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Precia-Molen acquires Nova Weigh
 Redditch,
UK -- Precia-Molen has recently completed the acquisition of
specialist weighing company Nova Weigh. Nova Weigh is a well
established company with a respected brand within their
market sector offering tailored solutions in vessel weighing
and process management in the petrochemical, pharmaceutical
and food industries.
The company maintain a strong
solution based sales operation throughout the UK and
Ireland, with a joint venture in India. Specializing in the
chemical industry its other key markets are pharmaceuticals,
food, beverages, logistics and paints & coatings.
Precia-Molen specializes in
industrial weighing, both static and dynamic within the
minerals, cement, waste and agricultural industries and has
an enviable reputation for innovation and quality at the
forefront of weighing technology.
The acquisition of Nova Weigh
forms part of Precia-Molen Group's strategy, and will
establish Precia-Molen UK as a fully integrated weighing
company offering end-to-end customer solutions, with the
benefits of a greatly enhanced portfolio of complementary
products to service their combined market sectors.
John Swinburne, MD, Precia-Molen
UK Limited, commented "The acquisition of Nova Weigh will
not only benefit our core business but will open up new
markets for the company. The integration of the two
companies will also enable us to provide enhanced levels of
service, maintenance and technical back-up for our customers
throughout the UK and Ireland."
Source:
http://www.preciamolen.com/ |
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Coal : Russian Bulk Handling
Port Upgraded
Essen,
Germany -- Increasing demand on the world coal market is
pushing to increase the Russian annual coal production. In
order to handle this increased coal demand in the ports, all
major coal producers are investing in the infrastructure of
their port handling facilities.
One of
these ports is Posjet Port, located in the very far east of
Russia, close to the Chinese and North Korean border. From
this location one of the important players on the coal
market, Mechel Group, is handling their bulk coal shipment
to Japan, Korea and South East Asia.
To
increase their competitiveness in the market, Mechel Group
is investing heavily in the upgrade of Posjet Port.
ThyssenKrupp Fördertechnik was selected by Mechel Group to
supply all necessary bulk material handling equipment for
the upgrade of the port.
The
scope of work comprises delivery of railcar unloading
facility (two side tipplers) unloading simultaneously two
railcar wagons, one transfer car, two bucket-wheel
stacker/reclaimers, one shiploader, crushing- and a complete
conveying system, including all galleries, transfer towers
and conveyor bridges.
In
order to reduce the difficulties of unloading coal in
winter, Mechel has added a defrosting tunnel, equipped with
special heating devices.
To
protect the environment, special requirements had to be
taken into consideration when designing and configuring the
handling system, in particular for environmental protection
against dust and noise emission.
The
handling capacity of the equipment is designed for 3,000
tons/hour and an overall handling capacity of 7 Mio. tons
per year.
Considering the fact that the present handling capacity is
between 2 to 3 Mio. tons per year, the expansion of the port
increases the handling capacity by more than 1.5 times.
The
equipment to be supplied by ThyssenKrupp Fördertechnik will
represent state-of-the-art in operational safety and
handling efficiency.
As
ThyssenKrupp Fördertechnik, as one of the few suppliers in
the world, covers the complete production program of the
bulk materials handling sector, the complete handling
facilities of the port system will be based on ThyssenKrupp
Fördertechnik’s own know how. Therefore the client can rely
on a tailor-made system coming from one source.
The
coal handling terminal at Posjet is scheduled to operate
with the increased handling capacity around mid of 2010.
In
addition the handling system will contribute to create new
jobs and secure existing jobs in the region around Posjet.
Posjet itself is a settlement of only 3000 people.
Courtesy:
http://www.thyssenkrupp-foerdertechnik.de/
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Satake acquires rights to
"Ripple Mill"
 Revesby,
Australia -- Bulk materials processing specialists Satake
Australia has acquired the manufacturing and product support
rights to the 'Ripple Mill' previously manufactured by
Pellet Technology Australia Ltd.
The
Ripple Mill is a low speed mill for the efficient cracking
of palm nuts and is also used for dehulling soy, coffee
beans, oats and the pre-grinding of coal, chemicals and
minerals.
“The
Ripple Mill is an important addition to our processing
equipment portfolio. We are now in full production of new
units and able to provide spares and after-sales service
from our Sydney headquarters. We’ve also just completed
incorporating a Ripple Mill in to our extensive test
facilities and it is available for clients wishing to trial
their own samples,” said Satake’s sales manager, Roger Cook.
Satake
Australia intends to develop the Ripple Mill technology in
to new cracking, grinding and size reduction applications to
complement their existing range of hammer and roller mills.
Satake
Australia has an international reputation and wide ranging
expertise in the design and supply of plants handling free
flowing solids. These "state-of-the-art" installations
catering for dry granular and powdered materials such as
feed, grains, flour, sugar, coffee, milk powder, chemicals,
plastics, minerals and soap powder. Sales offices worldwide.
Satake
Australia Pty Ltd
Email:
info@satake.com.au
Web site:
http://www.satake.com.au/
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Sartorius Introduces ProBatch+ Software
 Goettingen,
Germany -- The Sartorius ProBatch+ software used in
conjunction with the Sartorius X-Family, Combics Pro,
and other PLC controllers offers the user efficient
management of original raw material and recipe data. The
powerful ProBatch+ software program allows for visual
presentation of the running process and enables all
batch procedures to be both visually monitored and
easily controlled.
The ProBatch+ can supervise
and monitor just a single scale or simultaneously
control up to 16 production lines and scales operating
in parallel. In addition, the software is extremely
flexible and can be used for simple applications or
larger process automation tasks.
ProBatch+ runs under
Microsoft Windows and uses the powerful MS Access
database to manage large quantities of raw material,
recipe and production data, easily and securely.
Universal record-keeping of production data provides all
batch record traceability data for the user's SOP and
Quality Control protocols.
ProBatch+ is ideal for
manufacturers in the cosmetic, chemical and food
industries as it covers a wide variety of products and
at the same time can react quickly to changing market
conditions and procedures.
Key advantages of Sartorius
ProBatch+ Software:
Material management:
ProBatch+ can manage a large number of materials
pertaining to a production line. With only a few
operator steps, raw material quantities used and recipe
quantities produced can be called up. Automatic stock
monitoring is included. Material tracking with three
freely selectable batch parameters and one data field
can be optionally activated.
Report management: At the end
of every recipe run, ProBatch+ generates batch and
production reports. Material management makes reports
available on consumption, production quantities and
stock levels. All reports can easily be individually
adapted to the user's SOP.
Connection using established
standards: Communication between ProBatch+ and
controllers takes place using OPC in accordance with
ANSI/ISO S88.01 Batch Control Standards. In order to
connect to visualization systems, dynamic data is
supplied via DDE and OPC. For data transfer of
production data to an ERP System, the SQL and ODBC
database interfaces can be used. This consistent use of
established standards simplifies connection and reduces
commissioning times and costs.
Script function: The script
language integrated in ProBatch+ can be used for easy
and flexible conversion of the user's specific process
requirements. The script functions make it possible to
implement rapid adaptations to process changes without
the need to carry out expensive programming in the PLC.
Sartorius Mechatronics
The Sartorius Group is an
internationally leading laboratory and process
technology provider covering the segments of Sartorius
Mechatronics and Sartorius-Stedim Biotech. For the
Sartorius Mechatronics segment in particular, the
company manufactures equipment and systems featuring
weighing, measurement and automation technology for
laboratory and industrial applications.
Web site:
http://www.sartorius-mechatronics.com/
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