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Powder and Bulk Dot Com Newsletter
"For the materials handling & processing professional...."
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Vol. 2, No. 47, May 29, 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 Sponsors
> Acquisition Adds New Depth to Line of Single-Screw Extruders
> USDA/3A Equipment a Big Success in Bulk Bags
> Top Picks From Amazon.com
> Ask Joe Column!
> Fluid Bed Cleaning in Place
> We had over 19,000 Visitors in April!
> Superior Mixing Technology
> 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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Acquisition Adds New Depth to Line of Single-Screw Extruders
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CINCINNATI, May 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Milacron Inc. (NYSE: MZ)
has acquired the business and technology rights of Akron
Extruders , a single-screw plastics extrusion specialist
located near Akron, Ohio. With less than $10 million in
annual sales, Akron Extruders' lines of single-screw
extruders and replacement barrels and screws give Milacron's
U.S. plastics extrusion business a new presence in a
value-oriented segment of the market.
This acquisition follows Milacron's sale of its marginally
profitable European extrusion systems business last December
to concentrate on the long-term growth of its stronger, fast
growing U.S. extrusion systems business.
The manufacture of Akron extruders will be moved to Milacron's
award-winning plastics machinery facility in Batavia, Ohio,
while production of Akron replacement barrels and screws will
be absorbed by Wear Technology , Milacron's company in McPherson,
Kansas serving the after market for new and rebuilt extruder
barrels and screws. Akron's global-platform product lines
will be maintained separately and marketed under the name
Akron Milacron.
A number of key Akron employees will also join Milacron to
ensure continuity and a successful product line launch,
according to Jim Abbiati, vice president and general manager
of Milacron's plastics machinery applications business.
"Akron Milacron products do not overlap with our current
lines and will make us much more competitive in the
value-driven segment of the single-screw market," Jim Abbiati
said. "The line also gives us products to offer for co-extrusion
with our larger twin-screw PVC systems. Akron will enable us to
knock on more doors with a wider range of product, utilizing
Akron's existing agent network, as well as our own, to sell
these machines. In sum, this acquisition emphasizes our
commitment to grow our U.S. extrusion systems business."
Milacron Inc. is a world leader in plastics processing and
metalworking technologies with major manufacturing facilities
in North America, Europe and India and 11,000 employees worldwide.
Plastics technologies include injection molding machines,
blow molding equipment, extrusion systems and wear items, mold
bases, mold-making equipment and mold components, as well as
after market and MRO (maintenance, repair and operating) parts
and services.
For more information contact:
Milacron Inc.
2090 Florence Avenue
Cincinnati, Ohio USA
Telephone: 513-487-5000
Fax: 513-487-5057
Web site: http://www.milacron.com/
mailto:mz@milacron.com
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USDA/3A Equipment a Big Success in Bulk Bags
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Bulk Bag Discharging can be one of the most economical ways
to store and move materials. By ordering materials in such
large quantities, there is a definitive discount. Another
plus to going with this system is that waste will be
minimized due to the operation. If you are using a sack
process now, the cost of disposing the empty sacks and man
hours unloading these units is not as cost effective.
Another consideration is the possibility of worker
compensation costs due to back and other injuries may be
considerable.
Now any facility requiring USDA/3A approved machinery can
use this Spiroflow equipment. This is a big benefit for the
Bulk Bag industry! Designed for easy cleaning operation,
the Bulk Bag Discharger and Flexible Screw Conveyor can
handle a variety of materials including sensitive products
where microbial contamination must be controlled.
The USDA/3A equipment is available in all 5 types of
Spiroflow Bulk Bag Dischargers and also the Flexible Screw
Conveyors.
For more information contact:
Mr. Alan Farnham
National Accounts Sales Manager
Spiroflow Systems, Inc.
2806 Gray Fox Rd.
Monroe, NC 28110
Telephone: 704-291-9595
Fax: 704-291-9594
Web site: Spiroflow
Systems 
mailto:AlanF@spiroflowsystems.com
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Top Picks From Amazon.com
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Time to advance your skills over the summer, check into these
great books to broaden your processing knowledge.
"Handbook of Batch Processing
Design"
by P. N. Sharratt (editor)
Hard Cover, First Edition, January 1998
"Processing of Particulate
Solids" (Powder Technology Series)
by J. Seville, U. Tuzun and R. Clift
Hard Cover, August 1997
"Fluid Bed Technology in Materials
Processing"
by C. K. Gupta, D. Sathiyamoorthy
Hardcover, 560 pages, February 1999
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
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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
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http://www.powderandbulk.com/pb_services/askjoe.htm
PAST Ask Joe! ARCHIVED ARTCLES
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Fluid Bed Cleaning in Place
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Columbia, MD: The Aeromatic-Fielder Division of Niro Inc. now
offers a patented technology for cleaning fluid bed processors
in place. Cleaning in place (CIP) features may be incorporated
into every fluid bed dryer, granulator, and coater offered by
the company. CIP is important in many segments of the chemical
industry, particularly in pharmaceutical production and food
processing, where automation of the cleaning process ensures
repeatability, allows validation, and minimizes down time.
The heart of the Aeromatic-Fielder CIP system is an advanced
Wash Liquid Preparation Unit, which handles all filtering,
preheating, mixing, and pumping of water, detergents, and
demineralized water. It provides continuous monitoring and
control of cleaning parameters, including flow rate, detergent
concentration, temperature, and wash time, for full process
validation.
Aeromatic-Fielder fluid bed systems offer a patented
Non-Sifting Gill Plate™ air distributor that is much easier
to clean than traditional double-layer designs. It is welded
in place to eliminate powder traps. Other CIP features are
cartridge filters that can be fully cleaned in place,
retractable tank cleaners, CIP discharge mills, reverse-rotate
impellers, and strategically positioned cleaning nozzles.
Aeromatic-Fielder is one of the world’s leading manufacturers
of advanced solids processing systems for granulation,
pelletization, coating, and drying. Its advanced ranges of
fluid bed processors and high-shear mixer/granulators are
used throughout the pharmaceutical, chemical, and food
processing industries.
In addition to a wide range of standard options and
configurations in stand-alone equipment, the company also
offers complete engineering services, from system design to
process integration and optimization.
Aeromatic-Fielder technology centers are located in the
U.S., Switzerland, and the U. K. Services include product
evaluation and testing, and process optimization. The
company operates a specialized Pharmaceutical Technology
Center in Columbia, Maryland, U.S.A.
For more information contact:
Ms. Heather Szymanski
Niro Inc.
9165 Rumsey Road
Columbia, MD 21045
Telephone: 410-997-8700
Fax: 410-997-5021
Web site: http://www.niroinc.com/
mailto:info@niroinc.com
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Superior Mixing Technology
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Summit, NJ - Hosokawa Micron Powder Systems is your source
for Vrieco-NautaTM conical screw mixers. Designed for superior
mixing performance, Vrieco-NautaTM conical screw mixers
offer the following benefits: low power consumption; short
mixing time; a high level of mixing accuracy; residual-free
emptying and no separation, even during discharge.
Homogeneous mixing and optimum reproducibility of powders,
granulates, and pastes is guaranteed for both large and
small quantities. Uniform product quality is ensured, even
under partially filled conditions. Vrieco-NautaTM conical
screw mixers are engineered to accommodate a wide range of
processing needs such as liquid addition, granulation, drying,
and cooling. This versatile, space saving mixer reduces
maintenance costs and offers customers a quick return on
their investment.
An Intensifier, a dually functional accessory designed to
prevent agglomeration when mixing cohesive materials and
adding liquids to the product, is available to customers
upon request. Vrieco-NautaTM conical screw mixers are
centrally fitted with a rapid-rotating rotor, and the
intensifier is driven via a separate motor located on top
of the mixer’s main drive. Various rotors can be fitted
and the rotational speed can be altered to meet the demands
of the process.
Hosokawa Micron Powder Systems, an ISO 9001 certified facility,
is a single source provider of integrated powder and particle
processing systems. Its broad base of products and
technologies covers size reduction, agglomeration, compaction,
drying, blending, mixing, classification, powder analysis and
hygienic weighing and filling. Hosokawa’s brand names of
Alpine, Bepex, Mikro, Micron, Vrieco-Nauta, Majac, Stott
and Vitalair provide value added technology to your operation.
For more information contact:
Hosokawa Micron Powder Systems
10 Chatham Road
Summit, NJ 07901
Telephone: 908-277-9247
Fax: 908-277-2868
Web site: http://www.hmicronpowder.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.
Ms. Henri needs help with vacuum drying of powders:
I am new on the subject of powder and I have to work on the
vacuum drying of powder (particle size 10 10-6 m) Who can help
me finding any (theoretical?) information about drying powder
in vacuum?
Best regards,
Diana Henri
mailto:diana_666@hotmail.com
Mr. Bartlett needs making a slurry of metal powder:
I am new to powder handling and need help in identifying a
system that will transfer a mixture of metallic, fiberglass,
and plastic powders from a DOT-approved container (any container
that can be transferred by forklift) into a mixing container
where water and a surfactant can be added to create a 25% solids
slurry.
Charlie Bartlett
mailto:bartletc@ctc.com
Mr. Gilbert wants to rent a briquetter:
I am looking for companies that will rent a briquetter.
Chris Gilbert
Degussa-Huls Corporation
Telephone: 334-443-2417
mailto:chris.gilbert@degussa-huls.com
Mr. Carlson is looking for a dust filter:
I am looking for a filtering device that will let out gassed
air out of an vibratory vessel, while at the same time containing
the fine (down to .5 micron) silica particles without plugging
up and creating a pressurized condition inside the vessel.
Thanks in advance,
Jeff Carlson
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
Telephone: 651-733-9295
mailto:jjcarlson@mmm.com
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Call For Photographs!
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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 
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