LIFTUBE® Customer Case: Avoiding Material Losses in a Cement Plant in Spain
STANDARD INDUSTRIE International, is a global designer and manufacturer of specialized bulk handling equipment.
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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
Double-Chain High-Capacity Bucket Elevators
For one-century Gambarotta Gschwendt have developed and manufactured more than some thousand bucket elevators for lifting a wide range of bulk solid materials.
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AERO-FLEX Kneeling Screw Conveyors: Simple Maintenance, Easy Cleaning, and Application Flexibility
AERO-FLEX Kneeling Screw Conveying Systems transport powders and granular materials without separation of product.
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When to Convey Mechanically and When to Convey Pneumatically?
BELLEVILLE, NJ – How mechanical conveying compares & contrasts to pneumatic conveying when transferring dry bulk materials to processing & packaging lines.
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K-Slip Low Friction Liner
Based in Brisbane, our Engineering customer builds and operates safe, economically viable and sustainable shale-to-liquids energy plants. Their vision is to help secure Australia’s energy future.
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Potatoe Slices Conveyed Undamaged
A Finnish company specialized in potatoes preparation, chose Archimedys modular screw conveyor made of plastic to improve the efficiency of its production line.
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Andreas Schlenker (IPCO)Andreas Schlenker is Senior Sales Manager for scattering applications at IPCO Germany GmbH – Subsidiary Göppingen. He holds a degree in electrical engineering from the Fachhochschule Esslingen and has more than 20 years of experience in the design, engineering and marketing of scattering equipment. He has worked for IPCO since 2001 and is the specialist for the handling of bulk materials in the flooring, composite, automotive, non-woven, textile, recycling, electronic, filter, food, furniture, and wallpaper industries. Over the years he has accumulated a lot of experience with worldwide projects involving individual scattering units, complete process solutions involving IPCO’s ThermoPress technology and customized process solutions.
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.
Blazing the Trail in Reliability
From a kiln cooling system to silos: the safe and economical transportation of hot materials like clinker is crucial in cement plants. The material can have extremely high temperatures of 500 to 800 degrees Celsius.
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Explosion-Proof Mini Z Conveyor for Gently Transporting Powders, Grains and Granulates
The expense involved in explosion-proofing bucket elevators can sometimes exceed the purchase price of the conveying system itself by up to a factor of three.
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7 Ways to Improve Performance of Stackers and Reclaimers, Extend their Lifetime and Avoid Downtimes
ILLFURTH – AMECO Group has since 1932 designed, supplied, commissioned, and helped maintain more than 380 bulk handlines machines around the world, with some of them have been running smoothly since 1960! Based on our wealth of experiences, here are our seven recommendations from our team of technical experts on how to improve the performance of stackers and reclaimers by extend lifespan, reduce OPEX, and avoid business interruptions.
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Sahivo Tubular Drag Conveyors
Based in Barcelona since 1967, SAHIVO, S.A. has been operating in the industrial market, offering a wide variety of products and services for solid process and bulk solids handling for more than 50 years.
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