News items August 2016

Intelligent Junction Box improves process safety One year after the introduction many users appreciate the advantages of ”smart junction box”. After the electrical connection of the load cells the individual load cell signals can be accessed at your fingertips. In case of uneven load deviation, the intelligent junction box helps to correct uneven loading by shimming the footplate of the silo leg. The junction box monitors the function of all cells during operation. Error messages and weight signals are transmitted via the internal CAN- bus to the evaluation and display unit. The critera of the error can be individually adapted by the user. The operator can specify a message for uneven load deviation due to worse foundation. Individually, the user may specify that an alarm is triggered for example at 30% load difference between the legs. To support the fault diagnosis, each alarm can be stored and / or transmitted to the main electronic. After reading out the error (for example cable break load cell 2) the

ULT’s extraction and filtration system, the ASD 300 Ex was developed for the removal of explosive dusts. It is a stationary unit for combustible dusts compliant with dust explosion category St.1. The dust extractor, based on the cartridge filtration principle, provides fully automatic filter cleaning via a compressed air multi-jet nozzle, whereby filtered materials are collected in a dust case (15 litres drum) for nearly contamination free disposal. An ideally configured filter concept helps users to save costs in the medium term, as maintenance efforts for the ASD 300 Ex are extremely low. Polyester fleece filter cartridges of category C/BIA in combination with an additional H13 filter are utilised for sustainable surface filtration. The extraction unit with stepless flow rate control of up to 450 m³/h and serial loaded filter indicator provides a max. vacuum of 22,000 Pa. Users may chose an outlet air mode via ventilation grating or respective air stubs.

McVities (Glasgow, UK) als führender Hersteller von Biskuits suchte einen Lieferanten für eine neue, vollständig automatisierte, zuverlässige und produktschonende Anlage zur Herstellung von Müsliriegeln. Gericke erarbeitete zusammen mit McVities ein Anlagenkonzept und bot somit die optimale Lösung. Die verschiedenen Rohstoffe und Zutaten sind in den meisten Fällen zerbrechlich oder klebrig. Eine hygienische Verarbeitung dieser Komponenten ist eine essentielle Anforderung an eine moderne Produktion. Dies und die erforderliche Anpassung der Rezeptur an die Produktionsaufträge erfordert ein Anlagenkonzept, das flexibel, skalierbar und nach hygienischen Grundsätzen der EHEDG und GMP gestaltet und ausgeführt ist. Gleichzeitig muss durch kurze Reinigungszeiten bei Rezepturwechseln sichergestellt werden, dass die zur Verfügung stehende Produktionskapazität optimal genutzt werden kann. Diese Anforderungen wurden im Anlagenkonzept von Gericke umgesetzt. Zugleich

Fivefold Increase in Throughput During every grinding process whether wet or dry, fine particles have a tendency to reagglomerate. This tendency increases as the particles become finer. During dry-grinding this formation of agglomerates causes a decrease in throughput capacity and reduces the process efficiency. The classifier in a fluidized bed jet mill cannot discern individual fine particles, but rather recognizes the agglomerate as one large particle which is then reintroduced into the grinding process. In a closed system such as a fluidized bed jet mill, the agglomerates thus remain in the mill, ostensibly to be ground even finer. Prevention of Reagglomeration In particular for the S-JET® process by NETZSCH Trockenmahltechnik, in which steam is used as a grinding medium instead of air to give higher capacities and to open up new ranges of fineness (submicron) for the dry-grinding sector, the stabilization of the finest particles produced is of great importance. This is done by adding suitable

Easy mounting on existing product lines Jesma BV introduces the JesCheck Carrousel for weighing and sorting out products This checkerboard is designed with focus on flexibility and optimization of existing product lines. The checkweigher optimizes a given production as weighing and sorting is directly integrated into the product line. The solution is very flexible and can be installed anywhere where cans/tins and similar Products that are moving on a conveyor have to be weighed without interrupting the product flow. The checkweigher operates in a rotating cycle, which is optimal when weighing products with a less stable base. the checkweigher is very suitable for product lines, where products are to be weighed at high speed with very small tolerances. Accuracy, reliability and ease of integration make this checkweigher the ideal weighing solution for product lines where no “traditional” checkweigher can be fitted. Construction: The JesCheck Carrousel is compact and almost maintenance

ULT AG provides its extraction and filtration system the ACD 1200 in various models for a wide range of applications. A variety of filtration packages is available for tasks such as bonding, varnishing, laminating, printing, cleaning or moulding. Dependent upon the extraction capacity required, the unit might feature different vacuum modules. Application specific capturing elements help to extract hazardous vapours and gases directly at their place of origin offering the highest possible filtration within the ACD 1200 system. Both a specially designed filter combination and a thick layer of activated carbon enable a long contact time with the contaminated airflow and hence guarantee a high deposition rate of harmful pollutants as well as unpleasant odours. The gases and fumes are adsorbed effectively, and cleaned air can be fed back into the working environment. The ACD 1200 offers flexibility and can be equipped with various saturation filter units. Due to

This system prevents material adhering to pipes, silos and hopper walls This new technology prevents material adhering to pipes, silos and hopper walls. It is especially effective for very fine and dusty products as well as bulk materials with difficult flow characteristics. What is required? • An Ultra-sonic agitator with frequency sweep technology • One or more sound converters with angular wave guide • An optimal sheet metal wall thickness of 2-4 mm Your main benefits include… • No sticking and adhering of dry bulk materials to inner metal surfaces • The ultra-sonic system can be used continuously or intermittently without load and annoying noise • Finally clean pipes and containers • Little space requirements by using small sound converters • No reinforcements of the parts required • No sound protection required • Small power consumption

Many applications – one solution It has often been the case that a single rod probe, using the vibrating principle and having universal design capabilities, is required. This measurement principle has become well-established on the international market. Due to its high compatibility (even with the standard version), it is much favored by plant operators. UWT has responded to the wishes of their customers with a new product series that uses this vibration measurement principle in the form of a single rod probe called Mononivo® MN 4000. The new vibrating rod Mononivo® MN 4000 is now available. The Mononivo® MN 4000 vibrating rod • is a point level detector • that can be used in silos and tanks • as a full, demand or empty detector Electronically stimulated piezos cause the single rod probe to vibrate. When the material covers the sensor, this causes the vibration to stop and a voltage change is caused within the piezo elements. This is electronically registered and causes the output

Reliable level measurement in bulk solids with measuring devices of the MOLOSwave series MOLOSwave level measurement devices from MOLLET are most suitable for the continuous level measurement in bulk solids. More and more customers worldwide are interested in this combination of reliable measuring signals and a very attractive price-performance-ratio. The MOLOSwave MWF 20 provides high accuracy, high reliability due to four wire technology and independence of product characteristics as well as very good insensitiveness against dust, build up and condensate. It works wear and maintenance free and shows a high tolerance of interfering signals. Devices of the MOLOSwave series enable the level measurement with radar technology based on the Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR) principle. These measuring devices create high frequency microwave pulses with low energy that are coupled onto the probe and guided along this probe to the bulk goods. The product surface partly reflects these pulses. The electronic detects the reflected pulses and calculates the actual

GEPPERT-Band’s conveying systems from the Rhineland will now be able to offer an even wider range of belt conveyors. This has been made possible due to the acquisition by the shareholders of Dorner Manufacturing Corporation, the largest manufacturer of precision conveyors in North America. What’s more, customers will not only benefit from the usual quick delivery times – GEPPERT-Band also produces numerous types of made-to-measure belt conveyors within 24 hours. This is based on the system construction, generous storage and the ‘Made in Germany’ label. Cautious product expansion – such as with flexible chain conveyors – is also impressive. In future, the manufacturer will therefore also be able to serve those customers who, up until now, were unable to utilise the GEPPERT-Band product range.

Retsch Technology’s new particle analyzer CAMSIZER X2 With the CAMSIZER X2 RETSCH TECHNOLOGY presents the next generation of the well-proven dynamic image analysis system CAMSIZER XT. The new analyzer provides an extended dynamic measuring range from 0.8 µm to 8 mm with short measurement times and excellent reproducibility. The new product generation is based on the patented two-camera-system which consists of two cameras with different resolutions, operating simultaneously and permitting measurements in a wide dynamic size range. This principle has been realized in the CAMSIZER X2 with a new optical concept: two light sources with different wave lengths and an innovative light path allow for images with increased depth of focus and for an image resolution improved by factor 2. Thanks to the latest camera technology with a three times higher pixel resolution and higher frame rate than the previous model, the number of detected particles increases dramatically. A new software module of the CAMSIZER X2 - the Particle

FRITSCH Cutting Mills Ideal for size reduction of soft to medium-hard, tough-elastic and fibrous materials as well as for heterogeneous mixtures. They are indispensable in the areas of environment, plastics, agriculture, forestry, construction materials, textiles, chemistry and foodstuffs as well as for analytic and sample preparation for RoHS-analyses, like for example mobile phone LCD glass, mobile phone keypads, electronic chips, circuit boards. While you are still tightening the screws on other mills, your FRITSCH Cutting Mill is already clean! Because the entire grinding chamber can be opened easily in seconds and both the rotor and the sieve can simply be removed with simple motions. Only at FRITSCH Cutting Mills it is possible to lift open the entire top part of the housing as well as the door – in fact, the door can be completely removed. And that’s not all: The rotor of the FRITSCH Cutting Mills can be removed easily without tools for quick cleaning in between and it can

BioMar responds to expected market growth Global player in the aquafeed market BioMar expands internally on its location in Karmøy, Norway, anticipating an increasing demand for aquafeed. TSC Silos contributed to this infill development with six square silo bins for minerals. BioMar The originally Danish BioMar is a renowned name in the aquafeed market, with production facilities all over the world. BioMar is active in over eighty countries and produces aquafeed for more than 45 different species of fish, from shrimp to salmon, and for each stage of life of these fish species. Despite their target of being present in a larger number of countries, BioMar now invests in its production facility in Karmøy, Norway, keeping in mind the long term of mainly the salmon market. The factory in Karmøy is at the top of its game at the moment. A new production line will result in an increase in the production capacity of about 30%, to an annual 570,000 tons per year. Although Norway is only a relative small share

The AVA Speed Mixer series HTC AVA has developed the Speed Mixer series HTC, which focusses upon a fast and easy handling during the entire production process. Short batch times often enable a significantly increased profitability of a manufacturing method. In industries with frequent product changes, as for example the food industries, it comes down to the mixing results as well as fast and easy filling, discharge and cleaning procedures. Therefore AVA has enhanced its proven batch mixing system HTC with an innovative design, which provides highest efficiency even at frequent product changes. Customized peripheral speeds and an optimized shovel design allow homogenous mixing results in a short time. Easy-to-use fittings (manual or pneumatic) for filling and discharge ensure an uncomplicated batch change. The core of the Speed Mixer series is the single-side bearing shaft. It enables a big inspection door at the non-driven side, what grants easy access to the entire interior of the mixer. Cleaning

Electro Physical Separation Process (ESP) VITA (State in the Latin for life) is used by several turbine suppliers. It also for its (ESP) Electrical Physical Separation Process. Fight varnish successful. Use the Electrical Physical Separation Process (ESP). The VITA realizes you cleaner oil and a varnish-free system. The ESP system removed the varnish that has been collected in the system. Bearings, coolers, valves are again free from varnish so that the condition of the oil is maintained and unplanned downtime is avoided and the reliability of your plant is improving. The Vita Aspen revitalizes your lube and longevity of your equipment. The ESP filter elements are constructed on the basis of the chemical composition of the oil. In addition to the ESP technology ENDURE technology is applied. This removes any degradation properties for phosphate ester fluids such as acids, gels and varnishes.

Wabash National Corporation to Market Pharmaceutical Products under Extract Technology Wabash National Corporation (NYSE: WNC) recently announced it will begin marketing all Walker Barrier Systems products as Extract Technology. The Extract Technology portfolio will now include aseptic solutions, containment solutions, restricted access barriers and mobile clean rooms for the pharmaceutical, healthcare, biotech and chemical markets. Wabash National’s operations in Huddersfield, England, and New Lisbon, Wisconsin, will continue to manufacture all aseptic and containment systems. Alan Wainwright, who has more than 30 years of experience with Extract Technology, has been named the global managing director, Extract Technology Limited. He will oversee manufacturing operations in Huddersfield and New Lisbon and will be responsible for leading product development to deliver category-leading products to our global customers. ”Walker Barrier Systems and Extract Technology customers should not see any impact to their operations with this brand migration,”

Compact systems design with online processing in one go. The new concept stands out through its combination of excellent product disintegration and particularly high selectivity of air classification as well as its compact systems design: online combination processing in one go, from impact mill directly into high-performance air classifier. In a first step, NOLL’s impact jet mill »DemiNo®« or PALLMANN’s »Turbofiner PLM®« takes over disintegration to open the product. In a second step, a dynamic air classifier of the NOLL SeparaNo® series serves as fractionizing unit: sharp, precise separation into defined high-protein fraction on one side and coarse starch fraction on the other. The system uses only one filter and ensures maximum enrichment of high-quality, valuable vegetable proteins in the desired fines fraction. The innovative system is extraordinarily economical, not only due to its integrated online workflow. Set-up is easy, and only mimimum space is required. Low energy consumption diminishes the operating

The new SMARTFLEX series The product range of industrial hoses has become more and more extensive over the last years. Technically elaborate processes require increasingly specific products. Industry adapted to this development long ago and conceives its products as required. However, there is also the opposite trend to combine many important features in modern industrial products. Right here, SCHAUENBURG Ruhrkunststoff GmbH now provides an attractive option, Made in Germany. The new SMARTFLEX series is a real all-rounder in the area of industrial hoses because it combines four basic properties in one spiral hose: • permanently antistatic • flame retardant • microbe-resistant • hydrolysis-resistant A unique mixture of raw materials allows a lot of opportunities for many different applications. The SMARTFLEX meets the requirements of the TRGS 727 and ATEX 94/9 / EC which reliably prevents a risk of ignition due to electrostatic. In combination with its capacity

During Solids more than 150 exhibitors from the powder and bulk industry welcome you at their stand. They provide you with a complete overview of innovations in the powder & bulk solids technologies. Solids will take place on 19 & 20 October at Antwerp Expo. Register now and assure yourself of a free ticket:

BEUMER provides Turkish cement manufacturer with 13 bucket elevators and 6 apron conveyors General contractor Bilim Makina has commissioned BEUMER to supply and mount at its cement plant in Elazig, eastern Turkey, 13 bucket elevators for the transport of cement, clinker and raw meal, as well as 6 apron conveyors and 13 silo discharge systems for clinker transport. The greenfield plant is expected to achieve a capacity of 5,000 tons per day. Sycs Insaar Cimento Madencilik is the user of this plant. Two high-capacity belt bucket elevators with a centre distance of 133 meters each are included in the scope of supply. They are used for feeding the preheater tower with raw meal. Owing to the size of this plant, a conveying capacity of 500 tons per hour is achieved. High-quality BEUMER steel wire belts with a particularly high strength class ensure this capacity. The supply of the comprehensive technology has been completed. A team of BEUMER staff members are now mounting the plant. At BEUMER, the Center of Competence (CoC) for the cement industry is responsible

DYNA Instruments offers innovative measuring technology from its own development and production for applications in the bulk handling and particle industry. The DYNAmas, new in the portfolio of the Hamburg company, can be implemented for the online mass flow rate measurement of bulk materials of all kinds. By using the capacitive measuring principle, it allows for the measuring of the throughput in freefall or pneumatic conveying systems. DYNAmas is easy to use, wear-free and maintenance-free due to the non-contact measurement, and provides highly accurate results. ”With the DYNAmas, we now offer four fundamentally different solutions for flow measurement and can thus react even more accurately to the needs of our customers”, emphasises Dipl.-Ing. Klaus Dybeck, CEO of the measuring technology specialists. Since the system separately measures the product concentration and the transport speed and calculates the mass throughput from these results, it is independent

With heat sealer device to improve product protection Concetti, of Bastia Umbra, Italy, has recently supplied a big bag filling station for urea to a Spanish manufacturer of high quality fertiliser materials. High productivity and the practicality of this type of packaging in the agriculture industry together with excellent corrosion resistance are among the key benefits of the new system. The installation fills up to 100 bulk bags of 500 kg per hour and can be operated by one person. With automatic height adjustment, it is possible to fill FIBCs up to 2000 mm in height and weighing between 500 and 2000 kg, thus guaranteeing to the producer an extremely flexible operation. In a fast-growing industry such as fertilizers, with the expected increase in the world population (9 billion in 2050), high productivity is an important competitive advantage. As well as the integrity of the product is a guarantee of quality. The Concetti designed heat sealer is manually controlled by the operator and adjustable in height and allows

DEPRAG presents eacy feed, the new generation vibratory spiral feeder, at the MOTEK 2016 Reliable feeders are a vital requirement in attaining the best possible system reliability. But DEPRAG has proven that their feeders can deliver on a lot more than reliability with their new breakthrough. eacy feed, (Efficient Assembly Communication Yield) the new generation vibratory bowl feeder, is extremely energy-efficient and is Industry 4.0-capable. The basis for the intelligent and sustainable production of tomorrow is here today. Increased environmental awareness and growing energy costs have become a core issue for companies, bringing with them a demand for improved efficiency and energy savings. DEPRAG has met this demand for efficiency and sustainability with their innovative solution eacy feed. The inventive and effective utilization of physical responses has enabled the reduction of energy costs by around 80 %. The drive of the new eacy feed works using 24-volt oscillating magnets, whereby the maximum power consumption is dramatically reduced. The

The introduction of Vegapuls 64 begins a new age in radar measurement technology Vegapuls 64, the world’s first radar level sensor for liquids, operating at a frequency of 80 GHz, has instigated a radical new era in radar level measurement technology. Eighteen months ago a new sensor for the continuous measurement of bulk solids, Vegapuls 69, was introduced with great success. This sensor also operates with a transmission frequency 3 times higher than the widely used 26 GHz frequency. ”The market has shown that this technology is the thing of the future – since the market launch, over 10,000 Vegapuls 69 level sensors have already been installed,” says Jürgen Skowaisa, product manager of radar instrumentation at VEGA Grieshaber KG, describing the success story of these increased frequency sensors. These instruments have proven their worth, especially on media with poor reflective properties, in production shafts up to 120 m deep, or in silos with numerous internal installations that generate strong false echoes. Vegapuls 64 for liquid