News items June 2019

After the introduction of this innovative new type of feeder in 2018, the FEEDOS range has now grown into a complete family of feeders for hygienic and basic applications in the chemical, food and pharmaceutical industry. In addition to the volumetric versions also gravimetric adaptations for even better accuracy are now part of the standard program. Easy to Clean, Easy to Maintain: The modular FEEDOS design combines minimum dead zones with good accessibility for cleaning and maintenance. With GERICKE’s Easyclean even the most stringent requirements in hygienic applications or frequent product changes can be fulfilled. The swing-hinged feeding chamber option allows even better access to the feeding chamber and intromitter. Already Proving its Concept, Every Day: The FEEDOS design has gained very quick acceptance in the market and is already used in various demanding applications, such as infant nutrition, baking ingredients, pharmaceutical formulation and battery

Improvement of positioning and dosing with the ultra-hygienic and space-saving From drilling machines to conveyor belts and mixers to grapples, precision and accuracy are important and save money when using these applications. When used in explosive environments, safety is a must. That is why BEGE developed the MIG® encoder. The quality encoder can be ordered as an incremental encoder (MIG NOVA+ and MIG Basic) and as an absolute encoder (MIG AST). The incremental encoder generates information about the position, angle and number of revolutions and reports incremental changes about the position. This is often used in applications where fast feedback is needed on a direct and accurate relative position. Looking for an encoder for horizontal or vertical rotational movements in logistics automation? The absolute encoder transmits unique position values from the moment the encoder is switched on, even movements that occur during a power failure. In contrast to regular encoders that are vulnerable in an industrial environment, BEGE developed an encoder

Pipe bends, Pipe Couplings, Branch Parts, Reducers, Coupling Stations HS Umformtechnik produces with state-of-the-art machinery, in total: * 9 CNC mandrel bending machines * 2 trumpf tube lasers * 1 welding robot * 1 cutting robot Production according to the highest quality requirements of: * Standard dimensions in large numbers - as well as: * Custom made according to your drawing / sample eg. This means for your purchase: - fast delivery, from stock - at a good price-performance ratio - no minimum order quantity Stainless steel pipe bends - Material: AISI 304 / 1.4301 - also in highly wear-resistant version - Diameter 38.0 mm - 206.0 mm - Radii: 75 mm - 1500 mm Pipe couplings type DVK 6 - for suction conveying - Diameter: 33.7 mm - 110.0 mm Pipe Couplings Type DVK-HD® - for pressure conveying - Diameter: 60.3 mm - 206.0 mm Stainless steel branch pipes, 30 °, 45 °, 90 ° - Material: AISI 304 / 1.4301 - also in highly wear-resistant version - Diameter: 38.0 mm - 206.0 mm Stainless steel reducers - Material: AISI 304 / 1.4301 -

Conveying of sensitive products By means of a Z-Beltconveyor, products can be increased to a 75 degree angle depending on product characteristics and capacity. This can e.g. conveying towards a bagging machine or a mixer concerns seeds, flakes, pet food, etc. Advantages of the system: - cost-effective solution compared to alternatives - no separation - no product breakage - no contamination or at least very little. - very low maintenance / robust - affordable spare parts, freely available in the market. - no wear and tear, therefore extremely suitable for wearing products - easy to clean - fully food grade - low energy consumption The system is robust and made up of components that are freely available on the market. It is therefore not necessary to purchase expensive spare parts. The Z-band must be pre-dosed and cannot pull out of a bunker without pre-dosing. Products that can charge statically can be placed in a de-ionizing unit with air cleaning completely residue-free

FEI is a wire-to-air, design-point metric emphasizing compliant fan selections based on operating points Ziehl-Abegg is the first company worldwide to certify a product range (ZAbluefin) for the new fan energy index (FEI). In 2018, Air Movement and Control Association (AMCA) International introduced FEI to save energy, reduce operating costs, and accelerate decarbonization. FEI is an energy-efficiency metric for fans inclusive of motors and drives. The calculation method for the new metric is defined in ANSI/AMCA Standard 208, Calculation of the Fan Energy Index. This metric provides a standardized and consistent basis for comparing fan energy performance across fan types and sizes at a given fan duty point. FEI also considers the effects of motors and drives, when included in fan-rating tests. FEI has several uses. Fan specifiers can use it to understand and communicate fan-efficiency design intent, while legislative and regulatory bodies can use it to define energy-efficiency

Typhoon installed an air recuperation system for a very large producer of grain products for the food industry. Boiling, grinding, flaking, toasting, crushing, extruding flakes, popping, ... they can do everything. The establishment has four divisions: the oat and barley husking plant, maize mill, cereal flaking unit and the extrusion department. In the production tower of the oat husking plant, a lot of air is removed from the various machines and pour points. Because of this, the tower was under enormous pressure. Typhoon was asked to find a solution to compensate for this volume of air, across the various floors of the tower. As a solution, all outlet pipes were provided with individually controlled register valves. This means that all the pipes can be connected to one central main pipe. A filter box was positioned on the upper roofs of the tower for the post-filtering of this quantity of air. Two fans with a total flow of 133,000 m³/h bring the air back

Rice lake Weighing Systems Rice Lake Weighing Systems has a new intrinsically safe digital weight indicator, the 882IS, made specifically for use in hazardous environments. Safe, Accurate Weight Readings in Hazardous Locations The intrinsically safe, auto-ranging power supply enables wiring to a single AC conduit line and seal from the safe area. An FM approved, rechargeable battery is also available for isolated power or movable applications. The 882IS utilizes a backlit LCD display to maintain brilliant visibility for user-friendly operation, even in dimly lit areas. Its stainless steel enclosure provides superior protection from the elements. Enhanced Connectivity Expand flexibility with an optional safe area I/O Module, featuring a serial port, Ethernet TCP/IP and optional analog output or fieldbus cards for communication with printers, computers and other peripherals. A duplex fiber-optic port allows for electrically-isolated communication with the I/O Module. To complete the IS entity

Fundamentals and Applications in Drying, Granulation and Agglomeration 4. - 7. November 2019 TUHH Hamburg University of Technology Dr. Michael Jacob, Head of the Process Engineering Department at Glatt Ingenieurtechnik GmbH, will give a lecture on "Vacuum drying in fluidized beds". This will be part of the 4-day program around fundamentals and applications in drying, granulation and agglomeration. Fluidization technology has a tremendous economic importance and is used for a wide range of physical and chemical processes like classification, drying, adsorption, heating and cooling of solids, combustion, pyrolysis, carbonization, gasification, calcination or gas-solid reactions. Hamburg University of Technology Institute of Solids Process Engineering and Particle Technology provides the 11th University Course Fluidization Technology. Well-known speakers from industry and science will address the event to people from various backgrounds (engineers, chemists, food and pharmaceutical technologists) and with different levels of experience,

Hands off my crane Brady Corporation has launched the new Pendant Control Safety Cover, an innovative Lockout/Tagout solution that enables complete access control to crane and hoist pendant buttons for increased worker safety. Increased worker safety The new Pendant Control Safety Cover can completely cover a wide range of crane or hoist pendant controls to prevent anyone from pressing any pendant buttons before removing up to 4 padlocks. Padlock keys can be held by supervisors or workers operating outside crane operator view to avoid undesired use of the crane or hoist. Accidents and severe injuries resulting from collisions with hooks or crane cargo can be avoided, and worker safety can be increased with the Pendant Control Safety Cover. Easy and practical to use The Pendant Control Safety Cover is a practical, extendable tool that fits all pendant controls ranging from 10 to 45 cm in length. It can be applied like any bag and includes a flexible locking cinch for a snug fit

A revolutionary development As consumer demand is continually changing, manufacturers must have flexible and efficient production processes to stay ahead of their competition. Until now, if a powder blend required liquid addition, it was necessary to use a Fixed Mixer, which can be difficult and time consuming to clean between recipe changeovers. Invented and developed by Matcon, our innovative Liquid Addition System expands the range of the IBC tumble blender and is well suited to industries that need the flexibility to add liquids into a wide range of powder recipe mixes in a contained and efficient manner. The system works by automatically injecting one controlled liquid ‘shot’ per rotation directly into the powder mix enclosed in the Matcon Intermediate Bulk Container during its blending cycle, without any need for manual intervention or to open the blending vessel. This ensures the even dispersion of liquids to your powder recipe during the mixing process, preventing lumps from forming.

Shown on the series Colortronic CDE / CDK Bolder automation GmbH offers a new dosing control for the volumetric dosing units of the Colortronic CDE / CDK series. The CDS-2030 is compatible in function and operation to the previous control CDS. New and meeting today's requirements is the realization based on a Simatic S7-1200 with a 7" color touch panel. The user interface appears clearer and is therefore more intuitive to operate. During operation, just a recipe has to be selected and started. In setup mode, all system variants are adapted, the individual components calibrated and all actuators and sensors checked for function. For the connection of all aggregates, a new KV-Box is offered, which has an additional emergency stop switch in order to achieve more safety at the dosing station. The SPS control offers the advantage that it can also be adapted to chamber feeders or disc feeders from other manufacturers.

Lödige at the Metec 2019 (Hall 4 / F23) Lödige Process Technology presents industry-specific mixing technology and related processing technologies for metallurgical applications at the Metec 2019 (Hall 4 / F23). Particularly ploughshare mixers—which are based on the mechanically generated fluid bed process patented by Lödige—are ideally suited to the manufacture of sinter material and ore mixtures. One example at the booth (Hall 4 / F23) is the Lödige Ploughshare Mixer® FKM 600 with a drum volume of 600 litres: Specially designed for heavy and coarse, the mixer is outfitted with extremely wear-resistant materials. It has a removable inner rubber lining as wear protection for the cylindrical drum and for the head pieces. The Ploughshare mixing tools are equipped with a hard metal welding made of tungsten carbide. In this way, a Vicker’s hardness of more than 3,000 is achieved, which leads to a considerable increase in service life. Since heavy-duty applications often use products with difficult

on the Sevenum industrial estate Dinnissen Process Technology continues to grow. The company’s reputation is growing throughout the world due to its solid, sustainable and, in particular, innovative solutions which repeatedly surprise the market. It all started in 1948, when Dinnissen Process Technology laid the basis for complete processes and customised solutions for the food, feed, pet food and chemical industries. The focus was and still is on efficient handling and processing of powders, granulates and pellets. Innovation is the basis One of Dinnissen’s characteristic qualities is the ability to transform daring innovative ideas into working concepts that are successfully adapted by the largest producers in the world. A great example of such a successful innovation is the vacuum core coating process, invented by Dinnissen. This was followed later by the lean gravity mixing lines and the hammer mill featuring an automatic screen exchange system. In addition, the company is investing in far-reaching

ELSR-SH and ELSR-SHH The self-regulating trace heaters ELSR-SH and ELSR-SHH are designed for high temperatures up to 250 °C in industrial applications. They are also approved for use in hazardous areas and withstand aggressive chemicals, oil and fuel. The ELSR (eltherm-self-regulating) heating tape can be used for frost protection and maintaining constant temperatures on vessels, pipes, valves, etc.. Except for the connections, the heating cable may be immersed to fluids. If used in an aggressive environment (the chemical or petrochemical industry), we lag the heating cable with a special chemically resistant outer jacket (fluoropolymer). The matrix is the most important quality aspect for self-regulating heating cables. In order to be able to exercise the greatest possible influence on this production process, we manufacture the granulate for the matrix ourselves. As a result of this, eltherm is one of the top manufacturers of self-regulating heating cables in the world. This is also

For Protection Static Electricity The problem of static electricity in hazardous atmospheres is ever present in many sectors of the processing industries. Effective grounding and bonding procedures are always the first step in controlling static, with special techniques being called for to suit individual applications. The Two Pole Surface Mount Connector (SMC) from Newson Gale provides a simple and reliable means of making a monitored earth connection onto an item of conductive plant. The SMC is manufactured from stainless steel and can provide an IP66 connection onto the item of plant. The conical shape design prevents powder deposit build up over time and aids in clean down operations. The ‘plug and play’ connector can interface with all Newson Gale 2 core systems to earth monitoring capability on a wide range of mobile processes, such as pump carts, sieves and fixed equipment where generic earthing clamps cannot be used. The SMC is bolted to the item of plant that is required to be earthed

The world's largest feed & grain event Experiencing technology first hand. Victam international is by far the world’s largest dedicated event for the animal feed processing industries. Find the latest technology, ingredients and additives to manufacture and process feed for animals, pets and aquatics as well as the latest technology for grain and flour milling at the Exhibition Center in Cologne. UWT GmbH will present the latest technology highlights for continuous and point level measurement – as always in true Bavarian style including booth activities. Two fresh product innovations for solids & liquids This year, we added two new product lines to the UWT portfolio, providing innovative technologies for level measurement in solids and liquids: - The expansion of the capacitive series for liquid applications with the RFnivo® RF8, Capanivo® CN7 and CN8 for point level detection as well as for continuous measurement the NivoCapa® NC8. Further there will be our guided wave radar sensors as perfect

Single rod level indicator for potentially explosive atmospheres in ex zones 0 and 1 The vibration rod level indicators of the MOLOSvibro series VF1 and VF6 monitor the filling level of bulk solids even under extreme process conditions. These devices get now the approval for areas with the ATEX classification zone 0/1. This is the most dangerous potentially explosive atmosphere as a mixture of air and flammable gases. The maintenance free level indicators of the MOLOSvibro series are suitable for level control applications with dusty, powdery, or fine granulated bulk material although with low densities. These measuring devices are the preferred choice to indicate full and empty level and guarantee high reliability as well as a long durability even in hard and extreme applications. Due to the Rhombus shape of the vibration rod and a reinforced membrane the MOLOSvibro measuring devices are much more robust than conventional single rod level switches.

a purpose made family of digitising units for general weighing applications Weighing component specialist Flintec have launched the EM100 family of digitising units for general weighing applications such as dynamic, static and high-speed weighing. The EM100 is a precision amplifier manufactured to be embedded directly into a weighing system with multiple configuration options available and plug and play compatibility. Features include: •80 - 1200 measurements/s •USB for configuration •RS232 & RS485 •CANOpen interface •Configurable firmware options •Device configuration software •2 digital inputs & 2 digital outputs •Adaptor board for easier connections (optional) AC and DC variants of the EM100 are available with, legal for trade, OIML certification from 10,000 – to 20,000 verified scale intervals and a class leading accuracy of ±0.0005%. Connectivity via CANOpen interface, RS232, RS485 and USB is available, along with the ability to connect up to 6 load cells, giving the EM100 the versatility and ease of use that customers

End of May, guests from all over the world once again followed the invitation of HSM Close to 90 experts from the disposal sector as well as HSM's distribution partners travelled from all over the world to convene at Lake Constance. Jan-Peter Krupczynski, Global Sales and Marketing Director Environmental Technology at HSM and Andrea Falco, Head of Sales UK, France, Spain & Italy, launched the event and from the very beginning provided participants with impressive facts about HSM and its product portfolio. In its company history, now spanning almost fifty years, HSM always kept an eye on future markets and developments. For example, the introduction of the container-deposit legislation for PET bottles in Germany in 2005. To this day, HSM, with its patented crusher technology, is a supplier to almost all notable reverse vending machine manufacturers. Two years later, this was followed by the construction of one of the largest fully automated channel baling presses in HSM's product range – the HSM VK 12018, with 120 tonnes of pressing force. Driven by

Make the most of your particle analysis Very recently, Retsch technology has presented the new Camsizer m1 as the latest addition to their powerful range of optical particle analyzers. The Camsizer m1 is the perfect choice to accurately characterize particles by static image analysis, providing excellent results for applications both in research & development and quality control. The measuring principle (ISO 13322-1) is suitable for particle analysis of fine powders and suspensions in a size range from 0.5 µm to 1500 µm. Typical sample materials include active pharmaceutical ingredients or fine grinding and polishing media. The optional dispersion unit M-Jet ensures effective dispersion of powder materials. The high-precision, fully automated sample stage may be equipped with different inserts for the evaluation of an area corresponding to eight standard object slides. Benefits at a glance: •Up to 6 objective lenses from 1.25 x to 100 x available •18.1 Megapixel color camera •Maximum

In its 125 years of history, Gericke has often been the leader in the development and implementation of sustainable and energy saving technologies, sometimes years before attention was drawn to these topics. Saving Energy and Creating Value Every Day Saving of energy and other resources are a key driver in the design of machines and complete processes. Gericke is a leading supplier of dense phase conveying systems as well as continuous mixing plants. Both technologies can have a significant impact when it comes to saving energy. Dense phase conveying systems have proven not only the potential to gently convey fragile goods in many installations. The system design perfected by Gericke also limits the use of conveying air, directly reducing the consumption of air and energy. Continuous mixers like Gericke’s GCM are in many applications a perfect alternative to the classic batch mixers, saving space, time and most of all energy. The potential energy saving