Beumer Group The parallel gripper is a special tool for palletizing cardboard boxes and other dimensionally stable containers with parallel side walls. The essential components are a fixed plate that functions as a limit stop and a pneumatically activated clamping…
The Rotoform 4G — the latest addition to this company’s Rotoform range — boasts a number of innovative new features designed to improve productivity and reduce maintenance requirements. The process combines the Rotoform drop depositor with a steel belt cooler…
In this company’s networked filling system, weighing and weight-checking systems communicate with other machine components and control the filling process of chemical products. The weight-checking scale immediately delivers feedback to the filling spout and thus ensures that the prescribed weight…
The chemical process industries (CPI) have many applications that require classifying or separating solid materials. Examples of separation or classification processes include those operations that attempt to isolate specific material fractions according to particle size, scalp off the coarse fraction…
This new ICS466x weighing terminal is designed for safe and accurate weighing in potentially explosive classified hazardous areas (Zone 1/21, Div. 1) to minimize risks of explosion and keep inspection and maintenance costs as low as possible. The ICS466x is…
When it comes to size reduction, chemical processors seek to improve product quality, increase flexibility and uptime and, simultaneously, reduce costs. Fortunately, equipment manufacturers are working to develop grinding, milling and screening machines that can help chemical processors meet their…
The new line of Model 42C cylindrical ribbon blenders (photo) are designed to mix dry powders, wet granulations and paste-like materials with densities up to 100 lb/ft3. Available in many capacities, from 0.5 to 1,000 ft3, these blenders can be…
Using PAT to monitor and control granulation Malvern Instruments Granulation is an important operation used for tableting, but its control can be challenging. The Parsum inline particle-sizing probe is being used as a PAT (process analytical technology) instrument in granulation…
The International Powder & Bulk Solids Conference and Exhibition is taking place May 6–8 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Ill. Featuring a large expo hall and a variety of technical sessions, as well as some hands-on…
Adjustment and control of moisture levels in solid materials through drying is a critical process in the manufacture of many types of chemical products. As a unit operation, drying solid materials is one of the most common and important in…