Ajax Equipment, Bolton, UK, has supplied a range of solids handling equipment as part of an upgrade of production facilities at William Blythe, a manufacturer of inorganic speciality chemicals based in Accrington, Lancashire. This company is an innovator in the field of functional derivatives of copper, tin, zinc and iodine which are used by a range of industries. Efficient powder processing is essential to the plant’s productivity.

 

Following powder testing by Ajax, it has supplied various items of handling equipment including a steep-walled, hopper and screw feeder, and valve, to regulate the flow of finished product. All the equipment was fabricated in 316L stainless steel. Ajax has also provided a bulk bag discharger and sack tip chute mounted on a reactor vessel. It provides a closed, sealed workstation, with dust extraction to protect the operator. www.ajax.co.uk 

 

 

This stainless steel hopper and screw feeder was among the handling equipment supplied by Ajax