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Powder and Bulk Dot Com Newsletter
"For the materials handling & processing professional...."
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Vol. 2, No. 72, November 27, 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
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Joe Taylor
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Contents:
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> Press Releases, Show Announcements and Industry News Wanted!
> Metso Extends Its Offer For Svedala
> HK Systems Announces Food and Beverage Center of Excellence
> Top Picks From Amazon.com
> Ask Joe Column!
> Extrusion Lab Makes Ideas Come True
> We had over 18,000+ Visitors in October!
> CEMA Standard 575-2000 Published
> 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 December 1st.
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article. (We do want "action-shots" for our home page!)
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...or visit our news and information submission page at:
Click here to submit a press release
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Metso Extends Its Offer For Svedala
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Metso Corporation's applications for clearance of its offer
for Svedala Industri AB from the EU Commission and the US
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) are still under consideration.
Metso has now received the EU Commission's Statement of
Objections related to the offer and is currently analyzing
the implications of this Statement. Metso remains committed
to its conditional original offer of June 21, 2000. As a
result, Metso has decided to extend the acceptance period
for the offer to February 2, 2001.
On September 18, 2000, Metso announced the extension of the
acceptance period for its public offer for Svedala Industri
AB to 30 November 2000 following the request from FTC for
additional information. The EU Commission subsequently extended
its review procedure into a second phase.
Metso has received the EU Commission's Statement of Objections
based on the Commission's detailed investigation. Metso is
currently analyzing the implications of this Statement and
intends to enter into discussions in relation to the areas
of concern expressed by the EU Commission, including any
remedies required to alleviate such concerns. The review of
the application for clearance with the FTC is not as advanced
but is progressing and Metso will continue its efforts to
obtain clearance.
As a result of the continued review by the EU Commission and
the FTC, Metso has decided to extend the acceptance period
for the offer for Svedala Industri AB to February 2, 2001.
The EU Commission's final decision is due on or before
February 2, 2001. Metso may decide on a further extension
of the acceptance period should it be necessary for reasons
related to the implementation of the offer. With the exception
of the extension of the acceptance period, the terms of the
offer by Metso to the shareholders in Svedala Industri AB,
announced on June 21, 2000, are unchanged (offer document
dated July 7, 2000).
Metso owns a total of 567,300 shares of Svedala Industri AB,
equivalent to 1.2 percent of the company's share capital.
The proposed acquisition of Svedala represents an important
strategic move which would enhance shareholder value. The
integration planning process has been ongoing during the
fall to the extent permitted having due regard to the
pending regulatory approval processes.
For additional information, please contact:
Sakari Tamminen
Executive Vice President
Metso Corporation
tel. +358 204 843 010
Taina Sollamo
Vice President
Investor Relations
Metso Corporation
tel. +358 204 843 159
Web site: http://www.metsocorporation.com/
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HK Systems Announces Food and Beverage Center of Excellence
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MILWAUKEE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 22, 2000--To better enable
its customers to respond to the growing demands of a
continuously changing market, HK Systems, Inc. today announces
the development of a Food and Beverage Center of Excellence
(COE). This COE will provide total supply chain solutions for
the diverse demands of the food and beverage product
manufacturing, warehousing and distribution environments from
consulting to design, implementation and finally service.
A leading supplier to the food and beverage industry for over
30 years, HK Systems provides turnkey, material handling and
supply chain software solutions focused on reliability and
maintainability supported by comprehensive services including
on-site maintenance, spare parts, modernizations and upgrades.
Effective immediately, Paul Probst has been named Vice
President, HK Systems Food and Beverage COE. With more than
20 years of delivering in the industry, Paul will play an
integral part in directing the sales and solution delivery
efforts of this organization.
"With a heritage of success in material handling and software,
HK Systems is excited to offer food and beverage producers an
experienced single point of contact and enhanced responsiveness
to their needs," stated Probst. "We welcome the opportunity
to develop and implement food and beverage solutions that will
improve overall operating efficiencies and cost structures."
HK Systems, Inc. is a leading total supply chain execution
software and automated material handling solutions provider.
The company develops, implements and supports integrated
solutions for the management of enterprise-wide inventory,
distribution, logistics management and automated material
handling systems. The company also manufactures a full line
of conveyors, palletizers, sortation equipment, storage/retrieval
machines and automated guided vehicles. HK Systems' solutions
enable its customers to implement advanced supply chain
strategies to improve customer service, reduce inventory and
delivery time and lower overall costs of manufacturing,
distribution and transportation.
HK Systems' corporate headquarters are located in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin with additional facilities in Salt Lake City, Utah;
Hebron, Kentucky; Montgomery, Alabama; Seattle, Washington;
and Toronto, Canada. For more information regarding the company,
products and/or services, call 1-800-HKSYSTEMS or visit
our web site at http:/www.hksystems.com/ .
For more information contact:
HK Systems, Inc.
Ms. Cheryl Falk, 262/860-6715
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Top Picks From Amazon.com
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We have updated and added about a dozen new books for the
materials handling professional to the Technical Reading Room.
Here are some of the new selections:
"Pneumatic Conveying of Solids: A Theoretical and Practical Approach"
(Powder Technology Series)
by G.E. Klinzing, R.D. Marcus, F. Rizk
Hardcover, 2nd edition, April 1997
"Stacking Blending Reclaiming of Bulk Materials"
(Series on Bulk Materials Handling, Vol. 1, No 5)
by Reinhard H. Wohlbier (Editor)
Hardcover, January 1977
"Materials Handling Handbook (McGraw-Hill)"
by David E. Mulcahy (Editor)
Hard Cover, 768 pages, September 1998
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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THIS WEEK'S ARTICLE
"Testing Materials With Large Particles"
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
-- WE NEED YOUR 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
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Extrusion Lab Makes Ideas Come True
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With its extrusion processes test laboratory, Buhler is
offering its customers more than merely a service center.
It is also giving them the support they need for transforming
their product ideas into a reality.
Extrusion is a versatile process for making foods, petfood,
animal feeds and increasingly also non-food products.
Extruders allow the physical and in some cases the chemical
properties of substances to be modified, decomposed, mixed
and ultimately formed. Viewed from this angle, extrusion is
far more than just cooking under extreme conditions: The
process allows selective control over intermediate and
finished products through the retention time, the water
content of the product, and the pressure values attained.
Linking up system components as required
The heart of a cooking and forming system is normally a
twin-screw extruder, embedded in upstream and downstream
unit operations serving for the conditioning of the raw
material and the final treatment of the product. In process
development, attention is focused on the link-up of process
units according to the specific requirements and on the
reproducibility of results. At the same time, the
throughput capacities of the individual system elements
are carefully matched.
Extensive counseling
The laboratory of the Buhler Extrusion Services (ES)
business unit is on the one hand equipped with facilities
which meet these criteria and are used by international
customers to run tests and carry out development projects.
On the other hand, Buhler offers its partners far more
extensive services than merely the performance of
operating tests on customized processing lines. They
start before actual testing with extensive counseling.
This includes not only the preparation and the set-up
of the tests, but also the definition of the appropriate
variation widths and depths of the process parameters
and the recording of the test data. The tests are
conducted under the supervision of staff with a broad
knowledge of process technologies, supported by
experienced test engineers who know how to get the most
out of the comprehensive range of equipment available.
Designed for success in the marketplace
The test-related services include analyses performed
on site and if maximum measurement precision is demanded
also in Buhler’s central laboratory. They are completed
by professional reporting on the tests. Besides offering
its customers a service center, Buhler thereby ensures
that their investments in Buhler know-how will help
transform their product ideas into a reality. The ES
process development specialists are always interested
in teaming up with customers the product specialists.
Such joint efforts will allow products to be made which
will meet with lasting success in the marketplace.
Buhler is the global technology partner for efficient
production systems, engineering solutions and the
associated services in the food processing industry,
in chemical process engineering and in die casting.
For more information, please contact:
Mr. Roman Salzmann
Buhler AG
CH-9240 Uzwil
Switzerland
Telephone ++41 71 955 33 99
Fax ++41 71 955 38 51
mailto:roman.salzmann@buz.buhler.ch
Web site: http://www.buhler.ch/
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CEMA Standard 575-2000 Published
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CEMA has published an new Standard: CEMA Standard 575-2000
"Bulk Material Belt Conveyor Impact Bed/Cradle - Selection
and Dimensions."
Impact Beds/Cradles are used to reduce premature idler failure
and reduce belt damage in the load zone of bulk material
handling conveyor systems. This standard had been established
to provide a uniform method of rating and dimensioning among
the various manufacturers of conveyor belt Impact Beds/Cradles.
It assures the users of Impact Beds/Cradles that they are
dimensionally compatible with conveyor idlers manufactured
to the most current version of CEMA Standard 502 "Bulk Material
Belt Conveyor Troughing and Return Idlers - Selection and
Dimensions."
Non-CEMA Member Price is $10.00 plus shipping and handling.
About CEMA
Since 1933, the Conveyor Equipment Manufacturers Association
has been the voice of the U.S. manufacturers of conveyors and
conveying components. Recently it has expanded its membership
to include Canadian and Mexican manufacturers in conjunction
with the development of the NAFTA, as well as a new class of
membership called Technical Membership.
Its purpose is to promote, among its members and the industry,
standardization of design, manufacture, and application on a
voluntary basis and in such manner as will not impede
development of conveying machinery and component parts or
lessen competition.
Its almost 100 member companies represent the full spectrum
of the industry. They are organized into six product sections:
Bulk Handling Components and Systems,
Conveyor Chain,
Conveyor Controls,
General Bulk Handling,
Palletizers,
Screw Conveying, and
Unit Handling Conveying
For more information about CEMA and it's publications:
Mr. Phil Hannigan
Conveyor Equipment Manufacturers Association - CEMA
6724 Lone Oak Blvd.
Naples, Florida 34109
Telephone: 941-514-3441
Fax: 941-514-3470
Web site: http://www.cemanet.org/
mailto:cema@cemanet.org
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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. Solomon needs info on pneumatic conveying of pharmaceutical solids:
What are the advantages and disadvantages of pharmaceutical
pneumatic conveying systems using; 1. Positive Pressure and
2. Negative Pressure.
Sarah Solomon GRSC/BSc
mailto:sarah.solomon@virgin.net
Mr. Coria needs help reclaiming rice subproducts:
I am trying to know if a rice subproduct like the peripheral
skin cleaning , with a 25% of fat containing can be reclaimed
from a 30 ton storage silo by any mean (like vibratory bottom).
J D Coria
mailto:jdcoria@hotmail.com
These and other messages can be found in the Help Forum.
Share your expertise with others:
http://www.powderandbulk.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl
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Call For Photographs!
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This week's photo is of a Pebco Telescoping Chute is used for
abrasive or large particle size materials on stack-out systems,
barge loading and high tonnage loading applications. Pebco
manufactures the Cascade Chute, Dustless Loading Spout, and
Telescopic Chutes for truck, train, and ship loading.
Photo courtesy of Becky Albritton of Pebco.
http://www.pebco.com/
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 e-mail 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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