Poly-Mill Industrial Pin Mill
The Poly-Mill industrial grinder is the ideal solution for milling a wide range of bulk products.
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Size & Volume Reduction
Size reduction equipment innovations for dry material handling operations
There are numerous industries that depend on size reduction or comminution of bulk solids to improve performance or to meet specifications. There are many types of size-reduction equipment, which are often developed empirically to handle specific bulk materials and then are applied in other settings. Knowing the properties of the material to be processed is essential. Despite the availability of other particle production processes, size reduction remains today one of the workhorses for production of bulk solids with tailored particle properties.
Particle forming / size enlargement equipment innovations for dry material handling operations
Agglomeration or size enlargement processes transform small bulk solids or past materials to materials of larger sizes, with either random or controlled shapes - granules, briquettes, tablets, pellets, bricks, extrudates or compacts. Size enlargement is a process that has been used for centuries and in many ways, it still remains an art rather than an exact science. Perhaps this is due to the unpredictable behavior of bulk solids. Also in this process, determination of the required product properties is of utmost importance. This Technology Zone offers an insight into the latest innovations in size reduction and size enlargement techniques and equipment to assist you when handling dry bulk materials.
Articles about Size & Volume Reduction
Caffeine Powder Process Solutions
For over 40 years, Spec Engineering has been a leading process system integrator in the food and beverage industry, with expertise in storing, feeding, conveying, mixing, blending, separation, particle size reduction, batching, controls, and automation.
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Fine Grinding of Icing Sugar with Bag Packaging Station
Food manufacturer that specializes in biscuits, chocolate, and cocoa.
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Size Reduction Equipment for a Wide Variety of Applications
Schutte Hammermill offers an extensive line of size reduction equipment suitable for a wide variety of applications in powder and bulk processing including, full circle screen, pneumatic and gravity discharge hammer mills, and high capacity lump breakers configured in single or dual shaft arrangements for handling various types of materials.
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Dedusting of Metal Powder for Additive Manufacturing (3D-printing)
In particular, the 3D-printing market is currently experiencing a period of very rapid growth. An ever-increasing number of applications in the area of the automobile industry, aircraft construction, tool manufacture, and prototype construction is based on the AM process.
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Comex JMX-50 Jet Mill And ACX-50 Air Classifier System
Comex AS has developed a comminution system employing a jet mill and an air classifier, for laboratory use.
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Aristidis Melios (Vraykos & Associates Mechanical Limited)Aristidis Melios is the General Manager at Vraykos & Associates Mechanical Ltd. He holds a Diploma in Mechanical Engineering from National Technical University of Athens, and has more than 30 years of experience in design, engineering and manufacturing of bulk materials handling systems in food industry in Greece and Balkans area. Mr Melios is an expert in managing industrial projects that concern mechanical or pneumatic conveying, weighing & dosing, mixing, dedusting, screening and storaging of food bulk products. He has the experience needed to create a cost efficient turn-key solution for every bulk materials industry. The last years leads the Vraykos company engineering team with success, inserting new ideas and technologies in the field of bulk materials handling systems.
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.
Todd Allison (Progressive Products, Inc)Todd Allison is President of Progressive Products, Inc, having moved from sales to take the leadership role and successfully driven the company’s growth over the last 10 years. Todd also leads the Apex Stages brand, part of Progressive Products, and was an adjunct professor in the Technology and Workforce Development Department at Pittsburg State University, where he taught Innovation Engineering. Todd has spent most of his life in the pneumatic conveying industry and has over 15 years of experience in industrial sales and product design. He is a graduate of SCAD design school and attended the Kelce School of Business at Pittsburg State University. He serves on several advisory boards including the CEDBR Kansas Economic Outlook Team and the Mid America District Export Council. Todd’s passion outside of work lies in photography, and he has been a freelance photographer since the early 1990s. He specializes in editorial, portrait, product, and fine art photography.
Chris Nawalaniec (Stedman Machine Company)Chris Nawalaniec is Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Stedman Machine Company, the Aurora, Ind.-based manufacturer of size reduction equipment and systems, founded in 1834. Nawalaniec graduated from the University of Cincinnati (BSME, MBA) and has more than 30 years professional experience in size reduction and particle size separation. Nawalaniec oversees new machinery and system sales, as well as the full-service test plant that has been operating at Stedman for more than 90 years.
Johan Lucas (Kemutec – Part of the Schenck Process Group)Kemutec B.V. was founded a few years ago, to enable dedicated service to Kemutec customers on the mainland of Europe. Johan Lucas, who is responsible for the Sales & Business Development of Kemutec in the Benelux, started his career 30 years ago as product manager of Kemutec. During these decades he created a long track record of projects and joint process developments in the Confectionary, Spices, Flavours, Dairy, Cereals and Bakery Ingredients. In addition to Beverages, Detergent, Pharmaceutical and the Chemical Industry with elements like feasibility studies, conceptual design, system integration, etcetera - delivering advice, components, systems or total solutions. Due to his cooperation with many leading suppliers, he developed expertise in Powder Process & Handling technologies such as sieving, classifying, breaking, crushing, milling, conveying, mixing/blending, feed/dosing & weighing. Johan’s specific knowledge in powder process applications includes crushing/de-agglomeration after dryers/spray towers, QA at filling & emptying - small/big bags, dry/wet cleaning - hygienic design, trouble-free feeding of liquid processes - dissolving & filtration. Johan enjoys a challenge to solve any kind of powder process problem. Contact him on +31 (0) 653 86 77 06, Johan.Lucas@schenckprocess.com
Peter Raeven Ing. (Dinnissen Process Technology)More than 30 years' experience in development and realisation projects as a project manager for feed, aqua feed and petfood. Working at Dinnissen for 20 years as account manager in feed, aqua feed and petfood division. Specialist in developing major projects with added value focussing on pneumatic conveying, mixing, drying, grinding and coating with liquid and powder systems.
Is Nitrogen the Missing Part of your Milling Process?
Nitrogen is widely used in milling applications within the pharmaceutical industry, predominantly for inerting, product quality, and cryogenics.
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All New Laser Diffraction Particle Size Analyzer
The new ANALYSETTE 22 NeXT you choose according to your requirements.
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Kemutec KEK® Cone Mills Process Difficult-to-Grind Materials in Food, Chemical, and Pharmaceutical Applications
KEK® Cone Mills by Kemutec, part of the Schenck Process Group, are ideal for fatty, heat-sensitive, sticky, moist, and other difficult-to-grind applications in the chemical, food and pharmaceutical industries.
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Efficient Size-Reduction in Global Fertilizer Applications
Stedman Machine Company cage mills, hammer mills, chain mills, and lump breakers are engineered, constructed, and tested to meet required specifications for heavy-duty fertilizer processing and size reduction.
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