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Powder and Bulk Dot Com Newsletter
"For the materials handling & processing professional...."
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Vol. 3, No. 87, March 19, 2001
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN): 1526-9051
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Joseph Taylor, Editor, mailto:jtaylor@powderandbulk.com
Copyright 1999-2001, Powder and Bulk Dot Com
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Joe Taylor
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Contents:
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> Press Releases, Show Announcements and Industry News Wanted!
> "Live" Customer Service for Your Company Web Site
> Vancouver Wharves Chooses Cleveland Cascade Chute
> New Particle Size Analyzer to be Unveiled at Powder Show
> Top Picks at Amazon.com
> Ask Joe Column!
> USDA, 3A-Dairy Accepted Helix (Screw) Conveyor From Hapman
> Powder and Bulk Dot Com had over 18,000+ visitors in February!
> New Wet Magnetic Trap for "Chunky Flows"
> Hot Messages from the Help Forum
> Call For Photographs!
> From the Job Fair
> Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Sponsorship & Archive Information
> ReferWare
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Press Releases, Show Announcements and Industry News Wanted!
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Do you have company news, a new product, new service or other
information you would like to share with our subscribers?
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Deadline for the next issue is March 24th.
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your web site and include the URL of the photo with your
article. (We do want "action-shots" for our home page!)
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Vancouver Wharves Chooses Cleveland Cascade Chute
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Due to competitive pressures, Vancouver Wharves decided on a
strategy for bulk loading that included twenty-two (22)
different types of agricultural commodities. The plan was
developed to build a world class bulk loading facility that
would offer customers and agricultural suppliers the advantage
of fast loading with little or no degradation to the
agricultural products within Canadian Environmental Guidelines.
CMC Engineering of Vancouver, Canada was the lead engineering
firm for developing the bulk handling facility. The project
included covered storage, covered conveyors, dust collection,
ship loader, and soft loading chute. A task force of
approximately twenty-two people made decisions regarding all
project parameters and equipment selection.
The key to convincing customers and suppliers to utilize the
terminal was the concept of less degradation due to better
design. The commodities being handled range from wheat to
peas to alfalfa cubes.
Most of the decisions regarding equipment selection were a
tradeoff between cost and conceptualizing innovative solutions.
The task force easily made these decisions with the guidance
of CMC Engineering.
However, the decision on selecting a soft loading chute that
could be cleaned between commodities to prevent cross
contamination was difficult for the task force. All loading
chute options were considered and site visits were made to
several manufacturers' installations.
The project parameters were to load 40 pcf agricultural products
at 1,900 tons per hour within Canadian Environmental Dust
Guidelines with less than 1% fines generation by the loading
chute.
After visiting PEBCO® installations in San Diego, California
and Portland, Oregon it was decided that the Cleveland Cascade®
Chute exhibited the degradation qualities most prized by the
task force. The only remaining questions were the capacity
of the chute, time for manufacture of the chute, and the
challenge of quickly cleaning the chute between products.
There were numerous meetings between PEBCO® and the task force
in Vancouver to solve these issues. PEBCO® committed to
developing a Mark IV chute specifically to load the agricultural
commodities at the requested rate and deliver the finished
product to Vancouver by November 1999.
CMC Engineering was assigned the task of developing a cleaning
system with minimal assistance from PEBCO®. PEBCO® confirmed
the innovative air cleaning system designed by CMC would
work as the chute was dropped down over the 60 foot cleaning
pipe.
Rob Booker, Manager of Operations for the terminal, confirms
that the cleaning system is very effective and provides a
quick solution for cleanout between various agricultural
commodities.
As a testament to the soft loading nature of the Cleveland
Cascade® chute, Rob reports that his customers are especially
concerned with split peas and degraded alfalfa cubes. He
also reports that the Cleveland Cascade® Chute has completely
solved degradation issues with the loading of agricultural
products. This puts Vancouver Wharves at the forefront of
handling friable agricultural product from the Canadian
heartland.
The solution to Vancouver Wharves' long term strategy was
solved with innovative engineering and an open minded task
force.
PEBCO® Incorporated of Paducah, Kentucky has entered into an
agreement with Cleveland Potash of England to manufacture
and sell the CLEVELAND CASCADE® Chute in North and South
America. As part of this agreement, PEBCO® has purchased
all the patent rights to the CLEVELAND CASCADE® Chute in
these territories.
For further information, please contact:
Mr. Edward Barker
PEBCO®, INC.
P. O. Box 7506
Paducah, KY 42002-7506
Telephone: 270-442-1996
Fax: 270-442-5214
Web site: http://www.pebco.com/
mailto:barker@pebco.com
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New Particle Size Analyzer to be Unveiled at Powder Show
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BUFFALO, NY- Buffalo Wire Works will unveil its latest product
for rapidly obtaining particle size and shape characteristics
at this years' Powder and Bulk Solids Conference and Exhibition,
May 8th - 10th, at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center
in Chicago.
The automated particle size distribution (PSD) analysis testing
system has been developed by the research team at Clarkson
University under the direction of Dr. Dayakar Penumadu, an
associate professor with the department of Civil and
Environmental Engineering and Center for Advanced Materials
Processing (CAMP).
This system uses the novel concept of digital image analysis
in conjunction with recently developed hardware and software
to measure the size, shape, and distribution of cohesion-less
materials.
Dr. Penumadu will be available for interviews and discussions
as well as conducting demonstrations throughout the show at
the Buffalo Wire Works booth #353.
For more information contact:
Ms. Patricia Chimera
Marketing Director
Buffalo Wire Works
P.O. Box 129
Buffalo, N.Y. 14240
Toll-free: 800-828-7028
Web site: http://www.buffalowire.com/
mailto:Pchimera@Buffalowire.com
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Top Picks at Amazon.com
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Top picks from Amazon.com this week are:
"Mixing of Solids" (Powder Technology Series, No. 12)
by Ralf Weinekotter, Hermann Gericke
Hardcover, 176 pages, February 2000
"Fluid Bed Technology in Materials Processing"
by C. K. Gupta, D. Sathiyamoorthy
Hardcover, 560 pages, February 1999
"Industrial Centrifugation Technology"
by Wallace Woon-Fong Leung
Hardcover, 430 pages, March 1998
We thank you for your continued support of the Reading Room.
Do you need a book? Can you suggest a book you love, that we
should have in the Reading Room? Let me know and we will
try to include it!
Thank you for your continued support of Powder and Bulk
Dot Com and for our Reading Room. You can visit the Reading
Room at:
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Ask Joe Column!
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THIS WEEK'S ARTICLE
"Silo Damaged by Plastic Powder - A Case Study"
Guest article by David Stuart-Dick
Powder Engineering Systems.
You can read David's article at:
http://www.powderandbulk.com/pb_services/askjoe.htm
PAST Ask Joe! ARCHIVED ARTCLES
Web Address for Ask Joe Archive is:
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Joe! guest author!
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old publish or perish is true!) by contributing an article
to the Ask Joe! Column.
For more information, please contact Joe Marinelli at:
mailto:shtech@fmtc.net
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USDA, 3A-Dairy Accepted Helix (Screw) Conveyor From Hapman
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Hapman manufactures USDA, 3A-Accepted Helix conveyors that
meet the stringent sanitary requirements of the food, dairy
and pharmaceutical industries. These units have easy access
for cleaning/disassembly, and all product contact surfaces are
radiused and polished to USDA, 3-Astandards.
In addition, there are no exposed threads in the contact areas.
Tri-clamp connectors and modular construction allows the
conveyor to be completely disassembled, using no special tools,
in less than five minutes. And, these same connectors allow
easy interfacing with sanitary Bulk BagUnloading stations
and other processing equipment. Optional items include;
various sizes of conical feed hoppers (in 304 or 316L stainless
steel), low-level sensors, round or flat wire augers and
portable sanitary bases with stainless steel round tube
construction.
The unit shown was designed for use in a cheese and milk
powder applications and features an AC inverted duty motor
for ramp acceleration/deceleration with speeds ranging from
90-400 RPM - allowing precise control of weigh and blending
processes. Because of the flexible casing and auger, conveying
around, under or over equipment obstructions is simple
allowing product to be conveyed up to 30 feet vertically
and/or horizontally. Helix conveyors are typically used to
convey flowable materials such as powder, crystals,flakes and
granules and are most often used in "batch-type" applications.
Hapman is a leading manufacturer of bulk material handling
systems and provides appropriate conveyor solutions for its
customers from its "3 choices" of conveyors - Tubular Drag,
Flexible Screw and Pneumatic. In addition, Hapman manufacturers
manual bag dump stations with dust collection; bulk bag
unloaders, bag filling and batch weigh equipment with a wide
range of system options.
For more information contact:
Mr. Joe Durlach
V.P. Sales and Marketing
Hapman Conveyors
6002 E. Kilgore Rd.
Kalamazoo, MI 49003
Toll-free: 800-426-6260
Telephone: 616-343-1674
Fax: 616-349-2477
Web site: http://www.hapman.com/
mailto:info@hapman.com
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New Wet Magnetic Trap for "Chunky Flows"
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Ideal for removing tramp metal from salsa, soup, stew, meat
and canned fruit lines where flow is difficult through
typical "finger type" traps.
ERIE, PA - January 31, 2001 - Eriez Magnetics' RE Plus Rare
Earth U-shaped liquid line magnetic trap delivers 40% more
power while gently streaming product through the line. The
new U4 trap uses Eriez' standard Erium® 3000 Rare Earth
magnetic circuits or is available in an optional RE Plus
Super Strength Rare Earth circuit. The RE Plus option provides
the absolute highest strength permanent magnet available
for liquid line applications.
The U-shaped trap's smooth bowl design gradually spreads the
chunky product flow to the face of the Super Strength Rare
Earth Plate Magnet where the tramp metal is removed. This
design eliminates much of the product degradation present
when using "finger type" traps. Standard in three and four
inch models, the U4 trap can be fitted with ACME threaded,
ferrule, flanged or butt weld ends to accommodate most lines.
"We see the U-shaped configuration as a superior trap for
chunky liquid flows," said Dave Heubel, Product Manager of
Eriez Magnetics, USA. "The optional RE Plus Super Strength
Rare Earth Magnet circuit developed for this trap provides
the strongest permanent magnet available for liquid
applications...40% more power than the standard Rare Earth
circuit."
Eriez is the recognized world leader in providing magnetic,
vibratory and metal detection solutions for industry. The
company's magnetic lift and separation, metal detection and
rejection and materials feeding, screening, conveying and
controlling equipment have application in the process,
metalworking, packaging, recycling, mining, aggregate and
textile industries. Eriez manufactures and markets these
products through eight international facilities located on
five continents.
For more information contact:
Mr. Keith Jones
Eriez Magnetics
P.O. Box 10608
Erie, PA 16514-0608
Telephone (toll free): 800-345-4946
Outside the United States: 814-835-6000
Fax: 814-833-3348
Web site: http://www.eriez.com/
mailto:eriez@eriez.com
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Hot Messages from the Help Forum
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People post their requests for help and offer their suggestions
to others in our open forum.
Mr. Dahi needs bulk powder transfer equipment:
This is a safety need. I need an equipment suitable for
transferring bulk material into a process tank with the capability
of turning.
Currently, the operators scoop down the powder into the tank
which is very time consuming and lifting is not a safe option.
Is there a hydraulic unit that can be tilted? I also need
something not too big.
B Dahi
IDEC Pharmaceuticals
mailto:bdahi@idecpharm.com
Mr. Meekins need seal specs for pressurized container:
Need to dispense abrasive flour into tank, then seal tank
in automated process. Looking for means to achieve good seal
in dirty environment without manual intervention.
D. Meekins
Ergonomics Engineer
Hewlett-Packard
Telephone: 541-715-5363
mailto:daryl_meekins@hp.com
These and other messages can be found in the Help Forum.
Share your expertise with others:
http://www.powderandbulk.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl
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Call For Photographs!
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This week's photo 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.
Photo courtesy of M'Lyss Maygra, Columbia Machine, Inc.
Web site: http://www.palletizing.com/
We would love to have your photo of a bulk materials process,
packaging, conveying or handling "action shot" for our home page.
If you have a favorite photograph of bulk materials handling
at its best, please e-mail us a jpeg or gif of the photo with
a description of what is in the photo for our home page.
Full credit and the description of the photo will be given.
Photographs are be changed every two weeks to give everyone
a chance to be included.
Send your photograph and description to,
mailto:news@powderandbulk.com
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From the Job Fair
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NATIONAL SALES MANAGER - DUST COLLECTION
Position Requirements: Travel 25% to 40%
Mechanical engineering degree preferable. 5-10 years experience
in one or more of the following: Sales/Proposals/Estimating,
Utility Plant Process or Operations, Air Pollution Control
Description of Position Duties - General sales duties for
baghouses and heat exchangers plus turnkey projects. From
competitor with ability to bring representatives. Proposal
and estimating as well as over sight of proposals prepared
by others. Coordinate all sales efforts. Closing orders.
Proposals and standards. Estimating and standards. Product
development. Customer database. Trade shows. General marketing
input.
Management of existing and development of new distributors
and customers including EPCs and A&E’s.
For more information contact:
Mr. J.W. (Wyn) Robinson
President
SourceWynds Executive Search
833 Chelsea Park Drive
Marietta, GA 30068
770.973.2520 (tel)
770.973.4795 (fax)
Web site: http://www.sourcewynds.com/
mailto:wynr1@aol.com
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