Material Handling Equipment Reference Materials

Description: When people talk about snacks, they usually think of small portions they have between the meals. ...

Description: On a global level, we drink about 2.25 billion cups of coffee every day. That is about 70 cups of coffee every second. No wonder coffee is one of the most valuable, legally-traded commodities in the ...

Description: Snacks play a more significant role in today's society than one might realize because snacks are more than just a little bite between meals. ...

Description: During grain handling and drying operations, the material needs to be protected against any physical and/or chemical deterioration. Therefore, it's critical to choose a grain conveyor system capable ...

Description: Although similar in the functionality for food processors, tubular chain and cable drag conveyors have distinct differences in components and operation. ...

Description: Any kind of ready-to-eat food that does not require time-consuming preparation can be referred to as snack food. Throughout history, people have had small portions of fruit and vegetables or nuts ...

Description: Very few people in the western world don't know what breakfast cereal is. However, for those of us that don't know, breakfast cereal is a type of packaged food product that's typically made out of ...

Description: Specialty coffee uses single origins coffee beans that are freshly roasted and perfectly brewed. ...

Description: According to OSHA's definition of combustible dust explosions, any combustible material can burn rapidly when in a finely divided form. If such a dust is suspended in the air in the right ...

Description: VECOPLAN WASTE RECOVERY SYSTEMS PLAY A KEY ROLE IN TURNING WASTE TO ENERGY ...

Description: A spark blanket is a type of fabricated part used in rail grinding, welding, and maintenance. Engineers may use spark blankets at multiple touchpoints from initial installation to eventual replacement ...

Description: See the steps to remove and replace the lifting screw in our keyed for traveling nut machine screw jacks. ...

Description: Watch the different techniques used to remove and replace screws in Translating and Keyed jacks. ...

Description: About one in four people around the world suffer from visual impairment. Such impairments hinder those affected from activities most take for granted - like reading. Luckily, companies like LVI work ...

Description: Offices, factories, and homes: You'll find Accuride movement solutions at work in virtually any space. You'll also find them in some very creative designs. One of those comes from an up-and-coming ...

Description: Today, they are a leader in the manufacture of coiled tubing equipment, which can be custom designed with different mast lengths and equipment. Screw jacks are used to raise the mast beams on the rear ...

Description: "The inherent design of the 50-ton machine screw jack from Joyce/Dayton doesn't let it backdrive under the weight of the roof panels ... a critical factor in controlling the roof safely." ...

Description: Westerly Hospital recently unveiled their new $4 million pharmacy facility. Can you spot Baker's BioChemGARD cabinets in this article? ...

Description: Assembly Process: Automatically feed and drive, one per cycle, an M4 x 20mm long torx drive pan head screw to required 4.8 Nm torque to secure a fan clutch housing. A radial torque arm was required to ...

Description: When volume production becomes a problem, automating with a Visumatic Assembly Machine can be the answer -taking assembly from the Dark Ages to Automation overnight. ...

Description: A tabletop assembly machine installing two screws per part. This straight forward platform has a simple control and basic operator interface. The portable Visumatic tabletop system is a fast-payback ...

Description: Global trade is built on our ability to safely supply commodities all over the world. This depends upon secure transport between different regions, to ensure that goods from one market can be readily ...

Description: Many applications call for combining lifting and tilting functions. Bin-tilters are an example of doing this to feed operators bin contents at a convenient fixed height. In other applications, the ...

Description: This is a complete application guide for designing work access platform lifts ...

Description: Safety is the prime purpose of all work access lifts. They are designed to move production personnel, their tools and materials to ergonomically sound work positions to enhance both worker safety and ...

Description: As a result of this custom work lift platform, the customer was able to meet and exceed production goals for the new transformer assembly line. ...

Description: As a result of this custom engineered and fabrication upender, the customer was able to access all sides of the die during production without below hook rotation thereby increasing safety as well as ...

Description: The application for this unique lift table has to do with multiple conveyor lines moving large pallets of corrugated material though the system. The convergence of 3 conveyor lines that are at ...

Description: A large manufacturer of power transmissions recently presented an interesting problem to Lift Products. The manufacturer needed to lift a heavy machine operator, negotiate (2) integrated obstructions, ...

Description: We hope these projects inspire you to create something for your home or workspace! ...

Description: Countless applications rely on Accuride heavy-duty movement solutions. Those solutions handle max loads from 170 to over 1,300 lbs ...

Description: Available in materials from aluminum to ABS plastic, HBC offers cases able to carry as much as two tons. Many HBC cases include movable compartments for smaller items. Supporting these compartments ...

Description: The challenge when designing this trailer was finding a way to access the storage drawers underneath the fridge when necessary, while also keeping everything tidy and compact when not in use. The ...

Description: The basis for this industry leading technology is the unique feed head design of our screwdriving systems. ...

Description: You probably know that you need DOT packaging or some kind of special container to ship dangerous goods. You may even know that these special containers require a UN rating. But do you know what UN ...

Description: Installing a traditional rigid screw conveyor between the first bag dump station and a mixer. ...

Description: Creating a materials handling system that would have no effect on the quality of their beers. ...

Description: Bulk Bag Unloaders used to discharge major polymer additives into the asphalt production process. ...

Description: Company who produces coatings for architectural finishes needed a better way to process one of the functional chemicals used to produce its paint based product. ...

Description: How to design and install a material handling system that is extremely gentle which can handle the very fragile granular mineral clay and deliver it undamaged to the pouch filling machine. ...

Description: A company located in Baxley, Georgia needed to unload an explosive powder from Bulk Bags ...

Description: How a Box Dumper and two Bulk Bag Unloaders deliver flake material into mixing silos ...

Description: Introducing a conveyor system to automate the batching of chemique ...

Description: Solving dust & containment issues. ...

Description: Bulk Bag Fillers with weighing platforms that use weigh-scales or load-cells ...

Description: How the most difficult to fill products can safely be packaged in stable, uniformly filled bulk bags. ...

Description: Company needed a safe, efficient, reliable and accurate bag unloading, conveying, storage and dosing of Hydrated Lime (Calcium Hydroxide) into a liquid stream in preparation for an upstream process. ...

Description: Bulk Bag Fillers incorporate an NTEP approved weigh platform and integral powered rollers for fast and easy removal of filled bags. ...

Description: Transfer chemicals such as Barite, Bentonite and Calcium Carbonate directly into highway transportable ISO tanks on the dockside as bulk bags were unloaded from porting ships. ...

Description: Finding a totally enclosed dust-tight Bulk Bag Unloader for a manufacturing plant which produces adhesives for a variety of industries. ...

Description: Powdered Activated Carbon (PAC) dosing system. ...

Description: How to eliminate dust and reduce the amount of material handling for the raw ingredients handling operation of a leading pharmaceutical company. ...

Description: How to provide a completely closed robust system that could reliably convey their cement material without material build up and excessive wear on equipment. ...

Description: How a bulk bag discharger would empty sugar into a larger surge hopper fitted with a bin activator. ...

Description: How a conveying system can transfer coffee from 11 roasters to bagger hoppers above the packaging equipment. ...

Description: A mechanical conveyor transfers product from the Bulk Bag Unloader to a very large mixing tank. ...

Description: Containerized Dosing System that must be housed in a 20ft/6m ISO container ...

Description: Design of a Cableflow Tubular Drag Conveyor ...

Description: Selecting the ideal conveyor can become a daunting task for the buyer who may not be aware of the advantages of the individual types. A product feasibility test is always advisable to determine the ...

Description: Nestled in Canada's Saskatchewan Province is a growing business called Paved to Pines. Started by two college friends, Paved to Pines is making its mark in a burgeoning niche: bus-to-camper ...

Description: Atchison Topeka improved the efficiency of its UK operations by consolidating multiple food distribution centers into a single facility that transfers powdered food ingredients from bulk bags into ...

Description: Manual operations give way to automated milk preparation for margarine blending in a new sanitary process room at Canbra Foods, Inc. Automated controls improve quality as supervisors monitor and ...

Description: Anchor Products' new, automated packing line for filling bulk bags with sodium caseinate eliminates aeration experienced with a rotary sack filler, and cuts dust and packaging waste by 90%, while ...

Description: According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the total 2012 U.S. rice harvest is estimated at 196.3 million hundredweight (8.9 million metric tons). The vast majority of this crop comes ...

Description: To scale up production and sales, Bradford Soap redesigned its material handling system from manual bag dumping to automated bulk bag unloading to deliver large quantities of raw material. The company ...

Description: Food and Spice Product Manufacturing Ltd. increased production of vegetable puree products from 5 tons/week to 15-20 tons/week after installing a new bulk solids handling system consisting of flexible ...

Description: When Simmers of Edinburgh Ltd., a specialty cookie maker, set out to modernize its process plant, the company looked for ways to improve the handling of bulk oatmeal bags used in preparing several ...

Description: An automated product transfer system consisting of a bulk bag unloader and flexible screw conveyors tripled output of Drywite Ltd.'s dry ingredient for treating cut potatoes for mass consumption of ...

Description: An automated drum transfer system enabled Metrode Products Ltd to blend separate batches of dry and wet batches simultaneously, improving worker hygiene and boosting production of welding-electrodes ...

Description: Transylvania Vocational Services (TVS, Inc.) needed to unload 55-lb bags of dry powdered milk having various densities, convey it, and package it in 2-lb bags at a rate of 90 lb/min. ...

Description: A flexible conveyor and hopper on wheels slashed mixing time by 30% to speed throughput in manufacturing Transtar Autobody Technologies, Inc.'s automotive paints and primers. Compared to the previous ...

Description: Nidar AS, Norway's leading supplier of candy/confectionery, manufactures 150 products under 35 brands on 10 production lines. The company's plant was built in 1950 and has been updated regularly with ...

Description: In producing blue in-tank toilet bowl deodorants, Willert Home Products decreased batching time by 20%, improved accuracy of batches to 0.01%, and eliminated dust from the work area by using an ...

Description: Morgan Advanced Materials & Technology Ltd needed a better way to loosen solidified pitch received in bulk bags. The solution came in the form of a BLOCK-BUSTER® Bulk Bag Conditioner, which ...

Description: Aquarium Systems, a manufacturer of synthetic sea salts for hobbyists who keep salt water fish in home aquariums, had a unique problem: Several of the bulk ingredients used in making the salt caused ...

Description: In producing epoxy mastic, Polymeric Systems, Inc. cut batching time from 3.0 to 1.5 hours by switching from manual dumping of 50-lb (28 kg) bags of dry inorganic powder to automated weigh batching ...

Description: Improved production efficiency combined with intrinsically safe standards of operation for powder handling within a hazardous area are among the benefits gained by installing a fully automated bulk ...

Description: One of the world's major producers of hydrated alumina (AL[OH]3) is TOR Processing & Trade B.V., a branch of TOR Minerals International (www.torminerals.com). From its specialty mineral processing ...

Description: To operate under HACCP and other international certifications, the Orthomol Company shifted to clean room production and needed to upgrade from manual packaging to automated filling of granulated ...

Description: The manufacture of corrugated board used in promotional and point-of-sale packaging solutions can be messy and wasteful without an integrated bulk handling and dust collection solution such as that ...

Description: DSM Coating Resins Spain S.L. is the world's largest producer of polyester resins and one of the largest producers of specialty emulsions. To produce saturated polyester resin powders used in ...

Description: World Flavors Co., Inc. blends and packages a variety of seasonings, powdered coffee and drink mixes, requiring process equipment that can prevent segregation of blended products and be sanitized ...

Description: In manufacturing hairspray, Statestrong Ltd. improved product stability, increased throughput, and eliminated dusting by installing an enclosed system consisting of a drum dumper, hopper and flexible ...

Description: Vale Canada Limited operates one of the largest integrated mining facilities in the world here, mining and processing ores containing nickel, copper and other metals. ...

Description: Synthetic amorphous silicon dioxide, otherwise known as "fumed silica," is one of the lightest substances known. Bulk density is 3 lb per cu ft (38 kg/cu m) with average particle sizes from 0.2 to 0.3 ...

Description: Cat litter is usually made from sodium bentonite clay, a material that is relatively inexpensive and highly absorbent, but obtained by environmentally harmful strip mining. ...

Description: Lenox China is well known as a maker of fine china which is sold through company stores and other retail outlets. The company has been in business for more than a century. ...

Description: KB Ingredients has sourced, mixed, packaged, and distributed ingredients to the baking and food processing industry since 2003, and currently operates a production facility in New Jersey and an ...

Description: Tronox Western Australia operates the world's largest fully integrated titanium ore and titanium dioxide (TiO2) project, covering the spectrum from mining of mineral sands through extraction and ...

Description: Floralife Inc. makes flower foods, pretreatments, and other chemicals used on cut flowers. The chemicals are packaged in bags ranging from 6 to 50 pounds as well as in 100-pound fiber drums, and are ...

Description: O'Fallon Casting is a major manufacturer of thin-walled, nonferrous investment castings. O'Fallon's investments in automation have helped it grow. The company began using robots to move the patterns ...

Description: The Lange Twins, Randall and Brad, trace their family history back five generations to their great-grandparents, Johann and Maria Lange, who emigrated from Germany to Lodi, California and rented a ...

Description: M & I Materials Ltd. posted increases of up to 194% in throughput of a lubricant it manufactures for electrical transformers, due primarily to the addition of a bulk bag unloader and a flexible screw ...

Description: As is typical of peanut butter manufacturers, Sanitarium Health Foods blends several peanut varieties to give their brand a distinct flavor and aroma. The company purchases shelled and cooked peanut ...

Description: According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, approximately 290 million scrap tires are generated in the United States each year. As recently as 1990, most of these scrap tires took up space ...

Description: Floor mounted jib cranes are the industry's most versatile crane. ...

Description: An investment in bulk bag dischargers and flexible screw conveyors by compounder Styron Netherlands BV is increasing productivity, worker safety and plant cleanliness. ...

Description: GloryBee Foods, founded in 1975 as a one-man operation selling honey, is a leading manufacturer and distributor of organic food products. The family-run business still sells honey and other liquid ...

Description: Burton's Biscuit Co., a leading U.K. producer of biscuits and snack products, is best known for their "Jammie Dodger" sandwich made of two shortbread biscuits with jam in the centre. To build on the ...

Description: From its humble beginnings in 1971, with a rented press and a borrowed binder in an abandoned millwork factory in Pewaukee, Wisconsin, Quad Graphics (www.qg.com) has grown to become a $4.8 billion ...