News items October 2006

Apply for free of charge programm to calculate costs of a conveying system The JH calculating program enables you to calculate the costs of a conveying system for your specific situation. Fill in the required fields with your own data and the program will calculate the costs of the conveying system that best suits your needs Apply for a free programm by sending an email to Jansen & Heuning stating your name, function, company name and refer to the calculation programme.

Ultrasonic level measurement with revolutionary Acoustic Wave Technology For continuous, non contact level measurement UWT GmbH now offers the new Nivowave series - a solution for measurement where conventional ultrasonic measuring techniques have failed. Acoustic Wave Technology provides exact measuring results even for long distances and in difficult applications. Dust, foam and environmental noise are problems of the past. What is the Acoustic Wave Technology? The Nivowave series emits a high powered acoustic wave transmit pulse hence any losses have a far less effect than in conventional ultrasonic devices. The receiver circuitry is designed to identify and monitor low level return signals even when noise levels are quite high. Thus the environment conditions do not have much influence on the evaluation of signals. High power with low frequency combined with advanced software and the use of specifically shaped cones lead to successful measurement in a wide range of applications. Automatic modulation of sensitivity and mapping

The new release of Freeman Technology’s Data Analysis software package for the company’s FT4 universal powder tester delivers faster analysis with more flexible reporting options. It incorporates the latest types of test available on this multi-functional powder measurement system, and offers a redesigned and simplified user interface. Thanks to a programme of continual development, new functions and extended measurement capabilities have been added to the FT4. These include compression, permeability and shear testing; the FT4 is now regarded as a universal powder tester. The new FT4-DA (V4) software enables the comprehensive analysis of all test types and data sets, allowing them to be represented both graphically and in report form. It also incorporates a number of new tools for users that make analysis and data representation and comparison even easier. Enhanced graphics and graphing facilities allow more sophisticated results presentation and full report

Kason Air-Lift quick screen change system for circular vibratory screeners allows to change screens and gain access to the interior of the unit for cleaning or inspection many times faster than possible using comparable systems. The lightweight device consists of two vertically mounted air cylinders that are located on opposing sides of any circular separator and affixed to mounting brackets on the lower and upper screening frames. A quick-disconnect clamp connecting the frames is removed and a remote air valve is actuated, raising the upper frame. The procedure is reversed to reconnect the frames. One entire raise/lower cycle including quick-disconnect/connect of the frames, requires only several minutes, reducing downtime during every inspection, cleaning and screen-changing operation. In addition, one operator can now perform what was previously a two person task, depending on screen diameter. Other safety features include a safety lock-out that locks the

Recently Fördertechnik Starick GmbH has supplied two special ( semi-flexible) Screwconveyors to C.T.H. b.v., Almere. C.T.H. b.v. is a specialized company for Natural Sausage Casings and Animal By-products. These Screwconveyors, constructed from high quality stainless steel, take care of the conveyance of salt from the storage silo to 2 Salt Sprinkler Machines. Both Screwconveyors are equipped with a mutual inlet and are positioned under different angles into different directions. Uncommonly these ( semi-flexible) Screwconveyors are - in this special case - used as Dosing Screwconveyors, because they are equipped with - Frequency Convertion ( F.C.) - controlled motorreductors. A new development nowadays, because untill recently these type of Screwconveyors were equipped with drivemotors with fixed r.p.m. C.T.H. b.v. has now the possibility to vary the desired dosing rate, f.e. from 50 - 250 Liters/h, with an accuracy of approx. 1-3 %. The supply took place

Interland Techniek specialist in dehumidification Interland Techniek is for more than 53 years one of the leading Dutch HVAC-companies. Within the group humidification control we offer solutions based on three dehumidification principles Ventilation in combination with heat recovery. Dehumidification in accordance with the condensation principle and desiccant dehumidifiers. Recently Interland Techniek introduced a new line of desiccant dehumidifiers manufactured by the Swedisch company DehuTech. The dehumidifiers are of the solid wheel desiccant type and operate using two air streams; One larger air volume which is to be dehumidified, and one considerably smaller air volume for reactivation of the desiccant rotor. As the larger air volume (process air) passes trough the slowly rotating rotor, the water vapour is adsorbed by the rotor material. This reduces the humidity of the air which will then leave the dehumidifier as dry air. This dry air is then introduced into the space to be dehumidified or to any manufacturing

It slices through the power plant, rises up to a 20 m high dam, then plummets back down, cuts 90° and 70° curves past a coal stockpile and then traces gentle arcs through the verdant, lush landscape: On this demanding route, KOCH is building a 1,366-meter-long double Pipe Conveyor. The transport system is part of the world`s largest CFB FGD power plant desulfurization system, which is being erected by Lentjes GmbH. The system will reduce the 3x305 MW power station`s SO2 emissions from 4200 mg/Nm3 to below 350 or even 200 mg/Nm3. Up to 280 t of power station residues will be loaded from the power station mixer onto the redundantly designed double conveyor system (300 mm diameter) and then transported to the landfill. The material – a moistened, fast-setting paste made up of CFB FGD product, flyash, water and cement – is hard to handle: It begins setting during transport, so the chutes, belt and transport speed all have to be carefully selected to prevent the

2006 AAPS Annual Meeting and Exposition; October 29-November 2, 2006; Booth # 1272 Malvern Instruments’ recent acquisition of Spectral Dimensions Inc. has added powerful NIR (near infrared) chemical imaging systems to the Malvern portfolio. The NIR-CI 2450 from this range will be on show at the 2006 AAPS Annual Meeting and Exposition (29 Oct – 2 Nov 06; San Antonio, TX, USA). The NIR-CI 2450, which incorporates the latest technology for chemical imaging, will be displayed alongside systems from Malvern’s extensive range of instruments and technologies for materials characterization. On the booth will be the laser diffraction-based Spraytec and Mastersizer 2000 particle size analyzers, the Morphologi G2 high sensitivity particle image analyzer for shape and size measurement, the Zetasizer Nano for characterizing nano-sized particles and molecules in solution, and the Gemini HRnano rheometer. An exciting new analytical approach, chemical imaging enables the identification and spatial localization of chemical species in a sample, producing a

Consultation for dressing plants with more than 37 years experience OPDWIN Consulting concerns itself with the consultation of enterprises with productions within the range: - Rubber industry - Plastic industry - Foodstuffs industry - Feed industry Main topics of the consultation of OPDWin are: - Plant personnel management - Project management - Process engineering solutions - Mechanical solutions - Budget solutions - Automation solutions - IT-solutions - IT-interfaces to superordinate systems We have special knowledge: Scales, mixer, promotions, extrusion, Snail Conveying systems , suction Conveying system

easyFairs® SOLIDS 2006 Ricoh Arena, Coventry - 01/11 - 02/11/2006 The focus on the Malvern Instruments stand at easyFAIRS® SOLIDS 2006 (1-2 November 2006; Ricoh Arena, Coventry, UK) will be the Insitec T on-line, and the Insitec ALISS at-line, particle size analyzers. These laser diffraction-based systems are from the company’s extensive range of on-line, in-line, at-line and off-line solutions for particle characterization. Designed to produce continuous particle sizing information for real time process control, Insitec systems are both rugged and robust, reflecting the exacting demands placed on analytical instrumentation in a process environment. The instrument, the process interface, analysis software, automation and data reporting can all be customised to the unique needs of individual clients. The recently introduced Insitec ALISS at-line analyzer has applications in a wide range of processing industries, including powder coatings, minerals

The Patented CCD-Compact Cyclonic DeDusting System Due to high costs of virgin resins, Plastic Processing Companies use more and more valuable regrind. Pelletron developed a new compact and economical regrind recovery system with extremely high cleaning efficiency. The core element of the system, the DeDuster, removes resin dust, streamers, metal dust, dirt, paper, and other contaminants. The contaminants are separated from the air in a high efficiency cyclone. The removed contaminants will be collected in a dust drum under the cyclone. The full dust drum can be changed without interruption of the operation. The cleaning air will be returned to the DeDuster, after passing through an inline filter. The system was designed to clean very high contaminated regrind efficiently. Regrinds with dust loads of 20% and more will be cleaned to dust loads below 1%. Low investing costs, and low service costs provides fast return on investment. Recyclingsystem is simple to operate and easy to maintain. What’s new? • System