From VAC-U-MAX
Material transfer is an integral part of any operation. When increased production demands and new product lines challenge a processing line, those charged with optimizing production must evaluate an array of factors when determining the best method for moving chemical ingredients.
To eliminate wasted efforts in production, manufacturers are moving away from conventional methods such as bucket elevators and hoists that can present a variety of challenges in the processing plant, and into more automated processes using pneumatic conveying technology to move material.
Edward Dodge, Operations Manager, at Helena Industries’ Cordele, Georgia plant agrees. “It all depends on the area or what we are doing or the type of material we’re using.”
The Georgia plant uses a broad range of process technologies to manufacture, formulate, and packages herbicides, fungicides, and insecticides for its clients of well known brand products. “We had a unit that started to get a lot of business,” says Dodge, “and that is why we started looking at different transfer systems.”
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A pet food manufacturer installs tubular drag cable conveyors in a new processing line to increase production and reduce operating costs.
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Hilltop Ranch Inc., Ballico, Calif., is a family-owned almond processing corporation that processes 50 million pounds of almonds each year. Recently, industry changes made it necessary for owners...
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Upgrading your roasting plant is tricky business. On the one hand, the advantages of upgrading are always very palpable before any new equipment acquisitions are made.
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Almondco Australia of Renmark in South Australia, as part of an upgrade of its processing facilities, has installed five Cablevey conveyor systems. AF Systems is US-based Cablevey Conveyors’...
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Operators at Hamilton Ranches Inc. can’t help but feel a bit nutty. That’s because they spend their days processing pecans and walnuts. The family-owned company, based in Visalia, Calif.,...
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Cablevey is long-established as one of the leading suppliers of conveyors for whole bean and ground coffee. The flexibility of its technology is demonstrated by equipment for two completely different...
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“The PU3000 has exceeded my expectations. I never thought it would work here. But now, I love it.”...
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IT has been rumored for nearly a decade that the Food & Drug Administration is going to require feed manufacturing facilities to be able to trace back ingredients in four hours, but adding to the...
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Cymbet Corporation today announced that it is now shipping EnerChip™ Smart Solid State Batteries from their second high volume fabrication facility built in partnership with X-FAB Texas Inc...
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