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Powder and Bulk Dot Com Newsletter
"For the materials handling & processing professional...."
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Vol. 2, No. 65, October 9, 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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Our goal is to provide information to improve your business
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Thanks,
Joe Taylor
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Contents:
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> Press Releases, Show Announcements and Industry News Wanted!
> Sponsors Message
> K-Tron Expands Its New Businesses Group With Acquisition
> Niro Inc. Unveils New Web Site
> Top Picks From Amazon.com
> Ask Joe Column!
> Quality in, Quality out
> We had over 17,000+ Visitors and 246,000 Page Hits in September!
> How To Improve The Quality Of Your Grinding Process Seminar
> 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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K-Tron Expands Its New Businesses Group With Acquisition
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PITMAN, N.J., Oct. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- K-Tron International, Inc.
(Nasdaq: KTII) today announced the acquisition of Colormax
Limited, a privately held company located in Telford, England,
that manufactures and sells a complete line of vacuum conveying
and ancillary equipment for the plastics processing industry.
Colormax's 1999 sales were approximately $1.2 million. The
purchase price was not disclosed.
Colormax products include vacuum hopper loaders, dryers,
blenders, mixers and microfeeders. Colormax will become part
of the K-Tron New Businesses group, which is led by Lukas
Guenthardt, Senior Vice President of K-Tron International.
This group was established in June to focus on existing and
new growth opportunities outside of K-Tron's traditional feeder
business, including vacuum conveying and the application of
existing weighing and control technologies to new areas.
Commenting on the acquisition, Mr. Guenthardt said, "K-Tron
is committed to the continuing growth of our pneumatic conveying
business. The Colormax products complement very nicely our
Hurricane line of pneumatic conveying equipment, and they give
us the opportunity to sell vacuum conveying products into
additional market segments that we have targeted."
K-Tron International, Inc. and its subsidiaries design, produce,
market and service gravimetric and volumetric feeders, pneumatic
conveying systems and related equipment for processing bulk
solids in a wide variety of manufacturing processes. K-Tron
has manufacturing facilities in the United States, Switzerland
and Canada, and its K-Tron Soder, Hasler and Hurricane brand
equipment is sold throughout the world.
For more information contact:
Mr. Don Dunnington
K-Tron America
Routes 55 and 553
Pitman, NJ 08071
Telephone: 856-589-0500
Fax: 856-589-8113
Web site: K-Tron
International 
mailto:feeders@ktron.com
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Niro Inc. Unveils New Web Site
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Columbia, MD - Niro Inc. announced today that it has launched
a redesigned and reorganized web site that is a complete
resource for information on all the company's products. The
site (www.niroinc.com) contains comprehensive technical
information on Niro technologies such as spray drying, fluid
bed processing, flash drying, evaporation, membrane filtration,
homogenization, packaging, tableting, dry processing, mixing,
and high containment systems.
Each major division of Niro has an individual section on the
web site dedicated to its own unique specialty. The groups
include Chemical Division, Evaporator Division, Niro Pharma
Systems, Filtration, Packaging, Food & Dairy Dryers, and Niro
Soavi Division (homogenizers). The site also contains a
substantial library of Niro literature, data sheets, articles,
and reprints, as well as links to various industry organizations,
publications, trade shows, and virtual communities.
Niro Inc. is an international company specializing in the
manufacture of equipment for the production of materials in
powder, granulate, agglomerate, or tablet form. Niro products
include spray dryers and coolers, flash dryers, continuous and
batch fluid bed processors, rotary presses, evaporators,
filtration systems, homogenizers, mixers & one-pot processors,
IBCs and powder handling equipment, docking systems & valves,
and packaging systems.
For further information contact:
Mads Skaarenborg
Niro Inc.
410-997-6617
http://www.niroinc.com/
mailto:info@niroinc.com
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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:
"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!
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
"Is My Pneumatic Conveying System Causing Segregation?"
Guest article by Richard Farnish, The Wolfson Centre for
Bulk Solids Handling Technology
You can read Richard'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
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
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to the Ask Joe! Column.
For more information, please contact Joe Marinelli at:
mailto:shtech@fmtc.net
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Quality in, Quality out
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Superior silo unloading systems ensure high quality soybean
processing
Profitable, high-quality soybean processing stems in great
part from the prevention of material stratification.
Stratification causes a myriad of problems, from inconsistent
flow to plugging, bridging, and -- most unwanted -- products
that fail to meet specifications. Products that lack the
proper ratio of fiber to protein content can subject
manufacturers to customer claims. Quite simply, in the soybean
processing industry, products must make the grade.
Maintaining customer satisfaction by delivering the highest
quality soy products is the ongoing mission of a large soybean
processing operation near the Eastern seaboard. The facility
is a crush plant that converts more than 75,000 bushels per
day of whole soybeans into soy oil and soy meal. In addition,
the plant produces a meal by-product that is used as a fiber
supplement in animal feed.
The plant eliminates stratification and maintains its quality
through the use of silo unloading systems strategically placed
at the front and back ends of the manufacturing process.
Both unloading systems are manufactured by Mishawaka, Indiana
-based Laidig Industrial Systems. On the front end, a Laidig
Clean Sweep Grain Auger operates within a 76' x 90' bin; while
on the back end, a Laidig Model 698 Track Driven Reclaimer is
installed within a 46' x 82', 2000-ton-capacity storage silo.
"In each case, these systems solve a quality issue," says
the soy plant's superintendent. "The primary reason we
purchased them is to prevent stratification. These systems
prohibit high concentrations of fiber contaminating the
quality of the meal. With the Laidig bottom unloader, you get
the same blend out as what you put in. The Clean Sweep Grain
Auger is pulling from the outside edges as well as the center."
The plant manager in this case chose the Laidig systems
after hearing about their successful operation in a
neighboring facility of his own company.
The Laidig Clean Sweep Grain Auger eliminates the need
to enter the bin for clean-out work. If free flow stops,
the clean sweep is activated for automatic clean-out.
The superintendent also explains that both unloading
systems are designed to maintain a desired flow rate.
"You won't accomplish that with a gravity flow system,
particularly when you're engineering your equipment to
avoid any plugging or choking," he says. "Without
automated unloading, you'll get a ridge inside those tanks
that will start sealing off some of the beans, while
accumulating hulls. Excessive amounts of hulls will slow
the flow rate to the plant, and you will overload your
processing equipment on the dehulling side."
For more information contact:
Mr. John Houin
Laidig Industrial Systems
14535 Dragoon Trail
Mishawaka, IN 46544
Telephone: 219-256-0204
Fax: 219-256-5575
Web site: http://www.laidig.com/
mailto:sales@laidig.com
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How To Improve The Quality Of Your Grinding Process Seminar
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Hosokawa Micron B.V. is Hosting a Free Seminar On:
How To Improve The Quality Of Your Grinding Process
Dates:
Thursday, November 2 & Friday, November 3, 2000
Location:
Congres- en ondernemingscentrum Achterhoek "De Groeskamp" in
Doetinchem, Holland, approximately 500 meters from HMBV.
Time:
9:15 AM - 4:30 PM
Hosokawa Micron B.V., together with Hosokawa Alpine
Aktiengesellschaft & Co. OHG, is organizing a seminar
that will teach you how to improve the quality of your
grinding process.
Topics will include:
-Safety
-GMP-design
-CIP Cleaning
-Quality Control
-Quality Assurance
Come and participate in stimulating discussions on these
critical topics and take part in an interactive learning
experience as we demonstrate on-line particle size
measurements. Our staff of industry specialists will be
available to answer your questions and share their many
years of experience.
For more information please contact:
mailto:management@hmbv.hosokawa.com
or register online:
http://www.hosokawamicron.com/GRINDING_REGISTRATION.HTM
For additional information contact:
Hosokawa Micron B.V.
Gildenstraat 26,
PO Box 98,
NL-7000 AB, Doetinchem
HOLLAND
Tel: 31-314-37-33-33
Fax: 31-314-37-34-56
Web site: http://www.hmicronpowder.com/
mailto:info@hmbv.hosokawa.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. Kurtz needs help with cleaning batch material pipes:
I would like to get any suggestions as to how I may better
maintain the gravity fed 10" diameter pipes that are used to
transfer batch material. When damp, materials stick and packs
to walls of pipes. Currently we use air vibrators to assist,
but I would like to know is there any equipment available to
clean the inside of these 10" Dia. Pipes, and 10" square
enclosed chutes.
Please contact me by e-mail. mailto:gkurtz@techneglas.com
Phone number is (570)883-2984 Fax Number is (570) 883-2808
Thanks,
Greg Kurtz
Techneglas
Mr. Kirkby is looking for info on road tanker offloading:
I am looking for any information regarding best practices
for Bulk Powder offloading to silos.
John Kirkby
mailto:JohnKirkby@eu.rhodia.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 man attempting to bang loose the
material bridge inside the sloping cone bottom of his silo
with a sledgehammer. His solution was the Laidig Conical
System Unloader, Model 4345 that appears in the cutaway
image to the right.
Photo submitted by John Houin of Laidig Industrial Systems.
http://www.laidig.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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From the Job Fair
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APPLICATION SALES ENGINEER
Responsible for the inside sales function which includes the
quotation process, reviewing detailed product specifications,
preparing price analysis and formalizing contracts used in
the selling of our vacuum products.
This candidate must have a BS in Engineering.
Send your resume to:
Invincible AirFlow Systems
A Gardner Denver Company
PO Box 380
Baltic, Ohio 43804
Attn: ASE Position
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