Thermal Product Solutions shipped a custom Gruenberg tunnel isolator dryer to a company in the medical industry. The dryer’s operating temperature is 59-82°F (15-28°C), with a typical operating temperature of 68°F (20°C) and a maximum temperature of 110°F (43°C). 

Piovan Group completed its acquisition of IPEG Inc., which owns Thermal Care, Conair, Pelletron and Republic Machine. A Delaware-based company, IPEG supplies industrial automation systems, engineered solutions and services for storage, conveying and processing of plastic and food. Conair manufactures a range of dryers, process heaters and chillers.

A three-zone, arched roll-support drying system will be used to dry both water and volatile solvent-based coatings on a wide rubber web (over 190"). ASI, Division of Thermal Technologies Inc., will supply the drying system for the new construction materials line for the global manufacturer.

Convection dryers vary greatly in size, features and delivery method and design of the air and heat distribution. To meet your process requirements efficiently, it is important to select the right type of dryer for your products and processes. It is equally important, however, to properly size and design the dryer.

Ma’anshan Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. (Masteel) awarded Fives a turnkey contract to revamp a continuous galvanizing line (CGL) to produce quality coated products. The existing CGL at the company’s site in the Anhui province of China can produce 350,000 metric tons per year of zinc-coated products. Once revamped, it will be able to deliver corrosion-resistant ZnAlMg-coated (zinc-aluminum-magnesium) steel sheet.

SPX Flow added a distribution center to its North American network to better serve customers of its Hankison, Deltech and Pneumatic Products brands. Based in Long Beach, Calif., the facility will benefit customers based in the western United States, Canada and Mexico.

A custom dryer/curing oven will be used to cure and heat magnetic windings for an electrical transformer manufacturer in Middlefield, Ohio.

Superior Boiler LLC, Richmond, Va., promoted Ryan Poznanczyk to sales manager. He will lead sales, marketing and business development activities for the company’s industrial watertube boilers, biomass combustion systems, flextube boilers, engineered modular systems and heat recovery steam generators. Poznanczyk has been with Superior (formerly English Boiler) for more than 10 years.

A Wisconsin-based provider of air-pollution-control equipment, industrial ovens, dryers and ancillary systems released a free guide for manufacturers looking to understand best practices in selecting, purchasing, installing and operating an industrial oven or dryer.