In brief
Small volume filling solution Distributors of powdered products to end users will not always have a customer base that will need road tanker sized quantities of bulk powder – sugar, salt, cement, flour etc. In today’s business environment there is much to be said for having a lot of small customers rather than a few large ones. So with this in mind, Flomat Bagfilla International has designed an easy, relatively inexpensive way of drawing small – one tonne – consignments from silos for low- volume yet, nonetheless, important customers. TrailerFill consists of one of the ever popular A30 FIBC filling machines mounted on a trailer which can either be towed into position beneath the outlet pipe of a silo by forklift or pushed by hand. Filling is quick and easy and, of course, the easy-to- transport big-bag can be simply fork- lifted into any suitable covered vehicle.
Braby ships out its 5000th silo Braby, one of the UK’s largest suppliers of process systems and engineering solutions, celebrated the shipping out of its 5000th silo in early 2011. This landmark moment was commemorated by the managing director of Braby, John Lee, and Braby’s technical team. Since being founded in 1854, Braby has led the UK in the manufacture and supply of silos, bulk storage and process systems. The shipping out of Braby’s 5000th silo commemorates all that Braby has achieved and developed over the last 150 years.
Braby has offered bespoke, tailor- made process and engineering solutions designed specifically for a company’s needs to a vast range of industries. Braby's latest delivery of three silos for the food industry brings the total number of silos manufactured at its Bristol site to an impressive 5000 units. Commenting on achieving this milestone, Braby's managing director John Lee said: "Braby is internationally renowned for its silos. To have manufactured 5000 of these massive structures is an achievement of which the whole Braby team is immensely proud."
6 Solids & Bulk Handling • March 2011
Precise adjustment
A new conveyor idler aligner featuring a safe and effective method to manually fine tune OEM-style self-adjusting idlers has been introduced by Martin Engineering. The Martin Idler Aligner ensures precise adjustment, using a handle and comb for course modification, with slots for finer tuning. Proper alignment is an extremely important factor in a conveyor system, as a misaligned belt can cause uneven wear, belt / structure damage and material spillage. The aligner bracket mounts to most manufacturers’ self-aligning idlers, allowing for broad application. To improve safety, the design eliminates the need to tie off idlers to the surrounding structure, and the locking bar features a hole for padlock placement to restrict access and handle movement. The slotted comb on the new idler provides a range of incremental adjustment settings (±7.5°) to ensure consistent performance. The handle can also be allowed to float freely on top of the locking bar to provide course adjustments of ±2.5°.
The Martin Idler Aligner installs quickly and easily — a one-person job requiring no measuring, cutting or heavy lifting — allowing workers to safely and conveniently make manual adjustments to fine tune the idler from outside of the stringer. The new design is also available in stainless steel construction. Founded in 1944, Martin Engineering is the world leader in making bulk materials handling cleaner, safer and more productive. The firm is headquartered in Neponset, IL, with global reach from operations in Brazil, China, France, Germany, Indonesia, Mexico, South Africa, Turkey and the UK.
Hazemag is on a roll
For the Ojamaa mine in North-Eastern Estonia, Hazemag has supplied owners VKG Kaevandused OÜ with a WB roll crusher and wobbler feeder for use in size reduction of the mine’s oil shale rock deposits.
The wobbler feeder, located upstream of the roll crusher, handles approximately 1000 t/h of feed material, separating out the fines, whilst conveying feed material to the crusher. Around 250 t/h of coarse
material is crushed by the roll crusher to the desired 0-125mm product size. By employing the wobbler feeder for efficient pre-screening, it was possible to specify a smaller type roll crusher for the application.
The WB roll crusher has a fixed and a floating roll, which rotate contra- directionally, and gap setting of the rolls has infinitely variable hydraulic adjustment to suit specific product requirements. In order to protect the machine against non- crushable objects that may enter the machine, a hydraulically-operated release system retracts the floating roll, letting the object pass and then returns the roll to its original position.
The crushed oil shale, with an increased surface area, significantly aids the subsequent oil extraction processes undertaken at the mine.
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