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Emerson Introduces New Motor Starter With Component-Level Protection for Improved Cost Performance

PlexPower™ designs are faster to install and easier to maintain and operate than traditional cast motor starters resulting in a 73% lower total cost of ownership Emerson has introduced a cost-effective, easy-to-install and simple-to-operate alternative to traditional cast and bolted motor starters in the form of its new Appleton® PlexPower™ solution. Designed for hazardous, wet or corrosive locations such as oil refineries... Read More

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Case Study: Vortex Global Provides Process Solution for Chemical Company

Based in Cheshire, UK, Tata Chemicals Europe is one of Europe's leading producers of sodium carbonate, salt and sodium bicarbonate, among other products. Tata Chemicals is the only manufacturer of soda ash and sodium bicarbonate in the UK. Their high-quality soda ash is used in the manufacture of glass, detergents and chemicals, and in several other industry applications. Their many... Read More

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Hosokawa Unveil £600k Investment in Smart Powder Processing

Hosokawa Micron has recently invested £600k in two new Control Systems incorporating the latest digital manufacturing technologies within their Contract Manufacturing Facility in Runcorn. ‘Our challenge to meet future contract processing demands through improved product quality and yields, minimise unplanned plant downtime and maximise plant availability and production flexibility is reflected throughout the processing industries. This investment demonstrates how we... Read More

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Custom Designed Pneumatic Conveying Systems

Dry, granular materials can be moved gently, reliably and with significant reduction in product degradation and/or system wear with a Dynamic Air pneumatic conveying system. Each Dynamic Air pneumatic conveying system is custom-designed to achieve the optimum performance characteristics at the highest efficiencies. Dynamic Air has developed 16 different pneumatic conveying concepts, utilizing both pressure and vacuum, for handling a... Read More

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Industrial screeners for conveyor systems

Kemira Chemicals installs vibratory sieve to screen incoming raw chemical materials unloaded from dry bulk tanker Kemira Chemicals (UK) Ltd. (Kemira), part of the Kemira Oyj chemical industry group, is a producer of advanced chemicals for pulp and paper, water treatment, oil and gas and other industrial chemical applications. At its production site in Ellesmere Port, UK, Kemira produces a... Read More

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Auger Screw Spares for All types of Machine

Trantec are a leading suppliers of auger spares to the Bulk Solids Industry. From Powder Dosing Systems to Metering Screw Feeders to Filling Machines, Trantec have supplied an array of replacement auger screws and ancillary parts since 1997. Trantec particularly specialise in full flight augers, manufacturing these screws to very high precision at sensible prices. Not all metering feeder manufacturers... Read More

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‘M’ Series Metering Screw Feeders

Metering Screw Feeders are specially designed to continuously dose materials, from harsh granules to fine powders, at a constant volume to high accuracies. The feeder is made up of a feeder body, complete with rotating agitator and various control functions which provide constant or intermittent feeding to suit the nature of the products being handled. The agitator manipulates the product... Read More

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Over 2000 years in the making… here’s our 21st Century contribution

The Archimedes screw has been around for a few years now and represents a deceptively simple way to move materials. Liquids to solids and everything in between, a rotating helix can propel the product and deliver the accuracy demanded by many bulk solids handling machinery. For the last 20 years Trantec Solids Handling has been producing just such machines, taking... Read More

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Highest capacity centrifugal sifter has quick-clean cantilevered shaft design

Kason has introduced a quick-clean CENTRI-SIFTER™ centrifugal sifter with a cantilevered shaft that offers greater screening area and higher capacity than any single chamber model previously offered by the company, it was announced by Henry Alamzad, president. Designated model XO-B, the sifter can scalp in excess of 90 tonnes per hour of dry or moist powders or granular material, and... Read More

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Victaulic Launches World’s First Grooved Mechanical Piping System for Saturated Steam

World leading manufacturer of mechanical pipe joining systems launches world’s first grooved piping system for saturated steam Launch includes coupling & fittings suitable for temperatures up to 198°C and pressures up to 1379 kPa Grooved steam system removes need for welding, making installation easier, safer and up to five times faster, and makes system maintenance and expansion simple Victaulic, the... Read More