News items May 2011

With the Master-PUR Food A hose series Masterflex AG offers antistatic hoses for applications especially in the pharmaceutical and food industry. By using a special food-grade material in combination with non-migrating permanent antistatic agents this new hose series is suitable for combustible dusts/bulk goods acc. to TRBS 2153 (zone 20) to ensure static dissipation. As a matter of fact all contained raw materials comply with the national and international legal foodstuffs directives: - EC-line 2002/72/EC, 2007/19/EC, 2008/39/EC - FDA-directives: 21 CFR 177.2600, 21 CFR 178.2010 - Effective Food Contact Substance Notifications (FCS) List During the recent easyFairs® SCHÜTTGUT, a trade show designed for users of bulk materials, the visitors expressed a high degree of interest in the antistatic and food-grade hoses for applications in the pharmaceutical and food industry. The antistatic hoses are made of FDA compliant components and are suitable

Improved sieving effect for faster results - and the most efficient wet sieving! We have developed a new clamping lid with 2 rotation nozzles for wet sieving with test sieves 200 mm/8“ dia. This special FRITSCH wet sieving lid enables due to its 2 permanently rotating nozzles a better and uniform spraying of the material to be sieved from above. Special interposed sieving rings with three nozzles are available for simultaneous spraying of the top and bottom sieves. Your benefit: improved sieving effect and faster results in shorter times! The FRITSCH Sieve Shakers: convenient, precise, reliable! - Dry, wet and micro-precision sieving - Simple, ergonomic operation - Fast, reproducible results - Sample quantities between 0.05 g and 6 kg - Sieve diameter from 100 mm to 450 mm - Mesh widths from 5 µm – 125 mm - Can be used as testing equipment according to DIN EN ISO 9001 - Automatic sieve evaluation with free-of-charge AUTOSIEVE software Well-conceived Sieve Shakers with FRITSCH concepts that make the work simpler and faster – easy

Smart Sensor regulates nominal speed A motor needs to be powerful while still being small and robust. During the selection of an air-motor for the automated technology, especially its small size and mass are convincing advantages. An air-motor offers notable significance in both areas. When compared with an equivalent electric motor, an air-motor has only one-third of the size and one-fifth of the mass. This advantage is a supreme argument for the use of an air-motor in handheld machines and also in stationary equipment. However until now, there was a deficiency - the speed regulation. DEPRAG SCHULZ GMBH u. CO. has now set a new standard with an innovative speed regulator offered for their air motors: With help of a thought-out sensor technology, the powerful air-motor will always hold the desired, preset speed. Product manager Dagmar Dübbelde explained: “It is characteristic for an air-motor, that it can be operated in a wide field of changing loads. When operated without load, the motor runs at

Recently DMN-WESTINGHOUSE were presented with the official EHEDG Type EL Class I certificates of compliance for hygienic CIP rotary valves and a hygienic CIP plug diverter valve. The concerning components were evaluated for compliance with the Hygienic Equipment Design Criteria of the EHEDG and were declared to meet these criteria. By attaining these certificates, DMN-WESTINGHOUSE can now offer a range of components suitable for hygienic clean in place (CIP) process systems. The rotary valve has been tested and validated according to the EHEDG guidelines Doc.2 and Doc.8. The major advantage of the design is that both shaft sealing areas, being the area’s that are most prone to possible contamination, are also purged with exactly the same CIP cycle as the rest of the equipment. The EHEDG Type EL Class I certificate for the rotary valves concerns the DMN-WESTINGHOUSE rotary valve types AL, AXL, AXXL, AML, BL, BXL, BXXL and SAL with PS seal and PET gaskets. The

From September 25th-29th, 2011, Berlin will be the focal point of European process engineering and biotechnology. More than 3,000 participants from Europe and beyond are expected for the 8th European Congress of Chemical Engineering and the 1st European Congress of Applied Biotechnology. About 800 lectures cover the complete range of current topics from simulation to plant design and safety technology and from systems biology to biorefineries. About 1,000 scientific posters, an accompanying industry exhibition and an attractive social program stimulate discussion and offer an opportunity for networking. Federal Minister of Education and Research Prof. Dr. Annette Schavan will welcome the participants to this year"s most important European event for process engineering and biotechnology. The opening speech is held by Prof. Dr. Peter Seeberger, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces. The choice of a common location and date for both events is not

Versatile, robust bucket, ideal for Atex applications 4B are pleased to announce the introduction of the new heavy duty Atlas AM Nyrim elevator bucket. Thanks to its antistatic material, the Atlas AM bucket has excellent surface resistivity dissipating properties, making it ideal for ATEX applications. The bucket’s non-stick properties are enhanced by its smooth surface finish and open design. The Atlas AM is a very tough, long life elevator bucket with ultra heavy duty design and construction; the material makes this bucket up to 6 times stronger than other industrial elevator buckets. A very versatile elevator bucket, the Atlas AM is suitable for heavy industrial applications as well as grain and sticky materials. 4B offers the world’s largest range of elevator buckets, bolts and belts and looks back on more than 120 years of supplying the industry with material handling components. The company offers a free engineering service as well, helping customers with the design of their new bucket elevators or the upgrade

Delft Solids Solutions, a contract research laboratory focused on the physical characterization of mostly solid materials, expands its activities in the field of solid and catalyst characterization by the acquisition of a Hiden IGA-003 analyzer. The IGA-003 is a gravimetric analyzer specifically designed for multi-component gas sorption analysis. Analysis temperatures from -196°C to 1000°C can be applied at pressures ranging from ultra-high vacuum to 20 bars. A close-coupled mass spectrometer allows the performance of product desorption and standard TG/MS experiments. The IGA-003 has been widely used in catalyst characterization, as well for the study of sorption on pharmaceuticals, carbons, zeolites and polymers. The Delft Solids Solutions’ set-up is one of the few instruments available in the Benelux. The staff of Delft Solids Solutions is very glad with the expansion of her capabilities and happy to discuss your interest, request, or application. More

Visit us in Dortmund In a few days the gates open again for the trade fair of the bulk freight industry. We will attend again and present our applications and products personally to the professional audience. From May 18th to 19th, 2011, you find us in hall 4 at stand F:09. On May 19th, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. Jens Kampmeyer, head of sales, informs at the learnShops about the subject "Silo filter: Correct design and safe operating".

ProExpertise in Ankara The "Global Cement Wear and Maintenance Conference and Exhibition" addressed the crucial issue in the cement industry today - how do you maintain your cement plant, and avoid wear issues, with lower than ever budgets. Dr. Gunnar-Marcel Klein, technical director at Intensiv-Filter, introduced the new calculation program "ProExpertise" which calculates the differential pressure, the consumption of pressurized air and the energy demand for different operating parameters.

SCHÜTTGUT Dortmund a sell-out easyFairs, Europe’s leading organiser of time & cost-effective trade shows, has announced that the German edition of its Solids European Series™ (SES), SCHÜTTGUT Dortmund 2011, has sold out. Two halls at the Westfalenhallen Dortmund will be filled to capacity with 300 stands on 18 & 19 May 2011. This follows SES editions at Antwerp (SOLIDS, 6 & 7 April 2011) and Basel (SCHÜTTGUT, 4 & 5 May 2011), which attracted 250 exhibitors. The Solids European Series is the largest trade show brand in the powder & bulk solids processing, handling and transportation sector. The reason for the series’ success is the strong relationship with the powder and bulk solids community across Europe and in specific regional markets. There are dedicated SES executives based in easyFairs offices in Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Poland and the Netherlands. They interact on a daily basis with more than 900 exhibitors as well as the many thousands of visitors who attend the shows. “It

...teh better solution FirmaLoadTM carriers: a better way to transport bulk bags. A traditional wood pallet can be a bulk bag’s worst nightmare. Protruding nail heads threaten the integrity of the bag, while wood splinters compromise your firm commitment to creating and maintaining a cleaner, safer work environment. Old-school pallets are simply not clean, green, or freightsmart enough to help you elevate your company’s sustainability standards. Now Sonoco lets you make your move to a better way to transport bulk bags—an environmentally friendly, recyclable and ISPM 15-exempt transport packaging solution. Seismic shift. Nothing stacks up firmer against your business objectives than FirmaLoad bulk bag carriers. Created from recovered paper, our new carriers are 100-percent recyclable and leave a much smaller environmental footprint. Like other products that enhance productivity in today’s changing marketplace, FirmaLoad carriers help your company stay in sync with

Latest developments in bagging machines PAYPER is presenting itself as a global bagging solution provider at INTERPACK exhibition at its stand B31 in Hall 14 from May 12-18, 2011. There, we will not only demonstrate some of our latest developments in bagging but also a lot more items for people interested in improving their bagging facilities. One of the highlights at the fair will be the combined high capacity - extreme resistant design FFS bagging machine M10 for corrosive and abrasive products. Combining a proven FFS solution and newly improved designs for high capacity, this 2000 bags per hour average speed model is the very latest in new generation high performance machine, lowering both operation and maintenance costs and also providing state-of-the-art user friendly Human-Machine Interface (HMI) . The special SS execution makes this model highly resistant and totally prepared for the most difficult products ever packed. With the open mouth bag placer range CSA-IF, PAYPER, as a proven open

Last year`s display space already allocated; Supporting programme taking shape POWTECH in Nürnberg, Germany, takes place every 18 months and is the meeting place for representatives of many industries: from chemicals & pharmaceuticals, food & feed, building & quarrying to ceramic & glass and wood & paper. All these branches of industry are based on key technologies such as conveying, size reduction, milling, mixing or screening. As the world’s leading exhibition for mechanical processing technologies and instrumentation, POWTECH offers a unique and comprehensive range of products combined with a highly topical supporting programme. The organizers promise three worthwhile days again from 11–13 October 2011. This full press article, more detailed information and photos are available at: www.POWTECH.de/press

For Earth-Rite static grounding systems The VESM02 self-retracting static grounding reel provides a suitable alternative to spiral cable for use with the Earth-Rite range of static grounding systems, especially for areas where self-retracting cable reels are a standard requirement. The reel is ATEX certified for installation in Zone 1 and Zone 21 hazardous areas and connection to all certified Earth-Rite Intrinsically Safe monitoring systems. The reel is supplied with 15 metres (50 ft.) of Cen-Stat 2 conductor static dissipative cable. Features • Certified for ATEX Zone 1 and 21 hazardous areas. • Self-retracting with up to 15 metres (50 feet) of Hytrel® protected cable. • Silver plated ultra low resistance slip ring contacts. • Includes 3 metres (10 feet) of cable for connection to all Earth-Rite static grounding systems. • Adjustable guide arm provides flexible installation options • Includes auto locking ratchet for constant tension.

Due to the fast growing demand in the Netherlands and Belgium for IQsafeLink, the safe and simple way to remotely take over machine or process control over internet, it became clear that this all-in-one solution - no doubt - also is of great value to international machine constructors or builders (OEM), that want to bring effective service to their customers. To be available worldwide, IQsafeLink now also has an English website with all information at hand. Besides a new market, extra profit for Dutch and Belgian users of IQsafeLink is, that they easily and fast can introduce background information and technical details of IQsafeLink to their international customers. Curious? Visit www.iqsafelink.com

Volumetric Microdosing for Powder Dec now offers a much-anticipated solution in the volumetric dosing of small quantities of powder. The product is filled in a calibrated chamber of variable volume by action of vacuum and emptied mechanically either by a piston or by applying pressure. The Micro PTS is based on the PTS technology and allows precise dosing of very small amounts (1 mg) of powder in less than a second, with an accuracy reaching up to 1%. The system is very compact and can be dismantled without tools. Another main advantage is its easy integration into dosing stations with multiple filling systems or products.

Quick and gentle grinding RETSCH’s powerful and versatile ZM 200 offers the ultimate in performance and operating comfort. It is used for the rapid size reduction of soft to medium-hard and fibrous materials down to 40 microns. Because of the efficient size reduction technique and the comprehensive range of accessories the ZM 200 ensures the gentle preparation of analytical samples in a very short time. For applications which require an optimum air throughput (e. g. heat sensitive materials) or if larger sample volumes need to be processed, the use of a cyclone is recommended. RETSCH offers a re-designed cyclone with improved functionalities for collector volumes from 250 ml to 5 liters which adds to the ZM 200’s great flexibility. Thanks to the wide range of accessories with different rotors, ring sieves and collectors, the ZM 200 can be easily adapted to suit a wide range of applications such as, for example, heavy-metal-free grinding, size reduction of abrasive materials or processing

A new more sophisticated machine technology is needed for the reusable materials recycling of PET bottles. New bottle designs are complicating the task of bottle recyclers: labels covering the whole surface of the bottle are an obstacle to optic sorting, and if these new labels have additionally been made of PVC, then the usual quality standard during reusable materials recycling cannot be maintained with the available technology. With the new label remover HERBOLD Meckesheim GmbH has presented a new process step. The HERBOLD label remover makes a preliminary treatment of the bottles before size reduction possible: removing and separating labels is the important step for high quality recycling of PET bottles. Quite a lot of problems arising during PET bottle recycling can be solved at the same time: • Before size reduction, paper labels are removed and separated in a dry way: so the separation of the remaining quantity of paper fibres can easily be achieved. •

Continuous mixing processes for pharmaceutical solids A new kind of micro mixer now makes it possible to carry out continuous solid substance processes in the pharmaceutical industry. This increases flexibility when compared with the traditional batch process and also reduces the space required for this. The Food Drug Administration FDA, the American approval authority for pharmaceutical products, started the initiative “Continuous Manufacturing” some years ago. This initiative is aimed at improving the production process, shortening the time required for the development of a product which in turn then leads to reduced production costs. Gericke have extended their range of GCM continuous mixers to ensure optimum processing of these very small throughput volumes. The GCM 250 is designed for a capacity of 1 - 200 kg/h allowing a tablet compaction unit, for example, to be installed directly upstream for the blending process. The mixer has a cantilevered mixing rotor with a quick release connection. A purely metallic

Reduction of energy required when processing bulk materials When taking a look at the aspect „Application of energy during engineering processes“, in connection with systems engineering, this has to be approached from various angles. A change in chemical or physical characteristics, which is a necessary part of value-adding design of products, is often effected by means of a mechanical or thermal action. Energy is added during the process. Application of energy is necessary. When designing a system for the processing of bulk materials, the equipment manufacturer has the possibility to select machines with low energy demand with expert selection of layout and process design without affecting the result adversely. There is plenty of scope of action for the designing of energy-efficient production processes! When handling mixing processes, Gericke often decides on a continuous process design as this means that logistics can be simplified and drive power per kg of processed product is minimised. The GCM line (Gericke Continuous

Gericke’s Multiflux® mixer GMS creates with its 2 horizontal, overlapping mixing rotors a fluidized bed. As a mixing process is based on the exchange of the particles in a volume by convection, this principle is very efficient for the energy-saving and product respecting mixing. The GMS mixer is known as long-lasting and reliable process equipment. In order to complete its existing range, Gericke has made a redesign of the GMS Multiflux mixer that responds to the increasing demand for hygienic execution in the food and pharmaceutical industry. The new model is called GMS C. C stands for cantilevered and refers to the 2 shafts that are cantilevered, offering many advantages. Not only the number of sealing is divided by 2. Due to the construction, the front side of the mixer can be opened entirely. In the high end version, named the GMS ECD, the operator can pull out the complete drive and mixing shafts out of the body. Large lateral doors offer an easy access

Efficient new glocal approach for the European bulk solids community Brussels-based organiser of time & cost-effective trade shows easyFairs has launched the Solids European Series™ (SES). SOLIDS Antwerp, SCHÜTTGUT Basel and SCHÜTTGUT Dortmund are all taking place in April and May of 2011 and editions at Rotterdam and Kraków will follow later in the year. The Solids European Series® is already the largest trade show brand in Europe in this sector, with 900 exhibitors. “We strongly believe that this decentralised model offers highly targeted value to both our exhibitor and visitor audiences within the European powder & bulk solids community across,” commented Eric Préat, Vice President Product Development at easyFairs. “We’re only at the start of this development,” added Préat. “With a network of shows in top strategic locations such as Rotterdam, Antwerp, Dortmund, Basel and Krakow, and with a network of highly competent and dedicated easyFairs sales executives in each country, the Solids European Series will