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- Press Releases, Show Announcements and Industry News Wanted!
- Sandvik Wins Major Mining Equipment Order in Thailand
- K-Tron Introduces Wireless Feeder Control
- Top Picks at Amazon.com
- Ask Joe Column!
- Course on Process Equipment Technology
- Powder and Bulk Dot Com had over 20,000+ visitors in May!
- More Benefits From Latest Portasilo Superflo Systems
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Major
Thai Coal Mine
Sandvik Wins Major
Mining Equipment Order in Thailand
STOCKHOLM, Sweden--(BUSINESS
WIRE)--May 30, 2001--Sandvik's Mining and Construction business
area, through Sandvik Materials Handling, has won a major order for
the development, supply and installation of a complete
materials-handling system at the Mae Moh coal mine in northern
Thailand.
The
customer is the Italian-Thai Development Public Company Ltd (ITD).
The total value of the order is approximately SEK 430 M. The
installation is scheduled to be placed in operation in April 2002.
ITD is one of the largest companies
in its industry in Thailand. The equipment ordered, which includes
crushers and conveyor systems, will be used to remove a total of 500
million cubic meters of overburden at the mine during the next nine
years.
"This order involves one of the
largest systems of its type in the world, with a capacity of 22,000
tons an hour. This demonstrates our very strong competitive position
and our leadership in this area," says Jarmo Juntunen,
President of Sandvik Materials Handling.
Sandvik is a high-technology
engineering group with advanced products and world-leading positions
in selected areas - tools for metalworking, machinery and tools for
rock excavation, stainless steel, special alloys and resistance
heating materials and process systems. The Group has 35,000
employees in 130 countries, with annual sales of approximately SEK
44 billion.
Sandvik Mining and Construction is a
business area within the Sandvik Group and a world-leading supplier
of drilling and excavation machinery, tools and service for the
mining and construction industries. Annual sales amount to about SEK
10 billion, with nearly 7,000 employees. Sandvik Materials Handling
is a sector within the business area and an engineering and service
company that focuses on the handling of bulk materials and also
manufactures components for conveyors.
PITMAN, NJ (May 22, 2001)—Utilizing
off-the-shelf hardware, K-Tron SmartConnex feeder controls can use
both infrared and radio frequency technology for wireless
communication with gravimetric feeders. At the Powder and Bulk
Solids Trade show in Chicago, May 8-10, trade show visitors
witnessed the ability to monitor feeder controls via a PDA (Personal
Digital Assistant) or laptop computer.
Three
Ethernet networked K-Tron loss-in-weight feeders with Smart Control
Modules (SCM) communicated to two K-Tron Smart Commander (KSC)
operator interfaces. While one KSC was hard wired to the Ethernet,
the other KSC residing on a laptop computer communicated with a
wireless link using radio frequency technology.
K-Tron also used PDA’s to
demonstrate feeder communication via the Infrared port on the feeder’s
SCM. Typical uses for such wireless applications in a processing
plant include monitoring operation, changing feed rate,
troubleshooting at the feeder when controls are mounted in a remote
location or downloading software. Use of wireless technology is
quickly becoming commonplace in today’s modern processing plant.
For more information contact: K-Tron International
Routes 55 and 553
Pitman, NJ 08071
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with details of industrial dryers and special aspects of
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Applying Weighfeeders in Blending Operations for Bulk
Solids
Guest article by Sheldon Shepherd
Siemens Milltronics, Inc.
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This course will initiate Engineers
to the Project Engineering particularly for the process equipment
selection, sizing, fabrication, & Inspection. The program will
lead them to sizing, selection of components, design analysis and
finally to understand the need of documents for fabrication ,
assembly, testing and inspections.
Coverage: Introduction about
process Industries in India - List of Equipment used in Industries,
their introduction, applications - Indian process plants,
fabricators, engineering companies, consultants - Basic Engineering
Knowledge on Engineering materials, Strength of materials
Process Equipment:
Introduction of Standards and other codes related to Pressure
Vessels & Process Equipment - Design and Analysis of Pressure
Vessels, Reactors & Components - Design & Analysis of Heat
Exchangers Design & Analysis of Storage Tanks - Selection of
materials for process equipment - Fabrication of process equipment;
plate forming , cutting , welding - Exposure to Pressure Vessel
Design Software - Local Stress Analysis at Nozzle Vessel Junctions
software - Problem Solving Sessions.
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Reduced
Cycle Times
More Benefits From
Latest Portasilo Superflo Systems
The latest Portasilo Superflo dense
phase pneumatic conveying system incorporates a unique on-line
airflow monitoring feature and in-built blending capability to
enhance and extend the benefits of this well proven system which is
widely used in process industry.
Benefiting
from over 45 years' experience in the pneumatic conveying of
powders, the latest Portasilo Superflo systems combine this
knowledge and expertise in a product that is robust, efficient and
versatile.
New features include the on-line air
flow monitoring feature, now fitted as standard on all models. This
constantly optimizes the conveying parameters throughout the whole
of the conveying cycle. This in turn leads to a greater tolerance to
material variation and increased overall product throughput for
multi-point distribution systems.
The Portasilo Superflo vessel can be utilized
as a batch weigh hopper for multi-ingredient weighing. Materials
being weighed can be of widely differing particle sizes and
characteristics. These can then be blended within the vessel using
the in-built fluidization system, prior to being conveyed into
process.
This blending feature has proved to
be so successful and reliable that for some materials down stream
mixing is not required, leading to significant reductions in overall
project costs.
The Portasilo Superflo dense phase
pneumatic conveying system operates using the large vessel
principle, which ensures that cycle times are greatly reduced. This
philosophy reduces maintenance requirements while at the same time
ensuring total control of the conveying circle. Design life is in
excess of 1,5000,000 cycles. This represents, typically, 30 years'
service in normal operating conditions, making the Portasilo
Superflo system a truly 'fit and forget' product.
The Portasilo Superflo system is
manufactured in both Stainless and Mild Steels and is suitable for
operation in many industries, including food manufacture, chemicals,
environmental services and building products. The system is capable
of handling either a single material or a blend of materials over a
range of 350 meters, at a rate of up to 100 tph.
For more information contact:
Mr. Ian Birkinshaw
Sales Manager Portasilo Ltd. Telephone: 01904 624872
Fax: 01904 611760
Web Site: www.portasilo.co.uk
Help
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Hot Messages from the Help
Forum
People post their requests for help and offer their
suggestions to others in our open forum.
Mr. Llanos needs help drying
gypsum:
We need to dry a phospho-gypsum
filter cake (30% free moisture, 50 microns size) down to 2-3% free
moisture. An indirect-type dryer is preferred in order to reduce
dust emissions. Saturated steam is available at 150,190 y 280
degrees C. Can anyone advise on the best indirect dryer type for
this application? Will highly appreciate your help.
We are looking for a way to dose
ceramic powder in quantities of 2.05gms +/-0.03gms. The way we are
achieving this now (manually and with vibratory feeders) are time
consuming, inaccurate and wasteful.
Volumetric dosing does not work,
because of the inconsistent properties of the powder (comparable to
powder sugar), for example with changing humidity. Screw feeders may
be difficult, since the ceramic powder causes a lot of wear, and it
may not be contaminated in any way.
The dosing unit should be small and
easy to clean/change (starting from 50 per batch, about 5000 per
day) and could work as standalone or integrated in a production
line.
Any suggestions regarding working
principle or manufacturers are welcome.
This week's photo featured on our
homepage is of Columbia Machine's HL8000 palletizer with its special high-mainframe design ensures optimal use
of transportation space, with the ability to stack 135" high loads to fill up 140" height capacity vans and
railcars.
The HL8000 palletizer is equipped with slip-sheet,
tie-sheet and cap sheet feeders, plus pallet dispenser and stretch
wrap machine to accommodate a variety of load configurations.
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