Process Equipment Update
A sweet solution
recently encountered a problem with its roller gate valve. The problem lay in the company’s agglomeration process. Very fine sugar was being handled and it continually leaked from the roller gate valve. To find a solution to this problem, the confectionery manufacturer contacted Mucon’s sister company in the USA. Mucon personnel worked closely with the end user to understand the issues and to design a new, stainless steel roller gate valve that did not leak or jam. Upon completion of the roller gate valve, Mucon personnel were invited to be present at a Supplier Acceptance Test to witness the trial and answer any further questions that may arise.
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Mucon roller gate valves feature an advanced loading technology.
The custom-made roller gate valve was connected to a sanitary vacuum connection and found to work exceptionally well. In fact, it worked so well that the catch pan that was supplied to receive waste material was redundant.
The valve comes with a progressive loading technology that rivals other valve designs and eliminates the need for any vacuum connections or catch pans to collect material or prevent product that may ingress into the valve body. The confectionery manufacturer was so pleased that its expectations had been exceeded that it not only purchased the product that was trialled, but also stated that it plans to replace its existing roller gate valves with those produced by Mucon. n
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ith the new air-operated diaphragm pump FDM 07, Flux-Geräte introduces
a particularly energy-efficient pump. It boasts a low air consumption. Furthermore, it convinces with a high flow rate, which the company says is unique for such a small overall size. The self-priming air-operated
diaphragm pump is suitable for numerous applications across the broadest spectrum of industrial and service sectors. It can be found in use in surface-finishing operations in which media are circulated and filtered or for example where installations and machinery are filled with process additives. During the pumping process the maximum flow rate of up to 20 l/min in conjunction with the low air-consumption provides maximum efficiency. Contaminated media containing solids of up to 1.6mm in size can be pumped without a problems. The suction and pressure connections each have a hybrid internal thread (¼ NPTF, G ¼ ) and a ¾ NPTF external thread. This allows easy installation of the pump into existing processes and pipes. n
New heating/cooling table H
illesheim’s latest development is a portable heating/cooling table on which various materials, such as plastics and metals, can be kept at or
warmed up to, a uniform temperature. The temperature of the heating table’s aluminium heat plate is continuously adjustable up to 100°C under control of a built-in electronic regulator. The HTI temperature regulator is also a new development from Hillesheim.
The HTI16 integral regulating device detects temperature across the entire surface of the heat plate, thereby ensuring a far more uniform surface temperature than would be possible with a conventional sensor regulator. The regulator control unit attached to the side of the heating table provides a digital display of plate temperature. The heating table is available in four sizes.
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Optionally, the heating table can be equipped with an additional built-in cooling plate. This feature permits cooling processes to be accelerated with liquids or even compressed air. This feature requires a separate cooling unit or compressed air source (customer provided). The heating/cooling table can be used for following applications: mold design and construction; automobile construction; in the wood and paper industry; at book binderies; and in the plastic industry. n
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