This Month’s Focus: Mechanical Conveying
Specifying seals and bearings for mechanical conveyors
This article outlines how seals work and discusses application examples of seals and bearings used with mechanical conveyors.
Suppliers’ Tips
What advantages can mechanical conveying provide versus pneumatic conveying?
General Features
Pneumatic Points To Ponder: Factors that affect pneumatic conveying — Part II
Columnist Jack D. Hilbert follows up on Part I of his “Factors that affect pneumatic conveying” column (PBE, March 2019, p.18) in which he discusses a variety of issues that may need to be addressed when pneumatically conveying materials.
A best-practice guide for ribbon blenders
This article aims to provide a better understanding of the operating principles, important features, and limitations of ribbon blenders while also highlighting some basic best practices for efficient ribbon blender operation.
Designing hoppers to optimize material flow
This article explains how hopper and hopper-to-feeder transition design can help offset material flow problems.
Show Preview: Pack Expo Las Vegas
More than 2,000 exhibitors and 30,000 attendees are expected at Pack Expo Las Vegas, which will be held September 23-25 at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, NV.
August Content
PBE’s Annual Reference & Buyer’s Resource — 2019-2020 Edition
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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