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Powder and Bulk Dot Com Newsletter
"For the materials handling & processing professional...."
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Vol. 1, No. 14, October 4, 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
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Thanks, Joe Taylor
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Contents:
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> Contributors Wanted!
> Sponsor This Newsletter
> Kice Industries Renews Sponsorship
> Phillips Installs New Cement Kiln at Florida Rock Plant
> This Weeks Top Picks From The Reading Room
> Robatel Offers Free Centrifugal Reference CD-ROM
> Ask Joe Column!
> We had over 115,000 hits in August!
> Silo Unloader Eliminates Bridging Problems
> Eriez Announces New Manufacturing Affiliate in India
> Hot Messages from the Help Forum
> Call For Photographs!
> From the Job Fair
> Subscribe & Unsubscribe Information
> ReferWare
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Contributors Wanted!
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Knowledgeable writers wanted.
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information you would like to share with our subscribers?
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Kice Industries Renews Sponsorship
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We are please to announce that Kice Industries has just
renewed their sponsorship of Powder and Bulk Dot Com
for another year! Darcy Mathes, Sales Manager of Kice
was one of our early believers of the site and a great
friend. Since December of 1998, when we started tracking
the number of people clicking through, Powder and Bulk Dot
Com has sent over 1,500 professionals to visit Kice's web
site from their enhanced listings on our site.
Kice Industries is a manufacture of pneumatic conveying
equipment, baghouses, aspirators, milling plants and other
equipment serving the grain, foods, chemical and plastics
industry.
For more information contact:
Mr. Darcy Mathes
Kice Industries
550 Mill Heights
Wichita, KS 67219
Telephone: 316-744-7151
Fax: 316-267-5931
Web site: http://www.kice.com/
mailto:dmathes@kice.com
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Phillips Installs New Cement Kiln at Florida Rock Plant
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The cement industry is enjoying record demand for their product.
The sustained level of business over the last few years has
pulled the industry into a flurry of capital investment and
new cement installations are popping up all over the country.
This is quite a change from the many years when virtually no
new plants were built.
Phillips is a seasoned kiln-repair contractor, thoroughly
experienced in the installation of shell sections, gears,
bases and every other type of mechanical improvement and
upgrades.
It was a natural step therefore for Phillips to be awarded the
installation contract for the new Krupp Polysius kiln at the
Florida Rock plant in Newberry FL. Phillips has installed new
kilns before but usually as a replacement for equipment in an
existing plant.
In this instance, a cement kiln installation for a green
field plant, a first for Phillips. In the last ten years there
simply have not been such opportunities.
The kiln arrived at the site in six sections. These were
assembled into two pieces on the ground and then lifted onto
the pier tops requiring only one joint to be completed in the
air. The scope of work included the assembly and installation
of all the kiln's mechanical components from the anchor bolts
of the drive and support roller bases up to and including
the shell.
Erection started January 4, 1999 and all the work was completed
and accepted by the owner Florida Rock and the technical
consultant, Krupp Polysius, in 48 days.
A film crew was on hand for the duration of the project, filming
the highlights of the various steps of kiln erection, and
Phillips’ capabilities in executing this type of work. The
15-minute educational and promotional video will be available
soon.
For more information contact:
Mr. Walter Gebhart
Phillips Kiln Service
2607 Dakota Ave.
South Sioux City NE 68776
Telephone (toll free): 800-831-0876
Telephone outside US: 402-494-6837
mailto:gebhartw@kiln.com
Web site: http://www.kiln.com/
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This Week's Top Picks From The Reading Room
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Top picks from the Reading Room 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 we
have made for you at:
http://www.powderandbulk.com/pb_services/readingroom.htm
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Robatel Offers Free Centrifugal Reference CD-ROM
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Robatel has created this simple and educational tool as a
guide to their equipment and a tool to assist you in your
equipment choice.
It is designed as an interactive guide to centrifugation
technology. In it you will find:
-The principles of centrifugal filtration and decantation.
-The principles of liquid/liquid extraction.
-Which technology is best suited for your process?
-Why choose one technology over another?
And in addition you will find the following information on
Robatel including a:
-Presentation of the company
-Description of the equipment range for centrifuges and
centrifugal extractors.
-Presentation of their before and after sales services.
-Several drawings and schematics of Robatel's centrifuges.
The CD ROM is available in both English and French versions
and is free for the asking.
For more information and your free CD-ROM, contact:
In North America
Mr. Greg Cybulski
ROBATEL Inc.
703 West Housatonic St.
Pittsfield, MA 01201
Telephone: 413-499-4818
Fax : 413-499-5648
mailto:sales@robatel.com
Web site: http://www.robatel.com/
In Europe and Worldwide
Mr. Dominique Sanchette
ROBATEL
Rue de Genève
69740 Genas - France
Telephone: (33) 4 72 22 10 10
Fax: (33) 4 78 90 23 79
mailto:info@robatel.fr
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Ask Joe Column!
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Guest Articles
Do you have an area of expertise in bulk materials
....or have you solved a difficult materials problem?
Share your knowledge with others by contributing an article
to the Ask Joe! Column. We welcome guest articles in the
Ask Joe! Column. If you have a 400-500 word article and
illustrations in the form of .jpg or .gif files send it
to us.
For more information, please contact Joe Marinelli at:
mailto:shtech@fmtc.net
This week's article is called "All Hoppers Are Not Created Equal!".
You can read Joe's ramblings in our featured column, Ask Joe!
at:
http://www.powderandbulk.com/pb_services/askjoe.htm
Ask Joe Archive
Many of you have asked to read the past rantings of Joe
Marinelli and articles from our guest authors. You asked for
it, so here it is, the Ask Joe Archive. Articles are listed
chronologically by the year and month it appeared.
Web Address for Ask Joe Archive is:
http://www.powderandbulk.com/pb_services/ask_joe_archive/toc.htm
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Silo Unloader Eliminates Bridging Problems
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The solution to your silo/bin bridging problems! Laidig
Industrial Systems introduces the new improved cone bottom
Model 4345E Total Electric Drive.
This cone bottom unloader has a sweep auger rotating 360 degrees
around the bin. This helps create mass flow, and enhances a
first-in-first-out (FIFO) materials flow.
Materials the Model 4345E handles include a wide range of
bulk solids including powders, chemicals, meals, wood residues
and de-watered sludge. All material contact surfaces can be
manufactured in stainless steel.
In addition to the complete line of cone bottom models, Laidig
offers an entire family of heavy-duty flat bottom unloaders.
Laidig silo unloaders can be installed into a new or existing
silos and bins.
For more information contact:
Mr. Roger Laidig
Laidig Industrial Systems
14535 Dragoon Trail
Mishawaka, IN 46544
Telephone: 219-256-0204
Fax: 219-256-5575
mailto:sales@laidig.com
Web site: http://www.laidig.com/
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Eriez Announces New Manufacturing Affiliate in India
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Eriez announced a new joint-venture with McNally Bangalore
Industry Ltd., (MBI) establishing a manufacturing affiliate,
Eriez India MBI Ltd. of Bangalore, India.
"India is among the top five producers of food commodities in
the world and a significant producer of coal and iron ore,"
according to Tim Shuttleworth, Eriez Magnetics’ Manager-
International.
"The country is rapidly modernizing its industrial base and
we see strong potential for Eriez products and services with
this new joint-venture."
Eriez will own 60 percent of the new joint venture with the
remaining 40 percent owned by McNally Bangalore. MBI has
served as Eriez’ sales representative in India for almost
two decades and will continue to serve in that capacity under
the joint-venture agreement.
Construction of a new plant and office for the new subsidiary
is currently underway in Bangalore. The new facility will help
fill the need for equipment for India’s growing manufacturing
industries.
Headquartered in Erie, Pennsylvania, USA, Eriez products are
manufactured in seven other facilities around the globe,
strategically located in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Europe,
Japan, Mexico and South Africa.
For more information contact:
Mr. Keith Jones
Eriez Magnetics
P.O. Box 10608
Erie, PA 16514-0608
Telephone (toll free): 800-345-4946
Outside the United States: 814-835-6000
Fax: 814-833-3348
mailto:kjones@eriez.com
Web site: Eriez
Magnetics 
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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. Fox has wants to get rid of ice bridging:
Working on a new system I have these questions. When ice is made
and falls into a sloped bottom bin, it "shouldn't" bridge if kept
above 34 degrees F. or so.
I'm considering HDPE walls & sloped bin bottom. In selecting a
vibrator, should I also consider some sort of attachment INSIDE
the bin like a couple of rods instead of just bolting the
vibrator(s) to the bin walls? Would this help fluidize the
contents better?
Fragmentary ice has a density of about 32/35 lbs./ft./3. This will
be dropping to an INTRALOX poly conveyor.
Thanks to all!
Dennis M. Fox
President
M&M Ice
Cairo, Ga.
mailto:foxd@rose.net
Telephone: 912-377-3422
Mr. Karanth would like to know the secret formula:
I would like to know the formulas, measurements used in
calculating, Theta_C and Theta-P of an wedge type mass flow
hopper.
These notations are found in Jenike and Johanson works. I
know where to use them but I am not able to calculate them
from a given yield loci and test data. Is there is any
mathematical formula for the above or is it an experimental
value only?.
Please help me to understand the above.
Bhaskar Karanth
mailto:bkaranth@hatch.ca
Mr. Patel needs help with locating a vibratory hopper:
I had come across a vibratory hopper that is used to feed
granular material, while at the same time using hot
process air to preheat the same.
Can anyone advise the location of this web site, as I
have misplaced it.
Mr. N. M. Patel
Director
Aakaar Fluxes Private Limited
144 & 145, Kundaim Industrial Estate
Kundaim, Goa 403115. India
Fax:(9122)-413-8244
mailto:feedback@aakaarfluxes.com
Web site: http://www.aakaarfluxes.com/
Mr. Goslak need a screw feeder for his flour:
I need help designing my own flour enrichment system.
I am thinking of a screw feeder on top of a platform
scale dumping into a small blow line.
Any suggestions?
M. Goslak
mailto:mgoslak@rci-columbus.com
Web site: http://www.rci-columbus.com
Mr. Dierwechter wants to move tote tanks:
I am looking for a device which can lift and tilt round
tote tanks (300 & 500 gal.).
Contact:
Daryl Dierwechter
McWhorter Technologies
Telephone: 847-551-3121
fax: 847-428-2679
mailto:DarylWD@aol.com
The Help Forum is open for everyone to use. You can find
these and other messages at:
http://www.powderandbulk.com/default.htm
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