Material Transfer recently completed a plant expansion and
has added a new product showroom, testing facility, and
product R&D center, and greatly increased the size of its main
product assembly area. Material Transfer evaluates customer-provided materials and makes equipment recommendations
based on customer objectives. The facility includes a Material
Master hydraulic bulk bag conditioning system, a patented
Material Master bulk bag discharger, a patented Material Master PowerFill FIBC filling system, a container dumper with Lift
& Seal System and patented Control-Link rotation system, and a drum dumper with Lift &
Seal System. Material Transfer has been recognized by the industry with numerous
awards for its innovative products. Call for additional information.
Allegan, MI, 800-836-7068, www.materialtransfer.com
Great Western Manufacturing
Premier Pneumatics Inc., a member of the K-Tron Process Group
Full-scale testing and R&D laboratory
To confirm a customer’s required conveying rate and system
function, Premier’s full-scale testing and R&D laboratory will
perform a complete material analysis. A material sample from
the customer will be subjected to bulk density tests, sieve
analyses, photomicrographic tests (for particle size and
structure), and dynamic tests (for acceleration, velocity, and
friction factors) to determine any unique properties. A report
is given to the customer summarizing the results of the test
to determine the material’s characteristics and properties that
may affect its conveyance and storage. Premier Pneumatics
designs and manufactures complete material-handling
systems, components, and controls, ranging from manually
operated to PLC interfaces. Its skilled staff of engineers, technicians, and support personnel, in addition to its state-of-the-art manufacturing and engineering capabilities, enables
Premier to consistently deliver material-handling solutions.
Salina, KS, 785-825-1611 ext. 184, www.premier@premierpneumatics.com
Test facility
A leading designer and manufacturer of custom sifters Kason Corp.
and screeners, Great Western Manufacturing maintains a
complete testing laboratory to evaluate product samples Screening and fluid-bed processing tests
and make equipment recommendations. Materials can be Kason’s test laboratory contains a full range of screening and
submitted to the testing lab, which uses the Great Western fluid-bed processing equipment that is readily reconfigured to
Sampl-Sifter to replicate the performance of its full-scale simulate customer installations for trials using supplied materials.
horizontal gyratory sifters. Testing can determine how a Vibroscreen circular vibratory screeners include units with single
product handles and what difficulties might be encoun- and multiple decks for measuring, sifting, scalping, classifying,
tered due to particle-size distribution, particle shape, bulk dedusting, and dewatering performance in both gravity-fed and
density, moisture and oil content, and the possibility of vacuum or pressurized applications. Centri-Sifter centrifugal
static charge. Test results state area requirements and serve as a guide in determining the screeners verify sifting, scalping, deagglomerating, and
optimum equipment size and specifications for sifter speed and circle, sieve depth, throat dewatering efficiencies in both gravity- and pneumatically fed
size, side opening, pan slope, and the number and type of cloth cleaners to meet process models using customer-supplied materials. All laboratory screeners are quick-clean units.
objectives. The company serves the chemical, plastics, and mineral industries; cereal grain Millburn, NJ, 973-467-8140, www.kason.com
processors; mix plants; bakeries and snack food producers; spice processors; and the pet
food industry.
Leavenworth, KS, 800-682-3121, www.gwmfg.com
K-Tron
Test lab facility
SMICO
Screening-applications testing
Free testing is completed in three days or fewer. SMICO has 70
years of experience offering its unique, consultative approach
to all screening methods. The company welcomes clients with
questions, new processes, or unique screening applications.
Upon completion of the process, clients will receive a test
report with a SMICO performance guarantee that provides
such detailed information as material bulk density, flow rates,
and yield.
Oklahoma City, OK, 800-351-9088, www.smico.com
K-Tron’s fully equipped test lab in Pitman, NJ, offers processors the
opportunity to conduct tests with process materials, answer critical
process questions, and determine the best configuration of feeding
equipment for a particular product or group of products. Consulting
services cover many areas, including testing with actual bulk material,
determining refill levels, testing feeding accuracy, long-term testing
of feeding systems, bin design and selection of flow-aid devices,
refill systems, mechanical and electrical interfaces, interfacing with
upstream and downstream systems, and validation. K-Tron’s testing
facility assists with projecting the return on investment by considering
the cost of the process material and the benefits of accurately
controlling the rate of the ingredient fed into the process. To arrange
for a material test, companies can visit the Web site.
Pitman, NJ, 856-589-0500,
www.ktron.com/testlab
Eriez Magnetics
Technical center
The
technical
center at
Eriez
Magnetics
is a
complete
laboratory
facility. The
lab has
more than 100 types of permanent-magnetic, electromagnetic, vibratory,
screening and electronic metal-detecting
equipment. This equipment separates,
concentrates, moves, feeds, detects, and
recovers a wide variety of materials. Since
it first went into operation in 1964,
technical-center personnel have conducted
thousands of application tests on all types
of materials and processes. The technical
center has recently expanded as a result
of company-wide growth and the introduction of new product lines. Its capabilities
include performing feasibility studies,
evaluation and scaling, pilot-plant testing,
and assays, and developing flowsheets.
Two additional process engineers have
been added, increasing the center’s staff
to 14 employees. Eriez encourages
customers to visit the technical center
to discuss their material-processing
problems and view tests.
Erie, PA, 888-300-ERIEZ,
www.eriez.com
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