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Solving Sealing Problems In Vacuum Dryers For Abrasive, Bulk Materials
 Two challenges encountered by processors who have to dry abrasive slurries are contamination of product by packing flecks and the loss of vacuum leading to longer and longer drying cycles. For most, the greater the vacuum, the shorter the batch time and the more profitable the process. As the product in the dryer is heated, the shaft grows in length. The dryer also undergoes thermal growth and the shaft and vessel usually grow at different rates. This creates a thrust motion...
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The Weighing Terminal for Smart Filling and Blending Applications
 The new Fill-560 Application Module from METTLER TOLEDO adds advanced features to the standard target control capabilities of the IND560 weighing terminal, including new sequences, process parameters, and input and output control for both a weigh-in and a weigh-out cycle. The module will weigh from milligrams to tonnes and control manual, semi-automatic and automatic processes. With global approvals, it complies with industry regulations and easily connects to PLC's, LAN's, ...
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Micro-Mini Ammonia Nitrate Pump Developed by Melbourne for Gold Mining
 Gold miners need to get their Ammonia Nitrate or ANFO to the kettle or down the blast hole, and it can be quite perilous considering the toxicity of the substance. John Melbourne of Melbourne Controls exhibited their 2" Ammonia Nitrate Pump at the Kalgoorlie Mining Expo last year. Whilst it received great interest from the mining sector, gold miners asked Melbourne to produce a 1" unit, as that was the size best suited for their bags of Ammonia Nitrate. Not bein...
Latest Industry News:
Satake Move after Forty Two Years
Satake Australia, the cereal milling and bulk materials handling equipment specialists, have recently moved to new modern premises in Penrith, to the west of Sydney. This exciting new phase in the company's history follows forty two years in Revesby, where the site was originally the premises of the British cereal milling engineers, 'Thomas Robinson & Sons'. They began operating here from circa 1967. The site later incorporated the business of fellow mil...
New Zealand Seminar & Table Top Display
Some of the Technical Considerations when Handling or Processing Dry Powders or Granular Materials.
The Powder Handling and Processing Seminar presented by PowderHandling.com.au, covers a range of topics which are of specific interest to anyone involved with the Handling and/or Processing of dry powders or granular materials, within all major industrial sectors.
This seminar includes presentations from guest speakers with extensive industry knowledge and expertise in their own specialist field and will help to take the mystery out of just a few of the different areas of your Powder Handling or Processing operation, covering topics such as:
- Pneumatic Conveying
- Mixer Selection and Evaluation
- Dust Explosion Risk Management
- Storage and Feeding
- Segregation
- Solving Particulate Build-up and Material Flow Problems
When: Thursday, 18th June 2009
Time: 9.00am to 4.40pm (Registration from 8.30am)
Where: Sorrento in the Park, One Tree Hill Domain, Auckland, NZ
Cost: NZ$299
For full details of the agenda and the presenters, details of the venue and an online registration form, visit the seminar web site.
This event also includes a small Table Top Display by local suppliers of products and services for the handling and processing of powders.
Sponsorship Opportunities
If you are interested in the Table Top Display or other sponsorship opportunities available at this event, please email us for more information.
More News & Articles:
The Right Solution for your Powder Handling & Processing Problems
The world of Powder and Bulk Materials Handling and Processing can be a complex one at the best of times and with so many companies out there, often offering different solutions to the same problem, it's never easy knowing where to turn.
New Web Site Introduces New Products for Hisen
Recently becoming part of the world-wide GEA Group, Hisen Sampling Equipmemnt has upgraded their web site to reflect the new business structure. The new web site is now also easier to navigate, includes more product information and features two new products.
Short course in 'Food and Feed Extrusion Technology'
The short course in 'Food and Feed Extrusion Technology' is presented by Foodstream Pty Ltd in conjunction with the Institute of Food, Nutrition, and Human Health (IFNHH), Massey University, New Zealand.
FILTECH 2009: Discover New Markets
FILTECH - the leading international special interest event for filtration & separation technologies, will be held in Wiesbaden from 13 - 15 October 2009 at the Rhein-Main-Halls and will go by the motto: "Discover New Markets".
BFM Global Expands
BFM Global Ltd, the company selling the new innovative, clampless sealing system for flexible connectors, has just expanded its horizons again by signing up South East Asia and Canada as its eighth and ninth worldwide Distributors. Sales of the new BFM fitting have been spectacular over the past year, forcing BFM Global to double the manufacturing capabilities of the production through both additional machinery and personnel.
Allied Grain Appointed Exclusive Distributor by Global Industries
Global Industries, Inc. is pleased to announce the appointment of Allied Grain Systems as their exclusive distributor in Australia and the establishment of a new warehouse.
Checkweigher Upgraded for Compost Supplier
Accuweigh's Newcastle branch recently fitted new load cells and weighing electronics to an existing checkweigher belonging to GroMor Enterprises based at Singleton in the Hunter Valley.
Particle Size Instrumentation
The SediGraph method for particle sizing has been used in laboratories worldwide since 1967. Although more 'modern' alternatives have been developed for determining particle size, the SediGraph method continues to best satisfy many applications.
Laboratory Balance Weighs Food Fortification Powders
Accuweigh's Newcastle branch recently supplied a precision laboratory balance to Nature's Selection Tuggerah plant in NSW for weighing precise amounts of food additives.
New Generation of Tramp Iron Magnets for Conveyors
Unwanted iron in powders, sand, gravel, grain and other bulk materials on conveyors causes costly damage to crushing, grinding and screening equipment. Known as 'tramp iron' the offending items may range from nuts and bolts to spanners, chain, wire - even train wheels and couplings have turned up in cane being fed to sugar mills.
View Barometric Pressure, Temperature and Humidity with a Web Browser
The Newport ® iBTHX transmitter lets you monitor and record barometric pressure, temperature, relative humidity and dew point over an ethernet network or the Internet with no special software except a web browser.
MoistScan® Online Moisture Analyser Works Wonders
Online moisture analysis specialist Callidan Instruments has been approached by a confectionery company from Dunedin, New Zealand expressing interest in trialling its latest product, the MoistScan® MA-700 in-pipe analyser.
Power Stations Endorse Impact Weighers
Two coal-fired power stations in Queensland have recently endorsed their use of Flow Force Impact Weighers with new orders. The Millmerran power station has ordered another three units to add to the one they already have installed and the Callide Power Station has ordered one more unit to add to their three current units.
Budpak's Bag In Box Fillers For Cargill's Vegetable Oils
Budpak is currently installing turnkey bag in box fillers and drum filling lines for Cargill's new vegetable oils filling line at their Kooragang Island plant in Newcastle. The bag in box fillers and drum filling lines are scheduled to be operating early in 2009.
Contributions for inclusion on the PowderHandling web site and e-newsletter are always welcome. Please email press releases, articles and editorial to us for consideration.
Top 25 Most Visited Suppliers:
The rating for our top 25 suppliers, is based on the number of times each company's listing on the Suppliers Directory of the PowderHandling web site has been viewed by users of the web site.
The 25 most popular companies on the Suppliers Directory in March were:-
1.  Nu-Con Group
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Contact Details:
For more information, contact Paul Nutter on 0431 022 066 or by email at paul@engineeredmarketing.com.au
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