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Case History: Updating Feeders Improves Jet-Milling Production at Custom Processor

From Acrison, Inc.
 

 
On a processing line dedicated to a single material, a feeder's cleanout features may not be of concern. But when a custom processor needed to run many different materials, a feeder that could quickly and completely empty its contents was essential. Located in Moorestown, N.J., Jet Pulverizer first began manufacturing milling equipment in 1946. The small, family-owned business expanded to include custom milling in 1969. Since then, half of the company's business has been derived from custom processing.

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