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Inflatable Seated Butterfly Valve

The Posi-flate inflatable seated butterfly valve is ideally suited for abrasive materials such as sand, feldspar, fly ash and most other dry, granular materials which reduce valve life. The inflatable seat design provides a better seal by utilizing air pressure to expand the seat against the disc, providing more sealing area and an even pressure distribution against the disc every... Read More
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Boone Mixers are at the centre of BASF’s New Rodenticides Line

Boone Mixers have supplied two Horizontal Helical Blade Mixers (HHBM) to BASF in Widnes for their new production line, manufacturing rodenticides with a marzipan-like texture to meet the growing demand world-wide for alternatives to warfarin as rodents develop resistance and traditional rodenticides become less effective. BASF have developed a rodenticide that combats the increasing problem of evolving drug resistance, while... Read More
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Eaton’s CMA valves deliver precise steering control to four-way sideloaders

Eaton announces delivery of a valve system to Bulmor GmbH, a leading manufacturer of sideloaders. By specifying Eaton CMA Advanced Mobile Valve with Independent Metering in its new series of four-way sideloader forklifts, the company achieved far superior steering control over earlier systems. For its latest four-way sideloader, which offers customized height and width to help maximize storage capacity, Bulmor sought an electrohydraulic mobile valve capable of overcoming a number of challenges. A... Read More
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Ajax Mixers for Frozen Potato Production at Agristo

Solids handling specialist, Ajax Equipment, has supplied leading European pre-fried and frozen potato product producer, Agristo, with two continuous mixers featuring an enhanced mirror polish finish. The stainless steel Ajax machines will be used to mix grated potato with various additives including flavourings to produce a range of potato products. The 4m long twin screw mixers include profiled covers as... Read More
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Apprenticeship Success with Mentor

Mentor's Level 2 Mineral Processing Mobile and Static Plant apprenticeship is supporting industry in the development and introduction of a new generation to their workforce. Following the introduction of the Level 2 Standard in 2017, Mentor and employers are delighted to have seen 19 apprentices successfully complete their 13-month apprenticeship and each return to their employers with a vast amount... Read More
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Hunter Plant Hire Purchases New Bobcat Mini-Excavators

Includes First Bobcat E57W wheeled minis in UK rental equipment industry North London-based Hunter Plant Hire Ltd has purchased the company’s first Bobcat mini-excavators. The new order for 12 Bobcat machines includes two E57W 6 tonne wheeled mini-excavators, the first in the UK equipment rental industry. The balance of the order comprises Bobcat E17 1.7 tonne, E27z 2.8 tonne, E45... Read More
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Flour screening in mills and industrial bakeries

For more than 70 years Gericke has been producing and selling a complete range of flour sifting machines for mills and industrial bakeries worldwide. The purpose of these centrifugal sifters is to remove foreign bodies from the various flour qualities. This allows the flour quality to be kept constant and clean. The success of these centrifugal screening machines in milling... Read More
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Ajax supplies Carbon Black handling system to Hubron International

Solids handling equipment maker, Ajax Equipment, has supplied leading black masterbatch producer, Hubron International, with a system to handle big bags and supply a new extruding line with carbon black. The handling system consists of a screw feeder with Lynflow ribbon flights, hopper featuring Lynflow insert and accommodates the site’s Big Bag Discharger and provides a support beam structure for... Read More