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Powder and Bulk Dot Com Newsletter
"For the materials handling & processing professional...."
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Vol. 2, No. 37, March 20, 2000
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN): 1526-9051
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Joseph Taylor, Editor, mailto:jtaylor@powderandbulk.com
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Contents:
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> Press Releases, Show Announcements and Industry News Wanted!
> New Sponsor, Hendee Enterprises, Inc.
> Smoot Company Purchased by Taylor Holdings
> Microprocessor Provides Simple Solution for Level Applications
> Top Picks From Amazon.com
> Ask Joe Column!
> Ross Seeks Partners to Develop New Products
> We had over 16,000 visitors in February!
> Portasilo Appoints Renowned Projects Engineering Manager
> 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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New Sponsor, Hendee Enterprises, Inc.
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We are pleased to announce a new sponsor for Powder and Bulk
Dot Com, Hendee Enterprises, Inc.
Whatever your dust collection needs or problems, let Hendee
Enterprises be your solution. Our philosophy is to provide
excellent quality, competitive pricing, fast response and
on-time delivery. Several years back Hendee, responding to
a request from a major plastic manufacturer, developed a filter
to clean air flowing into railcars as plastic resins were drawn
out. Hendee has expanded filter production into air cleaning
filter bags. We now have a fully automated bag house filter
production line.
Ms. Mary McClain
Hendee Enterprises, Inc.
9350 South Point Drive
Houston, TX 77447
Telephone: 713-796-2322
Fax: 713-796-0494
mailto:marym@hendee.com
Web site: http://www.hendee.com/
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Smoot Company Purchased by Taylor Holdings
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Taylor Holdings, Inc. has recently purchased all of the stock
of the Smoot Company, Inc., Kansas City, Kansas, from the owner
David K. Smoot. The Smoot Company designs and manufactures
dense and dilute phase pneumatic conveying systems and components
for bulk material handling, and supplies a full line of pneumatic
system ancillary equipment. The company, founded by David Smoot
in 1960, now employs approximately 75 persons and owns a 125,000
square foot office/manufacturing facility in Kansas City, Kansas.
Mr. Smoot will remain with the Company in a consulting capacity.
Taylor Holdings, Inc., of Parsons, Kansas represents a group of
investors who own the assets of Taylor Products Co., Inc. of
Parsons, Kansas, The Smoot Company, Inc. of Kansas City, Kansas,
and Avatar Packaging Systems, Inc., of Decatur, Alabama.
The CEO of Taylor Holdings, Mike McReynolds, made the following
comments on the Smoot acquisition and Taylor Holdings'
expanded mission, "Combining the companies' expertise, which
includes material management, packaging, and process controls,
will allow us to deliver the equipment and services necessary to
properly serve our common markets. Markets that are actively
reducing suppliers by selecting vendors with a higher level of
single source expertise. This trend provides our combined business
entity with leadership opportunities to engineer a variety of
material handling and packaging systems. We feel that the integration
of these companies will strengthen our core competencies and
reinforce our goal of providing world class systems for moving,
measuring and packaging systems designed and engineered specifically
for our customers."
Each of the product segment groups, packaging and pneumatic
conveying, will retain the autonomy to continue independent
alliances in distribution and customer relations. Increased
financial and personnel resources will accelerate product
development and market expansion. Alternate construction methods
and materials, such as sanitary stainless steel, will broaden
component applications and markets. Maximum economic advantages
will be achieved by selecting the manufacturing facility best
suited for the fabrication process.
A technical resource group will be formed to bundle the product
lines of Taylor, Smoot and Avatar with available buy/resale
components offering customers seamless single source solutions
and accountability. New systems will allow customers to capture
material management data for analysis giving them competitive
advantages by improving their production efficiencies. The
technical resource group will expand test facilities to include
all manufactured components, commonly contracted elements, and
state-of-the-art performance recording and reporting capabilities.
This technical group will enlarge and coordinate E-marketing and
international sales efforts.
For additional information contact:
Mr. Mike McReynolds
Taylor Holdings, Inc.
1492 22000 Road
Parsons, Kansas 67357-8460
Telephone: 316-421-5550
Web site: http://www.taylorproducts.com/
mailto:mmc@taylorproducts.com
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Microprocessor Provides Simple Solution for Level Applications
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FREMONT, CA -- Scientific Technologies Inc. (STI) introduces
DF200 Series Ultrasonic and Transmitter Controllers for
continuous level measurement of solids and liquids.
DF200 Series models offer 4-20mA input for STI's DF300 series
ultrasonic sensors, and are available with program options for
calculating and displaying distance, level, volume, differential
and open channel flow. These controllers also feature a built-in
keypad for easy programming. Mode values are accessed to make
changes for a specific application. Values are stored in memory
which retains the settings even during power outages.
Models DF201, DF202 and DF203 provide filtering that includes
averaging and out-of-range samples, trip points to configure
seven different ON/OFF combinations and eight predefined units
of measure (plus a multiplier). Additionally, they allow
temperature compensation to be on or off, and feature a tank
mode which displays the product level or volume on linear tanks
(DF203 controllers displays volume on linear and nonlinear tanks.
Model DF204 features four relay set points plus 4-20mA output,
a menu of tank shapes for volume calculation and 0-5 V and 0-10 V
output options.
For more information contact:
Scientific Technologies Inc.
6550 Dumbarton Circle
Fremont CA 94555
Telephone,toll-free: 1-888-510-4357
Fax: 510-744-1442
mailto:sales@levelandflow.com
Web Site: http://www.levelandflow.com/
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Top Picks From Amazon.com
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Top picks from Amazon.com this week are:
"Packaging: Specifications, Purchasing, and Quality
Control"
by Edmund A. Leonard
Hardcover, 4th Edition
"The Wiley Encyclopedia of Packaging
Technology"
by Aaron L. Brody (Editor), Kenneth S. Marsh (Editor)
Paperback 2nd edition (January 1997)
Feeding Technology for Plastics Processing
by David H. Wilson
Hardcover, September 1998
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Com and for our Reading Room. You can visit the Reading Room at:
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Ask Joe Column!
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GUEST ARTICLES
Do you have an area of expertise in bulk materials, have you
solved a difficult materials problem? You too, can be an Ask
Joe! guest author!
Share your knowledge with others and promote yourself (the
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
THIS WEEK'S ARTICLE
"Loss-in-Weight, Gain-in-Weight Feeders"
by Joseph Marinelli
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http://www.powderandbulk.com/pb_services/askjoe.htm
PAST Ask Joe! ARCHIVED ARTCLES
Web Address for Ask Joe Archive is:
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Ross Seeks Partners to Develop New Products
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The newly established TSG - Technical Service Group at Charles
Ross and Son Company is inviting companies with advanced
technology and undeveloped mixing and processing concepts to
apply for joint product development consideration.
This new group has been established at the Ross corporate
headquarters site at the companies Hauppauge, New York location.
The group is ideally situated in central Long Island approx.
50 miles West of New York City and a short drive from major
airports and research facilities.
The group consists of several experienced engineers and
chemists who have a practical background in process and machine
design. The TSG has an extensive machining and prototyping
capability, it also has available instrumentation to perform
Laser Particle Size Analysis, Viscosity measurement, Microscopes,
Drying Analysis, etc. Mechanical equipment to measure power
draw, speeds, shear rates and more is used routinely.
For more information contact:
Charles Ross & Son Company
710 Old Willets Path
Hauppage, NY 11788-0615
Telephone: 631-234-0500
Fax: 631-234-0691
mailto:sales@mixers.com
Web site: http://www.rossmixing.com/
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Portasilo Appoints Renowned Projects Engineering Manager
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Portasilo Ltd has appointed Mr. Paul Dean to the new position
of Projects Engineering Manager, as part of the continued
development of the company's Bulk Handling Systems Division.
He returns to Portasilo with an internationally renowned
reputation for solids processing system design, bulk storage,
mechanical and pneumatic conveying, fluidization, drying and
dust explosions. He has a notable track record in technical
innovation and functional leadership in solids handling
technology.
After starting his career as a Graduate Engineer before
joining ICI Technology in 1989. He was promoted to Engineering
Consultant and transferred to Eutech Ltd., the engineering
subsidiary of ICI plc, in 1999 after the closure of ICI
Technology.
Paul has a BSc(Hons) Degree in Civil Engineering from the
university of Leeds, is married with two children and
currently lives in Yarm, Cleveland.
Portasilo is an innovative engineering company with over 40
years of experience in the design, development and manufacture
of a diverse range of products. These currently include
telecommunications shelters, masts and enclosures, housings
for working equipment, high security storage and safety
containment products and bulk particulate materials storage
and handling systems.
For further editorial information contact:
Mr. Chris Mason
Group Information Officer
Portasilo Ltd.
Fulford Moor House
Fulford Road
York YO10 4EY
Telephone: 01904 653040 x 4321
Fax: 01904 611501
mailto:action@portasilo.co.uk
Web site: http://www.portasilo.co.uk/
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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. McCluskey needs to repair butterfly valves:
We at Astra Zeneca utilize Gemco Stainless Steel Large Hoppers
for dry chemical weighing and charging. These Hoppers are 15-18
years old and they have a Serial # V-79833. The butterfly valve
on one of the units is leaking due to scoring of the metal. We
do not have equipment to resurface and keep the valve perfectly
round. We would like to have it repaired or, buy a new one.
Timothy McCluskey
Astra Zeneca
mailto:timothy.mccluskey@astrapharmaceuticals.com
Mr. Ward is looking for a screw flight making machinery:
I have a client seeking machines suitable for production of auger
flights. Could anyone having information on these machines please
contact:
Andrew Ward
mailto:AWard@skm.com.au
Ed is looking for active noise control for a duct:
I'm looking for a supplier of an active noise control unit to
reduce the low frequency noise in an HVAC air duct. The unit
will need to be retrofitted as this is not new construction.
Please email me at mailto:earold@hotmail.com
Thanks, Ed
Mr. Cole is looking for information on wood dust incendivity:
I'm looking for information on woodworking dust incentivity, and
I am hoping someone can help me. This is a hot button topic on
many woodworking forums now that many people have dust collection
systems in their home shops. In particular, many people use PVC
pipe which can lead to electrostatic discharge. I am attempting
to write an article on this topic and have a number of general
resources regarding electrostatic discharge hazards when handling
dusts. I do not have any information directly related to wood dust.
Any information would be appreciated, but I have three particular
questions related to the issue of whether or not home shop
equipment can make the volume, 500 to 1000 CFM, of fine dust
that is an explosion hazard.
1. Under worst case conditions, e.g. static suspended dust, what
are the upper and lower explosive limits for the concentration
of the dust-air mix?
2. What is the concentration and particle size that is easiest
to ignite, and what is the minimum ignition energy?
3. What particulate sizes are generated from typical home shop
equipment? Say a 10 inch table saw and a 16 inch drum sander?
Firm numbers and a reference to go with them would be best, but
even approximate numbers would be much appreciated.
Feel free to email me directly.
Thank you,
Rod Cole
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
mailto:rodc@ll.mit.edu
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Call For Photographs!
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This week's photograph is the new Samson 800 Series Surface
Feeder for inclusion in an Australian ore handling facility
to receive solar-dried nickel ore direct from dump trucks
discharging to an existing overland conveyor.
Photo courtesy of B&W Mechanical Handling Limited
Web site: http://www.bwmech.co.uk/
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If you have a favorite photograph of bulk materials handling
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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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TECHNICAL WRITER
As a result of continued rapid growth, a leading international
manufacturer of precision equipment for the Processing
Industries, seeks creative, motivated technical writer with
Windows 95/98, Microsoft Office, Corel Ventura Publisher, Adobe
Photoshop, and Quark Xpress experience. Internet knowledge/
experience a plus. Position requires a Bachelors Degree and
good academic credentials.
This position offers an excellent opportunity for progression
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salary is commensurate with experience. Acrison offers a
comprehensive benefit package.
Please contact:
Ms. Marianne Greco
Human Resources Acrison, Inc.
20 Empire Blvd.
Moonachie, NJ 07074
Phone: 201-440-8300
Fax: 201-440-4939
Internet: http://www.acrison.com/
mailto:informail@acrison.com
GENERAL SALES MANAGER-LATIN AMERICA
K-Tron seeks an experienced bilingual Spanish/English salesperson
to manage our Latin American territory. A 4 year degree in an
engineering or marketing curriculum, Spanish speaking,
knowledge/experience selling capital equipment required.
SALES DEVELOPMENT MANAGER-PNEUMATIC CONVEYING INDUSTRY
K-Tron's Hurricane brand seeks a salesperson to identify and
develop business opportunities in the vacuum conveying/pneumatic
conveying industries. This is an entry level position; successful
candidates must have a minimum 2 years experience in this
specific industry; engineering degree preferred.
K-Tron is a worldwide leader in the design and manufacture of
volumetric and gravimetric industrial feeding equipment and related
process control equipment with applications in the food, chemical
and plastics industries. Located in southern NJ, convenient to
Philadelphia.
Forward your resume and salary requirements to:
K-Tron America
"GSM" Human Resources
Routes 55 & 553
PO Box 888
Pitman, NJ 08071-0888
Fax: 856-256-3281
mailto:pdaniels@ktron.com
Web site: K-Tron
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