Processing Weekly Update - Apr 29th, 2024
 
 
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April 29, 2024
Adding instrumentation can help pneumatic conveying system operators reduce downtime, improve system performance and efficiency, troubleshoot problems and manage inventory.
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Industrial Magnetics, Inc.’s Liquid line Magnetic T-Traps remove unwanted ferrous and work-hardened stainless contaminants from processing lines. Use plate style T-Traps for low volume applications that require gentle flow characteristics or for fragile products that may contain long, sinewy items, larger chunks, and hard-to-move products such as fruit preserves, soups and cottage cheese.

Senior editor Nate Todd chats with Jack Hilbert about pneumatic conveying phases, common conveying challenges and two things all conveyor end users should know.
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Stop manual lifting, stairclimbing, and messy dumping. Let VAC-U-MAX automate your bulk material handling applications. Whether conveying directly from drums, bag dump stations, or bulk bags, VAC-U-MAX systems convey from handfuls to 25,000 lbs/hr.

This webinar explains the concepts of and shows basic equations for sizing and troubleshooting pneumatic conveying systems. Now available for on-demand viewing.
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When it comes to balancing a combination of fluid characteristics and delivering dependable positive displacement performance, there’s no better choice than Blackmer® MAGNES Series Sliding Vane Magnetic Drive Pumps and E-Series Internal Gear Magnetic Drive Pumps.

While mechanical conveyors vary widely by type, they all share certain characteristics that can determine whether mechanical conveying is appropriate for your application.
Each mechanical conveyor type has advantages and disadvantages depending on your material’s properties and your application’s requirements.
Andreas Eschbach talks with managing editor Daniel Gaddy about how AI technology, such as the kind used in eschabch's Shiftconnector, can help companies bridge knowledge gaps and communicate more efficiently.
Caio Beraldo, technical manager for food, beverage and water at Trelleborg, discusses the uses and sealing needs for rotary fillers.
New priorities need to be established for manufacturers to fight back — from circular business models, AI data pattern recognition tools, smart integrations and the connected worker.
EP series positive displacement pumps were designed specifically around the typical requirements of industrial pumping applications, including those of the oil and gas market.
In this segment of In Processing, the Principal & Chemicals Segment Leader with Capgemini Americas details why chemical processors must first modernize their data estates before they can truly make headway with their smart manufacturing plans.
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Processing leaders face challenges every day, and solving today’s problem is a key to tomorrow’s success. Reducing downtime, implementing lean manufacturing practices, optimizing preventive maintenance and skillfully deploying automation are just a few of these challenges. The stories in...