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Powder and Bulk Dot Com Newsletter
"For the materials handling & processing professional...."
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Vol. 1, No. 22, November 29, 1999
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN): 1526-9051
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Joseph Taylor, Editor, mailto:jtaylor@powderandbulk.com
Copyright 1999, Powder and Bulk Dot Com
This is a 100% opt-in newsletter with news and information
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Happy Thanksgiving to all our American friends out there.
We wish you and your family the best during the holiday.
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!
> Sponsor This Newsletter
> AGRA Welcomes Diavik Mine Announcement
> New Type of Briquetting, Roll Compactor
> This Week's Top Picks From The Amazon.com
> Ask Joe Column!
> Powder Technology Courses in 2000
> We had over 150,000 hits in October!
> Engineering Training Course
> 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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AGRA Welcomes Diavik Mine Announcement
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OAKVILLE, ON, - AGRA Inc. welcomes the decision by the Honorable
David Anderson, announced earlier this week, to proceed with
the next steps in the project approval process for the Diavik
Diamonds Project located 300 kilometers northeast of Yellowknife
in the Northwest Territories.
In July 1999, AGRA subsidiary AGRA Simons was named as construction
manager for the $1.3-billion diamond mine by project owners
Diavik Diamond Mines Inc. AGRA's total contract for work
(following final permitting) is expected to be approximately
$50 million. The federal Minister's announcement initiates a
final permitting process, anticipated to be completed by year -
end. AGRA Simons is now proceeding with certain tendering,
evaluating and awarding of contracts related to work that is
planned to begin in the new year.
"We are proud to have been awarded the key construction management
role for this important Canadian mining project and we are
encouraged to see the project moving toward full construction,"
said AGRA President & CEO Peter Janson. "Our role in the Diavik
mine project further strengthens our reputation for excellence
in a broad range of significant northern Canadian engineering,
construction and environmental projects."
AGRA Simons' work on the Diavik Diamonds Project will be conducted
on site with some support from the company's Yellowknife and
Calgary offices. The Diavik Diamonds Project is expected to
produce between 6 - 8 million carats a year, representing about
5 per cent of global diamond production. Construction is targeted
for completion by mid-2003.
AGRA Simons is a leading professional services company providing
engineering, construction and technology services to the mining,
consumer products and forest industries. It is a wholly owned
subsidiary of AGRA Inc., one of North America's largest international
engineering, construction, environmental and technology corporations.
Headquartered in Canada, AGRA employs 6,500 people and operates
186 offices in 24 countries. The company's web site is located at
http://www.agra.com
AGRA's shares are traded on the Toronto and Montreal exchanges
under the trading symbol AGR.
For further information contact:
Mr. David Paterson
Vice President
Corporate Affairs & Investor Relations
AGRA Inc.
Telephone: 905-403-5024
Fax: 905-829-4407
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New Type of Briquetting, Roll Compactor
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Fitzpatrick recently developed a new type of briquetting roll
compactor, the Model 250Lx500D.
This new briquetter has following features a robust design for
high reliability and ease of maintenance. Minimal number of
unique parts to keep inventory and costs to a minimum. The
rolls are water cooled. Shells are 250 mm wide by 500 mm in
diameter, and are made of abrasion and corrosion resistant
steel, heat treated to RC59 hardness. Shells are oversized
to allow multiple regrinds. Rolls can be quickly and easily
removed.
The unit is belt driven by a TEFC drive motor. Fixed and
floating rolls are direct connected to dual gearbox via special
couplings. The feed system has provision for vacuum deaeration.
A hydraulic system is an air operated oil pump with accumulators
to ensure consistent pressure. Maximum roll force is equivalent
to 150 tons. Roll pressure feed system is controlled by load
cells integrated between fixed and floating bearing blocks,
ensuring positive, accurate monitoring of compaction forces.
The result is minimization of webbing and a highly consistent
quality briquette. For more information contact:
Europe and Worldwide:
Mr. Marc Baert
THE FITZPATRICK COMPANY EUROPE NV
Entrepotstraat 8
B-9100 Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
Telephone: +32-3-777-7208
Fax: +32-3-766-1084
mailto:info@fitzpatrick.be
Web site: http://www.fitzpatrick.be/
In North America:
Mr. Scott Wennerstrum
The Fitzpatrick Company
832 Industrial Drive
Elmhurst, IL 60126
Telephone: 630-530-3333
Fax: 630-530-0832
mailto:swennerstrum@fitzmill.com
Web site: http://www.fitzmill.com/
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This Week's Top Picks From The Amazon.com
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Top picks from Amazon.com this week are:
"Material Handling Engineering Handbook and Directory, 1997-98"
by Bernard Knill (Editor)
Paperback (1997)
"Batch Control: Practical Guides for Measurement and Control"
by Eli Nisenfeld, A.E. Nisenfeld, H. Leegwater (Editors)
Hardcover, May 1996
"Particulate Flows: Processing and Rheology"
by D. A. Drew, D. D. Joseph and S. L. Passman (editors)
Hard Cover, January 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!
You can visit the Reading Room and view the selections, or
try out our new Amazon Book Search feature for the Germany,
UK and US Amazon stores at:
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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
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old publish or perish is true!) by contributing an article
to the Ask Joe! Column.
For more information, please contact Joe Marinelli at:
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THIS WEEK'S ARTICLE - "Bulk Powder Conveying, Part I"
A guest article by Henk Colijn of Colijn & Associates.
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Powder Technology Courses in 2000
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The FPS Institute announces three courses in powder technology
to be held in Bradford, UK in March, May & September 2000:
Filtration, Separation and Washing
28-30 March 2000
Hydrocyclones 2000
24-26 May 2000
Particle Size Measurement and Sampling
25-27 September 2000
Should you or any of your colleagues be interested, the details
are published on our courses web site or, alternatively, a
course leaflet can be requested by e-mail.
Prof. L. Svarovsky
FPS Institute
Bradford, UK
Telephone/Fax: 0044 (0)1274 546 276
mailto:lsvarovsky@aol.com
http://members.aol.com/lsvarovsky/
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Engineering Training Course
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As part of Carmagen Engineering's commitment to quality
engineering, our engineers conduct monthly courses in our
New Jersey office. Small classes, emphasizing personal,
effective, maximum learning in short blocks of time.
Presented by our team of expert engineers, we hold two
"course days" a month… see below for December's schedule.
Attendees may sign up for one day or two, depending on their
needs.
December Course Schedule
December 1, 1999
Course 605: Determining Required Storage Tank Shell Thickness
in Accordance with API 650
Course 902: Piping System Stress Analysis
Course 903: Introduction to Process Plant Piping System
Maintenance Requirements
December 2, 1999
Course 402: Introduction to Pressure Vessel Maintenance
Requirements
Course 601: Shell and Bottom Evaluation of Aboveground
Atmospheric Storage Tanks in Accordance with API 653
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Storage Tanks in Accordance with API 653
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7 Waverly Place
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Web site: http://www.carmagen.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.
Mr. Joshi wants to know about accuracy of screw conveyors:
We currently use a silo/hopper with a special device to feed
a powder at around 250 kg/min. The discharge accuracy is
claimed to be + or - 0.5% of the setpoint. The powder is
then transferred to a screw conveyor for discharging into a
mixer. The variation in the final product weight can be
significantly greater than + or - 1% (compounded by the
variability of another feed material in the mixer).
Am I right in thinking that, because the screw conveyor is
a volumetric device and can introduce aeration, that it is
possible to 'undo' the accuracy of the precision feeder
and therefore suffer the higher variability in the final
product?
What is the general accuracy of discharge from a screw
conveyor claimed by various manufacturers? Can + or - 0.5%
be achieved in a screw conveyor?
Utkarsha Joshi
mailto:utkarsha.joshi@bpb.com
Mr. Backlund needs help with metal powders:
I need help to find equipment to handle metal powders in a
dust-free environment. Weighing and filling drums. Cleanroom
techniques? bulk handling, IBC-handling.
Please contact me if you have any ideas.
Stefan Backlund
mailto:stefan.backlund@sandvik.com
Mr. Canjé help with heat exchanger operation:
I´m a student from Germany, University of applied Science Cologne.
A branch of study is construction several kinds of apparatus.
Due to this we need to construct a heat exchanger for gas, which
works by evaporating a liquid medium. The gas has nearly the
conditions of normal air. (for calculating) The gas coming in
temperature is 420 °C, the outgoing temperature is 60 °C, the
pressure is 6 bar. The feed is 30000 m3/h.
If anybody got something to calculate or knows how to construct
such a heat exchanger, i will be very thankful.
Greetings from Germany,
Oliver Canjé
mailto:Ocanje@aol.com
Mr. Heekin wants help with powder coatings:
Is it possible to get a powder coat to put a wood grain effect
on aluminum if so who can supply it? I know that the piece
can be powder coated a film with a transfer put on the piece
before being put in the oven. but is there a simpler process.
All suggestions welcome,
Andrew Heekin
Timeworks Ltd. Ireland
mailto:timeworks@tinet.ie
Mr. Dykes need help with drilling mud:
Can anyone help us with a means to transfer oil based mud
contaminated drill cuttings from the solids removal equipment
on an offshore (North Sea) platform/mobile drilling rig
to dynamically positioned supply boats for transfer and
treatment ashore?
Approximately 7 tonnes of sticky oily cuttings are produced
an hour. Challenges include cutting stickiness, no spillage
(environmentally sensitive area), long convoluted transfer
routes, limited power availability, noise, occupational
health and safety considerations.
Chris Dykes
Amerada Hess Ltd.
Aberdeen Scotland
Telephone: +44 (0) 1224 243065
mailto:chris.dykes@hess.com
Mr. Oder is looking for a contract bagger:
Seeking mid-west or Carolinas area contract bagger to handle
from trucks and super sacs to 25-30 lb. bags/pallet for
fumed silica.
Richard Oder
Telephone: 561 848 3964
mailto:esarwoder@aol.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/default.htm
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