Newsletter - Issue 49
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PowderHandling.com.au - March 2011 Newsletter:
Welcome to the March issue of the PowderHandling.com.au monthly e-newsletter dedicated to the Powder Handling and Processing Industry in Australia & New Zealand. If you think that our web site or newsletter would be of interest to your colleagues and associates, then do them a favour by forwarding this newsletter to them. They can then subscribe to receive their own copy every month.
Featured Company:
Explosion Protection and Reduced Downtime with REMBE® EX-GO-VENT Explosion VentsIn plants producing organic products there are often considerable quantities of fine dust. Initially, these fine dusts are only combustible material. However, enriched with oxygen this combustible material become highly a explosive mixture. If then an ignition source is present, this often results in enormous damage for men and machines.
According to ATEX directive 94/9/EG, companies are obliged to install primary explosion protection in order to reduce the risk of a dust explosion. However, the reality looks different. The probability of the dust explosion risk is reduced but not completely eliminated. So in complying with the primary explosion protection obligationn, the risk of dust explosion in a plant is statistically lower, but the dust explosion risk itself still exists..............
Product of the Month: Demountable Gravity Diverter from Nu-Con
Gravity Diverter Valves are often used to control and direct product flow in a gravity feed situation. Although simple in principle, it is very important to consider the entire process when selecting a Gravity Diverter Valve (GDV).
Nu-Con's two-way demountable Gravity Divert Valves are ideal for system installations that require frequent cleaning with minimum downtime. The design allows fast, tool-free disassembly in installed location and easy access to all product-contact surfaces...............
Featured Article: Enmin Successfully Conveying Dusty and Abrasive Materials Conveying dusty and in some cases abrasive materials from storage vessels does present some problems. Traditionally screw conveyors would be selected to handle the dust issues however where abrasive materials are encountered a high degree of maintenance is the result. Second is the other concern of material build up and bearing failures. On the positive side materials can be conveyed vertically or at very steep angles.Latest Industry News:
iBulk's Website Sets Industry Benchmark
 iBulk has long been considered an innovator in Australia's Fine Particle Separation and Processing Equipment industry and the recent launch of their new website really cements their position as market leader.Designed to be a resource for process plant designers, engineers and specifiers, the new website hosts a vast amount of information on a wide variety of products, but is easy to navigate and features a user friendly search function.......  More Articles & News:
Many mine and quarry workers are exposed each year to inhaling airborne crystalline silica dust and therefore faced with the very serious health threat known as Silicosis. Every year, long term or high-level exposure to crystalline silica has been linked to debilitating......
The latest model Avery Bench Scales were recently introduced into Australia and are now available from Accuweigh branches in all states.The Avery AWB-120 bench scale is a robust, general purpose industrial scale suited for use in a wide variety of weighing applications......
At National Manufacturing Week in May 2011, drive solutions leader SEW-Eurodrive will launch an IP66 extension of the company's Movitrac Lte version B frequency inverter range. The Movitrac Lte version B is ideally suited to low-power variable-speed drive applications......
There are 6 principle reasons why rolling bearings fail: 1 Solid Contamination: * Contaminants introduced into bearing because greasing equipment and grease nipples were not cleaned prior to use * Contaminants working back into the bearing from worn or poorly purged seals * Foreign matter such as dust and grit in
Forget about welding copper pipes, threading galvanised pipe or screwing together plastic pipe, the Infinity compressed air high performance lightweight aluminum piping system is easy to install and simple to extend or modify.With no welding, gluing or crimping......
Beamex has concentrated on developing, manufacturing, marketing and selling calibration products and services for process industries since its establishment in 1975. The focus of the Beamex business has been and continues to be on industrial metrology solutions......
So how far is 11,000 kms? Try flying from Sydney to Karachi in Pakistan- that is exactly 11,000 kms and that is how far all of Eximo's Flex ducting that it has sold would stretch.Eximo's Flex of course is general-purpose ducting and is produced specifically for many diverse industry applications including food,
Serpent and Dove specialises in magnetic separators such as Plate Magnets used in grain and powder chutes or over conveyors and Grate Magnets of all types for bins and hoppers as well as magnetic separators for liquid lines. The Premier (Rare Earth) Plate Magnet......
A new Single-Trip Bulk Bag Unloader from Flexicon allows rapid, low cost discharging in low headroom areas, and conveying of the material at any angle to downstream processing, storage or packaging equipment. The unloader relies on the user's forklift or plant hoist.....
Liquid filling machines were recently installed for filling aggressive chemicals into drums by weight. Accuweigh's Melbourne branch supplied and commissioned the dual head AccuPak liquid filling machine which is manufactured in 316 grade stainless steel. The Accupak......
WAM & OLI Australia together held our 2nd. annual customer Open day on Friday 18/03/2011. The day commenced at 9.00am and concluded at 4.00 pm. We were able to display......
A stockfeeds weighbridge was recently upgraded to allow B Double trucks to be weighed in a single weighing operation. The existing eighteen metre weighbridge was extended to thirty-six metres overall length by grafting another eighteen metre weighbridge deck onto one......
Fluid Components International (FCI) has released its new VeriCal(TM) In-Situ Calibration Verification System for gas and flare flow meters. The VeriCal System is a sophisticated device that allows technicians to confirm flow measurement accuracy in only minutes......
Martin Engineering has announced plans to open a business unit in Pune,India in 2011. The company has been active in the India market since 2004, establishing a solidpresence through its licensee, Thejo, to distribute and support select bulk material handling technologies......
Hawk Measurement announces the purchase of Fluidic Flowmeters LLC, a manufacturer of specialty flow measurement products for industrial process control systems.Hawk Measurement's acquisition of Fluidic Flowmeters' flow measurement product line will......
A Truck Weighbridge is being used in Western Australia for weighing incoming shipping containers before being transported by rail. Installed by Accuweigh's Perth branch, the Truck Weighbridge was supplied with AASoftware's Ticket Aid Pro Weighbridge Software......
Newsletter Contributions:
If you have any newsworthy items such as new product announcements, recently received orders, completed projects, new appointments etc., please email your contributions to us. Relevant items will also be included in the News & Events or Articles section of the web site. Please note that inclusion of any contribution is solely at the editors' discretion and editorial content may be modified without notification.
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 February were:- 1. Nu-Con Group
2. Pressure Systems 3. Kinder & Co 4. Accuweigh 5. BudPak 6. Flexicon Corporation 7. WAM Australia 8. Matcon Pacific 9. Fresco Systems 10. Dust Collector Rentals 11. Chemical Plant & Engineering 12. Caps Australia 13. Bulkquip 14. EZI-DUCT 15. Cablevey Conveyors 16. Kockums Bulk Systems 17. WJB Engineering 18. Ansac Pty Ltd 19. Active Weighing Solutions 20. Onboard Solutions Visit these and all listed suppliers profiles through the Suppliers Directory on the web site.
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Final Thought:
 "Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old by deserting their ideals. You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear; as young as your hope, as old as your despair."
Douglas MacArthur, General
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