Sold : Horizon Systems Acquires Industrial Components

Lawrence, KS -- Horizon Systems, Inc. announced the acquisition of Industrial Components Corporation ("ICC"), a privately held company which offers a wide range of components and spare parts that are used in various bulk material handling processes in the food, pet food, chemical, aggregate and plastics industries.

ICC's capabilities include sourcing of standard maintenance, repair and operational supplies (e.g., filter bags/cartridges, solenoid valves, tubing, elbows, couplings, level indicators, etc.,) and a wide array of complimentary components (e.g., rotary airlocks, valves, filters, blowers, etc.,) that are offered by numerous dry bulk material handling suppliers.

Commenting on the acquisition, Horizon Systems, Inc. President Wes Kuhl said, "We believe that ICC will allow us the ability to improve our overall position in the marketplace by providing our customers a complete line of bulk material handling products and services.”

Horizon Systems, Inc. specializes in pneumatic conveying systems, batching and blending systems, innovative engineering and fabrication flexibility to meet the specific process demands of the industries it serves. Horizon has manufacturing facilities in Lawrence, KS and Pittsburg, KS and its equipment is sold worldwide.

Horizon Systems, Inc.
1101 Horizon Drive
PO Box 4290
Lawrence, Kansas 66046 USA
Phone: 785.842.1299
Fax: 785.842.0181
Sales: hsisales@horizonsystemsinc.com
Web: http://www.horizonsystemsinc.com/

Stedman : New Cage Mill With Flash Dryer

Aurora, IN -- Stedman’s cage mill with flash dryer can de-lump and dry materials, such as lime sludge, silica sand, copper concentrate and gypsum (with up to 40% moisture) in one step. A completely welded shell is able to handle temperatures up to 1200°F. Standard cage mills can handle temperatures up to 300°F.

Hot air (temperatures from 100°F to 1200°F) is introduced with the feed material and conveys de-lumped and dried material through the uptake duct of the cage mill. Use the unit with hot gas stream from within plant for tremendous fuel savings. It controls moisture level of incoming feed to maintain a 1% to 2% moisture level.

Other benefits include:
· Stedman models offer capacities from 10 to 80 tons/hour
· Low horsepower requirement for energy saving benefit
· Low mill speed depending on material and moisture content
· Re-circulating oil system included with unit to control bearing temperature

For more information or testing procedures contact:
Stedman,
P.O. Box 299
129 Franklin St.
Aurora, IN 47001
Telephone: 800-262-5401 or 812-926-0038
Fax 812-926-3482
E-mail: PBDCpr@stedman-machine.com
Website: www.stedman-machine.com

ACS : Names Doug Napodano Senior Vice President

BOULDER, CO -- John S. Fischer, ACS Chairman and CEO, Air Control Science, Inc., announced today that Doug Napodano has joined ACS’s executive management team as senior vice president. ACS is a leading engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) firm specializing in dust and fume control in coal-fired power and primary metal industries.

“We continue to build a senior management team of highly experienced, top performers from the engineer constructor industry,” Mr. Fischer said. “Doug comes from large international engineer constructor firms which serve the power industry.”

Mr. Napodano has 24 years experience in engineering, construction and project management with an emphasis in power, industrial and manufacturing facilities. He is experienced in all forms of project delivery systems, including design/build, fast track, and alliance and consortium partnering, and has managed large-scale projects that range from several million dollars to more than $100 million. Mr. Napodano will oversee ACS’s multiple field offices throughout the U.S., and will be responsible for project management, procurement and construction services at all ACS project locations.

About Air Control Science
Air Control Science is a single source for engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services for materials containment, dust control, wash down systems, and Utility Fire Protection® in the utilities and primary metals industries.

Web site:  www.aircontrolscience.com

UTICA, NY -- Model 700-TH-50-SS, 50 cu. ft. (1.42 cu. m) Sanitary Rotary Batch Mixer gently blends batches of ingredients in parts as small as one per million with 100% uniformity in less than three minutes, evacuates 100% of the batch, and can be sanitized rapidly with no tools, according to Charlie Divine, Marketing Manager of Munson Machinery.

Intended for 3-A and USDA applications as well as industrial applications involving contamination-sensitive materials and/or frequent product changeovers, the unit features internal mixing flights that are spaced for easy access, 304 or 316 stainless contact surfaces with continuous, polished welds having 0.25 inch (6mm) radii, and external, removable seals.

The unit is designed with a stationary inlet and discharge, and a rotating drum with proprietary mixing flights said to tumble, turn and fold material gently, imparting minimal energy to the batch while achieving 100 percent uniformity in two to three minutes, regardless of disparities in the bulk densities, particle sizes or flow characteristics of batch ingredients.

Unlike stationary mixing vessels that leave a residual “heal” of material after discharge, the rotating vessel and internal flights of the rotary mixer reportedly lift and direct the entire batch into the discharge spout for complete evacuation with no residual material or manual intervention, improving product quality and process control while facilitating rapid, thorough cleaning.

For materials that clump, agglomerate or otherwise resist separation into discrete particles, an optional Pin Intensifier mounted at the discharge gate provides size reduction capabilities concurrent with blending.

Models range in capacity from 10 to 600 cu. ft. (0.28 to 17 cu. m) and are equally effective in blending of batches that comprise between 5 to 100 percent of rated capacity, obviating multiple mixers in some cases.

The company also offers Rotary Batch Mixers in carbon steel, or stainless steel with industrial finish, as well as Continuous Rotary Blenders, High Intensity Blenders, and Ribbon, Paddle and Plow Blenders. Size reduction equipment also produced by the company includes Screen Classifying Cutters, Centrifugal Impact Mills, Rotary De-Clumpers, Attrition Mills, Hammer Mills and Shredders.

For information contact:
Munson Machinery Company, Inc.
210 Seward Ave.
Utica, NY 13503-0855
Telephone:  800, 944-6644
Email:  info@munsonmachinery.com
Web site:  www.munsonmachinery.com

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Bulk Filling System With High-Lift Drum Dumper A new Bulk Filling System with High-Lift Drum Dumper automatically transfers bulk solid materials from drums to the machine's fill head dust-free, fills pails by weight and verifies fill weight accuracy.

Martin Engineering Acquires Industrial Specialty Products
Martin Engineering, the supplier of systems to improve bulk materials handling, has announced the purchase of Industrial Specialty Products (ISP) of Milton, West Virginia.

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We have made one pressure conveying system by buying different components from suppliers. This dilute phase pneumatic conveying system is for output 5 tons/hr PET chips.

Now when we take a trial with 2 meters horizontal & 2 meter vertical distance, it gives up to 7 tons/hr output. When we take trial with 20 meter vertical & 40 meter horizontal distance with 5 bends, it gives just 1.5 tons/hr output? the data is as follows.

Blower: Root blower up to 0.5 Bar pressure
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