K-Tron This firm will be exhibiting several stations integrated into one complete system. One of the stations features a 2415 Premier vacuum receiver on top of a KT35 twin-screw feeder completed with an ActiFlow bulk-solids activator. Another station shows an…
A new line of high-capacity, low-profile floor scales are built to withstand the severe loading conditions typical of fork lifts and pallet jacks. RoughDeck floor scales (photo) feature 6-in. structural steel channel frames welded to tread-plate decks for optimum rigidity…
A new Model SCC-15 Screen Classifying Cutter cuts hard, soft or fibrous materials into controlled particle sizes with minimal fines at high rates, according to this firm. The cutter features a patented helical rotor design with dozens of cutter heads…
The Analysette 22 MicroTec Plus is the latest generation of this company’s particle measurement technology. The instrument covers a range of 0.08 to 2,000 µm with a resolution of up to 108 measuring channels. The wet dispersion unit is equipped…
These new spill-containment scales weigh only the chemical dispensed into the water treatment system and are not affected by chemical spills. The scales have four load cells that are completely sealed in PVC and vinyl plastic enclosures to protect from…
Piab Vacuum Conveyors The UC Series of vacuum conveyors (photo) comply with Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) standards, and are suitable for pharmaceutical processing applications, including loading and unloading coating pans, manufacturing tablet cores and handling or transferring pharmaceutical powders. Fully…
Now it is possible, in one single size-reduction step, to both shred and obtain small granule sizes with the HB Series granulator. The design of this machine combines a feed hopper and a hydraulic ram with a granulator. The special…
Hapman The Helix Hi/Lo flexible screw conveyor (photo) is designed for handling sluggish or non-free-flowing materials without the need for separate in-hopper agitation. The system encourages discharge of sluggish solids with an optional mass-flow hopper with a steep conical shape,…
Amandus Kahl This firm has developed a process for ambient grinding of waste tires that is said to be more economical than traditional ambient or cold grinding processes. Tires are first cut into 50–100-mm chips, which are then conveyed to…
Agglomeration is the process of converting fine powder particles into larger particles by the introduction of external forces. Agglomeration is often desirable because the process yields a product that has a higher bulk density, contains less dust, and has improved…