 |
|
 |
Archived Newsletters
Powder and Bulk
Dot Com Newsletter
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN):
1526-9051 |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
------------------------------------------------------------
Powder and Bulk Dot Com Newsletter
"For the materials handling & processing professional...."
------------------------------------------------------------
Vol. 2, No. 45, May 15, 2000
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN): 1526-9051
------------------------------------------------------------
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
currently sent to 1,723 materials handling professionals at
the time of this mailing. Unsubscribe instructions are at
the end of this newsletter.
TO SUBSCRIBE: send a blank email to:
------------------------------------------------------------
Our goal is to provide information to improve your business
by using the resources available on the internet.
Thanks,
Joe Taylor
------------------------------------------------------------
Contents:
------------------------------------------------------------
> Press Releases, Show Announcements and Industry News Wanted!
> New Sponsors
> Motionless Mixers For Low Turbulent & High Viscosity Mixing
> Pipeline Delumper has Convenient Seal Cartridge
> Top Picks From Amazon.com
> Ask Joe Column!
> Logistics 2000, Canada's Largest Materials Handling Exhibition
> We had over 19,000 Visitors in April!
> G-K Offers Technical Assistance For Customers with Special Needs
> Hot Messages from the Help Forum
> Call For Photographs!
> From the Job Fair
> Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Sponsorship & Archive Information
> ReferWare
------------------------------------------------------------
Press Releases, Show Announcements and Industry News Wanted!
------------------------------------------------------------
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 May 18th.
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
------------------------------------------------------------
New Sponsors
------------------------------------------------------------
We are pleased to announce four new sponsors:
PEBCO
http://www.pebco.com/
Recognized world-wide as a manufacturer of powder and bulk
solids equipment. Products produced range from truck, train,
and shiploading equipment to gates, valves, diverter, mass
flow feeders, dustless loading spouts, and telescopic chutes.
Pneumatic Conveying Consultants
Pneumatic
Conveying Consultants 
A team of professionals with over 60 years of experience in
the industry, offering expert solutions with proven results.
Our experience is based on a total understanding of all facets
of pneumatic conveying systems research, design, operations
identification and correction.
Salina Vortex Corporation
http://www.svortex.com/
Builds their dry material valves one at a time. Valves are
specifically designed to fit your particular application.
Industries served range from plastics, minerals and chemicals
to grain, fibers and foodstuffs.
Wm. W. Meyer and Sons Inc.
Web site: http://www.wmwmeyer.com/
Manufacturers of rotary airlocks, rotary feeders, bulk handling
equipment, blower packages, slide gates and components of
pneumatic and mechanical conveying.
Please take a moment and visit our sponsors web sites. All
offer products of excellent value and exceptional quality.
------------------------------------------------------------
Motionless Mixers For Low Turbulent & High Viscosity Mixing
------------------------------------------------------------
Charles Ross & Son Company, the leader in specialty mixing
and dispersion equipment, offers two economical designs of
its Motionless Mixers. The LPD, low pressure model is typically
used for low viscosity turbulent flow mixing of fluids and
for gas-liquid, gas-gas mixing. This design is offered in
many materials of construction and to 48 inches diameter.
These mixers are easily customized to include special feed
nozzles and injectors for major and minor product streams.
The ISG is unique and includes specially machined elements
with passageways that guarantee the mixing of any pumpable
material. After passing through ten elements the ISG will
layer materials over 2,000,000 times to provide a
microscopically layered mixture. ISG elements are stackable
in any quantity to provide mixing quality as needed in the
process.
The ISG is supplied in a range of cast or machined materials
to suit the application through 12 inches diameter.
For more information contact:
Charles Ross & Son Company
Box 12308
Hauppauge, NY 11788
Telephone within U.S.: 800-243-7677
Telephone international: 631-234-0500
Fax: 631-234-0691
mailto:sales@mixers.com
Web site: http://www.rossmixing.com/
------------------------------------------------------------
Pipeline Delumper has Convenient Seal Cartridge
------------------------------------------------------------
The Pipeline Delumper effectively reduces solids to a uniform
output size in fully enclosed pipe or inline systems. This
unit improves process systems by alleviating blockages,
enhancing smooth operation, feeding and dissolving processes.
The Delumper is an ultra-compact pipe mounted unit that
operates under pressure, vacuum or gravity in liquid, pneumatic
or dry systems.
The exclusive bearing/seal cartridge design of the delumper
brings a new level of ease of maintenance to the unit. Each,
one-piece cartridge contains a pre-installed mechanical seal
and the unit bearing. These cartridges simply bolt on the
body assembly. This makes installation far easier and
alleviates the need for maintenance personnel to handle the
internal components. A choice of several seal configurations
are available to meet most application requirements.
The delumper uses special teeth that rotate through a grating
to reduce solids. The unit is self-clearing with each rotation.
This rugged design can handle hard, sticky, wet, dry, brittle
temperature or pressure sensitive solids with ease. It
disintegrates tough objects.
For more information contact:
Franklin Miller, Inc.
60 Okner Parkway
Livingston, NJ 07039
Telephone: 973-535-9200
Fax: 973-535-6269
Web site: http://www.franklinmiller.com/
mailto:info@franklinmiller.com
------------------------------------------------------------
Top Picks From Amazon.com
------------------------------------------------------------
Reference books our visitors like the most! We have added a "rack"
of new books in our bookstore, take a few moments to browse.
Top picks from Amazon.com this week are:
"Roark's Formulas for Stress and
Strain"
by Warren C. Young
Hardcover, 763 pages, 6th edition, February 1989
"Mechanical Vibrations: Book and
Disk"
by Singiresu S. Rao
Hard Cover, 912 pages, February 1995
"Machinery's Handbook: A Reference Book for the Mechanical Engineer,
Designer, Manufacturing Engineer, Draftsman, Toolmaker & Machinist"
by Erik Oberg
Hard Cover, 2,543 pages, large print, January 1997
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
------------------------------------------------------------
Ask Joe Column!
------------------------------------------------------------
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
"Wear in Lean-Phase Pneumatic Conveying Pipelines"
Guest article by Richard Farnish, Consulting Engineer
The Wolfson Centre for Bulk Solids Handling Technology
You can read Richard'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
------------------------------------------------------------
Logistics 2000, Canada's Largest Materials Handling Exhibition
------------------------------------------------------------
A Canadian Materials Handling Tradition-Serving You Since 1976.
Logistics 2000 attracts qualified key buyers and prospects
responsible for increasing productivity and competitiveness in
Canada's manufacturing plants, warehouses and distribution centers.
Dates:
Monday September 18
10am-6pm
Tuesday September 19
9am-5pm
Wednesday September
9am-5pm
Logistics 2000 brings together all management levels responsible
for efficient movement, storage and control of products at The
International Center, Halls 1, 2, 3 6900 Airport Rd Toronto,
Ontario, Canada.
For additional show information or details on how to become an
exhibitor at this year's show, please contact:
Mr. Dan Mustata
Logistics 2000 Show Manager
Telephone: 416-385-2030
Telephone toll free: 888-823-7469
Web site: http://www.dmgworldmedia.com
(Keyword search for Logistics 2000)
--------------------Advertisement---------------------------
We had over 19,000 Visitors and 239,000 Page Hits in April!
------------------------------------------------------------
Did you know that the over 19,000+ professionals visit our
web site last month? They spend on average 12 minutes
looking for companies, equipment and services they need!
Banner advertising is a great way to reach those material
handling professionals.
Visit our banner ad sign-up page at,
http://www.powderandbulk.com/pb_services/bannerads.htm
...or call us at 904-280-4656
FREE LISTINGS
If your company offers equipment or services to the bulk
materials handling & processing industry and you think
your company's web site should be listed in our directory,
you can be listed - FREE! Just go to our link request
page at:
http://www.powderandbulk.com/pb_services/link.php
------------------------------------------------------------
G-K Offers Technical Assistance For Customers with Special Needs
------------------------------------------------------------
Extensive and diverse laboratory testing facilities are an
integral part of General Kinematics product development for
vibrating fluidized bed processing for chemicals, foods and
pharmaceuticals. Typical customer applications include
heating, drying, cooling, coating and elutriation. Also,
forced convection heating, drying, and cooling of larger
particle size materials, and indirect heating and cooling
of powder and granular materials.
Full scale material trials are also available for VIBRA-DRUM®
direct gas contact heating, drying, cooling, and coating of
"difficult to fluidize" products such as large flake, stringy
or tacky materials. General Kinematics equipment performance
trials for Vibratory Spiral Elevators used in heating, drying
or cooling of bulk materials are also available.
Comprehensive material trials are performed at the company's
testing laboratory. Field test equipment is also available for
processing trials at customer facilities. Thorough materials
testing enables General Kinematics to produce
application-specific vibratory process equipment that exceeds
customer expectations.
For more information contact:
Mr. Bill Clark
General Kinematics
777 Lake Zurich Road
Barrington, IL 60010
Telephone: 847-381-2240
Fax: 847-381-1376
mailto:genkinco@ix.netcom.com
Web site: http://www.generalkinematics.com/
------------------------------------------------------------
Hot Messages from the Help Forum
------------------------------------------------------------
People post their requests for help and offer their suggestions
to others in our open forum.
Mr. Sunderhaus needs a way to unload and transport material:
Seeking commercially available system for catching material
coming out of a walking floor trailer that will transition
into a pneumatic system capable of conveying at a rate of
40 ton/hr.
Todd Sunderhaus
The Clorox Company
mailto:Todd.Sunderhaus@clorox.com
Mr. Marshall needs a sampling system for powders:
I'm looking for a sampling system for powder. The sample
required (once to twice per day)is less than 1 pint. It is
taken from a 10,000 gal dryer that operates under a 50 mm(hg)
pressure (vacuum). I need to take the sample without breaking
vacuum. Only have a 1" to 1-1/2" threaded nozzle to attach
sampling device. The main purpose of the sample is to determine
"dryness" of the product, so that, it can be transported to
the next step.
Any ideas, companies, etc.?
Christopher Marshall
Dupont
mailto:christopher.g.marshall@usa.dupont.com
Mr. Mabbitt wants clean pneumatic conveying lines:
We are looking for a way to clean out our powder conveying
pipes. We had thought of purchasing some type of drain pipe
cleaner, but the application may not work. Surely someone
out there has a method to clean out and sometimes unplug
these pipes.
Terry Mabbitt
The Geon Company
4965 Kinston Street
Denver, CO 80239
303-307-0680 ext.13
mailto:mabbittt@geon.com
Mr. Mesquita wants pneumatic conveying system for kaolin:
I want to transport 30 ton/h dry clay kaolin (# 325) in
a dilute-phase pneumatic conveying system over a distance
of 60 m. The relative air-humidity at place is about 90%.
Can anyone give me some experiences?
André Mesquita
GTDEM/UFPA
mailto:andream@ufpa.br
Mr. Noordman needs to bag animal feed in Europe:
Hello, Do you know Dutch, Belgium or German companies which
can put cattle feed in 50 kg bags?
Thanks for your mail.
Michel Noordman
mailto:mnoordman@hotmail.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
------------------------------------------------------------
Call For Photographs!
------------------------------------------------------------
This week's photograph is of the use metal detectors to identify
metal contamination problems before major damage occurs to
downstream equipment can protect product purity and maintain
the productivity of the processing line. Here, individual
chocolate bars are run through Eriez Magnetics' E-Z Tec® Metal
Detector to protect against contamination. Photo courtesy
Keith Jones of Eriez Magnetics:
Eriez
Magnetics 
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
------------------------------------------------------------
From the Job Fair
------------------------------------------------------------
QUALITY MANAGER
Quality Manager to be responsible for internal quality system,
ISO audits, metric reporting and analysis role, etc. Candidate
will have at least 7 years exp. in manufacturing industry,
quality background, ISO-related internal or external auditing
history or an ASQ certification.
Benefits, competitive salary, growing industry.
contact:
Julie Yeary-Mehalic
Divine InterVentures
4225 Naperville Rd
Lisle, IL 60611
Telephone: 630-799-7500
mailto:julie.yeary@divine.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:
http://www.powderandbulk.com/jobs_toc.htm
------------------------------------------------------------
Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Sponsorship & Archive Information
------------------------------------------------------------
TO SUBSCRIBE send a blank email to,
TO UNSUBSCRIBE send a blank email to,
mailto:powderandbulk-unsubscribe@listbot.com
TO SPONSOR this newsletter, visit:
http://www.powderandbulk.com/pb_services/newsletter_ad.htm
TO READ past issues, visit our newsletter archive at:
http://www.powderandbulk.com/pb_services/newsletter/archive_toc.htm
------------------------------------------------------------
ReferWare
------------------------------------------------------------
SEND THIS NEWSLETTER TO YOUR FRIENDS AND ASSOCIATES....
Most new subscribers hear about us first from a good friend,
like you!
This newsletter is ReferWare. If you enjoy reading it and find
useful information in this newsletter, please help spread the
word about it. You can do this by forwarding a copy to your
friends, telling them what you like about our newsletter.
Thank you,
Joe Taylor
------------------------------------------------------------
Powder and Bulk Dot Com Newsletter
------------------------------------------------------------
http://www.powderandbulk.com/
Joseph Taylor, Editor
3948 South Third Street, No. 121
Jacksonville Beach, FL 32250
Phone: 904-280-4656, Fax: 904-273-1399
------------------------------------------------------------
Powder and Bulk Dot Com's Newsletter is a 100% opt-in email
list of information for the materials handling professional.
We love your suggestions and comments! Drop us a line at,
mailto:news@powderandbulk.com
------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
