz
& Son is a globally recognized manufacturer equipment and
components for the plastics, chemical, rubber and food industries.
"Products made for
conveying" is their motto. The company's bulk-handling
equipment includes classifiers, cyclones, diverter valves and slide
gate valves manufactured to specifications. Lorenz's tube and pipe
bending service ensures quick delivery on long-radius bends in
aluminum, stainless steel and carbon steel.
Lorenz also manufactures a complete
line of pneumatic and vacuum conveying fittings, reducers, tube and
pipe straights, flex hose, clamps and connectors. They offer
quick deliver of these components, allowing companies to reduce
spares inventory and save money.
For more information, contact:
Mr. Peter Lorenz Lorenz & Son, Inc.
P.O. Box 20
Cobourg, Ontario
K9A 4K2 Canada
Telephone: 905-372-2240
Fax: 905-372-4456
Email: sales@lorenz.ca Web site: Lorenz
& Son
Rivière-du-Loup, Canada, December
2002 -- True to its mission of becoming a technological and
commercial leader in its different business areas, Premier Tech is
proud to announce the acquisition of Chronos Holdings Ltd., a United
Kingdom based company.
This
major acquisition positions Premier Tech's packaging business area
amongst the world's top 5 players in the field of flexible
industrial packaging equipment, with earnings rising from 40 to
nearly 100 million dollars CAN on an annualized basis. Some 300 new
team members will join the Premier Tech team. These new team members
are located in Europe (260), Asia (25) and North America (15).
Founded in 1881, Chronos Richardson
is one of the leading manufacturers of packaging systems and
equipment for powders and granular material. Its major product
lines, which will complete and diversify Premier Tech's existing
lines, include weighing systems, open mouth bagging systems, valve
bag systems and palletizing systems. Mostly active in Europe and
Asia, Chronos Richardson will boast the company's packaging business
area's presence on these markets, while helping it speed up and
increase its penetration of the North American market.
With this investment, Premier Tech,
already the North American leader in packaging systems for organic
material, strikes a major opening in the food, chemical and mineral
markets, all the while completing its line of technologies so that
they better meet its clients' needs.
About Premier Tech
For nearly 80 years now, Premier Tech
has been building its know-how and reputation on the various
technology-oriented opportunities offered by sphagnum peat moss, an
abundant natural resource in Canada. Its eleven business units,
which operate in five areas - Packaging, Environment, Horticulture,
Industrial and Life Sciences - have the mission to become
technological and commercial leaders in their respective fields of
expertise.
For more information, Premier Tech's
packaging business area's Web site can be consulted at www.premiertech-chronos.com
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characterization procedures and rheology, and contains an
extensive review of different methods that have been employed
to study the structure of mixtures."
Powder
Mixing
by Brian H. Kaye
Hardcover, October 1997
"...offers a review of
feeders, both volumetric and gravimetric, currently applied in
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Milk
and Dark Chocolate
The "Conching" Process
Develops the Full Chocolate Flavor
Uzwil, Switzerland -- Since June
2001, Japanese have a new source for their sweet passion: In the
Kanto prefecture, Fuji Oil Co. Ltd. put the most up-to-date facility
kind into operation. The production plant was designed and
constructed by Buhler Yokohama.
Fuji
Oil Co. Ltd. serves a food growth market with high-grade products.
For 50 years now, Fuji Oil has been producing foodstuffs and
products used in the manufacture of foods and based on vegetable
oils and fats plus proteins. The chocolate market segment is still a
very young area of production, but is one of the promising markets
of the future.
In Kanto, Japan’s biggest chocolate
market, Fuji Oil has now started up its latest production facility.
The dimensions of this state-of-the-art plant leave no doubt as to
the goals of this company: to become Japan’s market leader in the
field of chocolate and confectionery. Fuji Oil has found a partner
in Buhler whose know-how allows this ambitious goal to be
successfully realized.
High-tech with environment in mind
Buhler Yokohama was in charge of the
entire plant and process engineering, which relies on
state-of-the-art technology and gives due consideration to the
environment. This is an absolute plus for Fuji Oil, for which
quality and environmental compatibility are two main pillars of its
corporate philosophy.
The heart of the chocolate production
system is made up of a mixer, a two-stage refining line, and a
conche. The system produces milk and dark chocolate, which is
further processed into pralines, confectionery and molded chocolate.
Relying on advanced electronic measurement techniques, the operators
can determine the parameters needed for obtaining the most uniformly
fine chocolate possible while achieving an optimal product output. A
proven Buhler process control system controls production. Based on
PC technology, its “intelligent” terminals with user-friendly
displays and touch screens enable the operators to control and
monitor the individual process operations.
Buhler know-how for top
performance
The management of Fuji Oil was
impressed by its new production site in Kanto. Buhler has succeeded
in laying the technical basis for further expanding the company’s
chocolate production activities. The entire plant has been designed
with growth in mind and can therefore fully meet the market needs of
the future. Those are bright prospects for Japanese aficionados of
chocolate and other sweet delights.
Buhler is a global Technology Group
and System Partner for plant and equipment and for process expertise
in the fields of Food Processing, Chemical Engineering, and Die
Casting, with a worldwide payroll of about 6,500.
For more information contact: Bühler AG
CH- 9240 Uzwil
Switzerland
Telephone: +41 71 955 33 99
Fax: +41 71 955 38 51
Web site: http://www.buhlergroup.com/
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CEMA
News
Play Your Part in Conveyor Safety
Naples, Florida -- The Conveyor
Equipment Manufacturers Association (CEMA) completed its 75th Annual
Engineering Conference in Naples, Florida. Although participants
were CEMA members, the Association’s committees are dedicated to
helping end users better match equipment to their applications,
improve safety, and enhance return on investment.
Highlights of this year’s meeting:
Consensus on 57 new or modified
terms and definitions.
Updates from the Conveyor Safety
Committee on conveyor cross-over guidelines, standardized safety
posters, new safety labels, best practices in the areas of
equipment guarding and emergency stops.
The Bulk Handling Conveyor section’s
work on a sixth edition of “Belt Conveyors for Bulk Materials.”
New sections include: accessories, deck trusses, and a new
engineering treatment of long overland conveyors.
The Idler Committee is developing
a standard for a new CEMA “F” class idler, 4 and 5 roll
idlers, and garland idlers.
The Pulley Committee is developing
ceramic lagging coefficient of friction factors, acceleration
and deceleration inputs, and better definitions of high modulus
belts, motorized pulleys, bushing systems, and overhung loads.
The Screw Conveyor Committee is
updating the horsepower calculations and developing an alternate
method of computing horsepower requirements for their systems.
The Unit Handling Conveyor section
completed a final draft of “CEMA Technical Report – Noise
Considerations for Conveyor System Design and Application.”
When approved by CEMA it will be available for free download on
the CEMA web site.
For more information on CEMA and to
find out how you can participate in updating and developing conveyor
standards, contact CEMA’s National Headquarters at:
People post their requests for help and offer their
suggestions to others in our open forum.
Mr. Steed wants help grinding:
What type of equipment can be used to
grind or mill a rubber-like compound. 1/4-inch in average
particle size to 150 micron. Bulk density is about 14 PCF.
This is a polymerized compound that
looks like and feels like crumb rubber. We have sent samples
to two size reduction equipment manufacturers with no luck. We
would like to avoid cryrogenics if possible. Any suggestions?
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Fuji
Oil Co. Ltd. serves a food growth market with high-grade products.
For 50 years now, Fuji Oil has been producing foodstuffs and
products used in the manufacture of foods and based on vegetable
oils and fats plus proteins. The chocolate market segment is still a
very young area of production, but is one of the promising markets
of the future.
