This company’s new square bin blender can be configured to blend square-shaped bins of any design, such as those used in pharmaceutical manufacturing. The square bin blender provides homogeneous mixing of dry powder batches using patented blending elements mounted to…
Perten Instruments The new Disc Mill LM 3310 (photo) offers improvements over its predecessor (LM 3303), including: reduced noise with a new built-in motor; easy disc-distance setting and start/stop on the front of the mill; and improved procedure for disc…
GEA Niro This firm has developed a new (patent pending) Dual Feed System for its Swirl Fluidizer dryers (photo). The new system allows very-low-viscosity and thixotropic feeds to be dried to produce a powder with consistent moisture…
Labeling and especially wrong labeling has become a major reason for Food and Drug Administration (FDA) complaints and recalls. One way to approach this challenge is to put a code onto each and every container, and to verify the codes…
Material to be size reduced no longer needs to be gravity fed into the grinding chamber, but is evenly and horizontally fed into the rotor with the help of feeding screws. This way of feeding presents the following advantages over…
DLRx Load Cells (photo) are sensors designed to measure force in a range of harsh industrial environments. Featuring IP65/IP67 protection and stainless-steel housings, this new load cell line delivers extremely fast dynamic signal processing and accuracy to 0.3%. Designed to…
A line of fluoropolymer strainers with Tri-Clamp connections is now available for ease of removal and cleaning. Available in both PTFE and Kynar PVDF, the product line encompasses both Y-strainers in nominal pipe size up to 4 in. and basket…
Herbold Meckesheim A new series of slow-running granulators is now available in two sizes: HGM 60/100 and HGM 60/145. The so-called Hog shredder (HGM; photo) is a single-rotor, size-reduction machine that combines the advantages of a granulator (size-reduction by knife…
Quadro Engineering The FlexSift S10 (photo) is said to enable higher capacities and better product flow than conventional sifters because of its ability to screen, delump and discharge solids without the need for feeder equipment.Constructed with minimum number of parts,…
With the Flender EMPP vertical-mill drive, this firm has developed a drive concept that prevents load surges arising from short power supply interruptions and optimizes the transfer of forces between the drive unit and the mill. The number of components…