Material Handling & Transportation
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Invert an Entire Pallet Load in Seconds
August 6, 2018The PalletPal rotator inverter from Southworth Products Corp. is a fast, safe, and easy way to invert a fully loaded pallet without the need for labor intensive, time-consuming manual restacking. The most common use of the PalletPal rotator inverter is for switching loads from in-house pallets to...
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Howden Roots LLC
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Solution for Pallet Damage
July 12, 2018The Product Protector is a solid steel frame with a rubber bumper that attaches to a forklift. Instead of destroying a pallet when a fork truck moves too hard or fast, the Product Protector impacts the stringer before the deck boards are damaged by the fork tine heel. “Steel against wood...
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Drum Dumper Has Integral Flexible Screw Conveyor
July 2, 2018Flexicon Corp. introduces a new Tip-Tite drum dumper with an integral flexible screw conveyor that allows volumetric feeding of bulk material from drums into downstream processes free of dust. A hydraulic cylinder raises and seats the drum rim against a discharge cone, after which a second...
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Applicon Co. Inc.
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Powder & Bulk Solids Releases Equipment Market Outlook
May 31, 2018Manufacturing activity is expected to expand in the early 2020s in North America and several other regions. The food and beverage, chemicals, oil & gas, pharmaceutical, building materials, and automotive/aerospace industries are all predicted to post gains in the first half of...
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Powder & Bulk Solids Equipment Market Outlook
In the U.S. and Canada, as well as many other parts of the world, manufacturing activity is expected to expand in the coming years. The food and beverage, chemicals, oil & gas, pharmaceutical, building materials, and automotive/aerospace industries are all expected to post gains...
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High-Barrier Drum Liners
May 21, 2018IMPAK’s protective drum liners are manufactured from high-barrier foil Mylar laminate and have a flat, round bottom that allows them to conform to the interior of drums and pails. Polyethylene drum liners have long been used to protect drums and make processing more convenient, but they do...
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Spiroflow
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The Use of Flow Aid Additives
May 1, 2018As markets handling bulk materials become more competitive, plants must find ways to improve, making reliable material flow imperative. Prior to the seminal work of Dr. Andrew Jenike in Bulletin 123, much of bulk solids handling relied upon trial and error. Dr. Jenike created a scientific approach...
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