Free Webinar : Classifying Solids Flow Properties

Summit, NJ -- Hosokawa Micron Powder Systems will be hosting a free objective educational program on “Classifying Flow Properties of Solids using the Carr Indices – identifying the flowability and floodability of dry powders” on Thursday, January 29th at 2:00 pm EST. We strongly encourage you and your colleagues to participate.

You can register, free, at
http://www.hmicronpowder.com/educationalcenter.html.

Hosokawa Micron Powder Systems is committed to the continuous improvement and refinement of the processing industry. Our team of highly skilled and experienced engineers lead the industry in technical innovations and equipment and they are prepared to share their knowledge with colleagues throughout the industry.

Please participate in one of our online educational programs. These webinars are objective presentations designed to enhance your knowledge and introduce you to some new processing solutions.

If you have any questions contact:
Mr. Greg Boyer
Hosokawa Micron Powder Systems
10 Chatham Road
Summit, New Jersey 07901
Telephone: 908-277-9205
Web site: http://www.hmicronpowder.com/

New Martin Double Apron Seal Skirting

Neponset, IL -- An improved version of Martin Engineering’s industry-leading Apron Seal™ Skirtboard Sealing system now provides double the wear life.

New Martin® Double Apron Seal Skirting provides two wear surfaces on a single elastomer sealing strip installed along the bottom of the skirtboard in a belt conveyor loading zone. When bottom side of the strip against the belt is worn, the sealing strip is inverted, providing a second service life.

Skirtboard sealing systems are installed on the sides of belt conveyor loading zones to contain material, eliminate spillage, and reduce cleanup expenses. Martin Apron Seal Skirting was the first dual-sealing system, as it incorporates a primary seal clamped to the steel skirtboard to keep lumps on the belt and a secondary or “outrigger” strip to capture any fines or dust that passes beneath the primary seal. The secondary seal lies gently on the belt and self-adjusts to maintain consistent strip-to-belt pressure despite high-speed material movement and fluctuations in the belt’s line of travel.

New Double Apron Seal Skirting is available in lengths up to 300 feet (91 meters) to provide a continuous seal without seams that leak fugitive material. Martin® Double Apron Seal Strips can be installed--using the existing clamps-as a replacement for previous Apron Seal Skirting Systems or many other skirtboard sealing systems.

New Double Apron Seal is one of the first products to be introduced as part of Martin Engineering’s New Architecture for Modern Conveying.

Founded in 1944, Martin Engineering is the world leader in making bulk materials handling cleaner, safer, and more productive. Headquartered in Neponset, Illinois, Martin Engineering reaches around the world with operations in Brazil, China, France, Germany, Indonesia, Mexico, South Africa, Turkey, and United Kingdom. Martin Products are available from business units and authorized representatives around the world.

For more information visit: http://www.martin-eng.com/

CST Industries opens office in Singapore

KANSAS CITY, KS -- CST Industries, Inc. announces the opening of a branch office in Singapore to serve the Asian and Pacific markets as of January 2009.

Three sales representatives in this office will be responsible for sales and market development, service, logistics, construction coordination and new business development within this region, which also will include India, Australia and China. The office will be managed by Mr. Edward “Al” Lang, who most recently was the CST Industries manager in their Dubai, United Arab Emirates branch office.

CST Industries is the largest manufacturer of bolted sectional panel tanks in the world. Recognized product brand names of CST Industries include: Aquastore, Tecstore, Columbian TecTank, Conservatek and Vulcan Tanks. The CST Industries office in Singapore will offer all CST tank-related products for sale.

CST Industries specializes in factory coated carbon steel tanks, including glass-fused-to-steel, modified thermo-set epoxy and hot dip galvanized, that range in capacity from 25m³ to 45,000m³ and larger of liquid storage. Additionally the company specializes in dry bulk storage tanks, as well as tanks for use in the petroleum industry. CST Industries is the only tank manufacturer that also fabricates its own aluminum roofs. Currently more than 250,000 CST tanks are in service in 125 countries throughout the world.

For further information, please contact Tom Renich, Vice President, International for CST Industries at trenich@tanks.com.

The new contact details are:
CST Industries Inc. (Singapore)
No. 8 Changi North Street 1, #03-01
Singapore
Telephone: +65-6542-8208
Fax: +65-6542-8206
Email: info@tanks.com
Web site: http://www.tanks.com/

New Rotoform Line for Urea Processing

Sandviken, Sweden -- JSC Acron is to de-bottleneck urea solidification processes at its Veliky Novgorod facility in Russia with the installation of a Rotoform HS pastillation line delivering a throughput capacity of up to 40,000 MTPY.

The order, scheduled for delivery in March 2009, is for the high speed version of Sandvik Process Systems' flagship Rotoform pastillation process, plus the facilities necessary to support an additional two Rotoform HS lines in the future and increase total capacity to 120,000MTPY. This includes a common cooling water and exhaust air system, together with the electrical instrumentation and controls necessary to provide fully automatic operation. Sandvik is also providing supervision of erection, start-up and training.

The Rotoform HS system was initially developed to provide high capacity sulphur pastillation at oil and gas refineries. Thirteen lines are now in operation with another four in production, and such has been its operational success - including 8400hrs/yr productivity - that other markets are now taking interest: this will be the first commercial scale Rotoform HS installed for urea pastillation.

The system, which can be used to produce either fertilizer urea or technical urea without any modification, enables pastilles to be produced in 2mm, 3mm or 4mm diameters. Multiple lines can be run in parallel to deliver high throughput capacities and the flexibility to switch to partial operation without halting production.

Source: http://www.smt.sandvik.com/

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