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- CEMA Reports Booked Orders Up 14% For December
- Liners Provide Steady Release for Heavy Equipment
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- Ask Joe Column!
- New, More Powerful, Laboratory Mixer
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Shipments
Down, Booked Orders Up
CEMA Reports Booked Orders Up 14% For
December
CEMA Monthly Statistics Report,
December 2001
February 2002 - Naples, FL. -- The
Conveyor Equipment Manufacturers Association reported that its
December 2001 Booked Orders Index was 138 up 16 points or an
increase of 12% from November 2001’s Index of 122 (1990=100). The
December 2001 Index represents an increase of 14% from the December
2000 Index of 119.
December
Booked Orders Indexes were 68 for Bulk Handling Equipment * and 160
for Unit Handling Equipment* (1990=100).
The Twelve-Month Index for Booked
Orders was 159 in December. Index represents an increase of 1% from
November 2001’s Twelve-Month Index of 158.
The CEMA Billed Sales (shipments)
Index was 161 in December down 37 points or a decrease of 19% from
the November Index of 198. The December 2001 Index represents a
decrease of 40% from the December 2000 Index of 269.
December Billed Sales Indexes were 76
for Bulk Handling Equipment * and 163 for Unit Handling Equipment*
(1990=100).
The Twelve-Month Index for Billed
Sales was 241 in December. Index represents a decrease of 4% from
November 2001’s Twelve-Month Index of 250.
Note: Significant adjustments were
made this month to correct reporting errors by member companies this
year in Unit Handling Components and Conveyor Chain. * 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.
Founded in 1933, CEMA is the trade
association of leading North American conveyor equipment
manufacturers. CEMA tracks seven classes of unit handling equipment
and five classes of bulk handling equipment.
For further information on CEMA or
its member companies, or to order safety labels or technical
information, visit our web site at http://www.cemanet.org
"Ultra
Slick Surface"
Liners
Provide Steady Release for Heavy Equipment
Fort Wayne, Ind. - Poly Hi Solidur
has announced the addition of a new product to its QuickSilver
product line, QuickSilver Off-Road. Developed for use in off-road
articulated and rigid frame dump trucks, and heavy equipment
(scrapers, buckets, dozer blades, etc.), QuickSilver Off-Road
exhibits excellent release properties and reduces installation time
by more than 50 percent .
QuickSilver
Off-Road features an ultra slick surface, excellent sliding abrasion
resistance and is UV-, impact-, corrosion-, and moisture-resistant,
reducing carryback of bulk materials such as coal, minerals, ores,
clay, overburden and dirt, even at freezing temperatures. In
addition, QuickSilver Off-Road is available in prefabricated kits
that include predrilled fastener holes and all necessary hardware
and can be professionally installed on-site in approximately half
the time it would take to measure, cut and install the same size
liner from sheet.
According to Joe Wolfcale, Bulk
Materials Handling Business Unit Manager, heavy equipment owners and
articulated truck haulers will see immediate results after
installing a QuickSilver Off-Road liner.
"The slick surface of the liner,
a key property of QuickSilver Off-Road, allows bulk materials to
release quickly, cleanly and completely," Wolfcale said.
"By reducing the carry-back, you also reduce the downtime
associated with, and damage caused by, backhoe scrapping. At the
same time, you increase your hauling capacity and that has a
positive impact on your bottom line."
"And not only does the liner
provide excellent release," he explained, "it also
protects the integrity of the original equipment, resulting in lower
replacement and maintenance costs."
Poly Hi Solidur is the world's
largest processor of semi-finished UHMW-PE, sold under the TIVAR and
QuickSilver brand names, as well as the world's leading manufacturer
of polymer lining material for hoppers, chutes, and other process
equipment.
Poly Hi Solidur's bulk material
handling group has been providing flow solutions to a variety of
industries for more than 30 years. Headquartered in Fort Wayne,
Ind., Poly Hi Solidur has manufacturing, fabricating and sales
facilities worldwide, including the U.S., Europe, Asia, South
Africa, Australia, Brazil and Latin America.
For more information, contact:
Mr. Joe Wolfcale Poly Hi Solidur, Inc.
2710 American Way
Fort Wayne, IN 46809
Telephone: 260-479-4100 or 800-628-7264
Fax: 260-478-1074
Web site: http://www.tivar88.com/
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segregation technology, quality control, design of mixers,
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old publish or perish is true!) by contributing an article to the Ask Joe! Column.
February 2002 - Littleford Day Inc.
has designed a new and improved 5 liter laboratory mixer to satisfy
a wide variety of applications and processes.
The
M-5 has a modular, cast stainless steel construction allowing for
easy disassembly and cleaning. The jacket is designed for heating
and cooling and is rated at 75 PSI. With a 3HP electronically
variable speed motor, the mixer has enough power for even the most
demanding lab applications.
Charging is accomplished through a
large top port. A variety of covers are available for different
applications, including vacuum operation. A close mounted, full port
ball valve is provided as a standard discharge. The entire unit is
self contained on a rugged, cast stainless steel base that provides
excellent stability during operation and cleaning.
Features include:
Variable Frequency Drive with
digital readout, 50 - 300 RPM
Bolt on heads for total
disassembly
Product thermocouple with digital
readout
Ball valve discharge
Cast V- plows or heat transfer
blades
Optional shaft seals available
Non-rotating drum; fixed
connections
The M-5 is designed for research and
development applications across a wide range of industries making it
a universal mixer that is a "must have" for every process
laboratory.
For more information contact:
Ms. Cheryl Corken Littleford Day Inc.
P O Box 128
Florence KY 41022-0128
Telephone: 800-365-8555
Email: ccorken@littleford.com Web site: http://www.littleford.com/
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Totally
Eradicating Insects Without Chemicals
Palcon Introduces New Heat-Treated
Hardwood Pallets
February 2002 - Palcon HT Pallets
(Heat-Treated) were developed to comply with international export
regulations and for use in any industry that cannot risk insect
contamination. Unlike a fumigated pallet, Palcon HT Pallets are
heat-treated or heat-sterilized. Heat-treating is a safe and
effective method for totally eradicating insects and preventing
future contamination. Heat-treating does not use dangerous chemicals
and there is no risk of product contamination.
Palcon HT Pallets are heat-treated
hardwood pallets, which are much stronger than coniferous -softwood
pallets. In addition, heat-treated pallets are dry and lighter in
weight than standard hardwood pallets.
The pallets are certified
heat-treated pallets and approved for export into EU Countries
(European Union) and various countries with wooden packaging
import/export requirements. In addition, starting as early as March
of 2002, new international wood packaging requirements will begin.
These new regulations will mandate
the treating or fumigating of all wooden pallets, including hardwood
pallets, being shipped into EU countries. Palcon heat-treats and
heat-sterilizes pallets in a state-of-the-art unit designed to treat
multiple truckload quantities at a time. The unit monitors,
controls, and records core lumber temperatures throughout the entire
chamber. Core temperature is maintained at a minimum of 56°C for at
least 30 minutes for EU pallets and at 74°C for Australian pallets.
The Palcon Pallet comes in a variety
of dimensions and can be custom built for individual applications.
In addition, Palcon can treat and certify used wooden pallets.
For more information contact:
Mr. Jeff Andrew Palcon, LLC
Telephone: 800-838-2023 or 570-546-9032
Fax: 570-546-9084
Web site: http://www.palconllc.com/ Email: sales@palconllc.com
Help
Forum
Hot Messages from the Help
Forum
People post their requests for help and offer their
suggestions to others in our open forum.
Mr. Philos needs a drum
discharger:
I'm looking for a simple closed drum
discharge unit for reactor filling, GMP approved (instead of clean
room for drums discharge) .
(Click
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I have several 12"dia x 8 blade
axial fan blades at my disposal and I have no data for them. They
are a cast aluminum blade with a machined bore that accepts a taper
bushing. Basically they are a generic blade.
If anyone can point me in some
direction with respect to capacity, pressure, power, etc. I would
appreciate it.
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This
week's homepage photo is showing material flow from three, single
screw feeders - demonstrating K-Tron's new feeder screw modulation
algorithm that can improve short-term feeder accuracy on single
screw feeders by up to a factor of two.
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