June 7, 2010
Charlotte, NC — Spiroflow Systems, a worldwide leader in bulk materials handling equipment, announces its acquisition of Dynamet, a Michigan based manufacturer of bulk materials handling equipment with over three decades of experience in the industry.
Dynamet designs and manufactures a full range of powder handling equipment including tubular drag chain conveyors, flexible screw conveyors, bulk bag unloaders, manual dump bag stations and pneumatic tilt tables for a variety of industries including food, chemical, pharmaceutical, packaging, and plastics. (more…)
Approtec Ran-Le is now representing Spiroflow Systems, Inc. in Texas! Spiroflow designs, manufactures, installs and commissions conveying, weighing, blending, bulk bag (FIBC) filling and discharge equipment and systems for dry bulk solids, ingredients and powder handling. Spiroflow Systems, Inc. supplies Flexible Screw Conveyors, Aero Mechanical Conveyors, Vacuum Conveyors, Bulk Bag Dischargers, Bulk Bag Fillers, Ingredients Handling and Weighing Systems. Spiroflow Systems, Inc. supplies equipment worldwide to the food, pharmaceutical, plastic and chemical industries. Visit their website at www.spiroflowsystems.com or contact your local sales representative today for more information about their product line!
Alternative energy projects are getting large investments by the US government and venture capitalists as our country struggles with how to deal with global warming and dependence on foreign oil. Using biomass waste to generate power reduces the need for environmentally unfriendly energy sources such as coal.
One US alternative energy company has developed a pressurized combustion process that takes wood product waste and uses it to generate electrical and thermal energy. The high pressure/high temperature combustion gas is used to drive a gas turbine that generates electricity. Their standard systems are designed to produce from 1 to 10 MW of power that can be used at the site or even sold to the local grid. In additon, the high temperature turbine exhaust gas can be used for drying product, generating steam, or producing more power with the use of a steam turbine. They recently installed their first system and used a FKI cyclone to help make it work. (more…)
Approtec Ran-Le is now representing Jacob Tubing in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Arkansas. Jacob Tubing manufacturers modular tubing systems including connecting components, tubes, segments, bends, form pieces, transitions, inspection components, regulator gates and shut off valves, diverter valves, multi-port distribution, and more. Visit their website at www.jacob-tubing.com or contact your local sales representative today for more information about their product line.
Pelletron will be exhibiting at the Plastic Recycling 2010 Conference held March 2-3, 2010 in Austin, TX at the Hilton Austin. Their new RC Deduster will be demonstrated running various regrinds through the system. The Plastics Recycling Conference is your opportunity to network with clients, prospective partners, colleagues, vendors, and industry leaders. The 2009 conference held last February in Orlando, Florida, saw a record 730 attendees from 16 countries and the tradeshow bustled with over 70 exhibitors, making the Plastics Recycling 2009 Conference the most successful to date.
Lancaster, PA january 2010
After significant business expansion in Europe, Pelletron decided to establish a company in Germany to provide even better service for its European customers. Peter Siebentritt, former representative of the Pelletron agency Momatech GmbH, has been established as Managing Director of the new company. Further Managing Directors include Heinz Schneider and Paul Wagner. Momatech will remain sales representative for Pelletron in the southern part of Germany, Switzerland and parts of Austria. Pelletroneurope is responsible for the sales and services in Europe. The new company is located in Vogt/Allgäu and the new office buildings as well as the assembling and storage facilities are under construction. After completion, Pelletroneurope will assemble DeDuster®, components and Pellbows®. (more…)
Eriez’ Magnetic Pulleys separate heavy tramp iron and fine iron contaminants from conveyor transported materials in numerous industries. Now, through Eriez’ 5-star Service Center, these heavy-duty Pulleys can be repaired and upgraded for optimum efficiency. The Center is locatedin Lake City, PA. and is staffed with trained service technicians to handle even the toughest service projects. (more…)
Monitor Technologies’ Flexar® guided wave radar sensor is a continuous level measurement system using Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR) principles, where radar pulses are focused down to the material surface by the unit’s wave guide and the time-of-flight of the pulse reflection back to the instrument electronics is directly related to the empty distance in the vessel and the material level. Guided wave radar technology has been proven successful and is an excellent choice for most power and bulk solids applications. Flexar® sensors have been installed on numerous cement, aggregate and fly ash storage silos worldwide and they have consistently provided reliable level measurement and inventory control for these applications. (more…)
A large company who supplies high quality titanium metal products was searching for a reliable way to detect any plugged chute conditions that may arise in their process. Titanium is used in hundered of diverse aerospace, industrial and emerging applications where no other metal is as reliable or economical, especially on a lifecycle costing basis.
The customer was looking for a level control to be successfully used as a plugged chute detector; the customer had experienced problems with RF probes from another manufacturer. Plugged chute detection is critical to make sure the material is flowing properly through a process. A plugged chute condition can cause problems with transfer rates, mix ratios, and production “down stream”. Monitor offers several options for plugged chute detection. For this situation, the high temperature SafePoint® rotary paddle bin indicator was the best choice. (more…)