AIChE Honors Andrew Jenike

Salt Lake City, UT -- The 2007 Annual Meeting of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) was recently held in Salt Lake City, Utah. This meeting coincided with the 100th anniversary of the founding of the University of Utah. It also roughly corresponded to the 50 th anniversary of the start of Dr. Andrew Jenike’s pioneering work at that university in understanding the gravity flow of bulk solids.

AIChE’s Particle Technology Forum sponsored two sessions at this meeting commemorating this event. One was a Jenike memorial session, and the other a panel discussion concerning Jenike’s legacy.

In recognition of this occasion, the British Materials Handling Board created a special award. Because of his outstanding contribution that transformed the storage and handling of bulk solids from an empirical industry to a science, the BMHB decided to honor Andrew Jenike as the leading Bulk Technology Pioneer of the 20th Century.

Lyn Bates, Director of BMHB, noted, “The contributions of Andrew Jenike to fill the void in our understanding of the rheology of particulate solids in gravity flow were thorough and comprehensive. His pioneering work, published in Bulleting 123 of the Utah Experimental Station in 1964, remains the most quoted reference of all papers that are published in the field of bulk technology.

The result of Jenike’s outstanding work was to change the design of bulk storage hoppers, silos, and other storage and processing vessels from an empirical technique to a formal engineering procedure with a predictable outcome.”

Dr. John Carson, president of Jenike & Johanson, stated, “We are very proud of the accomplishments of our founder, Andrew Jenike. He set the guiding principles for our firm that have allowed us to grow and prosper for over 40 years so that we can continually improve our ability to serve our clients.”

Source: http://www.aiche.org/

Metso Minerals to Supply Cone Crushers

Helsinki, Finland -- Metso Minerals will supply three cone crushers to BHP Billiton Iron Ore for its Newman Hub project in Western Australia. The delivery is scheduled for September 2008. The value of the order is approximately EUR 5 million.

The order includes three Nordberg MP800 cone crushers that are supplied with drive motors, bases and air-cooler chillers units. The chiller units are required due to the high temperatures experienced at the site. Installed power per machine is 600kW. The order also includes commissioning assistance and spare parts.

The Newman Hub project is a new plant being built at an existing site. Primary crushed ore will be crushed by the three cone crushers in a closed circuit to produce annually 32 million tonnes of iron ore lump (32mm x 6mm) and fines (6mm x 0mm).

BHP Billiton Limited is the world's largest diversified resources company.

Metso Minerals is a global supplier of solutions, equipment and services for rock and minerals processing. Its expertise covers the production of aggregates, the processing of ores and industrial minerals, as well as construction and metal recycling.

Web site: http://www.metsominerals.com/

Conforma Clad New Coating Protects Screens

New Albany, IN -- Conforma Clad, a global leader of severe wear solutions, introduces its infiltration brazed tungsten carbide coating to screens.

Conforma Clad screens last up to eight times longer in field tests than standard stainless steel screens. Additionally, the use of Conforma Clad cladding allows for the substitution of less expensive carbon screens in place of stainless steel. Conforma Clad screen capabilities include screens up to 4 feet by 12 feet, with screen openings ¼ inch and larger.

Common screen types include: woven mesh, wedge wire and grates, expanded diamond and perforated screens.

Proven Results: One coal fired power plant installed stainless screens to protect their SCR equipment from popcorn fly ash. In less than 6 months, the screens were torn apart and had to be replaced. The plant decided to install Conforma Clad screens, and after nine months, the screens showed little wear.

Conforma Clad is a leading provider of severe wear solutions for industrial components exposed to extreme abrasion, corrosion and erosion. The proprietary Conforma Clad process brazes tungsten carbide to the base material of steel parts, producing a hard, uniform protective cladding that is extremely durable.

Web site: http://www.conformaclad.com/

NBE's New Automated Bulk Bag Filler

Holland, MI -- NBE's cantilevered Bulk Bag Filler features a dual concentric tube fill head design that includes quick release knobs for easy cleaning of the product feed tube. The outer tube includes a replaceable black EPDM inflatable bladder seal to ensure dust free operation and is automatically deflated when the fill cycle has completed.

The rear bag support hooks traverse forward to the front of the machine for ease of operator interface while hanging bags to be filled. The uprights feature 304 solid stainless steel track-bars which eliminate mechanical play when hydraulically raising and lowering the cantilevered fill head. The touch screen operator interface allows the operator to select from a menu of bag sizes and material specifications that optimizes the throughput of the bag filling process.

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