Archive February 2019

One-stop shop Optimal cleaning results, individual construction thanks to the modular principle, all components from a single source: This is the new Flex-on® filter cleaning system by IMI Buschjost, one of IMI Precision Engineering’s leading product brands. As the new 85870 series, it completes the range of Flex-on® filter cleaning systems and will be available from summer 2019. People who don’t want to wait this long can get an initial impression during the Powtech trade fair in Nuremberg, where the system will officially be launched. From 9th to 11th April, the new series will be presented at stand 4-106 in hall 4. When using filter cleaning systems, the trend is clearly towards all-in-one solutions: Users obtain complete systems from a single supplier rather than purchasing individual components from different providers. IMI Precision Engineering focuses on precisely this with its Flex-on® series: The “one-stop shop” principle reduces the number of suppliers and…

A 2 day short course looking at bulk materials handling and safety issues at ports and at sea has been arranged in conjunction with ABTO (Association of Bulk Terminal Operators) for 12 - 13 March in Chatham, Kent, UK. Subjects covered include: Ship unloading technologies Conveying technologies- pneumatic vs belt Safety and maintenance of plant and equipment Rail and road outloading equipment and control Dust control and environmental protection Controlling cargo damage (particle degradation, spoilage, water damage etc) Cargo characterisation for handleability Stevedores, Operations supervisors, Port managers, Ships Masters, Port developers, Cargo superintendents, Equipment suppliers, Design consultants are all recommended to attend to gain an understanding of the reasons for the varied behaviour of powders and particulate materials as they travel across the seas or are stored and transported from ports. Course fees are discounted for ABTO members Full…

A € 9 million investment in efficiency, sustainability and innovation Camozzi Automation – a Camozzi Group company specializing in solutions for industrial automation, components and systems for the control of liquid and gaseous fluids and applications for the transport industry - today has opened a new logistics hub located in Via Sant’Alberto 10, Palazzolo sull’Oglio, provincial district of Brescia, in a privileged position close to the main freight forwarders, to the A4 motorway and to the Orio al Serio airport. A best-in-class logistics hub, to which the production of the two manufacturing plants in Lumezzane and Polpenazze will also be conveyed. It will considerably increase the storage capacity of finished products and goods handling, becoming the distribution hub of Camozzi Automation for the entire Italian and European territory. “A strategic investment, worth approximately € 9 million, which is part of a more far-reaching development policy that not only aims to make the logistics sector a competitive advantage, but…

Theme ”The recent advances in the drying, sorting and packaging of sugar”. On 14 February 2019, a full-day seminar on the topic ”The recent advances in sugar drying, sorting and packaging” was held in Dehradun, India. RHEWUM GmbH & its subsidiary RHEWUM India Pvt. Ltd. gave presentations on technologies for sifting sugar and were able to demonstrate the technology directly on site with a mobile RHEWUM WA(U) sifting machine. Sugar sorting plays an important role in determining sugar quality in relation to grain size and can lead to a better price on the market with uniform grain sizes. For bulk consumers, the dry mixing of sugar is energy efficient compared to the wet process. The constant sugar grain size is very important for the dry mixing process. Efficient sorting also optimizes product performance and seed recycling. In times of constantly rising production costs and strict environmental and food safety standards, the optimization of sugar plants with clean and efficient processes is an important factor for remaining profitable.…

3 young trend-setters nominated for LUM science award YSA 2019 From 22-23 May 2019 LUM GmbH hosts the 9th International Conference Dispersion Analysis & Materials Testing in Berlin, Germany. Since 2014 the Young Scientist Award (YSA) recognizes outstanding scientific work by young researchers in the areas of particle and dispersion characterization and materials testing. The nomination of the candidates for 2019 is finished. From the selected three nominees from Europe and North America the winner will be awarded during the conference after the presentation of the results. Kunal Kadiya of University of Saskatchewan, Dept. of Food and Bioproduct Sciences, Saskatoon, Canada, works on nanoemulsion based gels. In the food industry they are to be used to replace unhealthy fats in food formulations. In the pharmaceutical industry the gels have to deliver bioactives at targeted sites in the human body. The use of a Dispersion Analyser LUMiSizer for the stability characterization of the gels and for the prediction of the mechanism of…

Warm welcome to Mr. David Spratlin The team of UWT Level Controls LLC in Memphis TN, USA gains further support for the US market. David Spratlin is responsible as National Sales Manager for the US-American market and Canada and is excited about new interesting projects for these regions: “I am very excited to join the UWT family. With a strategic sales initiative and focus on further expanding our relationships with our loyal partners, I am ready to help take UWT to the next level.” We are looking forward to a successful collaboration and wish him a lot of success and joy in his work in the UWT Team. UWT happy about new team colleague David Spratlin, National Sales Manager in USA ✩ looking forward to a successful collaboration and wish him a lot of success and joy in his work in the UWT Team.

extractable In recent years, there has been a sharp increase in demand for easily cleanable screw conveyor systems. When different powders are treated with a strong smell or taste, cleanability is very important. Powders such as ”cinnamon, noodle nutmeg” Possible options are: - retractable + pivotable screws - trough screws with hinged lids at the top - compressed air purge with shared sealing rings for easy disassembly - wet cleanable screws, where even water flushing

In 2017, a pasta company consulted Vortex to consider improvements to their flour transfer The Process Various grades of flour are pneumatically conveyed and diverted from a main supply line into eight silos. Each of the eight silos feed separate production lines, with each line producing a different type of pasta. The client used a manual hose switching station to route materials from the main supply line into each silo individually. The manual hose switching station presented many disadvantages, including: Labor-intensive – Because it was a manual switching process, an operator had to physically decouple, reposition and recouple the flexible hose. Further complicating this process, the operator had to climb and shuffle across a narrow catwalk each time the hose was repositioned. Safety – A ratcheting tool was used to move the hose through a horizontal plane. Because the tool is used as a hand-operated winch, tension between moving parts can cause the mechanisms to fail – which is an operator safety concern. Profitability – As…

The eco-friendly SpillFix granular can be safely used to remove spills from the most porous or uneven surfaces. SpillFix is a 100% natural product made out of coconut coir that unlike clay-based granulars does not release cancerous silica dust. In addition, SpillFix is a lightweight product with a microsponge honeycomb structure that is highly unlikely to cause any straining or lower back injuries. Absorbs immediately and effectively Thanks to its honeycomb structure, SpillFix granulars immediately start pulling liquid inside and quickly absorb any liquid. On top of this, 2.8 kg of SpillFix can absorb the same spill volume as 22.5 kg of clay based granular, so a lot less product is needed to achieve better results. Unlike many clay-based granulars, SpillFix does not leave any slick residue behind and can be mopped up with a few swift swipes. Granular versus meltblown polypropylene With the addition of SpillFix, Brady offers a more complete range…

The practical tool for simple, wireless adjustment of VEGA instruments Industrial equipment spread out over a wide area, with high tanks or potentially explosive zones, poses an enormous challenge to the implementation of digitisation and Industry 4.0 concepts. To reach difficult-to-access or dangerous measuring points from a safe distance, VEGA offers the option of parameterizing sensors and reading out their measured values via Bluetooth on a smartphone or tablet with the VEGA Tools app. The advantages are obvious: especially easy to operate, all data permanently available in real time, and numerous possibilities for upgrading in the future. An important Industry 4.0 module With the Tools app from VEGA, sensors can be controlled wirelessly over distances of up to 25 metres and accessed directly – without technicians having to climb high ladders or go into hazardous environments. In keeping with the spirit and purpose of Industry 4.0, the tool simplifies communication with sensors. Because in addition to convenient visualization…

LUM supports NanoCarbon Conference 2019 For the 5th time the Network NanoCarbon would like to invite you to the Annual Conference in Würzburg, Germany, from 26-27 February 2019. The event offers an open forum to the nanocarbon community for exchanging results and ideas. It is the most important communication platform for innovative and commercial activities in the field of carbon nanomaterials (e.g. CNTs, graphenes and nano-diamond) within Germany and beyond [1]. The product portfolio of Berlin based LUM GmbH provides innovative analytical instruments for the characterization of the entire life cycle of carbon materials, for carbon black and graphene, nano-diamonds, Carbon nanotubes and Carbon onions. For the quality control of raw materials, on the basis of their particle size distributions, the Dispersion Analyser LUMiSizer is used for nanoparticles. For the characterization of dispersibility and separation stability or shelf life the user needs to know the product properties in its original concentration.…

Targeted Surface Functionalization Are you looking for possibilities to produce powders that meet your specific requirements? Do you want to influence the surface structure and functionality of your particles? Using APPtec®, a unique spray calcination technology, it is possible to generate, coat and subsequently calcinate particles at temperatures from 200 °C to > 1000 °C in one single process step, thus producing so-called core shell particles. The technique enables coat thickness, porosity, and activity to be individually defined. By coating carrier materials, such as Al2O3, ZrO2, TiO2, with a catalytic ingredient, highly active powder materials for an extremely wide range of catalytic materials are obtained. Additionally, it is also possible to coat silicates, ceramic base materials and others with oxide coatings generated from metal salt solutions and slurries. Due to the extremely homogenous reaction conditions and short retention times by applying APPtec®, the coatings are extremely homogeneous…

YARA in Rostock is now screening calcium ammonium nitrate with RHEWUM screening machines. Calcium ammonium nitrate (CAN) is a popular nitrogen fertilizer in agriculture for plant nutrition. Due to the difficult screening characteristics of CAN, YARA in Rostock has again opted for RHEWUM technology to expand its capacity. When increasing the capacity, our customer duplicated the existing screening line. In addition to the increase of capacity, this also results in increased availability. The new screens were modernized and modified together with the customer along with his accumulated experience and are thereby optimally adapted to the plant, which achieves a flow rate of up to 350 t/h. The construction of the plant will be realized in two stages. In the first stage, RHEWUM DF course screens with downstream RHEWUM RIUS are used (screen cut 5.0 mm). RHEWUM WA fine screens (screen cut 3.2 mm) remove the fine dust in the second stage. Several special features of the machines were taken into account during the implementation of the project. Due to the abrasive…

These are the highlights Accreditation of the REMBE Research + Technology Center as an independent testing laboratory The REMBE live demonstrations have been an integral part of the POWTECH for many years. The same applies to the key player Roland Bunse - an established figure in the world of Explosion Safety since the 1990s, who has been at REMBE just as long, and has been head of the REMBE Research + Technology Center GmbH for 2 years. With the accreditation as a testing laboratory according to DIN EN ISO 17025 the team around Roland Bunse the independence and professionalism appreciated by many customers was once again confirmed. In addition to the REMBE Research + Technology Center, REMBE GmbH Safety + Control will of course also be represented at POWTECH, but no longer in Hall 4 as before, but rather in the ”new” Hall 5. At the booth 5-410, REMBE engineers will be presenting a new non-return valve and the Q-Ball E flameless venting device especially designed for elevator in addition…

Simplified operation and downward-compatible functionality and size! The WA6 is the most modern component for your directly excited RHEWUM WA screening machine due to its simplified operation and its downward-compatible functionality and size. You have full control over the screening process. Since we have developed our WA screening machines, we have also continuously improved the components we use for electronic control. With the help of this module you can control the intensity of the WA vibration heads, which transmit the vibrations directly to the screen cloth. With the WA6 module, you can perfectly adjust the WA screening machine to your screening product. You can regulate it either on the device in the control cabinet or remotely from a distance with a setpoint value specified by the process control system. The cleaning impulse can also be individually adjusted and ensures that the screen cloth cleans itself at regular intervals. Adjustment and operation are now even easier thanks to an LCD display with optimized menu navigation.…