Archive February 2012

HAVER CPA 2-1 online Time is also money in bulk material industries. The response time to manufacturing errors has to be minimised as much as possible. Haver & Boecker has developed a HAVER CPA system for online measurement of dry and free-falling bulk material in a measuring range from 34 µm to 25 mm. It is called HAVER CPA 2-1 ONLINE. The HAVER CPA 2-1 ONLINE is resistant against negative surrounding conditions such as heat, dust and wetness. An integrated cooling cycle system ensures a proven operation even at high temperature operation. An ‘AIR KNIFE’ cleans camera and lighting array of dust deposits regularly with an air blast. An absorbent minimises the formation of condensation at high air humidity. Procedure: The HAVER CPA 2-1 ONLINE is ready for continuous measurement. It is connected with a downpipe sampler, which takes samples without any interruption of production. The sampler and CPA device can be activated manually or by a programmable controller with interchangeable…

H-Tec from Heteren, The Netherlands has curently started with the delivery and service of all kind of weighing equipment.

Miscanthus, wood chips, dust and powder Geroldinger sees the pelletization of biomass fuels as a waste of energy, therefore first flow experiments were carried out with the the biomass "miscanthus". The technological challenge of this product is the low bulk density of only 140kg/m³. Based on the laboratory results the silo and heating system of our plant was produced. The annual heat requirement of 1500 hours at full load by 150kW involves the heating of all operational buildings (warehouse and office areas) and the peak loads caused by the paint shop. The heating system consists of a standard industrial combustion boiler, a self-made 25,000 liters of hot water storage for providing the energy for the peak heat load, a housed intake pit (equipped with a dedusting unit) and four screw-conveyors (500mm diameter) to ensure a rapid take over of materials from suppliers. The resulting combustion is almost pure ash from the boiler transported pneumatically into a silo. The 650m ³ concrete silo,…

Working at home with IQsafeLink While implementing IQsafeLink in various circumstances in industrial automation, we unexpectedly came to extra usage of this safest solution of remote take-over of machine and process controls. Together with the easy IQsafeLink-tool (the application that runs on PC’s and laptops and actually grants access to the machines that are equipped with an IQsafeLink), the clever box also can connect from anywhere to a company network or server. In a time that sees a growing popularity in working from home, there are several solutions. If it however is one that needs a safe connection between home and the office, than IQsafeLink is the way! The concept is simple: the companies network or server is equipped with a IQsafeLinkand employees that work from home install the IQsafeLink-tool on their home PC or laptop. Now they are able to safely remote access their “office place” and work at a distance as if they were sitting on the chair behind their desk. Home – office solutions…

Masterflex AG starts 2012 with the development of an innovative new hose series for the field of PU suction and blower hoses, which, due to its accreditation of the DIN 5510-2 standard, is especially suitable for applications in railed vehicles. The new Master-PUR L/H MHR se hoses made from special polyurethane can be applied for ventilation in railed vehicles, as drainage hoses for rainwater and condensation from air-conditioning systems, as well as suction and blower hoses for conveying abrasive solids in railed vehicles. Its special characteristics, such as its flammability resistance acc. to DIN 5510-2 and its microbe and hydrolysis resistance, sets this hose range apart from its competitors and makes it highly versatile for a wide range of applications. All Master-PUR MHR se hose types have been tested acc. to the DIN 54837:2007 standard with the classification DIN 5510-2:2009 and achieved the flammability class S-4, the smoke development class SR-2, as…

Technical and intercultural exchange at Berlin-Adlershof headquarters in February LUM GmbH, market leader in innovative instruments to analyse dispersions, welcomes its world-wide partners now to the 13th international technical and intercultural exchange at Berlin-Adlershof headquarters from 27-29 February. Here, the fundamentals are established for the LUM growth during the next years. “We have managed to increase the turnover in 2011 by approximately 24 %, compared to 2010. Now in 2012, we are working hard for further growth and we are optimistic despite alternating forecasts for the international business development. The export plays an important role for LUM. The formula for success of our own US subsidiary and of our Japanese partner Nihon Rufuto, Co., Ltd. must be transferred to other countries. For further use of the positive aspects of globalization, for competent and fast support of local business units of multi-national companies and world-wide research networks, we regularly qualify our distributors“, explains Prof. Lerche, Managing…

MWS300-BW belt scale direct connection to DCS/PLS This weighing electronic for belt scales is suitable to almost all mechanical belt scales with load cell sensoric. modern interfaces like Profibus-DP and Modbus/TCP allow direct link to PLC/ PLS/ DCS systems. Stay with your mechanical belt scale and add new MWS300-BW electronic to your system, or chose belt scale mechanic independent from electronic supplier to have a powerful weighing solution. An impulse output scalable x kg/imp. is still available to fit old system requirements. Besides belt scale this hardware can fullfil also loss-in-weight and hopper scale functions.

Bladel February 8th. 2012 – In the fourth quarter of 2011 KSE received a fazed order for the bulk out loading process of Perfect Companion Group (PCG) in Thailand. This order includes both, ALFRA dosing slide platform, The ALFRA Bulkweigher, frame for movable blenders and the PROMASst automation software. The process The ordered parts are intended for filling the hoppers. First, the exact composition of the various pet food grains of PCG is dosed by the ALFRA dosing slide platform. The exact composition goes through the platform to the movable ALFRA bulk weigher. Then the pet food goes to the blenders, where it will be mixed on moving and it will be loaded in the hopper. Then out of the hopper it will be packed in the packaging line. December 2011 PCG preferred the PROMASst automation software of KSE. The automation will take care of enough finished product to the packaging line to run continuously. “The transport to Thailand was quite a challenge, because…

Haver RPT The sample reducer HAVER RPT produces small but representative sample quantities of solids and suspensions and is combined with high-accuracy analytical measuring instruments. It is used in research, development and process monitoring laboratories. Rotating sample reducers combine three dividing methods in one unit and provide the best possible sample reducing available today. The sample is fed to a dividing cone that emulates the process of quartering and coning. The sample material on its surface is accelerated outwards by rotation and is divided through guide channels into up to 30 individual samples. The individual samples are collected in 250 ml and 500 ml glass screw-top bottles which can be easily and reliably secured by means of a quick-release clamp. The rotation and number of dividing channels enable variable dividing conditions to be achieved up to 3,000 dividing steps per minute. This means that each sample consists of a very large number of individual…

Product safety for food, biotechnology or similar applications Apart from the legal requirements in particular the EHEDG guidelines provide valuable directions and specifications for the hygienic and aseptic design of equipment, systems and complex production facilities. These have also to be considered for a hygienic conception of production processes for solid product forms. As a system provider of equipment for solids process engineering and an active member of the EHEDG-subgroup "dry material handling" Glatt Ingenieurtechnik Weimar makes its contribution to the development of guidelines in this field. Results from many years of experiences are considered in the relevant documents. To be able to produce under hygienic conditions a HACCP concept is developed together with the customer. Various requirements resulting from this concept have to be considered. Glatt Ingenieurtechnik has many years of experiences in this field. Several production facilities with specific hygienic and cleaning requirements have already been…

Bladel, 27 January 2012 – KSE Process Technology B.V. has bundled her years of experience in the PremixMineral into an analysis tool. This tool can be used for the ideal design of a factory, taking account into all current and future variables and all disciplines. Analysis First, with the participation of the different disciplines in a business, all variables are mapped. The Executive Board, the production manager, the nutritionists and the quality managers provide their input to make a good analysis. The amount of raw materials, ingredients, the percentages required in recipes, the size of batches, the production hours (per day and per year), the supply of raw materials, etc., are all mapped. Since each recipe is company specific, absolute confidentiality is guaranteed. Output of the analysis The tool processes all data for an accurate view of all design parameters; for example the capacity of dosing and weighing systems, the number of silos, the contents…