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Spiroflow Becomes a Powder and Bulk
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We are pleased to announce that
Spiroflow Systems, Inc. has become a sponsor of Powder and Bulk Dot Com.
Spiroflow
Systems, Inc. designs and manufactures conveying, weighing, filling
and discharge equipment and systems for dry bulk solids. The
company's experience in spiral conveying and bulk bag and sack
filling and discharging spans over 30 years.
Spiroflow products, developed and
continuously improved over several decades, are used throughout the
world to handle many thousands of material types, from acetate to
zircon. Products include: flexible spiral conveyors,
aero-mechanical conveyors, silo and hopper dischargers, bulk bag
filling and discharging equipment, pneumatic conveying equipment and
systems.
Skokie, IL, February, 2003 -- Wm. W.
Meyer & Sons is pleased to introduce their new GateLock valves
that are used to discharge bulk solids from a hopper while
maintaining an air seal between the hopper and the discharge
receiver. Designed for applications where rotary valves are
unsuitable, the Meyer GateLock is a flap-type valve that minimizes
system air loss while allowing the transfer of abrasive,
high-temperature or corrosive materials between vessels with
differing pressures.
Typical
applications for the Meyer GateLock include ash, cement, mined ores
and bulk powders and chemicals. In order to handle applications such
as these, the Meyer GateLock design options feature models capable
of operating conditions to 1,650°F and pressures to 25 PSI and
50" Hg. The valves are available in three sizes; 8, 10, and 12
inch, and in a number of heights. Custom heights are also available.
Depending on characteristics of the
material, the GateLock seat and flaps are available in hi-chrome,
white iron or special alloys. The housing is available in steel,
stainless steel or from special alloys. The GateLock features a
single piece housing for its single, double or triple flap
arrangement. The single piece housing design for multiple flaps
allows for greater capacities over the traditional orientation of
single flap valves used in tandem.
Actuation can be pneumatic,
electromechanical or gravity-type. Meyer's pneumatic-type GateLock
utilizes a rotary actuator as opposed to a pneumatic cylinder. The
rotary actuator can withstand higher material temperatures due to
its mounting location in relation to the housing.
Wm. W. Meyer & Sons manufactures
a complete line of processing control components including rotary
airlock feeders, gravity diverters, flap gates, plug valves, slide
gates and pressure line diverter valves. All are engineered and
manufactured to meet the individual customer's application needs.
For more information contact: Wm. W. Meyer & Sons, Inc.
8261 Elmwood Avenue
Skokie, IL. 60077
Phone: 800-963-4458
Fax 847-918-8183
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SAP Supplies BHP With Mining-Specific
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MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia, Feb.
25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SAP AG today announced that BHP
Billiton has successfully implemented mySAP Supply Chain Management
(mySAP SCM) to manage its global manganese business from the mines
to stockpiles to end customers. BHP Billiton, the world's largest
diversified resources company, joins an ever-growing list of global
companies leveraging mySAP SCM, the world's leading supply chain
management solution.
Key
capabilities of mySAP SCM will help BHP Billiton manage every aspect
of its global supply chain, enabling more visibility into
operations, flexible decision-making, and integrated planning to
reduce inventories and transportation costs.
"Our vision at BHP Billiton
clearly is to become a demand-driven resources company and to move
our entire enterprise-wide processes to a more customer-centric
approach while reducing costs and improving our profitability,"
said Marius Kloppers, chief marketing officer at BHP Billiton.
"By deploying mySAP SCM, we will increase our flexibility to
respond to our customer's changing demands and we will be able to
realize significant savings in our global supply chains by reducing
inventories and handling costs."
The implementation of mySAP SCM for
BHP Billiton's global manganese business was the first phase of a
global rollout project of mySAP SCM. It was realized within a
timeframe of nine months and comprised the usage of different
capabilities of SAP Advanced Planning and Optimization (SAP APO):
demand planning, supply network planning, and global
available-to-promise.
For the second phase of the rollout,
BHP Billiton plans to extend the current supply chain solution model
to include transportation planning and execution. BHP Billiton
selected the SAP Trader's and Scheduler's Workbench (SAP TSW), a
component of SAP's industry solutions mySAP Mining and mySAP Oil
& Gas, to specifically handle bulk transportation management.
This enhanced solution model will be gradually rolled out to all
commodities starting with iron ore and coal.
"Together with BHP Billiton, we
have created a complete supply chain management solution that is
unique in the resources industry," said Nils Herzberg, senior
vice president, Manufacturing & Distribution, SAP AG. "SAP
took the innovative approach of adapting functionality of SAP TSW
that was originally developed for the petroleum industry but closely
fit the needs of mining companies. Working jointly with BHP
Billiton, we tailored it to directly meet mining-specific
requirements. The co-developed solution component is now available
in the latest release of mySAP Mining and will be made available to
other customers in the industry." SAP will present its
solutions together with its service, technology, and small and
midsize business (SMB) partners at SAP's main booth in hall 4 at
CeBIT 2003, being held in Hanover, Germany, March 12-19.
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in businesses around the globe are improving relationships with
customers and partners, streamlining operations, and achieving
significant efficiencies throughout their supply chains. Today, more
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December's
Booked Orders Increase
CEMA Monthly
Statistics Report - December 2002
February 15, 2003
Naples, FL. -- The Conveyor Equipment Manufacturers Association
reported that its December 2002 Booked Orders Index was 148 down 9
points or a decrease of 6% from November 2002's Index of 157
(1990=100).
The December 2002 Index
represents an increase of 7% from the December 2001 Index of 138.
December Booked Orders Indexes were 74 for Bulk Handling Equipment*
and 175 for Unit Handling Equipment*(1990=100).
The Twelve-Month Index
for Booked Orders was 132 in December. Index represents an increase
of 1% from November 2002's Twelve-Month Index of 131.
The CEMA Billed Sales
(shipments) Index was 174 in December up 34 points or an increase of
24% from the November Index of 140. The December 2002 Index
represents an increase of 8% from the December 2001 Index of 161.
December Billed Sales
Indexes were 90 for Bulk Handling Equipment* and 173 for Unit
Handling Equipment*(1990=100).
The Twelve-Month Index
for Billed Sales was 175 in December. Index represents an increase
of 1% from November 2002's Twelve-Month Index of 174.
* Since Bulk Handling
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averaged back to the two preceding months to enable a running
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Mr. Jenkins wants a valve for
abrasive powders:
I am looking for a valve to put under
a slightly positive pressure tank so abrasive powder can be removed
easily from the tank.
Ball valves get too much powder built
up in them and take a hammer and two men to open them. Gate and
butterfly valve wear to quickly and leak.
Does anyone have a suggestion on a
different type of valve that does not leak, is easy to open and is
economically priced?
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Gottwald Mobiload ML101,
Year of manufacture: 1983, s/n 156003. For loading and unloading of
ships up to a sizes up to 25,000 tdm. On 4 axles, self-propelled.
Capacity 2,900 bags/hour.
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