NurnbergMesse buys Shanghai Powder/Bulk Conference

Nurnberg, Germany -- The purchase of the International Powder/Bulk Conference & Exhibition (IPB) in Shanghai by NurnbergMesse is signed and sealed. Only a few days after the official opening of the NurnbergMesse subsidiary NurnbergMesse China Co. Ltd., the company secured the event rights for the annual exhibition and conference on powder and bulk solids technology in the Asian region.

“The event offers the chance to distinctly strengthen the competitive position in China of a core theme of NurnbergMesse. We also expect a clear qualitative and quantitative improvement in the internationality of POWTECH, the leading European exhibition for powder and bulk solids technologies organized in Nurnberg,” says Claus Rattich, Member of the Management Board of NurnbergMesse.

The IPB, which takes place this year in the Shanghai Everbright Convention & Exhibition Center from 23-25 October 2007, has previously been organized by the Chinese exhibition organizer WES. The responsibility for the 2007 event still rests with WES and NurnbergMesse China will take over the organization in 2008.

“International companies use the IPB mainly to prepare or push their market entry in China,” explains Axel Bartkus, Managing Director of NurnbergMesse China.

“Our aim is to improve and develop the event concept, in which we will be supported by WES as strategic partner particularly on exhibition matters. An agreement has been reached with the Chinese Society of Particuology concerning cooperation on conferences accompanying exhibitions in addition to the IPB,” continues Bartkus.

The World Congress on Particle Technology, the world’s leading event for particle experts, will take place in Peking in 2014 under the direction of Prof. Dr. Jinghai Li, President of the Chinese Society of Particuology. In 2010, the World Congress is in Nurnberg at the same time as POWTECH and TechnoPharm.

Get-together for process technicians, process engineers and production managers The IPB is an exhibition with accompanying conference for the Asian region that is comparable with the European-based POWTECH in Nurnberg in terms of both exhibition theme and exhibitor and visitor groups.

China is a large growth market for suppliers of powder, granule and bulk solids technologies. Whether for toothpaste or car paint, fertilizer or eye-shadow, washing powder or toner for copiers, powders form the basis of innumerable products for our daily needs. The manufacture and processing of powder, granules or bulk solids in such varied forms requires the use of high-tech machinery and plant, which are combined under the term “mechanical processing technology”.

The manufacturers of these machines and plants present their products as exhibitors at POWTECH in Nurnberg and at the IPB in Shanghai. The visitors are process technicians, process engineers and production managers from a wide range of industries such as the chemical, cosmetic, food and automotive industries.

IPB Expo Web site: http://www.ipbexpo.com/en/

Source: http://www.nuernbergmesse.de/

Free Web Seminar on PAT Implementation

Malvern, UK -- On July 11, 2007 as part of the company’s extensive program of live, free, web-based seminars, Malvern Instruments will host a presentation covering on-line particle size analysis in relation to PAT.

With the continual adoption of FDA's PAT initiative throughout the pharmaceutical industry, particle size analysis is frequently identified as one of the critical process parameters requiring real-time, on-line monitoring and control.

The webinar ‘PAT - the implementation and benefits of on-line particle size analysis for pharmaceutical manufacturing’ will discuss the ways in which Malvern Instruments laser diffraction and spatial filter velocimetry on-line analyzers can benefit relevant pharmaceutical manufacturing processes.

About Malvern Instruments

Malvern Instruments is a global company that develops, manufactures and markets advanced analytical systems used in characterizing a wide variety of materials, from bulk powders to the latest nanomaterials and delicate macromolecules.

For more information and to register to attend this free web seminar, visit:
http://www.malvernevents.com/

Coal : Tenova SEMF Commissions Radial Stacker

Milano, Italy -- Tenova SEMF, the Australian Bulk Material Handling Company of Tenova, has recently awarded the Certificate of Practical Completion for the Radial Coal Stacker designed and supplied for the Wilpinjong mine located near Mudgee in the mid-western regional area of New South Wales.

The Wilpinjong Mine is a new stand alone site that was developed under the Project Management of Thiess Sedgman Joint Venture (TSJV) on behalf of Excel Coal.

The Stacker is 90 meters in overall length pivoting on a fixed bearing at ground level and rising 20 meters vertically to the discharge chute at an angle of inclination of 15 degrees.

The Stacker is fitted with a telescopic discharge chute and the stockpile forming operation is fully automated through the PLC controller.  The nominal operating capacity of the machine is 1,800 tons per hour.

The project met all of the Client’s expectations with regards to time schedule, costs and performances and is operating to his complete satisfaction.

Tenova, former Techint Technologies, designs and supplies advanced technologies, products and services for the metal and mining industries. Tenova operates close to its customers through a network of 20 companies based in 14 different countries.

For more information visit: http://www.techint-technologies.com/

New "Rhinoveyor" Flexible Screw Conveyor

Charlotte, NC -- Spiroflow Systems, Inc. recently introduced the new ‘Rhinoveyor™’ range of flexible screw conveyors for abrasive materials. The Rhinoveyor is designed to convey the most abrasive materials such as sintered metals, PFA, pumice, sand, aggregates, silica, cement and carborundum.

Manufactured with a tough conveying tube, the ‘Rhinoveyor’ product line extends the scope of these versatile conveyors into applications for abrasive materials. Traditionally, Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE) tubes are used in flexible screw conveyors, and have an almost indefinite life when used to convey most materials. Wear is only a problem with UHMWPE tubes when handling the most abrasive products.

A key factor to the suitability of flexible screw conveyors for abrasive applications is their simplicity and lack of bearings. The conveying tube is effectively one long support while the conveyed product acts as the lubricant centralizing the rotating spiral within the tube.

In the past it has been recommended that flexible screw conveyors must always run full of material. Running empty can lead to excessive noise and wear. However, the nature of the new ‘Rhinoveyor’ conveying tubes means that running empty no longer creates the wear and noise. However, as flexible spiral conveyors are not totally self-emptying, they ideally suited for transferring material from storage to weigh hoppers or to a process but not for transferring pre-weighed batches of material where total transfer is required.

Flexible screw conveyors can, typically, carry material to a maximum distance of 60 ft, although multiple, linked units can extend to greater distances as required. The maximum throughput for the new ‘Rhinoveyor’ range can be has high as 5 tons/hr dependent upon the material and the angle at which it is to operate.

‘Spiroflow’ Flexible Screw Conveyors will still be available with UHMWPE conveying tubes for food, pharmaceutical, fine chemicals and other applications. UHMWPE tubes and stainless steel contact parts offer a high level of hygiene for food, dairy and pharmaceutical applications.

For more information visit:
http://www.spiroflowsystems.com/

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Eastern Instruments is in need of sales representatives in the territories of California, Arizona, Nevada, and New Mexico for the CentriFlow® Meter product line.

The CentriFlow® from Eastern Instruments is a Solid Particle Mass Flow Meter that is durable, accurate, maintenance-free, compact, and cost-effective. It is unique and positioned to replace weigh belts, impact meters, loss in weight meters, and static weigh scales, where accuracy, low maintenance, and zero drift is paramount. The meter offers a typical accuracy of 0.25% of reading at calibrated flow rate and is repeatable within 0.1%.

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