Olds Elevator

Olds Elevator is the exclusive licensee of the Olds technology in the United States and Canada, they provide engineering design, elevator manufacturing, installation and service.

The Olds Elevator - Vertical Bulk Material Conveyor was conceived by inventor Peter Olds, from Queensland, Australia. Peter sought a better means to elevate foundry sand to feed an automated mixing machine. Dissatisfied with conventional methods, bucket elevators, screw elevators and pneumatic conveyers, Peter developed a concept that overcomes all the obstacles of elevating sand in his foundry and the Olds Elevator was born.

Combination Elevator and Volumetric Feeder

The Olds Elevator discharges a smooth, steady flow of product at all speeds. Variable speed motors and controllers allow it to serve as a volumetric feeder. Adjusting the speed directly changes the flow rate of the elevator, eliminating the need for overhead storage hoppers and volumetric screw feeders.

Materials handled include: sugar, coal, metal chips, sand, grains, fertilizer, flour, molasses, slurries and even wet sands. Units are available up to 30 feet tall, with single unit capacities from 0 to 18 tons per hour.

For more information contact:
Olds Elevator, LLC
86 High Ridge Road
Boxford, MA 01921

PMMI : Packaging Machinery Shipments Soar

Arlington, VA -- United States packaging machinery shipments reached $5.344 billion in 2004, a 9.3 percent increase from the $4.889 billion in equipment shipped in 2003, according to Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute’s (PMMI) 11th Annual Shipments and Outlook Study.

All 17 of the machinery categories that PMMI tracks in its annual review experienced growth in 2004. Double digit growth was experienced in seven out of the 17 categories including converting machinery +24.6%, skin and blister packaging machinery +23.8%, filling machinery, liquid products +22.8%, labeling machinery +22.0%, capping, overcapping, lidding, sealing machinery +13.8%, form/fill/seal machinery bag/pouch +11.1% and palletizing, depalletizing and pallet unitizing machinery +11.1%.

In addition, exports of U.S. made packaging machinery increased by 12.5% to $1.071 billion over the $952 million shipped in 2003. This is the first time since the inception of the annual Shipments and Outlook Study in 1993 that U.S. packaging machinery exports have topped $1 billion. Furthermore, exports as a percentage of total U.S. packaging machinery shipments reached 20% for the first time since 1997, when exports were 21% of total U.S. shipments. Finally, U.S. domestic market demand, which includes domestic consumption including import figures, increased by 9.8% with $5.604 billion consumed in the U.S. market. Domestic shipments were up 8.5% to $4.273 billion and imports to the U.S. increased 14.2%, to $1.331 billion.

Canadian packaging machinery shipments grew 8.4% in 2004 to an estimated C$420.6 million (US$323.7 million). Several categories achieved significant growth including filling machinery – dry products +113.5% to C$15.8 million, cartoning and multipacking machinery and leaflet/coupon placing machinery +22% to C$42 million, case and tray forming, packing, unpacking, closing and sealing machinery +14% to C$56.9 million and bottling line machinery +13.5% to C$16 million.

“With growth across the board, clearly 2004 was a year that consumer goods companies focused on capital equipment as a means to achieve operational efficiencies and increase productivity,” notes Charles D. Yuska, president of PMMI. “In 11 years of tracking machinery shipments, PMMI has never seen such a strong pattern of growth across all segments and for both U.S. and Canadian markets. What is also different with the 2004 shipments was the balanced growth across domestic consumption, exports and imports.”

Factors contributing to the increased spending levels during 2004 in both the U.S. and Canadian markets included:

Sustained U.S. and Canadian Economic Growth and Renewed Customer Confidence – In contrast to the customer uncertainty saturating the market in the past two years, more capital spending by end users took place in light of stronger economic fundamentals. This also benefited Canada due to the heavy dependence Canadian manufacturers place on U.S. domestic market demand.

Large Order Backlog on the Books at the End of 2003 – Into the first quarter of 2004, there was a large backlog of orders booked and not yet shipped. This amounted to $1.313 billion, representing 24.6% of the final volume of shipments for 2004.

The U.S. Investment Tax Credit – The stimulus of accelerated depreciation tax write-offs for new equipment, which expired at the end of 2004, was a key factor behind the year’s higher shipments.

Continued High Level of Machinery Replacement Activity – As forecasted in PMMI’s 2004 and 2005 Purchasing Plans reports, many customers are replacing older packaging machinery with newer, technologically advanced models.

Resurgence of Strength in the Food and Beverage Products Markets – These markets typically represent two-thirds of the packaging machinery annual shipment volume. Sizable increases in these orders amounted to $3.31 billion...

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Tough & Flexible : Kalflex Pipes Installed in Diverter Valves

Urbana, IN -- Abresist Corporation’s Kalflex Flexible Wear Protection Pipe System provides a cost-effective solution to connect structural components that move due to vibration, thermal expansion, or as a result of intended movement. The use of Abresist’s Kalflex pipes in diverter valves is an ideal application.

A Midwest plant successfully installed Kalflex pipes in diverter valves for pneumatic conveyance of carbon-based materials. In the diverter valve, the Kalflex pipe allows the plant to choose between two outlets in a pneumatic system by mechanically shifting one end of the flexible pipe. The plant also uses Abresist’s Kalbond lined parts in the valve assembly where the Kalflex is connected.

Abresist Corporation offers a wide range of pipe materials with wear protection for a variety of abrasion problems. These problems can be drastically reduced with the installation of the appropriate abrasion resistant pipes. The Kalmetall®-C and Alresist® protective linings inside Kalflex pipes add significant savings and longer service life. The Kalmetall hard cast iron segments are used in Kalflex components to withstand impact wear and sliding abrasion protection. Alresist alumina oxide ceramic segments with a Moh’s hardness of 9, are used for components exposed to extreme abrasive wear.

Kalflex pipes and elbows are easily integrated into existing pipe systems with many connections available to join almost any pipe or coupling. In addition to handling problems due to vibration and thermal expansion, Kalflex piping can be used to isolate weigh hoppers. The elbows, with flexible radius and angle positions, are very useful for replacing worn components that have undetermined radius or angle. Kalflex elbows are available in pipe I.D. sizes from 20 to 150 mm (.79” to 5.91”) and up to 2542 mm (100.08”) in length.

Abresist Corporation services customers for a wide range of applications in the power, coal, mining, and food industries. The linings are marketed throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

For more information contact:
Abresist Corporation
PO Box 38
Urbana, IN 46990
Phone: 800-348-0717
Fax: 888-348-0717
Email: info@abresist.com
Web site: www.abresist.com

Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands -- Besides the well known rotary valves and diverter valves, DMN-Westinghouse have now incorporated MS Knife Valves into their program. These large valves are suitable for applications in various industries for handling products, such as wood chips and fine minerals.

DMN Knife Valves are equipped with both an upper and lower cutter blade, which ensure that the valves do not jam or seize due to the particle size. The V-shaped 10 pocket rotor provides a strong shearing action as the blade enters the bore, which helps the cutting action in many applications.

The valves can be used for charging and discharging into dryers in the particleboard industry, woodchips in the biomass power industry, the minerals industry (cement, mineral processing and recycling), metal industry (extraction systems) and power stations. Some valve types are available conforming to ATEX Directive 94/9/EC and can therefore be used in protective systems.

The wear resistant rotor tips in combination with the chrome plated housing makes the valves very suitable for abrasive applications. The upper cutter blade is easily accessible which makes adjustment very easy and convenient.

The MS valves are available in 12 sizes from 58 to 940 liters at 100% filling efficiency, and rotor diameters vary between 500 and 1000 mm. The valves are suitable for pressures up to 0,8 bar and a product temperature up to 150 C.

As standard these valves are directly driven, other drives are available on request. An air purge seal is also optionally available.

About DMN-Westinghouse

DMN-Westinghouse have been designing and manufacturing rotary valves, diverter valves and other related components for the bulk solids handling industry for more than 30 years. Offering tailor made solutions for chemical, food, plastics and pharmaceutical industries, DMN-Westinghouse products are distributed world-wide. Besides an extensive range of standard components, USDA approved sanitary versions and ATEX approved explosion-proof models are supplied.

For more information visit: http://www.dmn-nwh.nl/

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We manufacture a blue pigment in powder form. I am looking for a way to detect flow of this material on the discharge of our baghouse.

The powder is discharged from our baghouse via a rotary valve and then gravity feeds through a vertical duct to a screw conveyor. I would like to detect flow through the vertical duct to give us a warning of no flow from our baghouse.

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Greetings, we have a 150 m3 silo (cylindrical) that is to be split into two 75 m3 silos by installing a large baffle plate. There will be separate bin activators and outlets for each side etc. They will contain dolomite and limestone.

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National Sales Manager, Bulk Material Handling - Ohio

Stock Equipment Company a leader in the design and manufacture of Bulk Material Handling Technologies has an opening for a National Sales Manager, Bulk Material Handling. Primary function will be to identify new sales channels and maintain existing ones. The identification and participation in the opening of chain and component sales channels is the primary initial task. The recruitment of representatives and distributors is likely to play a major part of this the role.

Activity will be primarily orientated towards the following areas:
Chain Link, Finished Chain and Conveyor Component Sales to distributors, OEM,s and End Users.
Participation in the pricing and product tools for chain sales.
Development of market presence for Conveying and Bulk Intake products in Cement Industry. Introduction of product to grain, food, mineral and steel markets in accordance with BMH business plan. Participation in the development of appropriate marketing tools for BMH.
Cooperation with existing Power Sales infrastructure.

Qualifications:

Degreed in a Business or Engineering Discipline, Minimum 5 years experience in Regional or Sales Territory Management (capital equipment). Some experience with component sales to distribution networks preferred. Experience with Bulk Material Handling, chain conveyors, elevators and bucket elevators products essential. Excellent written and oral communication skills essential. Formal sales training is a bonus.

Send resume to:
Stock Equipment Company
Human Resources Dept.
16490 Chillicothe Rd.
Chagrin Falls, Ohio 44023

Email: hrdept@stockequipment.com

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