Newsletter - Issue 13

Firstly, I would just like to draw your attention to the note about the Melbourne seminar that was schedule for the 24th of October. Please note the new date below. Places are still available for this seminar on the revised date and you can register on-line now.
Still on the subject of seminars, next month, we will be announcing details of the "Dust Collection Seminar" we are planning for Sydney early next year. If you would like further information now, please email me to register your interest and we will send you details of the preliminary agenda.
To coincide with the announcement about the Dust Collection Seminar, next month, we will be running a special industry feature on Dust Collection. Any suppliers wishing to take part in this promotion should email me now for details of the marketing opportunities available. Space will be limited for this special feature and is available on a first come, first served basis.
Each month, more and more companies are taking advantage of the promotional opportunities available on PowderHandling.com.au and this month, we welcome six more new elite gold members to our ever growing community. These suppliers join a list of companies who realise that PowderHandling.com.au offers the first measurable marketing medium specifically for our industry. Not only that, they are enabling this unique industry resource to grow and become even bigger and better!
If you would like information about upgrading your membership on PowderHandling.com.au and benefiting from a measurable marketing campaign, email me now for more information.
As always, I hope you find this months newsletter of interest and thank you for supporting the resource that supports the local Powder Handling and Processing Industry.
Paul Nutter
PowderHandling.com.au
Phone: 0431 022 066
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In This Months Newsletter:
- Featured Article
- Supplier Updates
- Melbourne Powder Handling Seminar - New Date
- Featured Company
- Top 10 Most Visited Suppliers
- Product of the Month
- Top 10 Equipment Searches
- Other Industry News & Articles
- Final Thought
Featured Article:
The efficiency advantages of “in bin” IBC Blending over conventional fixed continuous and batch mixing are well known. Batch IBCs can be replaced in minutes, allowing very high OEE (overall equipment effectiveness) on the mixer itself.IBC filling, emptying and cleaning are all done off-line, in parallel to mixing operation. There is zero cross-contamination between batches, as the mixer requires no cleaning. However, traditionally IBC blending is very gentle, relying on “flow” alone to mix the ingredients, limiting application to easy flowing powders and granular materials. Now Matcon has...
Supplier Updates:
New Date for Melbourne Seminar:
Due to circumstances beyond our control, we have had to postpone the seminar scheduled for the 24th October at the Wheelers Hill Hotel in Melbourne.
Due to other commitments of the presenters & availability of the venue, it will not be possible to hold this event before the end of the year, so we are rescheduling this for 6th February 2008.
Registration is open for this seminar, which is being run in association with our associate web site PharmaProcessing.com.au. An overview of each presentation, details of costs and inclusions, full details on the location of the venue and an on-line Registration Form are available by clicking here.
Melbourne Seminar Sponsors:
Featured Company:
Torit DCE’s dedication to filtration research and development is unique within the industry. The company has designed the most efficient filtration technology, filter media and filter cartridges for all types of dust, fume and mist particulate. They have the broadest line of collectors and filters available – from central, source and ambient systems to bag-house, envelope and cartridge technologies. This allows them to assemble an ideal solution for virtually any application. In fact, no other manufacturer offers as many different collection solutions....
Top 10 Most Visited Suppliers:
The current 10 most popular companies on the Suppliers Directory are:-
1) Flexicon Corporation (Australia) Pty Limited
2) A & D Mercury Pty Ltd
3) Matcon Pacific Pty Ltd
4) Fresco Systems Australasia
5) Davey Group
6) Nu-Con Australia Pty Ltd
7) NDA Engineering Ltd
8) Kinder & Co Pty Ltd
9) Kockums Bulk Systems Pty Ltd
10) CAS Enterprises Ltd
Product of the Month:
In today’s quality controlled manufacturing environment, the ability to safely and hygienically take samples from sealed bags is essential. But once the sealed bags integrity has been compromised by piercing with the sample lance, it is crucial that the sample point be effectively sealed and identified with a cross reference to the sample.
Sampling specialist Hisen Equipment Pty Ltd, now has available a unique Close ‘n’ Seal label, specifically designed for GMP sampling and quality control.The labels, which are available in a variety of sizes and...
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Top 10 Equipment Searches:
The rating for our top 10 equipment searches, is based on the number of times each equipment category on the Equipment Directory of the PowderHandling web site has been viewed by users of the web site.The current 10 most popular equipment categories are:-
1) Mixers & Blenders
2) Screw Conveyors
3) Conveyor Systems
4) IBC's
5) Pneumatic Conveying Systems
6) Augers (Screw Conveyors)
7) Dust Collectors
8) Bag Fillers
9) Samplers
10) Hoppers
Other Industry News & Articles:
Regular articles and news items are always being added to the PowderHandling.com.au web site. Click on the links below to read some of the recent additions, or click here to go to the articles page and read all currently available articles.
- The Complete Conveyor Belting and Power Transmission Solution
- Industrial Strength Blowers and Purgers Give Portability
- Kinder Introduces New Range of K-Kryptane Polyurethane Conveyor Belt Skirting
- Acquisitive Strategy Drives Growth
- Powdered Antibiotic Conveying
- A.P.F Introduces the BTH Rainbow Stretch-Hood Machine
- New Brochure - Level Measurement of Bulk Solids
- iBulk, a Company with its Finger on the Pulse
- India's Boom
- Integrated Silo Protection System
- Flourmill Employs Centrifugal Force to Speed Up Separation of Bran from Flour
- Quarry replaces conveyors with more flexible ICA radial stacker technology
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 and Events 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.
Final Thought:
"Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses and some don't turn up at all."
Sam Ewing American writer & humorist






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