Featured Article:
First Trelleborg Scirocco II System for Australia
 Trelleborg is pleased to announce that they have received the first order for Scirocco II Fluidising Hose in Australia.
Blue Circle Southern Cement, Berrima Works, have placed an order for a 27 metre Scirocco II system comprising 3 flanged Scirocco II hoses, associated air controllers, and pre fluidising equipment. The 100mm diameter system will be manufactured to specific requirements of Blue Circle Southern Cement, suiting the exact needs on site.
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Product of the Month:
K-Impact Belt Support System from Kinder & Co
 K-Impact Conveyor Belt Support System from Kinder & CoImpact damage at conveyor transfer points can be a major cause of material containment problems and maintenance head-aches.
Now, with the K-Impact Belt Support System from Kinder & Co., conveyor transfer point material containment can be dramatically improved. And, with no moving parts, the K-Impact Belt Support System is maintenance free, reduciing conveyor downtime.
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Featured Company:
Nu-Con Markets BFM Fittings
 Nu-Con, the supplier of Powder Handling, Packing and Pneumatic Conveying Systems, is pleased to annouce that Nu-Con has taken on the distribution of BFM fittings in Australia, Singapore, Philippines and America.
The BFM fitting is the worlds first "clampless and snap in" connector and is suitable for all powder handling industries. Its USDA 3A Certification makes it suitable for Food and Dairy Markets, and its abrasion resistant properites are ideal for the heavier non-food industries.
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If you work in the pharmaceutical or complimentary health products industry, then this is an event not to miss. Featuring local and international speakers and presentations covering Drying, Segregation, Validation, Near Infra Red (NIR) Technology and Particle Surface Modification, this will be an information packed day. For more information, visit the seminar web site.
Mixing & Blending Seminar - Call for Papers
 We are currently looking for expressions of interest from prospective speakers at the next PowderHandling.com.au seminar.
The PowderHandling.com.au "Formulation, Mixing & Blending Seminar" will be a one-day event for anyone from any industry involved with the mixing or blending of dry products. This seminar will be held in Sydney in February 2009. (Actual date & venue will be confirmed shortly.)
Focus of the seminar is a comprehensive range of educational talks about current topics relating to the formulation, mixing or blending of dry powders or granular materials.
We are looking for contributions about current developments and industry best practices from the whole field of formulaion and blending, e.g.
- Dispensing and formulation
- Different mixing technologies
- Product segregation
- Product Handling / Flow
- Cross contamination / allergens
- Industry developments
- Industry best practices
- Technological changes
To receive more information about presentation requirements, please email us expressing your interest & include a brief topic overview.
More Articles & News:
Shipping Container Weighing
Accuweigh's Melbourne branch recently supplied industrial weighing equipment for fitting under a shipping container inverter at Prograin's Laverton plant.
Mobile Hopper Loaders
Fresco Systems Australasia has added a mobile hopper loader to their extensive range of flexible conveyors. Fresco Systems Mobile Hopper LoaderThe mobile hopper loader is designed to be easily movable between conveyors and other plant. Mounted with either two fixed and two swivel/lockable castors or four swivel/lockable castors the mobile hopper loader can be moved and then locked into position by a single operator.
BudPak Stretch Wrapper
A BudPak supplied semi-automatic stretch wrapper is being used to wrap loaded pallets at Tyre Crumb's processing plant based in Broadmeadows, VIC.
Dustless Loading Spout for Tight Space
A BudPak supplied semi-automatic stretch wrapper is being used to wrap loaded pallets at Tyre Crumb's processing plant based in Broadmeadows, VIC.
Bag Dumps Provide Safe, Hygienic Product Transfer
The Fresco bag dump stations are used to safely and hygienically transfer product from bags, pails or sacks into the process system. They can be integrated to fit most downstream equipment such as flexible or rigid screw conveyors, pneumatic transfer systems and blenders to name just a few.
FCI Release Green Energy Gas Flow Measurement Guide
Process and plant engineers responsible for green energy production, co-generation electric power, pollution monitoring or environmental compliance will find the new Green Energy Gas Flow Measurement Application Guide from Fluid Components International (FCI) provides unique solutions to meeting the challenges of precise air/gas flow measurement in clean, wet or dirty hydrocarbon-based gases.
Decentralised Control in Turnkey Handling Solutions
Specialist turnkey materials handling and packaging systems provider, Industrial Conveying (Aust) Pty Ltd, is using decentralised control methods to quickly execute projects with greater flexibility.
Fresco Systems Fully Automatic Bag Slitting Machine
The demands to increase plant capacity with reduced labour and manual handling can be a tough job, but with the Fresco Systems Fully Automatic Bag Slitting Machine this is easily achieved.
Ultra-Clean Bulk Bag Unloading System
A new Ultra-Clean Bulk Bag Unloading System from Flexicon eliminates dust during untying, discharging, retying, collapse and removal of bags while allowing thorough wash down.
AMS Appoints New Sales Engineer in NSW
AMS is proud to announce the employment of Gary Hart as Sales Engineer in the New South Wales office.
AMS Appoints New Internal Sales Engineer
AMS is proud to announce the employment of Andy Singh as Internal Sales Engineer in the Victorian office.
Pallet Wrapper on Load Cells Eliminates Double Handling
Accuweigh's SA branch recently supplied load cells and a digital weight indicator for fitting to a pallet wrapper to capture the weight of wrapped loaded pallets on the pallet wrapper turntable.
Budpak's Automatic Bag Placers for Cornstarch Producer
Bud-Pak is supplying two automatic bag placers to Penford 's Lane Cove plant for use in their cornstarch products bagging lines. The Technipes automatic bag placers will be interfaced with the existing Erkomat valve bag packing machines currently in use.
iBulk Tailors its Fit with the Addition of Spiroflow
iBulk Solutions Pty Ltd are delighted to announce their appointment as representatives for Spiroflow Systems Inc for Australia and New Zealand.
Hawk Measurement Provides Level Measurement Systems for Nickel Mine
Hawk, a leading global provider of level, positioning and flow measurement technology, has announced an order for 18 Orca Sonar units for the (AUD) $3.45 billion Ambatovy nickel mine in Madagascar.
PsS Exhibit at 30th Australasian Polymer Symposium
30th Australasian Polymer Symposium (30APS) will interest all professionals in the areas of polymer science and engineering, including synthesis, characterisation, processing and modeling.
We are constantly updating articles on the web site and our Article Archives are always available and searchable.Visit the Articles and News sections of the PowderHandling.com.au web site for the latest contributions.
Contributions for inclusion on the web site and in the newsletter are always welcome. Just email your press releases and editorials to us for consideration.
Top 20 Most Visited Suppliers:
The rating for our top 20 suppliers, is based on the number of times each companys listing on the Suppliers Directory of the PowderHandling web site has been viewed by users of the web site.
The 20 most popular companies last month on the Suppliers Directory were:-
1.  Nu-Con Group
2.  Kinder & Co
3. Bulk Materials Handling
4. BudPak
5. Fresco Systems Australasia
6. Accuweigh
7. Caps Australia
8. WAM Australia
9. Tetra Pak Marketing
10. Active Weighing Solutions
11. Flexicon Corporation
12. Sallmann Engineering Services
13. Klausen Process Machinery
14. Trelleborg Engineered Systems
15. Chemical Plant & Engineering
16. Hisen Sampling Equipment
17. AIMS Industrial Pty Ltd
18. JW Industrial Instruments
19. Rendertech
20. Donaldson Australasia
Final Thought:
"Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something."
Plato, Philosopher
Contact Details:
For more information, contact Paul Nutter on 0431 022 066 or by email at paul@engineeredmarketing.com.au
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