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Powder and Bulk Dot Com Newsletter
"For the materials handling & processing professional...."
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Vol. 2, No. 35, March 6, 2000
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN): 1526-9051
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Joseph Taylor, Editor, mailto:jtaylor@powderandbulk.com
Copyright 1999-2000, Powder and Bulk Dot Com
This is a 100% opt-in newsletter with news and information
for the materials handling professional. The Newsletter is
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It's been a busy week this past week, we have a new Ask Joe!
article on LIW and GIW feeders, we have added new banner
rotation for our sponsors and had over 16,000 visitors to
Powder and Bulk Dot Com in February...whew! Just a reminder,
the Powders Show is coming and the neat thing is that you
can now sign up for a show pass...on-line at their web site
at: http://powdershow.reedexpo.com/powder/index.htm
We do ask that you forward a copy of our newsletter to your
friends and associates...we appreciate your "grass roots"
efforts!
Our goal is to provide information to improve your business
by using the resources available on the internet.
Thanks,
Joe Taylor
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Contents:
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> Press Releases, Show Announcements and Industry News Wanted!
> Your Company's Ad Could Be Here For ONLY $100
> World Flexible Intermediate Bulk Container Congress & Exhibition
> Free Technical Articles Available On-Line
> Top Picks From Amazon.com
> Ask Joe Column!
> The VacBoss Loads Trucks at Rates of up to 4,000 bu/hr.
> We had over 14,000 visitors in January!
> Magnetic Traps Solve Metal Contamination Problems in Liquid Lines
> 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?
We give full credit to contributing authors.
DEADLINE for the next issue is March 8th. Please try to
submit articles via email. If you have photographs to be
included with article, post the photo on your web site and
include the URL of the photo with your article. (Though we
do want "action-shots" for our home page!)
mailto:news@powderandbulk.com
...or visit our news and information submission page at:
Click here to submit a press release
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Advertising in The Newsletter will allow your message to be
seen by 1,350+ materials handling and processing professionals.
Located in this position on our newsletter, we allow only one
sponsor per newsletter. Your ad will also permanently appear
in the newsletter archives on our web site.
For more information and rates visit:
http://www.powderandbulk.com/pb_services/newsletter_ad.htm
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World Flexible Intermediate Bulk Container Congress & Exhibition
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Dusseldorf, Germany, 2-3 November 2000
After a highly successful World FIBC ‘98 Congress & Exhibition
(more than 200 delegates from over 30 countries attended the
event) in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Millennium Conferences
International has pleasure in announcing the 2nd World Flexible
Intermediate Bulk Container 2000 Congress & Exhibition.
The perfectly timed two-day event will provide an international
forum for discussion and will be of considerable benefit to
end-users, manufacturers and suppliers.
Through "A Call for Papers" Millennium Conferences International
aims to put together a conference program to appraise the
opportunities and pitfalls that lie ahead in the New Millennium.
Flexible Intermediate Bulk Containers (FIBCs) - also known as
bulk bags or big bags - started to gain acceptance in the
mid-1970s. Designed to transport bulk materials safely in unit
loads usually of between 500 and 1500kg, they soon showed
significant cost savings as well as logistical advantages
over traditional methods of moving powders and granules in
palletized 25kg or 50kg sacks.
In recent years the technology of FIBCs has grown at the
phenomenal rate of more than 10% per annum. Throughout this
time the industry has enjoyed an excellent safety record and
in order to maintain and improve this it is increasingly
important to educate and inform users about current safety
recommendations and legislation.
The conference will highlight market issues, implications of
new regulations, manufacturing, purchasing, usage and disposal
of FIBCs. The Congress offers a rare opportunity - in an
informal and congenial atmosphere - to establish and develop
contacts for the exchange of ideas, information, discussion
and experience.
To maximize contact between delegates and visitors, a small
exhibition adjacent to the main conference hall will complement
the congress.
For further information please contact:
Millennium Conferences International Ltd.
"Chantry House", 156 Bath Road,
Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 4LB
United Kingdom
Telephone: + 44 (0)1628 580 246
Fax: + 44 (0)1628 580 346
mailto:fibc2000@millenniumconferences.com
Web site: http://www.millenniumconferences.com/
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Free Technical Articles Available On-Line
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New technical articles have recently been posted on our web site.
Topics include:
- Flexibility Analysis of Modified Piping Systems
- Vibration Analysis of Pressure Vessel Internal Piping
These and other articles may be downloaded.
As part of Carmagen Engineering's commitment to quality
engineering, we will be conducting monthly courses in our office.
Small classes, emphasizing personal, effective, maximum learning
in short blocks of time. The course schedule through June is
posted on our web site.
It's not too late to register for our March courses. Each
registrant attends all courses being presented on a given day.
March 7, 2000:
-Course 604: Inspection of Aboveground Storage Tanks in
Accordance With API 653
- Course 605: Determining Required Storage Tank Shell Thickness in
Accordance With API 650
-Course 606: Wind Girder Design Requirements in Accordance With
API 650
-Course 609: Mechanical Design Parameters and Material Selection
for Aboveground Atmospheric Storage Tanks
March 8, 2000:
-Course 601: Shell and Bottom Evaluation of Aboveground
Atmospheric Storage Tanks in Accordance With API 653
-Course 902: Piping System Stress Analysis
-Course 903: Introduction to Process Plant Piping System
Maintenance Requirements
For complete details, visit our web site at http://www.carmagen.com/
A course registration form can be provided via email or fax.
Carmagen Engineering, Inc.
7 Waverly Place
Madison, NJ 07940
Telephone: 973-822-3813
Fax: 973-822-3118
Web site: http://www.carmagen.com/
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Top Picks From Amazon.com
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Top picks from Amazon.com this week are:
"Corrugated Shipping Containers: An Engineering
Approach"
by George G. Maltenfort
Hardcover, revised edition, May 1996
"Cake Formation in Particulate
Systems"
by Edward J. Griffith
Hardcover, April 1991
"Mathematical Modeling and Numerical Techniques in Drying
Technology"
by Ian Turner (Editor), Arun S. Mujumdar (Editor)
Hard Cover
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:
http://www.powderandbulk.com/pb_services/readingroom.htm
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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
You can read Joe's article at:
http://www.powderandbulk.com/pb_services/askjoe.htm
PAST Ask Joe! ARCHIVED ARTCLES
Web Address for Ask Joe Archive is:
http://www.powderandbulk.com/pb_services/ask_joe_archive/toc.htm
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The VacBoss Loads Trucks at Rates of up to 4,000 bu/hr.
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VacBoss with BlowerGard Filtration Introduced
February 22, 2000 - Blomkest, MN, USA – The revolutionary new
VacBoss with BlowerGard Filtration is gaining tremendous
acceptance by grain elevators, seed companies, and large farmers.
“Since the VacBoss was introduced just a few weeks ago, the
response has been overwhelming!”, stated Tim Flann, VacBoss
Sales Manager. “VacBoss is the result of our customers’ demand
for a truly industrial grain vac. They asked for a vac that
would convey at high capacities, be gentle on seed, and have
a service life beyond that of ‘traditional’ grain vacs.” VacBoss
is the first grain vac able to withstand rigorous conveying
conditions in commercial grain and seed handling environments
as evidenced by its 5-Year / 2,500 Hour Abrasion-Free Blower
Limited Warranty.
The VacBoss exclusive BlowerGard Filtration increases blower
life due to nearly 100% filtering efficiency. You can now
convey grains and a multitude of dusty products, including
meals and feeds, without damaging the blower. Your investment
is protected - capacities remain high over time because blower
efficiency doesn’t decrease.
The new VacBoss is 35% more energy efficient than traditional
grain vacs with comparable capacities. With VacBoss, grain
and seed handling damage is virtually eliminated.
VacBoss Model 4066 is available as PTO, diesel or electric
powered, and will load trucks at up to 4,000 bu/hr through 6”
piping with as little as 90 HP.
Christianson Systems, Inc. - the maker of VacBoss - has over
25 years of experience making some of the world’s largest
grain handling equipment.
For further information on VacBoss with BlowerGard Filtration,
please contact:
Ms. Jen Ehresmann
Marketing Director
Christianson Systems, Inc.
20421 15th Street Southeast
P.O. Box 138
Blomkest, MN 56216 USA
Telephone USA: 1-800-VAC-BOSS
Telephone: +1-320-995-6141
Fax: +1-320-995-6145
mailto:ehresmann@christianson.com
Web site: http://www.christianson.com/
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Magnetic Traps Solve Metal Contamination Problems in Liquid Lines
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In-line permanent magnetic Ferrous Traps remove magnetic and
heavy nonmagnetic contaminants from liquid lines, providing
protection for downstream processing equipment. Such separators
preserve product purity by removing even small, weakly magnetic
particles like scale, rust and fine iron contamination.
A group of magnetic tubes is arranged to cause the material flow
entering the body to impinge against those tubes and filter
through the magnetic field. Their position takes advantage of
the change in direction of the flow and the difference in inertia
between any unwanted iron and the material carrying it. The
magnetic circuit is designed so the entrapped iron will have a
tendency to work around and cling to the downstream side of the
tubes.
This action prevents iron particles from being washed off by
the continuous flow of material.
Eriez Ferrous Traps are available for manual cleaning (Models
L, L-2-F and Super-B), as well as an Easy-to-Clean version of
the Super-B. All Eriez Traps are available with either standard
Erium permanent magnetic elements or with SuperStrength Rare
Earth Erium 3000 elements for up to 25 times more magnetic pull.
Several brochures are available for additional information.
For more information or brochures 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
mailto:kjones@eriez.com
Web site: Eriez
Magnetics 
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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. Esma needs slidegate information:
Hello! I am connected with a contracting firm and I was wondering
if you have heard of a supplier of slidegates named Lafontaine.
If you do please send me their webpage. I never thought a site
like this existed! Very informative!
Regards,
Elmer Esma
mailto:elmer_esma@hotmail.com
Mr. Jackson wants to know what to do with his spray dryer:
Recently purchased a building that holds a Stork spray dryer
that has been decommissioned for a number of years. I am not
involved in this industry at all hence my need of your help. As
I understand it, this dryer operated for around 5 years and
was then left as the regional dairy company went onto bigger
and brighter things. The dryer looks to be in good condition
and passed crack testing not so long ago. Apparently could
spray dry 3.5 ton per hour of milk powder. Question; is it
worth anything as a dryer or should I have it scrapped ?
Appreciated your comments and expertise.
Pete Jackson
Bewildered Landlord
mailto:Pacifichideaway@xtra.co.nz
Mr. Mueller needs advise on fine grinding:
I wonder if I find some sufficient information for my problem
on the forum here. I am trying to grind polymer particles,
with the size of approx. 1 - 5 mm down to approx. 1 micron.
I have to know the kind of grinder I will need to pursue my
goal. The polymers are on the brittle side and I need a
laboratory scale (batch) only. I got few information from
vendors so far. One recommended a jet mill because other mills
won't grind down to 1 micron. Is this true?
I appreciate any help I can get it this matter.
Thanks,
Cord Mueller
mailto:cord.mueller@avlsci.com
The Help Forum is open for everyone to use. Share your
expertise with others, you can find these & other messages at:
http://www.powderandbulk.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl
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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/
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 email 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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PROJECT MANAGEMENT - ENGINEERING
Operations Concepts, Inc. (OCI) is an engineering and management
consulting service firm providing exceptional support to
manufacturing and distribution industries worldwide in need of
innovative problem solving that requires state-of-the-art
technology, hands-on know-how, and expertise.
We are seeking talented individuals with degrees or related work
experience in: Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering,
Logistics Management, Operations Management, and/or Technical
Marketing.
Experience with productivity engineering, operations troubleshooting,
materials handling systems, warehouse management systems, auto
ID/bar coding/RFDC, machine visions applications, packaging systems
design, and facilities planning & design preferred.
Please email or fax resumes to:
Ms. Debbie O'Connell
Project Manager
Operations Concepts, Inc.
900 N. Kings Hwy., Suite 307
Cherry Hill, NJ 08034
Telephone: 856-667-4461
Fax: 856-667-4602
mailto:oci@operationsconcepts.com
Web Site: http://www.operationsconcepts.com/
The Job Fair is a free service of Powder and Bulk Dot Com.
You can post job opening for managers, engineers, sales, reps
or other talented people you need. ...Or one can post their
resume for companies who are looking to add talented people
to their staff.
Do you have a position you need to fill, visit the Job Fair:
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Joseph Taylor, Editor
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Jacksonville Beach, FL 32250
Phone: 904-280-4656, Fax: 904-273-1399
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