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this week, World Batch Forum's 2002 EU Conference is just around the
corner in Belgium - Go4B simplifies your plant operations - Poly Hi
Solidur is busy selling slippery liners and new
"Buckytubes" grace this weeks issue, read on to find out
more.
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World Batch Forum will hold its
second European Conference this October near Brussels, Belgium,
October 14-16, 2002. The conference kicks off on the afternoon of
Monday, October 14th with tutorial sessions on S88 (Batch Models
& Terminology) and S95 (Enterprise - Control System
Integration). Each 2 hour tutorial runs twice so delegates can
attend both.
On
Tuesday the conference keynote address by Alain Cruset of ISPE sets
the scene for the first session; Pharmaceutical Industry. Tuesday
also features presentations on Enterprise - Control System
Integration and Project Execution. Wednesday features presentations
on Batch Design & Standards and Case Studies.
During the conference a table top
exhibition featuring technologies from WBF sponsor companies will
give delegates the opportunity to see the latest developments in the
field. It's expected that many vendors will be keen to show their
latest moves in the Enterprise - Control System Integration area
following the release of the WBF's XML Schemas earlier this year.
With presentations from a wide range
of companies (including Novo Nordisk, Yokogawa, Millennium Specialty
Chemicals, Procter & Gamble) from countries across Europe
(including France, Germany, Israel, UK, Hungary, Belgium) this
second WBF European Conference is set to be the premier 2002 event
for engineering professionals working in the batch control arena.
WBF European Conference 2002
Brussels, Belgium
October 14-16, 2002.
Raise
or Lower Without Special Tools
New LeverMount Reduces Process
Weighing Downtime
East Peoria, IL - No one likes
downtime. Production is behind time and frantic, and you just found
out that the batch weigher is weighing heavy. Maybe the clean-up
crew spent a little too much time with their high-pressure sprayer
cleaning around a load cell.
Traditionally
the only way to change out a load cell on a tank weighing system was
to jack up the tank, block up the tank, replace the load cell and
gently lower that tank back down. Hopefully the tank was empty, if
not you had to find another tank to move the contents. After the job
was completed you had to start all over again.
4B introduces a breakthrough in
process weighing applications. LeverMount improves process
safety and reduces downtime by being able to raise or lower a vessel
while under load without special tools. Replacing a load cell is now
a one-man job and can be accomplished quickly without jacks &
blocks. This reduces the risk of rupturing a vessel and injury to
workers.
With substantial lift off prevention,
stable three-point mounting, steel work misalignment tolerant, and
all stainless steel construction, the LeverMount is a great choice
for mount assemblies.
Founded in the U.S. in 1984, 4B
Components, Ltd. has been an industry leader in developing high
quality, innovative, and dependable material handling components for
the agricultural and industrial sectors. From elevator buckets to
forged conveyor chain and level monitors to hazard monitors, 4B is a
company you can rely on for the equipment you need.
For more information contact:
Mr. Keith Bohnker 4B Components, Ltd.
729 Sabrina Drive
East Peoria, IL 61611
Telephone: 309-698-5611
Fax: 309-698-5615
Email: kbohnker@go4b.com
Web site: http://www.go4b.com/
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Dump
Truck & Trailer Liners
Aero Signs Distribution Agreement
With Poly Hi Solidur
INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept.
16, 2002--Aero Industries, Inc., the nation's leading manufacturer
of tarping systems and accessories for the transportation industry,
has reached a national distribution agreement with Poly Hi Solidur.
According
to the agreement, Aero will now offer Poly Hi Solidur's QuickSilver
and DuraPro on-road dump trucks and dump trailer liners across North
America.
Both corporations are recognized
leaders in product quality, support and development for the
transportation industry. According to Dave Boyd, Chief Operating
Officer of Aero Industries, Inc. "that made for a natural
synergy between our two companies. As a leader in cargo protection
products, we saw an opportunity to create a partnership in dump
liners. The dump liners now compliment and complete our product
offering for dump trucks and dump trailers."
Aero chose to work with Poly Hi
Solidur, because based on Aero's extensive market research, the
QuickSilver and DuraPro dump liners were clearly perceived as the
industry's best. According to Boyd "it quickly became obvious
that QuickSilver and DuraPro were the brands everyone wanted."
As part of the agreement, Aero
Industries will also offer Poly Hi Solidur's entire line of HMW
liners. Now that the national distribution agreement has been inked,
Aero Industries will begin to market the new products to their
extensive dealer network throughout North America.
According to Boyd, "Our plan is
to go coast-to-coast with the product and into Canada." To
better serve their dealers and customers, Aero Industries will
warehouse the inventory and offer installs at their existing Aero
facilities in the U.S. and Canada.
Joe Wolfcale, Bulk Material Handling
Business Unit Manager for Poly Hi Solidur, believes the partnership
will bring a better service offering to their customers.
"Having Aero as a National Distributor, allows the end user to
have regional service centers throughout the entire United States.
We currently have distribution sparsely through the eastern half of
the U.S. With Aero on board, the opportunity exists with our two
companies and the relationship we are forging, to allow us to better
penetrate the U.S., Canada and the world."
For more information, contact:
Mr. Joe Wolfcale
Poly Hi Solidur, Inc.
2710 American Way
Fort Wayne, IN 46809
Telephone: 260-479-4100 or 800-628-7264
Fax: 260-478-1074
Web site: http://www.tivar88.com/
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"BuckyTubes"
Carbon Nanotechnogies Introduces New
Form of Nanotubes
HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 16,
2002--Carbon Nanotechnologies Inc. (CNI) today announced that it has
developed an improved form of single-wall carbon nanotubes.
The BuckyPearl form of single-wall carbon nanotubes can be handled
more easily in extruders and other polymer-processing equipment that
directly blends single-wall carbon nanotubes with polymers and other
materials for a variety of end uses.
"This is a significant advance
in the development of carbon nanotechnology," said Ron Liotta,
senior vice president of CNI. "BuckyPearl single-wall carbon
nanotubes are easier to process, yet retain the extraordinary
performance properties of Buckytubes. Several of our industrial
partners are testing the material in a variety of
applications."
CNI is currently producing both
Buckytube and BuckyPearl single-wall carbon nanotubes in a pilot
plant at the company's headquarters in Houston. BuckyPearl
single-wall carbon nanotubes are produced through an additional
processing step following the production of conventional Buckytubes.
Both Buckytube and BuckyPearl single-wall carbon nanotubes are
perfect molecular structures at the atomic level that conduct
electricity better than copper, conduct heat better than diamonds,
have tensile strength 100 times the strength of steel, and provide
unprecedented stiffness, strength, and toughness, yet are
lightweight.
They have the potential to
revolutionize polymers, electronics, medicine and many other
industries. As produced, Buckytubes are very light and
self-adhering, which can make the material difficult to process in
certain applications. BuckyPearl single-wall carbon nanotubes, in
contrast, are compact beads 2 to 4 millimeters in diameter with a
bulk density about 40 times that of conventional Buckytubes. In
addition to making them easier to process, the increased density of
BuckyPearl single-wall carbon nanotubes makes it very unlikely for
the material to become airborne during transport and handling,
thereby improving the safety and environmentally friendly aspects of
the material.
Carbon Nanotechnologies Inc. was
founded in early 2000 to commercialize the scientific breakthroughs
in carbon nanotechnology made at Rice University under the direction
of Nobel prize-winning scientist Dr. Richard Smalley. CNI has the
exclusive license for all technology developed by Dr. Smalley at
Rice. The company is actively developing new processes and
applications for Buckytubes in its own laboratories and those of
industrial partners and has become the leading manufacturer of
single-wall carbon nanotubes from its pilot plant in Houston. The
company expects to be ready to build a commercial production unit to
come on stream by the end of 2004 or early 2005.
Help
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Ms. Vekemans needs help product
bulk density:
We produce powdered fat based
emulsifiers by spray-cooling. In order to reduce our caking problems
we try to lower our concentrations on fines.
During the tests that we've done I
noticed often bulk density variations although parameters as feed
viscosity, feed temperature and feed flow remained the same.
We are screening a resin thru a 20
mesh Rotex and static electricity is causing fines to go over with
coarse product. Grounding screen did not help. Would appreciate any
ideas on how to eliminate static.
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