Week of 20 December 2010
- Bulk distribution station at ATR - Husum
- Drum dump feeder
- Vortex Valves opens UK technical centre
- Uniaxial tester extends capabilities of powder rheometer
- New stacking regulation for IBCs in transit
Week of 13 December 2010
- Piab opens Indian subsidiary
- Extended range of automatic open-mouth bag placers
- Power mortar grinder for sample preparations
- Vortex appoints two new agents
- Bulktrans-Pack relocates
Week of 6 December 2010
Week of 29 November 2010
- Storage facilities expanded for Belgian petfood producer
- Double-deck weighers increase petfood production
- Same-day despatch worldwide for Rotex spares
- Powder containment performance independently verified
- High-volume screening of ground coffee
- Pneumatic transfer of cement for the Panama Canal expansion
Week of 22 November 2010
- Stretch hooder for broad range of palletised loads
- Antistatic elevator bucket- suitable for ATEX Zones
- Automatic 12.5t/h capacity bag dischargers to Kazakhstan
- Plastic pellets loaded into 20ft containers in just 8 minutes
- Mettler Toledo wins magazine award in North America
Week of 15 November 2010
- Compact twin-motor sifter offers greater capacity
- Reducing transport costs for large silos
- Loss-in-weight feeder performance improved by weigh modules
- Mixing efficiency benefits from cooling and inliner developments
- Rotary valve with advanced dust sealing system
Week of 8 November 2010
- Protection for both rotary valve and bulk product
- System combines best of vacuum and positive pressure pneumatic conveying
- Liquid/solid delivery system for sluggish products
- Magnetic hump helps ensure purity of import/export cereals
- Broader scope for total dust removal
- Focus on powder caking problems
- Rotary sack packers for new Vietnamese cement plant
Week of 1 November 2010
- Rotary feeders with up to 25% increased performance
- Valve ensures high-containment transfer of APIs from IBCs
- Horizontal fluidbed separator/elutriator
- Cost-effective pneumatic conveying for plastics manufacturers/compounders
- Advanced grain intake and outloading system
- Long-distance pneumatic conveying with minimal degradation/demixing
Week of 25 October 2010
- Vacuum coater now with low-temperature drying capability
- High-frequency screening of phosphate fertilisers
- Silos installed into tight space
- Bunting Magnetics products now being made in UK
- Mini loss-in-weight feeder for small volumes
- Mixing systems offer major energy-saving potential
Week of 18 October 2010
- Screener removes off-size material from plastic pellets
- Mid-East cooperation between two manufacturers from same German town
- Rip & tip sieving station
- Precision filling of pulse blends into FIBCs
- Automated calculation of alternative drives for optimum energy balance
- Adjustable-depth bearing temperature sensors
Week of 11 October 2010
- Woven fabric meets FFS: a marriage of two winning concepts
- Insulated centrifugal screener
- Innovative vacuum processing and milling technology on show
- Focus on powder caking problems
- Chemicals manufacturer orders three types of bagging system from same supplier
Week of 4 October 2010
Week of 27 September 2010
- Ready-to-run rotary blowers
- Flexible screw conveyor with integrated bag compactor and bag dump station
- Compact bulk bag filler with high-efficiency dust removal
- Palletising and wrapping by one machine
- Operations manager appointed at Freeman Technology
 | On Tuesday 5 October SHAPA (the UK’s Solids Handling and Processing Association) will hold the second of its annual Knowledge Conferences. It takes place at the Imago Holywell Park Conference Centre, Loughborough University, Leicestershire, UK. The one-day event is designed for production/works/site/processing managers and engineers, project managers and consultants involved in the handling/processing of loose bulk solid materials and powders. For further information, including conference programme, click HERE |
Week of 20 September 2010
- Inline mixing of powders into liquids
- Matcon plans early 2011 relocation to new headquarters
- 10,000th sale of MEC III electronic weigher
- Automatic bagging plant for sand, aggregates and stone products
- Spiral wrapping of palletised bags on five sides
- FIBC producer Unsa acquired by Greif
- SHAPA Knowledge Conference less than three weeks away
Week of 13 September 2010
- Specific ATEX approval for rotary valves
- Advanced packing system for animal bedding
- Schenck Process to market Australian mineral analyzer
- Clamp-on ultrasonic flowmeter for liquids
- Mineral processing webinar will focus on slurry particle size analysis
Week of 6 September 2010
Week of 30 August 2010
- Goodtech joins forces with E&I Intressenter
- Flexible screw conveyor for tight spaces
- Centre-flow bullet magnet is easy to clean
- Module for automated high-precision weighing
- Quest to improve the way pharmaceuticals and foods are manufactured
Week of 23 August 2010
- Beumer celebrates 75th anniversary
- Elevated heat exchanger cools 600-degree calcium oxide
- Pneumatic unloading of dry bulk containers
- On-site trials help convert users to real-time process control
- High-temperature hose for combustible solids
- Quality control during contract processing
Week of 16 August 2010
- Contract processor ensures high levels of product purity
- Systems engineering solutions at K-Show
- Radar level transmitter now with Foundation Fieldbus
- Versatile and powerful cutting mill
- Accurate flow measurement of denatured alcohol
Week of 9 August 2010
- Versatile, high-sensitivity metal detector
- Servo-controlled bag palletisers
- Weighfeeders can be wirelessly configured from a distance of 100m
- Flexible screw conveyor for poor-flowing, food-grade products
- Talke wins LyondellBasell safety "Oscar"
- Vacuum injection of powders achieves enhanced production of emulsions
Week of 2 August 2010
Week of 26 July 2010
- EXPOSOLIDOS Portugal
- Systems for non-ferrous and ferrous metal recovery
- New HDPE grades ideal for IBCs
- Brindley joins Kingfisher
- A higher level of hygienic mixing
- Heavy-duty motion-sensing switch
Week of 19 July 2010
- Spiroflow in joint venture with Horizon Systems
- Ebbecke provides advanced techniques for contract fine grinding
- Rape seed screened at 100t/h
- Storage of EPS in flexible silos
- Non-contact level measurement
Week of 12 July 2010
- Safety switch for protective doors
- Shaft-driven speed sensor
- News sales director for Haver & Boecker machinery division
- Structure-flex celebrates 40th anniversary
- Flow monitoring of bulk solids
- Rotary level indicator
- Continuous mixers
Week of 5 July 2010
- Load cell breaks new frontiers in accuracy and reliability
- FIBC discharger offers advanced hygienic features
- LC Packaging becomes Tellap distributor
- SHAPA 2010 Knowledge conference
- Hot-galvanised pipework for solids handling
- Extended range of cantilevered centrifugal sifters
Week of 28 June 2010
- Massaging compacted material from bulk bags
- Beumer opens subsidiary in Mexico
- Screw conveyors discharge pellets from water softening process
- Rotary valves provide problem-free handling of lactose
- Enhanced services available from Rotex Europe’s new Belgium office
- Prima Whip safely dislodges 1500t of caked cement from silo sidewalls
Week of 21 June 2010
- More affordable weighing/dosing control instrumentation
- Bulk bag fillers provide enhanced accuracy and cycle times
- Pneumatic conveying controller offers choice of nine operating modes
- Siemens concentrates European production of process instruments on French factory
- Eriez appoints new operations manager
- Cimbria wins food industry QA accreditation
Week of 14 June 2010
- Steam-jacketed rotary valves with heat tracing
- Quick and easy analysis of powder flow behaviour
- POWTECH visitor attendance is second best ever
- Dome Valve with hydraulic actuator
- Single trip bulk bag discharger
- Comprehensive warranty programme for metal detectors
- Enhanced valve control
Week of 7 June 2010
- US acquisition broadens Spiroflow product range
- Zeppelin Reimelt is new name of Reimelt Henschel
- Overbelt electro-magnets for explosive environments
- MID enters into rotary valve agreement with Claudius Peters
- Automatic sampler controller
- Extended range of magnet products available online
Week of 31 May 2010
- Bulk bag and manual dump weigh batch system
- Hybrid loss-in-weight feeder
- Accurate filling level measurement for cement and allied materials
- Food-grade receiver for problematic powders
- SDTech/Malvern Instruments collaboration enters new phase
- Vacuum processing unit has new homogeniser
Week of 24 May 2010
- Piston feeder allows dry compaction of extremely small quantities
- Eriez adds bullet magnets to ProGrade range
- 3000t/yr capacity soluble coffee processing line
- Versatile feeder with choice of volumetric or gravimetric capabilities
- Telescopic dustfree loading chutes are ATEX-compliant
- Protecting automation systems from aggressive environments
Week of 17 May 2010
- Damage-free pneumatic conveying of fibreglass
- Removal of undersize and underweight materials
- Conveyor belt for ultra-sticky materials
- Magnet Applications expands European sales operations
- Acquisition consolidates Martin’s supremacy in industrial vibrators
- New CEO spearheads Newtec Group restructure
Week of 10 May 2010
- Pilot plant helps secure major cosmetics processing orders
- Rectangular silo vent filter
- Bag slitter for granular and free flowing products
- RID system ensures minimal damage to rotary valves
- Precision dosing into mobile containers
Week of 3 May 2010
- Pneumatic conveying without particle mixing
- Nimo-KG presents fresh image at IFFA
- Ensuring constant filling of bucket elevators
- Thorough dry cleaning with containment of micro particles
- Easier integration of analytical devices with advanced control systems
- Horizontal mixer for food applications
- Rotating-paddle indicators measure milk powder levels
Week of 26 April 2010
- Fully automatic octabin tipplers
- Single straight pipe plug diverter
- Hammer mill for small volumes or laboratory use
- Powders mixed into liquids without creating foam
- Metal separators with CIP capability
- Retsch opens Russian subsidiary
- Custom-engineered conveyor transfer chutes
- Geared motors for conveyor systems
Week of 19 April 2010
- Motorised rotating grate magnet
- Conveyor transfer points for the 21st Century
- Greif bags Storsack
- Beumer acquires Czech Koch Holding
- Semi-bulk vacuum pack: a world first
- Cimbria Unigrain installs wood pellet silos in Russia
Week of 12 April 2010
- Poultry feed silo system for Polish egg producer
- Online measurement of residual moisture in plastics
- Greiwing takes over Logwin tank and silo business
- Enhanced capabilities for process control system
- InterBulk assists Black Sea oil exploration
- Cost-effective automatic silo level measurement
- Quick-clean rotary valves/blowing seals
- Easier and faster assembly of Zeppelin silos
The innovations detailed in the last three news items (from UWT, TBMA Europe and Zeppelin) will be featured on the stands of the respective companies at the Powtech 2010 exhibition, Nuremberg, Germany, 27-29 April 2010. EuroBulkSystems and its sister magazine Bulk Distributor will be at Powtech 2010 on the Oakhill Media Ltd stand (9-247).
Week of 5 April 2010
- Integrated handling of Turkish coffee beans
- Flo-Mech named British Isles distributor for Key Technology
- Piab seeks rapid growth through automation technology
- Linear air-operated vibrators
- Six-bed extruder for production of sweets
- Fusion technology now available for rectangular screens
- William S Gill
- Rotary valves gain explosion protection/flame containment approvals
- Colour segregation for high-grade powders
Week of 22 March 2010
- Indian factory also serves markets beyond the Subcontinent
- Dynamic Air launches vibratory equipment
- Low-budget manual inline sampler
- Small-scale hygienic feeder for minor ingredient additions
- Latest electric vibrators feature innovate mass adjustment system
- Hygienic rotary valves are easily cleaned
- Accurate sampling from road tankers
- Arrival of the 10m filter bag
The innovations detailed in the last five news items (from Gericke, Italvibras, Young-Massa, Bürkle and Scheuch) will be featured on the stands of the respective companies at the Powtech 2010 exhibition, Nuremberg, Germany, 27-29 April 2010.
EuroBulkSystems and its sister magazine Bulk Distributor will also be at Powtech 2010, on the Oakhill Media Ltd stand (9-247).
Week of 15 March 2010
- Dosing screws for dextrose bagging line
- Hygienic bulk bag conditioner
- Heavy-duty butterfly valves for hostile conditions
- Mobile optical sorting plant
- Bucket elevator meets strict food hygiene standards
- Iris valve with compact control handle
- Hygienic open-mouth bagging system
The innovations detailed in the last three news items (from Wiese Förderelemente, Vortex Valves Europe and Chronos BTH) will be featured on the stands of the respective companies at the Powtech 2010 exhibition, Nuremberg, Germany, 27-29 April 2010. EuroBulkSystems and its sister magazine Bulk Distributor will also be at Powtech 2010, on the Oakhill Media Ltd stand (9-247).
Week of 8 March 2010
- Tipping stations for hamburger meat
- Safety relay can monitor machine speed and standstill at same time
- Particle measurement services rationalised in Nordic countries
- ATEX-approved, explosion-proof rotary valves
- First French manufacturer of explosion vent panels
- Magnet without welded seams minimises risk of bacterial contamination
The innovations detailed in the last three news items (from Govoni Sim Bianca Impianti, STIF, and Goudsmit Magnetic Systems) will be featured on the stands of the respective companies at the Powtech 2010 exhibition, Nuremberg, Germany (27-29 April 2010).
EuroBulkSystems and its sister magazine Bulk Distributor will also be at Powtech 2010, on the Oakhill Media Ltd stand (9-247).
Week of 1 March 2010
- Easy-clean mixer with cantilevered shafts
- Ink spray marks location of hidden metal contaminants
- Vacuum mixer drier with conical floor
- Over 1000 magnetic separators installed on injection moulders
- Contract to upgrade Malaysian weigh belt feeders
- Heavy-duty weigh-feeders with capacities up to 800t/h
- Bagging of baking ingredients and starch in S E Asia
Week of 22 February 2010
- Successful Gericke seminar at new Regensdorf test plant
- Dense phase transfer of cement from railcars to nearby silos
- New sales director at Rhewum
- Advances in non-contact level measurement
- Prototype mixer can accommodate ultrasonic injection
- Vacuum conveying for hygienic applications
- Rotating mixer is loaded and discharged through the same opening
The innovations introduced by the four above-mentioned manufacturers (Vega, Lindor, Hecht and Forberg) will all be featured on the stands of the respective companies at Powtech, Nuremberg, Germany, 27-29 April. EuroBulkSystems and its sister magazine Bulk Distributor will also be at Powtech, on the Oakhill Media stand (9-247).
Week of 15 February 2010
- Ebbecke plans European expansion
- Malvern appoints process specialist in China
- Single-feeder control module
- Monitoring safe grounding of multiple items
- Ultra-large bulk boxes
- High-speed steel-belt based granulation
- Perolo strengthens sales team
Week of 8 February 2010
- Vortex Valves poised to pursue German, Austrian and French markets
- Versatile moisture measurement using advanced microwave technology
- PORTABULK brings further success for Goodtech
- In-chassis compressor for dry bulk applications
- Penko officially opens new head office
- Tapered-step magnetic liquid trap
- Fully automated 4-loop FIBC filling to be shown at Powtech
- Malvern Instruments opens third test laboratory in India
- Protection against electrostatic discharge
- New management at Siemens mechanical drives business unit
Week of 1 February 2010
- Greif set to acquire Storsack Group?
- Teflon probe measures moisture even in cohesive materials
- Portable CIP units offer up to 100 recipes
- Rotary disc valve for aggressive slurries and liquids
- New products for milling and sieving
- Sanitary checkweigher scales
- High-containment powder valve passes vacuum integrity tests
Week of 25 January 2010
- Relaunched abrasion-resistant valve range for liquids, slurries & solids
- Combined shredder and granulator
- Extended MS solutions for life science industries
- Vortex appoints Iberian Peninsula agent
- Digital valve controller sales exceed one million
- Dust suppression during railcar loading controlled by ultrasonics
- PAT for automated pharma mill control
- Explosion isolation valve
Week of 18 January 2010
- Hillenbrand set to acquire K-Tron
- Force calibration for silos and vessels mounted on load cells
- Launch of ProGrade magnet range
- SCE sets up British Isles distributorship
- Advanced box/drum tipper
- Kalenborn increases capital, reorganises management
- Ball mill offers ultra-fine grinding for broad range of minerals
- Enhanced performance from new design of screener
- Management and monitoring of remotely installed process instruments
Week of 11 January 2010
- Launch of Pelletroneurope
- Broader applicational scope for GWR level transmitters
- New director of communications at Beumer
- Internal photography facilitates Allied Bakeries silo maintenance
- Automatic pelletising of iron particles and other fine materials
- Key Technology strengthens French presence
- Cooling screws for thermal cleaning of tar asphalt
- Freeman to contribute powder characterisation expertise at US seminar
- Bunting appointment introduces enhanced materials handling expertise