6 Reasons to Choose a Frazier & Son Bucket Elevator
Providing quality bucket elevators and conveyors is what we at Frazier & Son have been perfecting throughout four generations. Let us show you how We Convey Quality™.
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Mechanical Conveying
Mechanical handling equipment for efficient and effective bulk material movement
Many kinds of mechanical conveying systems are available and are used according to the various needs in dry material processing operations. Selecting the best mechanical conveyor for an application is essential to processing success and for business profits. Mechanical conveyor systems, for instance belt conveyors, (flexible) screw conveyors, vibrating conveyors, bucket conveyors (and elevators), aero-mechanical conveyors, spiral conveyors and cable & tubular drag conveyors are often the lifeline to a company’s ability to effectively move its bulk product in a timely fashion. This Technology Zone offers an insight into the latest innovations in mechanical conveying solutions for dry material processing industries.
Articles about Mechanical Conveying
General Kinematics SYNCRO-COIL® Vibratory Conveyors
General Kinematics designed SYNCRO-COIL® Vibratory Conveyors for heavy or medium-duty material load applications.
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Simply Overcoming Obstacles
In the mining industry, modern cropping technologies require systems capable of transporting bulk materials efficiently from the quarry to their destination, through rough terrain and populated areas.
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Modular Mechanical Conveyors for the Chemical, Food and Pharmaceutical Industries
As part of the wider Rotolok Group, Solitec design and manufacture a range of modular mechanical conveyors for the chemical, food and pharmaceutical industries.
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Rulmeca Presents New Transom Design and New Product Range
Rulmeca, as a leading manufacturer of components for bulk material handling, is always committed to improving the quality of products and Customers service.
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Economic Transportation of Cement Clinker
Robust apron conveyors (SZFs) are used in cement plants to transport clinker safely and economically from the kiln cooling system to the silos.
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Josep F. Sànchez (Coscollola Engineering)Josep F. Sànchez is the Director of Coscollola Engineering, S.L. and head of the Extrusion Division of Coscollola Comercial, S.L. with more than 35 years of expertise in the plastic sector, he has progressed from the manufacture of injection moulds and the commercialization of IMM and extruders of the KraussMaffei brand, to the design of handling systems for solids. He has a great experience in vertical storage, pneumatic and mechanical transport, dosing systems in continuous process and batch, mixing, dust collection and process automation; his specialties are compound and PVC.
He is a technical advisor for the Industria Química magazine and a founding member of Techsolids (Spanish association of technology for solids)
Brad Vos (SPEC Engineering)Brad Vos is the Director of Automation at SPEC Engineering, a process engineering company located in Plainfield, Illinois. Brad has over 10 years of experience in plant process design, mechanical design, electrical design, and automation. Working alongside SPEC’s engineering team, the Automation department provides solutions for quality control, data collection, process stability and plant or machine automation utilizing PLC and HMI control systems. Brad holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Doan Pendleton (VAC-U-MAX)Doan Pendleton is Vice President of VAC-U-MAX located in Belleville, New Jersey. With over 20 years of professional experience in the design, engineering, manufacturing and marketing of dry bulk material transfer systems, Doan’s experience includes strong application knowledge of bulk ingredient handling systems for the food, pharmaceutical and chemical industries, as well as extensive experience with portable and central industrial vacuum cleaning systems. Mr. Pendleton holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing/Marketing Management from Suffolk University. As Executive Manager, Mr. Pendleton manages Global Sales and Marketing.
Chris Brennan (Spiroflow Ltd)Chris has been working at Spiroflow for over 10 years and is currently in the role of technical sales manager. He handles all the technical drawings and specifications during the sale and aides our drawing office while the equipment is designed, he also assists the manufacturing department with the build. His vast knowledge of powder handling and mechanical design is why he is involved in every aspect of designing our powder handling solutions.
Sanitary Incline Belt Conveyor for Food and Packaging Applications
Conroe, TX – Frazier & Son introduces its new easy-to-clean Incline Conveyors featuring robust stainless steel, sanitary construction with an innovative quick release fold-out side board and belt lifter system for fast toolless washdown.
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FLEXICON® Flexible Screw Conveyor
Flexible screw conveyors offer efficiency and versatility, conveying bulk materials ranging from large pellets to sub-micron powders — both free-flowing and non-free-flowing — with no separation of blended products.
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CenTrax Belt Tracker for RWE Eemshaven Power Plant
RWE Generation’s Eemshaven power plant is the largest coal and biomass power plant in the Netherlands. Covered conveyor belts ensure dust-free transport of the coal from ships to the power plant or the storage yard.
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7 Reasons Why You Should Go With Alvibra Conveyors
Alvibra® manufactures vibratory conveyors in different executions. Alvibra® conveyors are driven by conventional vibration motors or with electromagnetic drives – and because of several good reasons, our conveyors are often chosen with VibraDrive™ technology.
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