News items May 2006

Malvern Instruments has extended its provision of contract testing services for particle characterization in France following the conclusion of an agreement with the Laboratoire de Génie Chimique (LGC) based in Toulouse. The agreement covers services related to both wet and dry particle size analysis. Testing will be carried out by LGC scientists and technicians skilled in the application of advanced particle sizing techniques. Enquiries about contract services and the initiation of projects will continue to be handled in the first instance by Malvern’s application specialists. Full details can be found on Malvern’s website www.malvern.co.uk or by telephoning the company. LGC is an academic research department linked to the French national research organisation CNRS and to two local Universities (Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse and Université Paul Sabatier). More than 230 researchers and students conduct projects covering most aspects of modern chemical

Many industrial particle sizing applications now require the continuous measurement of particle size in liquid streams. To provide a complete solution for this requirement, Malvern Instruments has introduced the new Insitec LPS (Liquid Process Sizer). Designed for continuous industrial use at- or on-line, the Insitec LPS can accurately and reproducibly measure a very wide range of process streams, from highly concentrated mineral slurries through to lipid emulsions. Each component of the system – sampler, pre-diluter, cascade diluter, measurement cell, and software – can be individually tailored to the process, ensuring that even the most challenging applications can be tackled effectively. The Insitec LPS sampler extracts 2.5 ml liquid slugs from the full pipe section. There is never any cessation of sample flow, thus avoiding blockages. The process interface is designed for high pressure (where necessary) and for easy installation and maintenance. The

Experts in Dispersion Stability and Particle Sizing meet in Berlin L.U.M. GmbH, market leader in innovative instruments to analyse stability, shelf life, particle size distribution of semi-diluted or concentrated dispersions, welcomes its worldwide partners to the 7th International Sales Meeting. It will take place at the LUM headquarters in Berlin, Germany from 18-20 May. Besides the communication of new technical developments, the further main focus of the meeting is on the further integration of the global sales network to meet the requirements of the international customers in a more efficient way. Multi-national companies from chemical and related industries require solutions for the same analytical tasks, independent of their location in Germany, the US or in China. Prof. Lerche, MD of L.U.M. GmbH: “Our global sales network is constantly increasing in parallel to the ongoing globalization of our customers. This year we welcome more than 20 of our partners, representing LUM on the main global markets. Furthermore, we look forward

Total Industrial Management Ebbecke Verfahrenstechnik offers within the TIM - concept (Total Industrial Management) the complete contract manufacturing of bulk goods, inclusive all logistic operations, as a service company. Total Industrial Management means the complete fabrication of bulk goods with all the needed processes. The service starts with the delivery of raw materials, the fabrication in different processes and the storaging and logistic processes and ends with the delivery of finished products to the end customer. This is usually connected with long term contracts between the contract manufacturer and the customer and a partnership in quality management and process controle. Ebbecke Verfahrenstechnik offers the following processes as a contract manufacturer for bulk goods: 1. Sieving, Classifying of bulk goods, filling processes 2. Milling, mixing and compacting processes 3. Coating, regranulation and drying 4. Test productions The core competence as a partner of the international

New metal separator RAPID VARIO PRIMUS in use since end of 2005 S+S Separation and Sorting Technology has completely redesigned its well-known RAPID COMPACT metal separator. The result is the RAPID VARIO PRIMUS which retains all the well proven features of its predecessor eg high scanning sensitivity. The PRIMUS control unit is a new feature. Another important improvement is the fundamental redesign of the separation mechanism which is infinitely adjustable up to 180°, depending on the customer’s requirement. Drop height can also be adapted to meet the customer’s specification as the detection unit and the reject mechanism are designed to be separated. The RAPID VARIO series is primarily used in the plastics industry however it can be used in other industries with similar applications for inspecting freefalling bulk materials. Even the smallest magnetic and non-magnetic metal contaminants are detected and removed from re-granulates and virgin material, thereby reducing machine downtimes and visibly and sustainably increasing

Reinforcement at sales department Last year a new engineer was hired due to the expension of the engineering department. Now Airconveyors® International has hired Bernhard Holtrop to support the sales department. Bernhard Holtrop has a technical background and has several years of experience in a commercial/technical environment. This expansion is neccesary because of the succes (for instance for the Biomass industry) of the Airconveyor®. Besides that Airconveyors International moved to a new office building in Drachten (Amperelaan 3-006, 9207 AM in Drachten). The Airconveyor® (air supported belt) is successful due to the savings which can be achieved on maintenance, energy and support. The system has also a CE mark (closed system) and therefor needs no additional investments because of safety messurements. Because the system is completely closed almost no dust gets airborn.

The travel measuring systems can be used to detect the position of metal objects at a distance of 350 mm in an absolute, non-contact and highly precise manner. They are highly suitable for demanding positioning tasks, such as those required in tool and die engineering. The inductive travel measuring systems can easily handle applications in rough industrial conditions where vertical swing of the object must not affect the accuracy of the measuring result, for example. Characteristics of F90 and F110 travel measuring systems: • Absolute and non-contact travel measurement. • Very high resolution (0,125 mm) and reproducibility. • Inductive working principle. • Integrated signal function, when the object moves out of the sensing range. • Analogue current or voltage output (4 mA … 20 mA, 0 V … 10 V). • Optional limit value monitoring by means of two additional teach-in switching points. • Measuring area: 80 mm, 104 mm, 120 mm, 200 mm or 350

Safety Systems For Butterfly valves with Atex application is Warex-Valve the supplier with experience. Also Safety systems for Shockproof and Flame proof do we have in our program. You can batchwise emptying your machine and still it´s not possible to let thru a dustexplosion. This Tact-Sluice has two Butterfly valves and a patented pneumatic interlock that secures a safe situation. Meet us at the “Solids” in Rotterdam, stand 2110

Emotron AB, with its head office situated in Helsingborg, Sweden, has experienced an increasing demand for its solutions in Latin America, with sales increasing continuously over the past few years. By establishing its own distribution and service networks, Emotron aims to be one of the leading suppliers of control solutions for motor drives in selected applications. Development is fast and there is a great need for modern techniques to increase the efficiency of machines and processes. “Today our products are mainly used to control pumps and machines in the mining industry. Our products have already proven that they can meet demands for high performance in harsh environments in these applications,” says Paul Gustavsson, Sales & Marketing Manager at Emotron. The company sees great potential in water/wastewater, oil and gas, mining and cement. These are very well suited markets for the company’s unique adapted solutions for controlling pumps, compressors, crushers,

Building on the continuing success of the company’s glass microsphere sieve calibration standards, Whitehouse Scientific has now extended the range and resolution of the series. The aperture size of every sieve manufactured from 20 to 3350 microns can now be certified to NIST traceability. This extends the range’s capabilities from the 30 `primary` sieves that originally could be calibrated to include a further 30 intermediate sizes. This new development is important not only in precision particle size analysis, but also for accurate separation processes. It is now possible, for example, to accurately distinguish between a 100 and a 106 micron sieve. The Whitehouse sieve calibration standards are available in single shot bottles, minimising the possibility of sampling errors by the operator. They can be used for sieve diameters from 40 – 450 mm diameter.

Malvern Instruments has appointed Dr Deborah Huck to the role of Product Technical Specialist - Vision Systems. This expansion to the Malvern team follows significant sales growth and the recent successful introduction of two new image analysis based particle shape and size analyzers – the Morphologi G2 and the Sysmex FPIA-3000. Deborah will focus on applications development and support, working closely with new and existing users of Malvern systems. Deborah joins Malvern from ABB instrumentation where she worked as a sales engineer. She has recently completed a PhD jointly sponsored by the University of Exeter and the Université Louis Pasteur in Strasbourg. Welcoming Deborah to the company, Carl Crompton Product Manager for Malvern’s Vision Systems said: “In a great many industrial areas there is a rapidly growing interest in measuring particle shape as well as size, as manufacturers constantly strive to increase productivity and enhance product quality.