News items August 2009

...for complete integration of Rinstrum devices* onto a Profibus network The Rinstrum 1400 is a Profibus-DP module that allows for a selection of Rinstrum indicators and displays to be connected onto a Profibus-DP network. The 1400 translates the data from the indicators intio the Profibus format. This allows the Profibus master to effectively extract status and weight data e.g. from the indicators and send commands to the indicator. The data slots are fully configurable. 1400 Features - Comprehensive diagnostics of the connected devices - Connects up to two devices (may be different types) to the Profibus, one per serial port - *Supported devices 5000, 5100, WE2110, R420/R423 and the 6500 display - Status LEDs on each port for diagnostics Data Features - Input Data – Indicator status, current weight, I/O status etc. Any of the R400 numeric registers are available as these data slots are configurable. - Output Command Data – remote key functions, targets, flight etc. The R420 Advanced supports write and execute registers

New Plant II offers significantly expanded manufacturing and warehouse capacities as well as more ef NORRES, the Gelsenkirchen based hose manufacturer, has taken up residence in its new home: the refurbished Plant II on the "Am Stadthafen 12-18 site" in Gelsenkirchen was finally ready for occupancy on July 20. The full benefit of the significantly expanded manufacturing capacities can now be leveraged as a result of the move to the new facility. The investment in new plant during the last few months and years will make our production processes both faster and more efficient. NORRES" new headquarters boasts a series of modern energy saving technologies that help protect the environment, such as centrally controlled air conditioning and production utilising heat recovery. The new Plant II will also benefit for NORRES customers all over the world in a number of ways: The new, central warehouse covering approximately 25,000 m² of floor space with state-of-the-art logistics technology and nearly one million metres of hose and one million component parts

Murtfeldt"s new Internet site ist state-of-the-art Murtfeldt`s new Internet site is technically and visually state-of-the-art: Web 2.0-compliant, dynamic, with an optimized search machine, and up-to-date news. When Murtfeldt decided to design a new Internet site a good nine months ago, standards were set at a high level. The existing site already offered visitors a large amount of information on plastics and product innovations as well as specific data on contact partners, trade fairs, and representatives abroad. The new site easily meets this requirement. It boasts attractive header banners that move back after a short showdown to allow the sophisticated functions of the Website to take the fore. The diverse information provided on the site is presented clearly and arranged sensibly. The simple and structured navigation bar at the top of the page - the `catwalk` - and the navigation options in the right-hand page column help users to find the information they need at all times. A big hit - the memo board.

Advantages: + Smooth, vase-shaped contour + Proper decoupling of weighing unit + No residues inside + Transparent + FDA conform + CIP-capable + Highly flexible Materials: Silicone VMQ or flourosilicone FMQ (in preparation) Possible connections: Hose clamp connection Direct connection to clamp connection piece (other possible connections on request

AUMUND Fördertechnik GmbH, Rheinberg, has been awarded the order for the delivery of four each deep drawn pan conveyors, troughed chain conveyors and bucket elevators for the Sohar Pelletizing plant Oman of the Brazilian mining group Vale. AUMUND will deliver four identical deep drawn pan conveyors and four, also identical, troughed chain conveyors. The special conveyors with a center distance of 64 m and a conveying capacity of 760 t/h receive the up to 300 degree Celsius hot pellet material from vibratory feeders. The max. possible handling speed would be 1,125 t/h. The pellets are transported by the deep drawn pan conveyors at a conveying speed of 0.24 m/s to a grizzly feeder. The troughed chain conveyors with a center distance of 47 m are used beneath the pan conveyors to collect possible spillage material so that an almost maintenance-free operation is possible. Further AUMUND will supply two belt bucket elevators and two chain bucket elevators. The belt

TELSCHIG as an exhibitor at the "BIG 5 Show" in Dubai TELSCHIG is one of a few designer and engineering companies of innovative and professional cement handling systems. From 23rd to 26th November 2009, TELSCHIG will be on the "BIG 5 Show" in Dubai. As part of the largest regionally Building, TELSCHIG present an interesting range of products related to "machines and plants for cement handling on sites". With more than 58,000 national and international visitors in 2008 the BIG 5 Show is one of the largest regional fairs in the construction industry. Since 1973 TELSCHIG Verfahrenstechnik GmbH, headquartered in Stuttgart in Murrhardt, is active in engineering and equipment for bulk material handling. Over the years the company is specialized in crushing of raw materials, emptying and handling of bulk materials in different industrial sectors. Horst Telschig: "With our program, we offer specific solutions and implement the highest standards, which are tested by an international technological

Enhanced Energy Efficiency solutions for industrial baghouse filters The latest developments in the filtration and separation technology will be presented to the public on the Filtech 2009 in Wiesbaden from October 13th to 15th, 2009. The conference with parallel trade fair offers an excellent platform for exchange of experience within the filtration industry. Intensiv-Filter takes this opportunity to introduce for the first time a fundamental new development to the experts. The innovation enables a reduction of the energy consumption of Jet-Pulse baghouse filters with increased by 40 %. Dr. Gunnar-Marcel Klein, Technical Director, will introduce the new Intensiv-Filter Three E filter technology and the new ProTex filter media to the “filtration community” on the conference. “The Filtech, which is rightly indicated as the largest European congress of filtration and separation technology, is an important event for Intensiv-Filter. A competent professional audience of the filtration and separation industry and research will inform

the compact pre-crusher Ideal as the classic workhorse for pre-crushing of brittle materials in the areas of mining and metallurgy, chemistry, geology and mineralogy, glass industry, ceramics industry, rocks and soils. The compact FRITSCH Jaw Crusher PULVERISETTE 1 is the ideal instrument for fast and effective pre-crushing of hard and very hard brittle materials – even ferrous alloys are no problem for this instrument! The powerful comminution of the sample takes place in the Jaw Crusher under high pressure between one fixed and one movable crushing jaw in an enclosed grinding chamber. The final fineness is easily set from the outside with the 10-stage adjustable gap width between the crushing jaws. The ground sample automatically falls downward – into a drawer for batchwise comminution or via a chute into a larger collection container for continuous operation or directly into a FRITSCH Disk Mill PULVERISETTE 13 for further comminution. Your advantages with the FRITSCH Jaw Crushers: -

To determine the particle size and shape reliably and reproducibly, digital image analysis – such as is used in Retsch Technology’s CAMSIZER - is the method of choice. The CAMSIZER® analyses the particle size and shape of dry bulk materials in a size range from 30 µm to 30 mm. With its unique, patented two-camera system it records up to 10,000 particles per second, with an unrivaled dynamic size range. It reliably detects defective or broken particles as well as differences in the particle shape, such as agglomerations. The following shape parameters can be analysed: • Elongation; Aspect- or Width-/Length-Ratio • Convexity • Roundness • Symmetry The CAMSIZER® delivers convenient, reliable and fast particle analysis online, at-line or in the laboratory. The measurement results are evaluated and displayed in real time, the average measurement time is less than 3 minutes. A highly interesting feature is the single frame analysis together with

witth built-in filling- and dosing I/O METTLER TOLEDO introduces the new weighingterminal for hazardous areas, the IND560x. Available in desk-, stand- and panelmounthousing. Suitable for analog and digital weighingplatforms and -loadcellsystems. The optional fill-application makes the termnial an excellent component for accurate and fast dosingsystems.

On a centrifugal sifter, the bulk material is fed in a controlled flow into the cylindrical basket containing the sieve hose. Fast rotating blades push the product against the sieve and transport the oversize particles in an axial movement towards the oversize outlet. The fine particles pass through the sieve and are forwarded to the next process step. Centrifugal sifters are characterised by high throughput and compact design. A typical through put can vary between some 100 kg/hour and 60 tonnes/hour using an 800 micron mesh. Gericke have been manufacturing centrifugal sifters for more than 50 years. They are available in different ATEX categories. Sifters are used at the reception point of raw materials, e.g. after Big Bag emptying stations, sack tipping units or above filling and conditioning machines. Very low headroom is required by the Inline sifter, which can be placed anywhere in the pneumatic conveying line. Usually Nylon sieves are used. They are robust

Pneumatic dense phase conveying systems for powders and granulates with pressure vessels are favored against lean phase conveying systems with rotary valves wherever one of the following criteria is important: - The products have a fragile surface structure and must be transported without any damage. - Mixtures should not segregate trough the transport. - The product is abrasive, meaning that there is danger of high wear of pipelines and of the installed components. - The consumption of air and thus the corresponding operating energy costs has to be reduced. The Gericke dense phase conveying systems can be operated with air starting velocities from 2 m/s depending on the product and on the application, in comparison to lean phase conveying systems with starting velocities from 20 m/s. The solids loading (= amount of kg of product that can be transported with 1 kg of conveying medium) in dense phase conveying systems can reach up to 150, whereas in lean phase

Two sensors - one line Two signals, one line The patented 2:1 technology from Pepperl+Fuchs provides potential savings of 50% on sensor wiring in hazardous areas. Signals from NAMUR sensors can be transmitted in pairs to a control device via one line. Two digital sensors are wired anti-parallel to one strand pair that is connected to the switch amplifier. This device divides the signal again into two separate output channels and sends them to the output. The advantages A significant reduction in material, planning and installation costs for routing cables in hazardous areas A perfect application for system enhancements, when additional signals are to be routed via existing and possibly at-capacity field wiring A special synergy effect is created in combination with Pepperl+Fuchs’ double sensors for monitoring valve or rotary drive positions Pepperl+Fuchs also provides this technology in sensor and valve interface modules for fieldbus applications. End customers such as plant