New Sponsor : Rulmeca Corporation

Jacksonville Beach, FL -- We are pleased to announce that Rulmeca Corporation has become a sponsor of Powder and Bulk Dot Com.

Rulmeca is the world's leading manufacturer of motorized pulleys for the bulk materials handling market were first developed in the 1950's in Germany and Denmark. Their motorized pulleys offer a compact, hermetically-sealed, highly-efficient conveyor belt drive. The Rulmeca motorized pulley is quick and simple to install and requires almost no maintenance.

Rulmeca motorized pulleys are used in the toughest applications in mining, processing and transporting bulk materials such as ore, rock, stone, woodchips, construction & demolition debris and even municipal solid waste. This tradition for quality, rugged construction and reliability continues today at thousands of installations around the world.

"Millions of Tons - No Problem"

Rulmeca's product range of motorized pulleys is from 0.5 to 180 horsepower and pulleys sized from 5 to 31 inches in diameter. Their compact construction requires no outside drive assembly and makes design and installation a breeze. These motorized pulleys are the perfect solution for retrofits of existing conveyor drives and especially for OEM manufactures of belt conveyors, radial stackers, reclaimers and other belt conveying systems.

Service: Rulmeca Corporation has recently opened a new motorized pulley service/assembly shop and corporate office in Wilmington, North Carolina. Their network of independent distributors and reps throughout the United States and Mexico are ready to handle your needs.

See the Rulmeca's banner ad on our "Belt Conveyor Equipment Links" page: http://www.powderandbulk.com/conveying/belt.htm

For more information contact:
Mr. Mike Gawinski
Rulmeca Corporation
6508-B Windmill Way
Wilmington, NC 28405
Telephone: 910-794-9294
Fax: 910-794-9296
Email: mgawinski@rulmecacorp.com
Web site: http://www.rulmecacorp.com/

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Feeders : K-Tron Earns Reader’s Choice Award

PITMAN, NJ -- "Chemical Processing", a Putman Media trade journal serving the North American chemical processing industries, recently recognized K-Tron as the 'best provider of technology' in the category of feeders, by awarding their 2006 Readers Choice Award for feeders to K-Tron.

Seventeen percent of the readers responding to the Chemical Processing survey in the category of feeders named K-Tron as the best supplier of feeder technology.  The rankings show the percentage of the total responses that a particular company received. Putman only listed vendors that garnered at least 5% of the votes in a category.

Chemical Processing conducted the survey for the third year in 2006. K-Tron has led the feeder category each year. Readers received email notices and electronic newsletters or used the link on the magazine's web site to complete the extensive questionnaire, which covers 40 categories of equipment. Respondents had to type their selections into a blank box, rather than picking from a pre-selected list of companies.

About K-Tron

K-Tron is a global leader in the gravimetric feeder market and a single-source supplier for feeding, pneumatic conveying and systems engineering solutions. The K-Tron Process Group manufactures and markets its equipment for the process industries under the brand names of K-Tron Feeders, K-Tron Pneumatic Conveying Systems (PCS) and K-Tron Colormax plastic auxiliary equipment.

For more information, visit www.ktron.com

New Conveyor Training Center Announced

LAKEWOOD, CO -- Overland Conveyor Co Inc has introduced a permanent, state-of-the-art, 1,000 sq. ft. training center dedicated to providing educational opportunities in various bulk material handling and processing areas. Each student will be provided a computer workstation and appropriate software to facilitate hands on training.

An initial training schedule for 2006-07 has also been announced including quarterly offerings of the popular Belt Analyst II conveyor design workshop which has now been split into an Introductory, Intermediate and Advanced program (Sept 25-29).

In addition, a brand new “Discrete Element Modeling” workshop will provide the basics of the expanding numerical modeling field of discrete particle interaction. Understand the role of DEM modeling as a tool for improving the design of any bulk material system or process (October 24-26, 2006).

Reservations are now being accepted for all courses.  For more information about training, visit:  http://www.overlandconveyor.com/training

About Overland Conveyor Company

Overland Conveyor Co., Inc. (OCC) is a consulting engineering firm based in Lakewood, CO who specializes in bulk material handling by belt conveyor. OCC provides belt conveyor system design, engineering and performance evaluations using both static (Belt Analyst IITM) and dynamic (Dynamic Analyst) methodologies. OCC also provides component design and engineering services using classical mathematical, solid, finite element and discrete element modeling techniques.

Overland Conveyor Co., Inc.
12640 W Cedar Dr Ste D
Lakewood, CO 80228
Telephone: (303) 973-7357
Fax: (303) 217-5208
Web site: http://www.overlandconveyor.com/

NASA Buys Moon-Dust Tight Matcon "Smart Drum"

Sewell, NJ -- Matcon have a long tradition of supplying top quality materials handling equipment to many of the worlds blue chip manufacturing companies. Our clients come from every corner of the globe, from every industry and economic background, but when we were awarded a contract from NASA, the worlds leading and largest and space agency, the potential for Matcon equipment went simply 'out of this world'

Not many companies in our industry can boast about NASA as a client. But that is exactly what we can do at Matcon, after being awarded a contract from the worlds leading space agency. NASA are best known for their contributions in pioneering space exploration, but for many years they have pushed forward the frontiers of human knowledge and achievement here on earth.

NASA's contributions have impacted our lives at every level, including medicine food technology and material science. Matcon's SmartDrum and discharge station system, when coupled with its containment technology will offer a level of material control that is necessary on this lunar dust containment project.

The Matcon “Smart Drum” is part of the unique Matcontainer range of Intermediate Bulk Containers (IBCs), used for the storage and distribution of powders, granules and other materials. With a capacity of 5.3 to 17 cu. ft. (150 – 450 liters) and DOT 56/UN Chapter 16 certification for international transportation, Smart Drums are ideal for handling small batches both inside and outside the production environment.

Unlike conventional drums, the Smart Drum does not need to be inverted to be discharged. Each Smart Drum incorporates the Matcon Cone Valve at its outlet, which enables controlled and dust-tight discharge using a Matcon Smart Drum Station. Options include tumble blending using a Smart Drum Blender as a quick and efficient means of homogenizing the contents and cleaning via manual or automatically operated Wash Stations or Wash Booths.

Through our partners The Blakeslee Equipment Company and Ken Bowmer we would like to thank NASA for placing their trust in Matcon our people and our technology.

For further information, visit the Matcon web site at:
http://www.matconibc.com/

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New 4B “WHIRLIGIG” Mount The “WHIRLIGIG” three in one target / bracket / guard makes the installation simple for all standard cylindrical or DIN style inductive sensors.

Particle Size Reducer for Thin, Leafy Materials
Designed specifically for thin, leafy materials, the Fractionizer uses a combination of teeth and interlocking grooves to cut material to an very uniform size.

New Loss-In-Weight Portable Bin Unloader This unique design allows for accurately discharging and metering of material stored and transported in either side or bottom discharge portable bins.

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Mr. Susilo needs help choosing a silo for polyethylene:

Can you tell us the difference between aluminum, stainless steel and mild steel silos - besides the cost.

I reside in Indonesia, South East Asia where the humidity is quite high. This silo will be used to store polyethylene resin.  (to post reply, click here)

Best regards,
Eric Susilo
PT. Tekpak Indonesia
eric.susilo@tekpak.co.id

Mr. Fowers wants to fill small packets with powder:

Our company has acquired a contract (albeit, a fairly small one) to fill packets with 10.2 grams of Phosphate Buffered Saline (PBS) powder.

We're looking for a simple, but accurate machine to dispense this amount of powder +/- 1%. Does anyone know what type of machine would work best for this application without being overly expensive?  (to post reply, click here)

Thanks,
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Immuno Labs
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Application Engineer Wanted - New York

Industry leading manufacturer of technically-oriented, specialized dry solids handling equipment has a career opportunity for an Application Engineer. Client's list includes all major foods, plastics, chemicals, pharmaceutical, and any company where dry bulk solid materials are used in their manufacturing processes.

Located in the New York Metropolitan area, the Company designs and manufactures an extensive line of equipment, and associated controls, used for handling dry bulk solids in the aforementioned industries.

Primary Duties:

1. Provide assistance to all assigned Field Sales Representatives (whether Domestic, International or both) for purposes of improving their knowledge and understanding of various products manufactured by the Company.
2. Work with all assigned Field Sales Representatives regarding all applications uncovered within their exclusive territories.
3. Assist in the training and development of the Field Sales Representatives for which the Senior Sales Application Engineer has responsibility. This includes Factory-Based training and/or Field Training for both new and existing Sales Representatives.
4. Occasional travel will be a requirement as will be the need to handle customers and Reps when they visit manufacturing plant.

Extensive company training program will precede assumption of above duties.

Requirements

- A minimum of 5 years experience applying and selling specialized engineered electro-mechanical machinery to the various processing industries.
- Good technical proficiency, primarily mechanical and electrical.
- Strong familiarity with the various processing industries and selling equipment to these industries.
- Engineering degree (ME, EE or CE) required..
- A demonstrated strong work ethic, high energy level, and excellent interpersonal and communications skills.

Starting salary based on level of experience.  Company provides top compensation (based on relevant experience) and benefits that include a pension plan and 401k.

Email a confidential resume and cover letter to hrecruiter2002@yahoo.com
or contact:
Mr. Len Rosen
104 Pheasant Run
Old Tappan, NJ  07675

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by Thorsten Puschel & T. Schwager
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This weeks photo is of a flyash storage silo in Festus, MO with a Monitor Flexar level control (blue) mounted on top.  The "eerie" background is from years of cement and flyash build up on a cliff behind the silo.

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