IN THIS ISSUE: Convection, Conduction, Radiation: A Primer • IPB China • Fluid Bed R&D Lab • Thermal/Visual Infrared Camera • Ins and Outs of SCR Power Controls • and more
New R&D Lab for Fluid Energy To provide clients with small batch powder processing services for research and development and help ease the transition from pilot-scale to production-scale processing, Hatfield, Penn.-based
Fluid Energy opened a lab-to-pilot processing facility at its Telford, Penn., location. The lab is designed to service the R&D needs of companies in the pharmaceutical, hazardous materials and food processing industries that need to develop new products without the capital expenditures of bringing in specialized
flash drying, jet milling and classifying equipment.
Basic grinding and mixing, blending, coating, milling and packaging services are offered. The laboratory can test products with batches as small as 1 gram of material and scale it up to pilot proportions, usually between 50 and 5,000 lb. Following pilot-scale processing, Fluid Energy’s production facility offers production-scale services for batches up to 1 million lb.
IPB 2007 Grows as China's Powder/Bulk Use Climbs The use of powder material in manufacturing in China has surged. Estimates are that the market demand of micronized powder products will grow at an average 8.5 percent annually for the next 15 years.
To bring suppliers and buyers together, the 5th International Powder/Bulk Conference & Exhibition (IPB2007) will be held Oct. 23–25 in Shanghai's Everbright Convention & Exhibition Center with an exhibit area of 10,000 m2. This is the second-largest expo in Asia and the third-largest global wide.
Powder materials' large market potential has attracted powder-processing suppliers from all over the world to IPB 2007, which will help these companies introduce their products and technologies to end-user buyers in China.
IPB 2007's powerful international venue includes a partnership with Nuremberg Global Fairs, organizer of POWTECH, the world's largest powder show. The group will again organize more than 20 European companies to attend IPB. In addition, APPIE will bring 12 member companies to exhibit. France and Australia will strengthen IPB's strong overseas influence by having their own pavilions totaling more than 150 m2. The Bulk Logistics China pavilion, set up by bulk distributors from the United Kingdom, will showcase advancements in European bulk-handling technologies.
By meeting foreign-company representatives at IPB, attendees from China and other Aisan countries can learn the latest powder industry trends and make advance purchases for their manufacturing plants.
IPB 2007 focuses on the complete industry chain. Not only will domestic and overseas companies display their powder processing equipment, but a Powder Material Pavilion will showcase a variety of powder material such as inorganic salt, industry ceramics, nanometers and magnet materials.
Dedicated to professional improvement, IPB provides attendees with a range of opportunities to meet and do business with suppliers through industry forums, seminars, new product introductions, exhibit booths and other business activities. More than 100 national and international companies have reserved exhibit space, including Air Dynamic, Retsch of Germany, WAM, Toyo Hitec, Compass Bulk Handling, Malven, Sartories Instrument, Zhejiang Fengli, Weifang Zhenyuan, Xinxiang Sanyuantang, Amano, Omec, PIAB, Coperion and many others. For more information, e-mail
grace.yuan@sh-wes.com.
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Get to the Heart of Fan Problems
Fans are used in many heating and drying processes. They are the pumps that circulate the heat through the system, carry away the byproducts of drying, supply combustion air, cool the product and even move the product through the system. Fan uses are many, and a fan problem can greatly reduce a process's efficiency.
Maintaining a Plate Heat Exchanger Both reactive or proactive approaches to maintenance have advantages and disadvantages. It is up to you to decide which method is best suited to your operation.
The Ins and Outs of SCR Power Controls
Today, more than ever, engineers are designing electric process heat systems using SCR power controls. The advantages of using an SCR power control are many: more precise control of the heating process, extended heater life, improved product quality at faster production speeds and reduced maintenance costs.
Convection Site Registration Required to View If you take any course in heat transfer, the first concept to get hammered into your noggin is that there are three modes of heat transfer: conduction, radiation and convection. Conduction deals with heat transfer through solid objects or between objects in contact with one another. Radiation is energy transfer via electromagnetic waves. Convection is the transfer of energy via a moving fluid, and by fluid, I mean a liquid, vapor or gas.
Sludge to Water, Sludge to Sludge Komax™ patented Klean-Wall Sludge heat exchangers
are used in municipal digester heating, livestock rendering heat reclaim, animal waste, digester heating, methane recovery operations and numerous other indirect heating applications where clogging is not an option. • High Efficiency • Non-Clogging, Non-Fouling
Thermal Camera
With Bluetooth voice-recording technology and a detector resolution 45 percent higher than the standard 320 x 240 pixels, Model TP8 is designed for use in plant inspections. With a measurement range of -4 to 1,470°F (-20 to 800°C), the camera can capture thermal and visual images simultaneously, record dynamic radiometric sequences of moving targets in real time, and store up to 1,000 images on the 2 GB storage card. Automatic capabilities include hot spot and image center detection, and preferred operational settings can be saved and recalled instantly.
Temperature Control System
Iceman is intended for applications that require a combination of heating and chilling. The full-range system integrates a circulating-water temperature control system with a chiller to provide heating and chilling from a single, compact unit. The system offers continuous process control and has noncorrosive construction, microprocessor-based controls with adaptive tuning capabilities, and UL-labeled electrical subpanels. It is available in multiple sizes and configurations as well as various cooling, heating and pumping capacities.
Swaged Cartridge Heaters For applications up to 1,500°F (816°C), the alloy sheath of these heaters is swaged for maximum compaction at high-watt densities and efficient heating element operations. Sheath diameter is sized for a precision fit into drilled holes, providing maximum heat transfer. Heater diameters are available in metric and English sizes. Several lead configuration designs are available, including stainless steel braid and stainless steel armor. The heaters are available with UL and CUL component recognition and can be modified for liquid immersion.
Brushless Blowers
IntelliGen has an electronic drive controller with a customizable, factory-programmed digital signal processor. The variable speed brushless blowers deliver high air pressure/vacuums to satisfy material-handling applications using air in industries such as injection molding and plastics, packaging and chemical processing. The equipment has a maximum diameter of 5.7" and heights ranging from 5.3 to 6.87", depending on the model. The blowers operate from AC line voltages of 120 or 240 VAC, 50/60 Hz single-phase.
Electrical Test Kit Model TK430 includes components for the installation and repair of electrical systems. The electrical test kit is supplied with the company’s EX430 True RMS autoranging digital multimeter; MA200 400A clamp meter; 40130 noncontact voltage detector; set of CAT III-1000V test leads; Type K thermocouple bead probe; and a Type K banana input adaptor. Supplied in a storage case, the kit measures 9.5 by 6.8 by 2.8".
LCD Digital Panel Meter Series DPML-4 has a large 4.5-digit LCD display with a choice of red, amber or green segments to ease viewing at a distance. The loop-powered unit accepts a 4 to 20 mA input signal from temperature, flow, level, and pressure transmitters. The user-selectable engineering unit is indicated on the display. The decimal point position is also field-selectable. Span and zero can be quickly adjusted via the trim pots located on the rear of the unit.
Get to the Heart of Fan Problems
Sludge to Water, Sludge to Sludge
Thermal Camera
Temperature Control System
Brushless Blowers
