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Powder and Bulk Dot Com Newsletter
"For the materials handling & processing professional...."
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Vol. 1, No. 17, October 25, 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
for the materials handling professional. The Newsletter is
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POWDEX SHOW
We will be attending the Powdex Show in Atlanta, GA next week
so our normal publish date will be pushed back to Thursday
evening or Friday morning. We hope to have lots of news from
the show to share with you in next week's issue.
Thanks, Joe Taylor
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Contents:
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> Contributors Wanted!
> Sponsor This Newsletter
> On-Line Granulation Monitor That "Looks to See"
> Laboratory Pelletizing System
> This Weeks Top Picks From The Reading Room
> Ask Joe Column!
> Micronis and Orenda Join Forces in Europe
> We had over 130,000 hits in September!
> 25,000 U.S. Companies Have It - Few People Know What It Is
> Hot Messages from the Help Forum
> Call For Photographs!
> From the Job Fair
> Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Sponsorship & Archive Information
> ReferWare
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Contributors Wanted!
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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. If so please send
it to:
mailto:news@powderandbulk.com
...or visit our news and information submission page at:
Click here to submit a press release
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Sponsors Message
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We would like to welcome a new sponsor to Powder and Bulk Dot
Com.
GEMCO VALVE COMPANY
Gemco is a manufacture of solids and slurry processing valves
and retractable sleeves for the powder and bulk solids industry
since 1930. Solids handling spherical disc valves with pneumatic
or electro-pneumatic positioners for full flow and dribble flow
accurate weighing. Applications for OEMs and end users include
foods, pharmaceuticals, fine chemicals, minerals plus many more.
For more information contact:
Mr. Jim Lenihan
Gemco Valve Company
301 Smally Avenue
Middlesex, NJ 08846
Telephone (toll-free): 800-654-3626
Telephone (outside US): +1-732-752-7900
Fax: 732-424-2483
mailto:jlenihan@gemcovalve.com
Web site: Gemco
Valve Company 
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On-Line Granulation Monitor That "Looks to See"
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Fuji Paudal has recently developed the so-called Image Eye
and Wet Eye to monitor the granulation in e.g. a fluid bed
granulator or mixer-granulator.
The Image Eye includes a scope that takes pictures of the
granulated product during the process. As granulation takes
place bigger granules are shown on the pictures. A CCD camera
is used to take the pictures of the growing granules on a
continuous basis . By means of a stroboscopic light, that
flashes every 0.2 to 1.2 seconds, the granules are viewable
on the video screen in the same frequency.
The video is linked to a computer system that translates the
pictures into data and show the particle size distribution
and growth in function of time.
The key principle of this technique is to separate the
background from the particles, and is based on the standard
grayscale. The computer decides if a pixel on the video
screen belongs to a particle when it is whiter than the
default grayscale value. If the pixel is darker the computer
considers the pixel as background.
By using four (4) different algorithms to calculate particle
surface, a volume and thus particle size is calculated.
The main advantage of this system is the ability to monitor
the growing particle size on-line. This allows the operator
to optimize the use of the granulator without unnecessary
extended process time in the fluid bed granulator.
Another advantage is that the operator van intervene during
the process, based on what the Image eye monitors.
For pharmaceutical applications the Image Eye can be used
to determine the final point of granulation, and is thus a
perfect tool for process validation.
Another development is the so-called Wet Eye, which is used
in combination with the Image Eye. The Wet Eye monitors the
humidity of the granule by NIR (Near Infra-Red) measurement.
For more information contact
Mr. Marc Baert
THE FITZPATRICK COMPANY EUROPE NV
Entrepotstraat 8
B-9100 Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
Phone: +32-3-777-7208
Fax: +32-3-766-1084
mailto:info@fitzpatrick.be
Web site: http://www.fitzpatrick.be/
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Laboratory Pelletizing System
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Gala’s LPU Laboratory Pelletizing System, a true lab-scale
pelletizing system, is specifically designed for laboratory
product developmental work and market sampling. The Laboratory
Pelletizing System is designed for production rates from 20
to 150 pounds per hour, (9-70 kg/h). This system is suitable
for pelletizing HMA, PS, ABS, PA, filled polyolefins, flexible
and rigid PVC, and many other polymers.
The Laboratory Pelletizing System’s underwater pelletizer is
a compact version of Gala’s standard patented spring-loaded
cutter (SLC), with patented self-aligning cutter hub assembly
supplied as a standard feature.
The centrifugal pellet dryer and tempered water system design
incorporates several unique features to enhance the
attractiveness of this small system for laboratory use;
some of its advantages are -
-Easy to clean
-Requires few, inexpensive, replacement parts
-Simple and easy to operate
-Lightweight and portable
-Designed to duplicate the actual “production scenario” of
the Gala Underwater Pelletizing principles
The system includes a spring-loaded underwater pelletizer,
tempered water system, new and redesigned centrifugal pellet
dryer - all mounted on a single chassis with swivel casters.
All necessary electrical controls are contained in a simple
freestanding panel.
For more information contact:
Mr. John Roberts
Sales Manager
Gala Industries, Inc.
181 Pauley Street
Eagle Rock, VA 24085 USA
Telephone: 540 884-2589
Fax: 540 884-2310
mailto:gala@gala-industries.com
Web site: http://www.gala-industries.com/
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This Week's Top Picks From The Reading Room
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Well we have done it now! We are proudly now Amazon.com
Affiliates for Amazon.uk (United Kingdom) and Amazon.de
(Germany). We finalized our Amazon.de applications with a
little help from a wonderful, German-speaking employee at
Amazon.com.
Both the UK and German sites can be searched from our search
boxes located in the navigation bar on each web page. Just
type in your keyword or phrase and click...up pops a list of
books meeting your search criteria.
Top picks from the Reading Room this week are:
"Dispersing Powders in Liquids"
(Handbook of Powder Technology, Volume 7)
by Ralph D. Nelson
Hardcover, January 1989
"Materials Handling Handbook (McGraw-Hill)"
by David E. Mulcahy (Editor)
Hard Cover, 768 pages, September 1998
"Plant Layout and Material Handling"
by Fred E. Meyers
Hardcover, January 1993
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 we
have made for you at:
http://www.powderandbulk.com/pb_services/readingroom.htm
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Ask Joe Column!
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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 - Packaging Powders - The Great 'Give Away'
This week's article is called "Packaging Powders - The Great
'Give Away'" is a guest article by Richard Farnish of The Wolfson
Centre for Bulk Solids Handling Technology.
You can read Richard's article at:
http://www.powderandbulk.com/pb_services/askjoe.htm
Ask Joe! ARCHIVED ARTCLES
Web Address for Ask Joe Archive is:
http://www.powderandbulk.com/pb_services/ask_joe_archive/toc.htm
SUBSCRIBE
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Micronis and Orenda Join Forces in Europe
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Micronis (France) and Orenda (Canada) are establishing
a partnership to distribute the Orenda pulverizers in Europe.
These mills are specially designed the reduce Polyethylene in
the rotomolding industries. These mills are also suitable for
reducing PVC, PA and ABS.
Micronis is a company specialized in grinding mills, attrition
mills for cereals, pet food, dry food and PVC and pin mills,
both ambient and cryogenic, single or double rotor.
Micronis also has facilities to do toll grinding, either
cryogenically or at ambient temperatures and to do R&D in
grinding new materials.
For more information contact:
Mr. J. P. Mahe
mailto:jpm@micronis.com
Telephone: (33) 553 68 01 55
Fax: (33) 553 87 55 84
Web site: http://www.micronis.com/
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25,000 U.S. Companies Have It - Few People Know What It Is
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October 6,1999 (INB) -- U.S. companies are increasingly
recognizing the need to establish ISO 9000 systems. At
present, approximately 1 in 500 U.S. businesses are
registered to ISO 9000. The lengthy list is comprised of
many well-known national firms. It includes Ford Motor
Company, AT&T, Hewlett-Packard, Alcoa, and Federal Express
as well as numerous medium to small enterprises.
Surprisingly, the majority of people do not know what ISO
is, much less that these companies have achieved
registration.
ISO 9000 is a management system designed to help companies
produce consistent products and services. There are over
25,000 U.S. companies, and over 270,000 companies worldwide
registered to ISO. Some companies will only do business with
firms that are ISO registered. ISO registration has also
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the only international standard in the marketplace today.
As ISO has become more popular, many companies have attained
ISO 9000 registration for cost savings and prestige.
According to a survey conducted in conjunction with Dun &
Bradstreet, cost savings range from thousands of dollars per
year to several hundred thousand dollars per year.
Companies often spend thousands to millions of dollars to
become registered. Registration to ISO 9000 is evidence that
these companies are committed to increasing quality,
reducing costs and providing a better product or service.
ISORegistered.com <http://www.ISORegistered.com> was created
to provide valuable information to quality professionals and
build public awareness about ISO. It is the only worldwide
directory specifically designed and developed to help
registered companies promote their registration, products
and services and to provide a one-stop information resource
on ISO and related standards.
Marci Stell, Marketing Manager for ISORegistered.com, Inc.,
explains ISORegistered.com's main goals: "Our objective is
to contribute timely, useful information about ISO-related
news, as well as guidance to quality professionals on a
constant basis. On even terms, we strive to provide
registered firms with the most highly promoted low-cost
method for marketing their certification, products and
services."
ISORegistered.com can be viewed on the Internet at:
<http://www.isoregistered.com>.
For more information on ISO 9000 and/or ISORegistered.com
contact Darryl Graham please call 1-800-845-0567.
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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. Haaland needs help discharging a double cone drier:
Present method is relative open with manual scrapers in use at
end of emptying to get out all product clinging to walls of
drier. Does anyone know of methods or equipment to close the
process and maybe increase amount recovered from drier?
Please reply by email.
Peter Haaland
Nycomed Imaging
mailto:phd@nycomed.com
Web site: http://www.nycomed.com/
Mr. Ayub is looking for a used grinder:
Looking for used fine grinder for grinding of polyester & epoxy
to particle size ranging for 10-100 micron.
Expected output should be max. 100 kg/hr.
Reply to,
Hasan Ayub
HB Plastics
56 Khy-e-Jauahar
I-10/3, Islamabad, Pakistan
Telephone: 9251-443788
Fax: 9251-275404
mailto:hag74@hotmail.com
Mr. Nielson wants to pump microspheres:
We are looking for another method of "transporting" micro
balloons from bulk storage to mixers, presently use double
diaphragm pumps but pressures are too high and product is
lost to atmosphere, any ideas?
Harry Nielson
Flotation Technologies
mailto:harry@flotec.com
Web site: http://www.flotec.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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Call For Photographs!
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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
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From the Job Fair
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We have two postings from the Job Fair this week:
SALES REPS WANTED
Sales reps wanted to represent the FIBC (big bags) producing
company in USA.
Concepts Worldwide, Inc.
740 Sidney Marcus Blvd. #5307
Atlanta GA 30324
Fax: 404-467-1666
SALES ENGINEER
Atritor Limited of Coventry is a global supplier of Powder
Processing Equipment including Milling, Drying and Coating
systems for the Fine Minerals, Ceramics, Chemical, Pharmaceutical,
Food and Confectionery Industries.
As a part of our growth strategy we are seeking to appoint a
sales engineer to strengthen the existing team and to generate
new business from a good track record in at least two of the
above industries.
Applications are welcomed from candidates from a high level
engineering qualification in addition to several years relevant
sales experience. As Atritor is a major exporter, some previous
exposure to international sales is preferred.
Computer literacy is expected and relevant foreign language
skills would be an advantage.
The importance of this appointment will be reflected in the
level of salary and a package of benefits including Pension
and Company car.
CV with covering letter please, to:
Sales Director
Atritor Ltd.
PO BOX 101 Edgwick Park
Coventry CV6 5RD
United Kingdom
Telephone: + 44 (0) 1203 662266
Fax: + 44 (0) 1203 665751
mailto:info@atritor.com
Web site: http://www.atritor.com/
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Joseph Taylor, Editor
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Jacksonville Beach, FL 32250
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