Newsletter - First Newsletter
IN THIS MONTHS ISSUE:
Welcome
Top 10 Most Visited Suppliers
Top 10 Equipment Searches
Featured Company – Filtaire Products
Feature Article – Dust Suppression Hopper
Product of the Month – Mettler Toledo ‘S’ Series Checkweighers
Other Industry News & Announcements
Send Your Contributions
Suggestions and Comments
As well as news and events from the industry in the preceding month, each issue of the PowderHandling e-Newsletter will bring you a Featured Company, a Featured Article and a Product of the Month.
I hope you have had a chance to look at the resources that the web site offers. The interest shown by the industry has been huge, with a lot of positive feedback from both suppliers and users alike! I would particularly like to thank those companies who chose to support us even before the site was fully launched. (Kinder & Co, DownerMBL (Australia), DownerMBL (NZ) and Filtaire Products) It was good to see at such an early stage, that other people in the industry shared our vision. Since the site was launched less than 2 weeks ago, we have had even more supplier companies supporting the site with both enhanced listings and paid advertising. Suppliers wishing to list or advertise, please contact us using the contact form on the web site, or email us at sales@powderhandling.com.au.
Although we have been live online for less than 2 weeks, users have been visiting the site and using the Suppliers and the Equipment Directories. We are gathering site statistics and these will be given each month in the newsletter. The 10 most visited companies on the Suppliers Directory so far are:-
1. CAS Enterprises Ltd
2. Kinder & Co Pty Ltd
3. FiltaireProducts Pty Ltd
4. Downer MBL Pty Ltd
5. F A Miller & Sons Pty Ltd
6. Ahrens Material Handling (Grain)
7. Aust-Mech Australian Conveyor Systems
8. Downer MBL Ltd
9. Matcon Pacific Pty Ltd
10. Klausen Process Machinery Pty Ltd
The 10 most popular equipment searches on the Equipment Directory so far, are:-
1. Screw Conveyors
2. Pneumatic Conveying Systems
3. Conveyor Systems
4. Fluid Bed Dryers
5. Diverter Valves
6. Abrasion Resistant Products
7. Samplers
8. Hoppers
9. Explosion Suppression Systems
10. Air Pads
SEPTEMBERS FEATURED COMPANY:
This months featured company is FILTAIRE Products of Bayswater, Victoria. FILTAIRE is proudly a wholly Australian owned company with vast experience in the design, manufacture, installation and commissioning of dust and fume collection equipment and associated ductwork systems. FILTAIRE are able to supply filtration systems for large volume applications where experience and engineering are paramount. They also offer a full range of Bag Filtration Equipment from the smallest unit to the largest industrial application, as well as a range of Cartridge Element dust Collectors for less demanding applications.
THIS MONTHS FEATURE ARTICLE:
Is dust a problem for you? Fallout from bulk loading dry goods in now a thing of the past with the development of the Dust Suppression Hopper (DSH), available from DSH Systems Ltd. Companies in Australasia are using it to control dust, enabling a cleaner and safer work environment and by reducing waste, the hopper pays for itself in weeks.
The hopper is suspended above the target and kept continuously full. By concentrating the stream of dry goods into a solid column, DSH Systems’ purpose-built dust suppression hoppers:
- Minimise dust
- Save wastage
- Lower capital expenditure and maintenance costs
- Create a safer, healthier environment.
- Improve staff working conditions
- Reduce maintenance
- Quick and easy installation
- Shorten loading times
- Trucking rigs stay cleaner
Click here to read the full article.
SEPTEMBERS PRODUCT OF THE MONTH:
‘S’ Series Checkweighers
METTLER TOLEDO Garvens is THE specialist for in-line weighing, and the world's leading manufacturer of dynamic weighing systems. In addition to products for weighing, GARVENS offers customised solutions world-wide – for the food, pharmaceutical, chemical, and transport and logistics industries.
Checkweighers of the GARVENS S Series are the result of continuing development in the field of dynamic weighing technology. Proven GARVENS quality, new approaches to operation and flexible, modular design are the basic assets of this state-of-the-art weighing system.
Click here to read the full article.
OTHER NEWS FROM THE INDUSTRY:
Australian Company Develops Online Moisture Analyser for Rotary Disk Filters.
Australian Company Callidan Instruments, developers of the MoistScan(tm) online microwave moisture analysis technology; recently completed commercialisation of an inline analyser for measuring moisture in mineral concentrates dewatered and filtered using rotary disk filters. Read More…..
Online Particle Size Analyser.
Particle & Surface Sciences Pty. Limited are a specialist scientific company that provides analytical services and instrumentation for measuring particle size, shape and count, surface area, porosity and density. Read More…..
Dust Collectors for Grain Project.
Filtaire Products Pty Ltd have recently been awarded a contract from the Australian Barley Board to supply a variety of Dust Collector to be installed at their new product handling facility in Port Adelaide South Australia. Read More…..
E-NEWSLETTER CONTRIBUTIONS:
Featured Article, Featured Product & Featured Company positions are also available, but these are sponsored positions, as they not only appear in the e-newsletter, but also feature in prominent relevant positions on the web site for one month. Newsletter sponsorship is also available. Please contact us if you would like to take up any of these promotional opportunities.
SUGGESTIONS AND COMMENTS:
Paul Nutter
General Manager
PowderHandling.com.au
paul@powderhandling.com.au
