Solids and Powder Processing Equipment Reference Materials

Description: Process description: Mechanical feedstock processing system designed for size reduction and material reclamation HDPE Pipe. ...

Description: Process description: Mechanical feedstock processing system designed for size reduction and material reclamation PP fiber, PE film, PP film and PP non-wovens to 3" particle size. ...

Description: The drum chipper is feed by a dosing conveyor with following vibratory conveyor. ...

Description: The disposal plant of the sawmill Sunchang is designed for the separate collection of sawdust and wood chips in between the profile chipping line. Further the residue wood of the sawmill is separately ...

Description: Process description: Mechanical feedstock processing system designed for size reduction and material reclamation miscellaneous plastics. ...

Description: VECOPLAN references in the fi eld of waste timber recycling handle waste timber that is in its natural state for example from green waste tasks as well as wood from demolition tasks are wood separated ...

Description: n 2006 we have been able to finalize the long term negotiations successfully with the company West Coast Paper and we were ordered to supply 2 chipping lines for West Coast Paper in Dandeli. ...

Description: It's only a matter of time before our precious pets are sitting at the head of the dinner table, ready to tuck into the same human food that we enjoy each day. But until then, pet owners will continue ...

Description: You've got skills, and some really great ideas, but your equipment is turning out to be a one-trick pony that only plays well with certain types of material. ...

Description: The more you know about grit, the more you'll be able to separate fact from fiction. ...

Description: Understanding the pros and cons of different types of technologies helps you choose the right one. ...

Description: Striking a deal with Eaton, this bowling ball maker has replaced an outdated filtration system with a clean, cost-effective alternative. ...

Description: The subject of this case study is a global recycling company. This company specializes in a number of different recycling processes, many of which are proprietary, to reprocess a variety of industrial ...

Description: An industry leading grass seed manufacturer had a need to change their process to fulfill a growing worldwide demand for a specialty grass dust used to enhance the grass growing process. This company ...

Description: Spices have an integral place in the history of the world. Early uses were connected with magic, medicine, religion, tradition, and preservation. Today, spices are generally defined as any dry plant ...

Description: An integrated dryer-dust collector recovers fine clay at Southern Clay Products. ...

Description: This chart is intended as a general guide for various materials and chemicals. It shows some of the materials used in Terra's products and chemicals likely to be used with them. Testing is strongly ...

Description: This chart is intended as a general guide for various materials and chemicals. It shows some of the materials used in Terra's products and chemicals likely to be used with them. Testing is strongly ...

Description: This chart is intended as a general guide for various materials and chemicals. It shows some of the materials used in Terra's products and chemicals likely to be used with them. Testing is strongly ...

Description: Scott Foods, Inc., is a specialty manufacturer of high quality sauces, marinades, and aloe vera products in Paramount, CA. Powdered stabilizer gums such as Xanthan Gum and Carrageenan are used to ...

Description: PROBLEM: Bentley Mills, City of Industry, CA, recently installed a state-of-the-art, computer-controlled carpet printing system. The turn-key system was supplied with color mixing and gum preparation ...

Description: Problem: Increasing sales and the prospect of having to work overtime or put on an extra shift to meet production requirements is the kind of problem most chemical producers would like to have. ...

Description: Early in 1979, we conducted a careful study of our color kitchen mixing procedures. We found that instead of making all our dyeing pastes from scratch, we could increase our production, improve ...

Description: Gar Laboratories, Inc., is an FDA-REGISTERED provider of complete contract packaging services for sun screens, bathe creams, liquids, creams, lotions, soaps, perfumes and colognes. At their facility ...

Description: PROBLEM: Abso-Clean Industries, Inc., of Detroit, MI, needed to increase production capacity for several liquid abrasive cleaners. More mixing tanks and floor space would be required to keep up with ...

Description: Difficulties were experienced at a paint manufacturing operation when pigment particles were reagglomerated during let-down. ...

Description: Polymeric thickener is dispersed into 1000-kg batches of gels. ...

Description: Top quality fruit-based sauces, fillings, and toppings for food service and industrial markets are processed at the Clovis, CA, plant of Lyons Magnus. The company grows its own fruit, including ...

Description: Problem: Increasing demand for natural honeysuckle and apple cream rinses created a manufacturing bottleneck for Tom's of Maine, Inc., who manufactures and sells natural personal care products such as ...

Description: Problem: Spray-Tek, Inc., a custom spray drying company located in Middlesex, NJ, processes products including starches, gelatins, celluloses and gums in continuous production runs of up to four ...

Description: An Ardematic Automatic Mixing Station, connecting conveyor and Spraymation, Inc., programmed liquid dispensing system has reduced color shop labor from 6 to 3 men per shift at the Print Plant, Inc., ...

Description: Ever since the establishment in 1878, H. Clay Glover Company has been a leading manufacturer of over-the-counter anti-dandruff products. As one of the country's oldest pharmaceutical manufacturing ...

Description: A packager contracted to blend and package expanded perlite, delivered in bulk bags too large to be emptied into the packaging equipment. A Flexicon flexible screw conveyor proved the best way to move ...

Description: Quality Custom Blending specializes in custom blending of dried powdered food products and strives to maintain the highest quality standards. When expanded production was needed, the firm added a ...

Description: Casa Cuervo, which produces tequila, eggnog, sangria wine and margarita mix, improved efficiency, safety and quality by installing a Flexicon material-conveying system in its Guadalajara distillery. ...

Description: A vocational center operates a plant in which blends a wide range of dry bulk food ingredients. The facility uses a Munson Double Ribbon Blender because of its versatility and ability to produce a ...

Description: A manufacturer of stucco and exterior coatings uses a Munson ribbon blender to meet the challenge of blending heavy, abrasive aggregates non-stop, all day, without premature seal leakage. ...

Description: To meet increasing demand, J.O. Spice Company reorganized its production operations including adding a Flexicon bulk bag discharger. The redesigned system is both more efficient and easier to operate. ...

Description: Surging sales of powdered flavors exceeded the capacity of a plant's manual dumping and packaging equipment. The company boosted production with two bulk transfer systems manufactured by Flexicon. ...

Description: A producer of dried malt streamlined their process by replacing a tote bin handling operation with an in-line conveying designed and installed by Flexicon (Europe) Ltd. ...

Description: Many plants that batch-blend bulk products could benefit from installation of an automated weigh batching system. Here are some factors to consider in selecting a system. ...

Description: Coal-fired power plants have found activated carbon injection (ACI) to be an effective technology for controlling mercury. Handling the sorbent, however, can pose problems. This article discusses how ...

Description: A plastics compounder increased capacity by upgrading to twin-screw compounding lines, and found bulk bag discharging and conveying equipment to fit the low ceilings of the building. ...

Description: By blending ingredients in house, a cosmetics manufacturer saved on purchasing the blends and shipping them to the plant. The company also gained flexibility to modify formulations to satisfy customer ...

Description: The trait of effect metal varnishes is brilliance and luminance of the varnishing. Special significance above this has the Flip-Flop or two tone effect, which results from the alteration of the ...

Description: Choice Organic Teas found that a mini rotary batch mixer from Munson Machinery allows large amounts of thorough blending, gently enough that it doesn't damage the tea. ...

Description: Planetary Mills can comminute pills effectively The determination of substances contained in tablets after the production process is mandated according to the analytical rules of the German and ...

Description: Personal products manufacturer Fillcare Ltd. was unable to discharge a waxy, non-flowing material from bulk bags, a problem it solved by installing a Flexicon Block-Buster® bulk bag conditioner. ...

Description: Kopp Glass, a world leading producer of precision molded borosilicate glass, relies on a rotary batch mixer from Munson Machinery to blend more than 300 glass compositions in unlimited colors. ...

Description: When it comes to holding certain materials and shapes, using a vise isn't always an option, or even the most efficient method. Some materials can be damaged or bowed by a vise, and set-up can be time ...

Description: OMNOVA Solutions significantly improved recycling capabilities at its plant in Auburn, Pennsylvania by investing in rotary batch mixers from Munson Machinery Co. Inc., NY. ...

Description: Application: Handling screened sand for rail car loading ...

Description: Challenge: Verify the "cleanliness" of the diverter valves that are currently being utilized ...

Description: In 2013, the world-class O.H. Kruse Feed Technology Innovation Center was opened on the campus of Kansas State University. The facility addresses the needs of reaching the sciences of feed processing, ...

Description: Spain's largest toll manufacturer of insecticides and herbicides relies on a rotary mixer of 180 cu ft (51 cu m) capacity to process all the company's granular insecticides for soil application. ...

Description: J.O. Spice Company, Inc. increased capacity by replacing 3 smaller paddle mixers with a 150 cu ft (4.25 cu m)-capacity paddle mixer made by Munson Machinery Company. ...

Description: Cosmetic Essence, Inc. (CEI, Holmdel, NJ) produces a proprietary line of minerals-based face powders using a pin mill, also known as a centrifugal impact mill, to obtain the desired particle size. ...

Description: The advent of highly potent active pharmaceutical intermediates (HPAPI) has required a rethinking of pharmaceutical production operations. ...

Description: Challenge: Customer required a slide gate that could seal the material handled, address its abrasiveness, and meter material flow ...

Description: Replace manual switching operation with pneumatically operated diverter valves capable of sealing fine powder ...

Description: Most of the corn tortilla and corn chip producers receive their corn in a dry kernel form and store this product in silos which are usually located outside, next to the plant building. At the end of ...

Description: Achieving gentle mixing with a horizontal rotary drum mixer. ...

Description: Blending system wrings problems out of detergent manufacturing operation. ...

Description: Continental Products Corp. designs and manufactures batch-blending systems and operates a test center at its plant in Milwaukee. Blending tests stimulate production conditions ...

Description: Kemin Industries, Des Moines, Iowa, has manufactured agricultural and food products for the animal and livestock feed industries since 1961. ...

Description: Research Products Company (RPC), Salina, Kan., supplies enrichments and maturing and bleaching agents to millers for wheat and pasta flour production. The enrichments include vitamins and minerals ...

Description: Valley Ag, a feed company based in New Albin, Iowa, has recently completed a plant project that will enable the firm to expand production. Wayne Meyer, a co-owner with Dan Bulman, said the nucleus of ...

Description: One of the world's largest manufacturers of cement products makes thinsets, power adhesives, underlayments, gypsum-based products, and other cement products at US mixing facilities in the Northeast, ...

Description: Prosel SRL de CV, Monterrey, Mexico, makes both solid and liquid processed specialty chemicals that are used by water treatment facilities, power plants, petrochemical facilities, oil refineries, and ...

Description: It was November 2000 when a rental truck filled with the ingredients to make specialty binders and refractories for the investment casting industry embarked on its first journey to find the ideal ...

Description: Continental Products Corp., Milwaukee, designs and manufactures horizontal rotary drum mixers (called Rollo-Mixers) for particle mixing, accurate distributive mixing, and liquid addition to powders or ...

Description: Rotary drum mixer uses 83% less power, gives uniform blend. ...

Description: Successful Search for Rotary Batch Blenders Saves Drug Company One Million/Year ...

Description: A food processor with an annual throughput of 2755 tons of ingredients solved a number of problems by switching from a ribbon blender to a Munson rotary batch mixer. ...

Description: Locate a diverter valve able to withstand the abrasion associated with handling a large volume of abrasive product. ...

Description: Material: Pharmaceutical Pellets Application: Convey Pills Beneath Tote System Challenge: Develop an inlet to attach to the tote. ...

Description: The CVT-P-10 miniature turbine vibrator from Cleveland Vibrator Company was selected for the Incisive Surgical INSORB staple manufacturing site, where injection molding machines produce eight ...

Description: By their general nature, the majority of mining activities take place in relatively pristine environments. As the level of environmental consciousness has increased around the world, the charge to the ...

Description: Mining operations can meet the demands of increased environmental vigilance with polymer preparation systems. With the amount of waste material that is produced during mining, that is a difficult ...

Description: Replacing an old, energy-hogging airdrying system with a state-of-the-art new one designed by Paxton Products enabled a major wholesale bakery to cut energy costs at one of their Canadian facilities ...

Description: Installation of a new drying system on a canning line at a leading carbonated soft drink bottler in Indianapolis, IN, has cut compressed air usage by 15 percent. The PowerDry System from Paxton ...

Description: Low Profile Shake-Out Table (SGT-O) saves AC Foundry $5000/year in replacement parts and days/month of downtime, providing continuous duty service in breaking 1000 mold boxes per day. ...

Description: 1400 Single Impact (SI) Air Piston does the job where continuous vibration didn't work for a major manufacturer of inorganic chemicals. ...

Description: Milling Equipment Frequently Asked Questions ...

Description: The world of material processing and size reduction demands faster and more efficient methods to yield increasingly smaller sizes and narrower particle size distributions. Processes in a variety of ...

Description: The difficulty with feeding long fiber fiberglass is that it has a very high aspect ratio," says Charles Weber, president of Composite Products Inc. (CPI), Winona, Minn. "It's like trying to feed a ...

Description: Standards for the safe manufacturing, installation, and operation of compactors are governed by the ANSI Z245.2 industry standards. These guidelines are developed by the industry and it is the ...

Description: Various mixing technologies are available for the efficient processing of products containing nanoceramics and other nanomaterials. Nanomaterials are finding their way into an increasing number of ...

Description: Recent advances in mixing technology offer increased efficiency in dispersing powdered additives into liquids for both low and high viscosity applications. Dispersing powdered additives into a liquid ...

Description: Many fiber-filled composites are high viscosity formulations that require efficient dispersion in a planetary mixer configuration where a number of blade designs and combinations are available. Fiber ...

Description: Variable frequency drives enable 'soft start' of ribbon blenders, an essential feature that protects the system against a spike in start-up torque. The ability to moderate energy input during the ...

Description: The saw-tooth disperser and rotor/stator mixer are two of the most widely used high speed mixers yet many are unaware of the differences in their utility and operating capacities. Knowing the unique ...

Description: A variety of mixers are suitable for pureeing requirements - from single-shaft rotor/stator mixers and high speed dispersers to multi-agitator equipment for higher viscosity formulations, and even ...

Description: Solid-solid mixing sometimes involves powders that need to be uniformly coated with smaller particles of a different component. The ingredient that is coated onto the bulk material is typically a very ...

Description: Mixing under vacuum has a direct impact on end-product performance. Studies show that processing under vacuum reduces porosity and unbound particles. Reducing the number of pores leads to remarkable ...

Description: As the nutritional product marketplace continues to grow, the search continues for efficient, consistent, quality solutions for dry blending. There persists, however, the basic need for uniform ...

Description: Hollow composite tube or pipe sections are typically manufactured using a filament winding process. Rotating mandrels are covered with continuous strand glass or carbon fibers which are impregnated ...

Description: Oxidation ditches are very popular wastewater treatment processes for small to medium- sized municipalities that have to meet stringent water quality standards. Oxidation ditches provide ...

Description: The Eufaula, Alabama, wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) is an extended aeration activated sludge facility designed for an average daily flow rate of 2.7 million gallons per day (mgd). Prior to ...

Description: Work in a typical lab is aimed at achieving a long list of goals. But every aspect of business in the lab is also driven by a collection of chronic shortages. Space for equipment in the lab is always ...