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PowderHandling.com.au - August 2011 Newsletter:
 Welcome to the August issue of the PowderHandling monthly e-newsletter, which marks the fifth anniversary of the launch of the PowderHandling.com.au web site. Over the past five years, we have continued to grow and support the Australasian Powder Handling and Processing Industry, becoming a major source of information for the industry in this region.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has supported the PowderHandling web site and newsletter over the past 5 years, especially our most valued Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum Members who have supported us financially and helped to make PowderHandling a success.
This month's newsletter is sponsored by Industrial Vacuum Solutions an Australian company that manufactures an industry proven range of high performance industrial vacuum systems. Wet and dry bulk materials, granular particles, powders and ultra fine dust recovery is their specialty.
Recently launched by industrial Vacuum Solutions is the VacLoader 2550 and VacLoader 3550 models.These machines were developed specifically to provide a viable alternative to the high cost of conventional vacuum trucks. They have the superior ability to recover and bulk bag load all transferred product. As either a stand-alone unit, or part of a ring main ducted system, they provide high performance recovery of almost any dry material from fine powders to crushed rock. The 1.2m³ hopper, allows material to be gravity discharged into a bulk bag, skip bin, truck or any other container.
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Featured Article:
Nutritional Products Blending
 Nu-Con over the last 10 - 15 years has developed extensive expertise in designing, installing and commissioning large nutritional products blending systems worldwide. A recent example of this is a just completed project in China that involved suppliers from Switzerland, Australia, New Zealand, Norway, Germany and local suppliers from within China. The front end of the process required extensive automatic handling systems for full and empty pallets of 25 kg bags and big bags........Read More>>>>
Product of the Month:
New Upgrades to WAM SILOTOP Venting Filter
 With almost 29,000 units working worldwide, since first going into production back in 1998, SILOTOP® has become the worlds favourite solution for bin or silo venting. After ten 10 years it was time for a makeover. The new model conserves the benefits of the previous version, while adding a few more.
SILOTOP® is a cylindrically shaped dust collector for venting of pneumatically filled silos. The stainless steel body contains vertically mounted, POLYPLEAT® filter elements. The air jet cleaning system is integrated in the hinged weather protection cover. Originally designed for cement and similar materials, SILOTOP® can be used with any dust generating material as long as it is dry and does not pack under pressure.....Read More>>>>
Kinder & Co Supporting the Industry's Future Engineers
 Staff training and development in the Extractive Industry is as important as ever. Increased Government regulations and demand for up to date qualifications have seen the need for further training and information regarding the latest trends and equipment available in the marketplace.
"Peoples' education can quickly fall behind on the more efficient ways of doing things and the importance of safety," said Managing Director of Kinder & Co., Mr Neil Kinder.
Kinder and Co were delighted to be able to host a training day for the Box Hill TAFE Cert 4 In Surface Extraction Operations students........Read More>>>>
Latest Industry News:
AMKCO Australia appointed Distributor for KEK‐Gardner
AMKCO Australia a leading manufacturer and supplier of screening and associated process equipment has recently been appointed the Australian Distributor for KEK‐Gardner and their range of powder processing equipment. Whether the process be Sieving, Mixing, or Size Reduction, KEK‐Gardner has extensive expertise gained over many years under the brand names of PPS, KEK, & GARDNER, positioning the company as a complete solutions provider. George Tunnicliffe , KEK‐Gard.......Read More>>>>
More Articles & News:
Torex Level Indicators from WAM
ILT Bin Level Indicators have been designed for electric signalling by rotary action of minimum or maximum material level inside bins, hoppers or silos. As long as material is present, the paddle of the ILT Bin Level Indicator......
Australian Made Net Weigher for Malaysian Sugar Refinery
An Accuweigh/Budpak Net Weigher is filling bags of white refined sugar for Malayan Sugar Manufacturing in Malaysia. The Australian Made net weigher is manufactured in AISI 316 stainless steel for easy cleaning and high.......
VacLoader 2550 / 3550
These machines were developed specifically to provide a viable alternative to the high cost of conventional vacuum trucks. They have the superior ability to recover and bulk bag load all transferred product. The hopper......
Sweet Success for KEK-Gardner Installation
With a history dating back 160 years as one of Scotland's leading independent manufacturers of traditional sweets and confectionery, New McCowans (Scotland) Ltd know a thing or two about sweeties and are passionate about the......
After opening a representative office in Sydney in January this year and the recent appointment of an agent in Western Australia, CST Industries is now looking to expand its dealer network in Australia.......
New Centrifugal Fan from Ezi-Duct
Due to its customers requests Ezi-Duct, a leading supplier of dust and fume extraction equipment, has released a new centrifugal fan. The new centrifugal fan is designed to be mounted directly on top of the very popular Ezi-Arm......
Malvern Particle Image Analyser
The new Malvern Morphologi G3 is a particle image analyser designed for the automated analysis of; Particle size: high resolution sizing from 0.5µm - 1000µm. Particle shape: to quantify subtle differences between samples which are not detectable by size-only. Particle count: every particle is measured which enables the system to detect......
Katronic Audible Sensor Positioning Assistant
The Katronic KATflow 200, 230 and 150 ultrasonic clamp-on flowmeters are all equipped with the Audible Sensor Positioning Assistant(TM), a unique product innovation which makes correct sensor installation simple and quick......
Advanced Differential Pressure Flowmeter Technology
The McCrometer V-Cone® Flow meter is a patented technology that accurately measures flow over a wide range of Reynolds numbers, under all kinds of conditions and for a variety of fluids. It operates on the same physical......
Temperature Limits and Factors Affecting Grease Performance
The lubricating oil in grease will oxidise over time. This will happen in normal service, within the normal temperature range for the grease being used. This will be noticeable with a darkening of the grease over time.......
The Trouble Shooter
Noshok 300 Series Brass Case Gauges with the optional Maximum Indicating Pointer (also referred to as the "Trouble Shooter"), are an invaluable tool for performing system set-up and diagnostics, and identifying spikes in a......
Waterproof Scales for Washdown Areas
Accuweigh's XK series waterproof scales are rated at IP69K for use in washdown areas. The IP69 rating of these waterproof scales allows them to cope with direct hosing using high water pressure up to 1450 PSI and/or water......
SEW to Release Energy Efficient "Mining Drive" at AIMEX 2011
At September's Asia-Pacific International Mining Exhibition (AIMEX) in Sydney, Sew-Eurodrive is set to release an important new addition to its industrial gear unit range. Named the Mining Drive, it is a large gear unit in......
AMS Appointed Katronic Distributor
Katronic Technologies Ltd and AMS Instrumentation & Calibration are proud to enter into an exclusive agreement for AMS to become Katronic's Australian distributor to supply their range of ultrasonic flowmeters to the oil and......
Beumer and Crisplant now Beumer Group UK
As part of the integration of Crisplant Ltd. into the Beumer Group, the company in the UK is now operating under the name Beumer Group UK Limited. Since the beginning of 2010, the intralogistics specialist had been represented......
Top 20 Most Visited Suppliers:
The rating for our top 20 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 20 most popular companies on the Suppliers Directory in July were:-
Platinum Sponsors:
Final Thought:
"Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live."
Dorothy Thompson, Journalist
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