This Month’s Focus: Mixing and Blending
Mixer going strong nearly 40 years later
This glass container manufacturer installed a 50-cubic-foot-capacity rotary glass batch mixer 38 years ago and developed a maintenance program that has kept the unit operating ever since.
Suppliers’ Tips
What steps can I take to prevent my mixed material from demixing during processing?
General Features
Drying Desk: Tips for continuous fluid-bed dryer design:
Part II
Columnist John J. Walsh, in Part II of this two-part series, offers additional tips on designing a continuous fluid-bed dryer to keep it running smoothly.
Using spouts and filters to control dust during material loading
Dust exposure issues can occur when loading dry bulk material into vessels for transport. This article explains how spouts and filters can be used to address these issues.
The challenges of handling metal powders for additive manufacture
As this new technology matures, additive manufacturing will create some serious safety and efficiency issues for those handling dense metal powders.
Agglomeration Advisor: Using powder pumps in wet agglomeration processes
Particle agglomeration is often desirable because agglomerates have less dust, show improved flowability, and require less volume for storage or transport.
ICACC 2019
ICACC19, the 43rd international Conference and Exposition on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, will take place January 27-February 1 at the Hilton Daytona Beach Oceanfront Resort in Daytona Beach, FL.
Powtech 2019
More than 900 exhibitors are expected at Powtech 2019, the International Trade Fair for Mechanical Processing Technologies and Instrumentation, which will be held April 9-11 at the Exhibition Centre Nuremburg in Nuremberg, Germany.
February Content
Quantifying particle attrition
Cutting dust collector operating costs
Issue Focuses
January: Mixing & Blending
February: Screening & Classifying
March: Pneumatic Conveying
April: Drying
May: Bagging & Packaging
June: Size Reduction
July: Mechanical Conveying
August: Annual Reference & Buyer’s Resource
September: Weighing & Batching
October: Dust Collection
November: Storage; and the Annual Guide to the Powder & Bulk Market
December: Feeders
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