Storage
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Aluminum Pallets
June 30, 2015Aluminum pallets solve problems associated with traditional wooden or plastic pallets. Wood pallets break apart very easily and sliver because of their inherent fragility. Plastic pallets fade, often emit an odor, and draw static they. If wooden or plastic pallets are broken, typically the...
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Waste Handling System Supplied to Pyrolysis Plant
June 26, 2015Solids handling specialist, Ajax Equipment, has supplied a screw-based waste handling system to a waste-to-energy pyrolysis unit manufacturer. The Ajax system comprises a twin screw feeder with a hopper, three inclined screw conveyors, and a plug screw feeder to discharge chopped rags into the...
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Free Bulk Container Flash Drives
June 26, 2015Material handling product manufacturer MODRoto is offering flash drives with product information sheets for 50 of its newest and best-selling bulk containers, utility trucks, and carts. Available free while supplies last, the 8GB flash drives provide sizes, dimensions, capacities, standard...
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Forensics Would Reveal Why Silo Collapsed
June 22, 2015The recent collapse of a large silo containing cement powder at Port Adelaide is exactly the kind of industrial incident that needs forensic engineering, according to a specialist in this field. Apart from determining the most probable cause of failure, it will deliver the information quickly...
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23 Grain Silo Plants Heading to Egypt
June 18, 2015With a value of about $100 million U.S., A/S Cimbria has secured the biggest order in the company’s history in connection with the delivery of 23 grain silo plants to Egypt. The order comprises project design and engineering, calculation of steel structures, supply of conveying equipment...
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Silo Inspections Save Lives, Money, Time
June 18, 2015Periodic preventative inspections can identify areas of potential concern in concrete silos before safety issues such as concrete fall, wall failure, and complete silo collapse can occur. According to Dennis Blauser, CEO, Marietta Silos, all concrete storage silos should be inspected every...
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Mechanical Silo Discharger
May 28, 2015The DDS 400 silo discharger incorporates a vertical spindle fitted with flexible blades that rotates within the silo cone bottom to prevent bulk powders from bridging and clogging. The unit is most commonly used to handle hydrated lime, soda ash, and activated carbon (PAC), but can also be...
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Tank-Washing Nozzles
May 28, 2015Bete Fog Nozzle has expanded its line of HydroWhirl Poseidon tank-washing nozzles to include smaller nozzles with lower flow rates from 4.45 to 26.3 gpm. The smaller-sized tank-washing nozzles are designed to fit through openings as small as 2 in., while maintaining a slow and controlled...
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Powder-Saver Hopper Container Cuts Material Waste
May 19, 2015The Powder-Saver hopper container allows powders, granules, flakes, and other dry products to be accurately dispensed in measured amounts to prevent material waste and meet required batch or shot weight specifications. Ideal for foods, beverages, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, inks, coatings,...
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Mole-Master Receives Safety Honors
May 13, 2015Mole-Master Services Corp. has again been recognized by the Mid-Ohio Safety Council for the silo and bin cleaning company's outstanding worker safety record. Co-sponsored by the Marietta Area Chamber of Commerce and Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation, the honor spotlights...
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