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placed in OSHA’s Severe Violator
Industry Enforcement Program. OSHA says
Target, Safeway, Cost Plus World
Market, and others.
news Didion failed to perform required
maintenance on operating
equipment and implement a University of Sheffield
housekeeping program to control
dust accumulations per OSHA’s
announces integrated
Didion mill fined $1.8
Grain Dust Handling standard. powder processing pilot
million after explosion
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Didion Milling Inc. has been fined company failed to shut down The University of Sheffield,
more than $1.8 million by OSHA ignition sources, prevent static Sheffield, England, has announced
after a May 2017 explosion. The electricity discharge, provide that it will install a continuous
explosion at the company’s corn adequate personal protective powder processing plant at the
milling operation in Cambria, WI, equipment to employees, correct university’s Diamond building,
killed five workers and injured 12 malfunctioning dust collection which is the engineering faculty’s
others. The company was cited by systems, maintain equipment safety teaching facility. The Diamond
the agency for various worker controls, and have an emergency integrated Pilot Plant (DiPP) will be
safety violations related to the alarm system. Didion Milling is used to manufacture pharmaceutical
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OSHA’s findings and is working based products. include key powder processing steps,
with legal counsel to determine how
such as crystallization, blending,
to address them. The company also
granulation, and tableting to allow
said that it plans to rebuild the corn Auburn Systems, engineering students to perform
milling facility. FilterSense merge research and learn. Students will be
Auburn Systems, Beverly, MA, has able to test design models for
According to OSHA documents, merged with FilterSense to form individual unit operations and use
the company received 14 willful and Auburn FilterSense LLC. The the integrated manufacturing
five serious citations and has been newly formed company will supply process for open-ended research and
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design, making sure the school’s be completed any time over the 5 Nano material summit
graduates are industry-ready. The weeks of the course. More offers new ideas for
facility can also be used for information on the courses can be advanced materials
continuing education for found at https://tinyurl.com/geaps-
ksu. The IGP Institute offers both industry
pharmaceutical industry employees
and students pursuing advanced distance education and in-person The Nanoaugmented Materials
degrees. According to Professor Jim courses in grain processing and Industry Summit, organized by
Litster, head of the chemical and flour milling, grain marketing, and nanomaterials producer OCSiAl,
biological engineering department, risk management. GEAPS, Golden provided a forum for nearly 400
“The new continuous powder Valley, MN, is an international industry pioneers from 30 countries
processing plant emphasizes the professional association involved who attended the business event
importance of complex particulate with the grain handling, storage, held November 15-16 at the Grand
products, and formulated products and processing industries. Duchy of Luxembourg in
more broadly, in modern chemical
engineering — and we are reflecting
this in our new curriculum. It is truly
research-led teaching.” The DiPP
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Grain elevator explosion TO ELIMINATE
injures worker
A grain elevator explosion in RISK
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owner Doug Higginson, the stuff - hitting those production targets.
company kept the elevator clean
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Central Butte, SK, is a cattle feed
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education schedule to move consistently due to the dynamic
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Society (GEAPS) and Kansas State start-up of a new or redesigned bulk
University (K-State) have material handling system1 . Partner with
announced the 2018 distance Hapman experts and take the risk of lost
education schedule. The courses output off your shoulders.
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and unit handling equipment
increased 40.3 percent in October
2017 compared with October 2016.
October’s booked orders for bulk
material handling equipment in
Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. Vaisala introduces smart 2017 were down 24.2 percent
The summit’s focus on single-wall probes for humidity compared with September’s. Billed
carbon nanotube applications measurements sales for October for this equipment
revealed that the material could were up 6.9 percent over
potentially displace carbon black, Vaisala, Helsinki, Finland, an
environmental and industrial September’s. CEMA, Naples, FL,
multi-wall carbon nanotubes, represents conveyor and conveying
carbon fibers, and other measurement company, has added
to its line of humidity and system manufacturers.
conventional additives from their
dominant positions in the additives temperature probes. The probes are
market. Single-wall carbon interchangeable, making calibration
and replacement easy. The probes
Dairy powder plant
nanotubes can be used in various opens in southwest
applications, from solar cells to are corrosion-, dust-, and chemical-
flexible and wearable electronic resistant. The HMP and TMP Kansas
devices. OCSiAl explained the probes are designed for applications A dairy powder plant has opened in
health and safety issues associated involving pressure, temperature, southwest Kansas after Dairy
with the materials that have been constant high humidity, or rapid Farmers of America (DFA) and 12
augmented with its proprietary changes in humidity. These member farms partnered to build
Tuball nanotube product. The applications can include drying, test the 267,000-square-foot plant. The
company said that independent labs chambers, combustion air, and plant is located in Garden City, KS,
confirmed that no nanotubes are other humidifiers. The Humicap and will primarily export dairy
released when materials augmented humidity and temperature probe is powder but will also provide
with Tuball are used. OCSiAl, suitable for high-temperature products for domestic consumption.
Leudelange, Luxembourg, applications such as those in The plant’s location will provide
produces nanotubes for various industrial drying kilns, baking savings for area dairy farms on
industrial applications. The next ovens, and pasta dryers. The probes trucking expenses. Prior to the
Nanoaugmented Materials are part of the company’s Indigo plant’s opening, farmers had to send
Industry Summit will be held in product family. Shipments on the milk to neighboring states and
Shanghai, China, in 2018. new devices began in December elsewhere for processing.
2017.
The plant was initially a partnership located near one of the company’s The project will involve
between DFA and Inner Mongolia automotive-industry clients, Chunil collaboration with eight partners,
Yili Industrial Group, a Chinese Engineering. Solvay is a global AstraZeneca, Pfizer Inc., Johnson
company, However the Chinese chemical company that produces Matthey, Proctor & Gamble, the
company halted its financial specialty polymers for various University of Sheffield, the
involvement when the demand for industries. University of Edinburgh, PSE Ltd.,
dairy powder in China went down. and EDEM (DEM Solutions Ltd.).
The plant can process up to 4 The consortium will develop
million pounds of raw milk and can CPI collaborates with prototype and production-ready
produce up to 180 million pounds industry, academia to models to support wet granulation
of dried dairy ingredients annually optimize particulate as a model for other processing
in the form of whole milk powder, products techniques. The result of the project
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product type. These products are components without gravity,
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fiberglass composites Germany, and Clausthal particles and an improved layer
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Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany, powders” compared to conventional
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Factors affecting dust capture hood performance
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ndustrial Ventilation: A fabricate, and install but, in many without having to install expensive,
Manual of Recommended cases, are misapplied. Whatever oversized dust collection equipment.
Practice for Design, published dust a canopy hood captures is
by the American Conference of drawn up through the process
Governmental Industrial operator’s breathing zone before it Industrial Ventilation suggests two
Hygienists (www.acgih.org) is a enters the hood. This means that local exhaust hood types: enclosure
helpful resource that engineers use the dust collection system isn’t hoods and exterior hoods. An
when designing a dust collection providing respiratory protection enclosure hood is a booth-type
system. The manual covers topics for the operator. Since the canopy hood that mostly surrounds or fully
such as capture hood and duct hood must be high enough to encloses the dust-generating
design, exhaust fan selection, and prevent interference with the operation. This design is often very
dust collector applications. With process operator and process, effective at capturing the dust
resources such as this available to much of the dust generated gets generated within the hood while
solve dust capture problems, why diverted away from the hood by the using minimal exhaust air. But, as
do so many dust collection systems cross drafts typically found in a with side panels on a canopy hood,
fail to perform as expected? Why is manufacturing environment. an enclosure hood can be confining
there still too much dust in the air and interfere with operator function
and dust accumulation around the and equipment maintenance.
work area? You could install a larger (and more
expensive) dust collector and
exhaust fan to increase the exhaust An exterior hood is positioned at
The problem frequently has to do airflow and capture more dust, but the dust source but doesn’t enclose
with dust capture hoods being this would be throwing away good it. A properly designed exterior
improperly applied for the specific money after bad. You could also hood can result in a 90 percent
process generating dust. Two improve dust capture by dropping reduction in the dust concentration
processes that use the same side panels from the canopy hood level that the operator is exposed to.
equipment may have different dust down to the dust source to enclose Many variations and combinations
capture needs. Variables such as the process, but such panels can of enclosure and exterior hoods are
operating rate, product interfere with the process operator’s depicted in Industrial Ventilation.
formulation, and production daily tasks and hinder maintenance The publication has details on
procedures can make a dust capture requirements and are often quickly hoods for bag filling, barrel filling,
system work well in one case but not removed by plant personnel. bucket elevator ventilation,
in another. A system’s performance conveyor belts, screeners, buffing
depends on how effectively you and grinding and suggests exhaust
apply textbook solutions to the real- Local hoods air quantities for each hood
life situations in your plant. In this application.
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column, I’ll discuss different dust install a local dust capture hood as
capture hood design options and close to the dust source as possible.
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the workers using and maintaining the dust source. However,
Canopy hoods the equipment. Modify the hood placement of the open-ended duct is
Many dust collection systems are design and the calculated exhaust critical: too close to the source, and
built with canopy hoods installed airflow amount to meet their needs. the duct will capture process
directly above each dust source. This approach will ensure that you material along with the dust; too far
Canopy hoods are easy to design, have all the dust control you need away from the source, and dust will
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since they sometimes place the open- process equipment can result in the The Engineers Collaborative, has
ended duct where they’d like it to be chance of a secondary dust explosion more than 30 years of experience
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An introduction to dry powder

classification
Rob Voorhees Hosokawa Micron Powder Systems
This article explains the basics of dry For example, a company manufacturing cornstarch
powder classification and describes some of may require a maximum particle size of 75 microns.
the most common classification methods This cut point (also called the top size or top cut) can be
expressed as a D97 of 75 microns. This means that, after
available for bulk solids manufacturing classification, 97 percent of the particles measure 75
applications. microns or less in diameter.
An application may also have a target minimum

particle size (also called the bottom size or bottom cut)
to minimize the percentage of particles that are smaller
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n ancient times, after threshing the harvest to
loosen the edible part of the grain from the husk (or than desired. This is often expressed as the D10 cut
chaff), farmers would toss the grain into the air and point. For example, a D10 of 15 microns means that,
the wind would separate the light chaff from the after classification, 10 percent of the particles measure
heavier grain. Today this process, called winnowing, is less than 15 microns in diameter.
typically done by a combine machine that reaps,
threshes, and winnows the grain in a single step in the Many applications also have a secondary target for the
field. Whatever the method, winnowing is a form of median particle size (or median cut). This is commonly
classification, or separating particles based on their expressed as the D50 particle size. For example, a D50 of
physical characteristics (most commonly particle size 28 microns means that, after classification, 50 percent
or density). Modern manufacturers often require of the particles measure more than 28 microns in
classification of bulk solid materials to make specific diameter and 50 percent measure less than 28 microns
products or improve the characteristics or in diameter.
performance of materials.
Vibratory screeners. The most frequently used size
Bulk solids classifying machines operate based on a classification device is the vibratory screener, as shown
variety of different technologies, and their in Figure 1. A vibratory screener sieves (or screens) the
specification and effectiveness typically depend on the
characteristics of the material being classified, the Figure 1
target particle size of the end product, and how the
material is to be used. For example, salt requires very
different particle characteristics if it’s going to be used Typical vibratory screener
to melt snow and ice on wintry roads than if it’s going
to be used to season your dinner. Some of the most Screener Material
common classifier types are vibratory and rotary housing inlet
screeners, which classify materials by particle size, and Screen
Coarse material
cyclones, elutriation classifiers, and dynamic air discharge Fines
classifiers, which classify materials by particle density discharge
or mass.
Particle size classification

Particle size classification separates particles into two
or more groups with maximum and/or minimum Drive
motor
particle sizes (or cut points). Manufacturers use cut
points as a basis for differentiating one product from
another throughout the bulk solids processing
industry, from size reduction to classification.
material to be classified through a vibrating screen or screener maintains sufficient throughput with a poorly
perforated steel sheet with openings that suit the flowing material by using centrifugal force to
desired particle diameter. Screeners efficiently classify mechanically disperse the material and drive it up
materials with particle sizes larger than 100 microns, against the inside of a rotating cylindrical screen. The
and the screens are typically stainless steel wire mesh or centrifugal force helps fine particles pass through the
synthetic woven mesh. screen openings for collection while larger particles
travel horizontally along the screen surface from the
feed inlet at one end of the cylinder to a coarse material
During operation, a motor drive with eccentric weights
discharge at the opposite end.
imparts a vibrating motion to the screen housing. The
material to be classified is fed onto the screen deck from
above and spreads out across the vibrating screen. Particle density classification
Particles smaller than the screen openings fall through the
screen and discharge into a collection bin or downstream In some cases, a material’s particles may be uniform in
process, while particles larger than the screen openings size but have different densities, making some particles
remain on top of the screen and discharge into a separate heavier than others. A screener will be unable to
collection bin or downstream process. classify such a material because the particles will fit
through the same size screen openings and remain
mixed together. Separating materials by particle
Depending on the application, oversized particles may density requires different classification mechanisms.
be returned upstream for further size reduction. For
applications that require the coarse, oversized particles
for the end product, the off-spec fine particles that fall Cyclones. A cyclone uses vortex airflow to separate
through the screen openings are either discarded or materials into two fractions: fine and coarse. Material
repurposed. Many applications require more than one is pneumatically conveyed into the cyclone, which is a
cut point, so most vibratory screeners can be configured cylinder with a tangential inlet that creates a vortex.
to have multiple screening decks with successively The higher the air velocity, the higher the vortex force
smaller screen openings. This yields several particle-size for separating fine and coarse particles. As the air-
ranges that are each collected separately. material mixture swirls around the cyclone, larger,
heavier particles are forced to the cyclone wall, where
they drop out of the airstream and collect in a hopper
Screeners represent relatively simple technology but are at the cyclone’s base. At the same time, lighter, fine
subject to blinding, which is where slightly oversized or particles remain airborne and exit with the airstream
oddly shaped particles become entrapped in the screen through an outlet tube at the top of the cyclone.
openings. This blocks material flow through the screen,
which slows the screening process and may affect
upstream operations. To prevent screen blinding, many A cyclone safely and efficiently handles a diverse range
screeners include an antiblinding mechanism. The most of materials with consistent production yields and can
common antiblinding mechanism is a perforated deck be a highly economical solution for many classification
with bouncing balls, discs, or rings set beneath the applications. For example, cyclones are commonly
screen deck. During operation, the screener’s vibration used to separate wood chips from sawdust and other
causes the balls, discs, or rings to continually impact the types of sawmill waste for sale as mulch. A cyclone can
screen from below, dislodging any trapped particles deliver 95 percent or better collection efficiency when
from the screen openings. classifying particle sizes greater than 10 microns. The
cyclone dimensions and outlet-tube diameter, along
with the air velocity, material load, and other
Other antiblinding mechanisms include a stream of parameters, determine the cyclone’s cut point and
countercurrent airflow that blows up through the collection efficiency. While minor adjustments to a
screen and dislodges trapped particles; brushes that cyclone’s operating parameters are possible, a cyclone
sweep across the screen and remove particle buildup; is typically designed to achieve a single specified cut
and ultrasonic devices that impart high-frequency, point and can’t be significantly changed after
low-amplitude vibration to the screen and decrease the installation.
likelihood that particles will get stuck in the screen
openings. Depending on the application, these
mechanisms may be used individually or in Elutriation classifiers. An elutriation classifier operates
combination to ensure efficient screening. on the principles described in Stokes’ law, which
expresses the settling velocity of small spherical
particles in a fluid medium. As a particle falls through
Rotary screeners. For materials with difficult flow a fluid medium (such as air) the drag force exerts
properties, a rotary screener can provide incrementally energy that pushes the particle upward in direct
improved performance compared to a vibratory proportion to the particle’s cross-sectional area. At the
screener when targeting a single cut point. A rotary same time, gravity exerts a force pulling the particle
downward. An elutriation classifier uses this force A secondary, tangential airstream recirculates and
relationship to separate low-mass or low-density uniformly distributes rejected material back into the
particles from high-mass or high-density particles. classifying zone. This helps to break up any
agglomerates and wash off any fines adhered to
coarser particles. The heavier particles eventually drop
An elutriation classifier consists of a vertical chamber out of the airstream and exit through the coarse
with an airstream flowing upward through it. The material discharge at the housing’s base. The
material to be classified enters the chamber through a classifier’s operating parameters, including the wheel
side inlet, and the airstream carries lighter particles up speed and airstream velocity (as well as the size and
through a fines discharge at the top while heavier configuration of the classifier wheel), may be adjusted
particles fall to a coarse material discharge at the to meet given particle-size targets.
chamber’s base. By adjusting the classifier’s operating
parameters (such as air velocity), you can control
which particles rise and which particles fall to
determine the cut point. However, since particle Figure 2
volume and mass are also factors, elutriation can
encounter problems classifying particles that share a
Classifier wheel
uniform size but have different densities or share a
uniform density but have different surface areas.
Also, if the classifying chamber is a straight pipe, the

airflow becomes laminar (linear and smooth), making
it more difficult for coarse particles to drop out of the
airstream. The latest elutriation classifiers address this
problem by replacing the straight piping with zigzag
channels that force the air and material to move in
alternating directions. This creates turbulent airflow,
which allows coarse particles to drop out of the
airstream at each turn of the channel. Elutriation
classifiers are well suited for particle sizes from 0.3 to 10
millimeters that can’t be sieved effectively due to their
dissimilar particle densities or other characteristics.
Dynamic air classifiers. A dynamic air classifier uses Figure 3

the principles of elutriation, drag force, and centrifugal
force to separate materials into coarse and fine
fractions. A dynamic air classifier can classify a wide Calculating the cut point (dt) for a dynamic air classifier
range of materials with particle sizes from 3 to 100
microns and can operate either inline or offline, Vr
dt := ×R
depending on the process. A dynamic air classifier can Rotation √ Vu2
achieve high production yields and efficiencies, using
either pneumatic or gravity conveying to feed material Radial air
into the system at load factors up to 2 kilograms of velocity (Vr)
material for every kilogram of air.
Peripheral
The classifier consists of a classifying chamber (or velocity (Vu)
housing) with an air-material inlet, a coarse material
discharge, and an air-fines discharge. Inside the Drag force (Fd)
chamber is a rotating classifier wheel with vanes (or
blades), as shown in Figure 2.
During operation, the conveying airstream carries fine

particles through the gaps between the vanes of the Mass force (Fm)
rotating classifier wheel and out through the air-fines Particle
discharge, while coarse particles are rejected and settle
on the housing wall. The cut point (dt) is determined as Classifier radius (R)
shown in Figure 3.
Another type of dynamic air classifier is called a closed-

loop air classifier, which features an internal fan that
circulates the air inside the housing to create consistent
material dispersion and flow through the classifier
wheel. This eliminates the need for external equipment, Occasionally, we are told
such as fans, cyclones, dust collectors, and other
accessories. A closed-loop air classifier offers a low our price is too high.
initial cost, minimizes energy consumption, and has a
compact footprint, but the achievable cut point range But 30% of our customers
is much higher (45 to 150 microns) than with other
dynamic air classifiers. still purchase multiple
machines in multiple years,
Regardless of the type of material to be classified, the
latest classification systems include control going back decades.
automation to maintain consistent operating
parameters and reliably yield particle sizes in the
desired range. PBE
For further reading

Find more information on classification equipment
and mechanisms in articles listed under “Screening and
classifying” in Powder and Bulk Engineering’s article
index in the December 2017 issue or the Article
Archive on PBE’s website, www.powderbulk.com.
(All articles listed in the archive are available for free
download to registered users.)
Rob Voorhees is president of Hosokawa Micron Powder

Systems (rvoorhees@hmps.hosokawa.com). He holds a Price is just a small piece
BA in industrial technology from Montclair State
University in Montclair, NJ, and has more than 35 years of the cost puzzle.
of experience in bulk materials processing technologies.
Value is what we deliver.
Since 1888 for a reason.
Hosokawa Micron Powder Systems

Summit, NJ
908-273-6360
www.hmicronpowder.com
1-800-527-2116
www.sssdynamics.com
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Product Summary:
Screening and
Classifying
This product summary profiles just some of the screening and
classifying equipment available. The information reported
here is furnished by the manufacturers; no product
endorsement is intended.
Screener provides 480-square-

Screen replacement program
foot screening area
offers five screen types
Texas Shaker screener is shown
K-series screen replacement precleaning malting barley.
program for round vibratory Screener can process up to 20,000
screeners of any make and model bushels of barley per hour.
allows users to increase screening Screener is equipped with 1⁄2-inch
accuracy and reliability and decrease clear opening woven wire screens
downtime and cost. Program offers for scalping off foreign oversized
five screen types in diameters from material and a 1⁄16 -by- 3⁄4 -inch
18 to 100 inches and in mesh sizes slotted woven wire screen for fines
from 2 inches to 500 mesh. Available removal. Screener provides 480
screen types include: K-Dura screens total square feet of screening area
for general purpose applications; K- and 240 square feet each for
Strong supported screens for high scalping and fines removal.
material loadings; K-Sani screens for
3-A, FDA, USDA, and cGMP app- Triple/S Dynamics, Dallas, TX
lications; K-Klean self-cleaning 800-527-2116
screens; and K-Perf perforated plate www.sssdynamics.com
screens for durability.
Kason, Millburn, NJ
973-467-8140
www.kason.com
Sifter uses minimal space, fits into tight locations

HK twin-motor sifter provides a bulk bag or drum unloaders,
three-dimensional vibrating motion blenders, mixers, and other process
for greater throughput of difficult- equipment. Unit is designed with a
to-screen materials down to 20 quick screen-change system for fast,
microns. Unit’s ultra-low-profile easy cleaning. Screen frame comes in
design consumes minimal space, 17-, 24-, 30-, 36-, and 48-inch sizes.
allowing the sifter to fit in tight spots Cleveland Vibrator Co.,
between storage and process Cleveland, OH
equipment. Unit can be installed
above or below bulk storage vessels, 216-241-7157
www.clevelandvibrator.com
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Gyratory sifter provides two

to four particle-size
separations
Model CS-1 gyratory sifter
provides two to four particle-size
separations of dry, free-flowing
materials from 1⁄4 inch down to 400
mesh. Sifter can screen up to 50,000 High-capacity gyratory sifter
lb/h. Sifter requires only standard
provides reliable, accurate
hand tools for changing screen
inserts, eliminating glue, drying screening
time, and tensioning machine BigMax gyratory high-capacity
requirements compared to some sifter has up to 240 square feet of
other sifter types. screen area and a 12-foot-long screen
Sifter Parts & Service, deck, providing long retention times
Wesley Chapel, FL and accurate material separations.
High-performance sifter can feed
800-367-3591 material at a single point or
www.sifterparts.com independently on each deck,
allowing up to four particle-size
separations. Sifter is durable,
reliable, and accurate, making it
suitable for handling activated
Screener uses gyratory carbon, fertilizer, limestone, plastic
reciprocating motion to pellets, salt, and other materials in
maximize material recovery demanding applications. Sifter
Apex screener combines gyratory allows quick and easy screen
reciprocating motion, which changeover without heavy lifting or
maximizes material recovery, with clip or ball tray removal.
ergonomic design. Screener can be Sweco, Florence, KY
fully maintained by a single
operator in minutes to reduce 859-371-4360
handling expenses and downtime. www.sweco.com
Screener can be customized to
handle up to four particle-size
separations, can have abrasion-
resistant liners, and can include an
aspirated or hinged discharge chute
for improved material output.
Rotex, Cincinnati, OH
513-541-1236
www.rotex.com
Classifier mill classifies particles according to size, density

FCM classifier mill combines Unit’s design allows quick, easy
impact milling and air classification access for cleaning and sterilization
to grind and classify materials. Unit between applications to reduce
can produce narrow particle size material buildup and prevent
distributions from 95 percent below contamination.
250 microns (60 mesh) to 90 percent Sturtevant, Hanover, MA
below 10 microns (1250 mesh).
Unit balances centrifugal force and 800-992-0209
drag force to precisely classify www.sturtevantinc.com
particles by to size and density.
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Case history
A
veka (also known as Cresco must be removed by a dust
Foods) manufactures collector before the airstream can
Scrubber flavorings and additives for

use in the food, beverage, and
nutraceutical industries. An
be exhausted back to the
atmosphere. This moisture-and-
particulate-laden exhaust was
cleans important part of the company’s
manufacturing process is drying a
causing problems, however, by
plugging up the exhaust ductwork.
liquid slurry feedstock using a Unclogging the ductwork required
airstream drum/roll dryer. The dryer consists
of two rotating drums that are
the system to be shut down and cost
the company a great deal of time
heated internally using steam to and money.
increase their surface temperature.
“We didn’t have any filtration
The liquid feed is sprayed onto the system installed before,” says Dan
A wet scrubber cleans outside of the heated drums as the Henry, process lead for Aveka.
the exhaust airstream drums rotate. The wet material “We just had a regular exhaust fan,
after a drying process. sticks to the surface of the drums in hood, and ducting, which we had to
a thin layer and the heat evaporates hand clean regularly.”
the moisture, leaving a film of dried
material on the drums. A knife sys- Scrubbing the airstream
tem then peels the dried material
from the drums for collection, and For a solution, Aveka turned to
the evaporated moisture is ex- Sly, a dust collection equipment
hausted through a discharge at the supplier based in Strongsville, OH.
top of the dryer. The supplier solved the problem by
mounting an Impinjet wet scrubber
system directly on top of the dryer,
The dryer’s exhaust airstream also removing the need for ductwork
contains dust particles and flakes between the dryer and the dust
from the liquid feedstock, which collector. To fit the new system into
The Impinjet scrubber was custom-built to fit on top of Aveka’s

dryer to clean food flavor particles and dust flakes from the
exhaust air.
i-Sly-CH-28-29.qxp_C-Masters 1/18/18 10:06 AM Page 29
Aveka’s processing equipment, for Note: Find more information on this Sly
which there was a height restriction topic in articles listed under “Dust Strongsville, OH
of 12 feet above the dryer hood, the collection and dust control” in
supplier specially designed the Powder and Bulk Engineering’s article 800-334-2957
system to be just over 10 feet tall, index in the December 2017 issue or www.slyinc.com
with two inlet openings at the the Article Archive on PBE’s
bottom. Because of the space website, www.powderbulk.com. (All
restrictions, the supplier also articles listed in the archive are
moved the air and liquid discharge available for free download to
outlets from the top to the side of registered users.)
the unit.
“The new scrubber eliminates

the buildup of product in the
ducting and also helps the
exhaust smell better.”
With the new system, the dryer’s

exhaust airstream enters the
scrubber and passes through
openings in a perforated plate (or
tray) that holds a bed of scrubbing
liquid. The airstream moves
through the holes at a high velocity
(between 60 and 75 feet per second),
causing each perforation to become
a jet, atomizing the liquid into
droplets as small as 100 microns in
diameter. An impingement baffle
grid is mounted above the
perforated plate so that a baffle is
located in the liquid bed above each
individual hole in the plate.
This creates turbulent interaction

between the dust-laden exhaust air
and the scrubbing liquid and also
reduces the amount of scrubbing
liquid needed for efficient cleaning.
This interaction between the
airstream and the scrubbing liquid
entraps the dust particles in the
liquid, which then carries the
particles across the plate to a
discharge drain, while the cleaned
air passes through the liquid bed
and exhausts through an outlet at
the top of the scrubber.
“The new scrubber eliminates the

buildup of product in the ducting
and also helps the exhaust smell
better,” Henry says. “The scrubber
and ducting are now clean-in-place
(CIP), so we only have to clean the
hood manually.” PBE
j-APC_ProductNews-30-31.qxp_Front-Back_News 1/16/18 4:24 PM Page 30
Performance Standards for revenue in 2018. Of this total, 40

Nonmetallic Mineral Processing percent will come from the power
Plants. Kimball also operates industry. The East Asian power
Steelmaker agrees to $1.5 several engines, which are subject to sector’s air pollution control
million air pollution penalty the National Emission Standards purchases will be $20 billion. By
ArcelorMittal has agreed to pay a for Hazardous Air Pollutants for contrast, power segment purchases
$1.5 million penalty to state and Stationary Reciprocating Internal in the US and Europe will be
federal regulatory agencies and Combustion Engines. To comply modest. The market for small
donate $300 to a local charity to with the CAA requirements, standard filtration units, as
implement clean air programs as a Kimball conducted visible opposed to engineered equipment
result of Clean Air Act (CAA) emissions testing and submitted generally associated with large
violations at a Westmoreland documents regarding the systems, exceeds $5 billion per year.
County, PA, coke plant. The plant equipment for both facilities. The The change in the small unit market
processes metallurgical coal into company also paid a $120,000 is due, in part, to the ability to
coke for steelmaking. The agreement penalty. monitor the performance of each
comes after 2 years of negotiations filter and offer total solutions
following PennEnvironment, an contracts with filter replacement as
American Crystal Sugar fined needed. Changes in the large
environmental group based in
Pennsylvania, suing the plant for for air pollution violations systems market will create a market
multiple CAA violations. The American Crystal Sugar has been of more than $20 billion in remote
lawsuit accused the plant of fined $135,000 by the Minnesota monitoring and operational
committing more than 226 Pollution Control Agency for support, according to McIlvaine.
violations of the facility’s pollution repeatedly violating state-issued To read the full report, visit
limits for hydrogen sulfide, failing to permits by releasing excess www.mcilvainecompany.com.
install required monitoring hydrogen sulfide at two sugar beet
equipment, and operating while air processing plants. The company
Demand for coal projected to
pollution controls were out of faced similar action in 2008 and
service. In addition to the financial agreed to continue efforts to fix the increase slightly
penalties, the plant also will install problems at the plants while internationally
pollution controls, air monitors, and meeting with state pollution Despite the US power sector’s shift
a backup desulphurization unit to officials yearly to provide updates. away from coal to natural gas and
operate when the main unit A state review of the company’s air renewable energy, the international
undergoes maintenance. PennEnvir- monitoring data showed that the demand for coal is projected to
onment was joined in the settlement plants exceeded hydrogen sulfide grow slightly through 2020,
by the Pennsylvania Department of limits 280 times between 2013 and according to the International
Environmental Protection (DEP), 2016. The company also violated its Energy Agency (IEA). The Paris-
the EPA, and the US Department of air permit levels for fine particle based group said that the annual
Justice. The $1.5 million penalty will pollution, failed to take corrective coal demand will increase 0.5
be split between the DEP and the action when emission thresholds percent for the next 5 years to 5.534
EPA. were exceeded, failed to use fabric billion metric tons. The IEA
filters to control emissions, and had declared 2012 to 2022 a “decade of
problems with reporting and stagnation,” citing minimal
Sand and gravel company documentation. growth. Coal’s share of the
reaches settlement to reduce international energy mix will fall
emissions slightly from 27 percent in 2016 to
Kimball Sand, a sand and gravel 26 percent by 2022, according to
company with two facilities the group’s report.
operating in Massachusetts, has
agreed to reduce hazardous air World air pollution control
pollutants and visible emissions at market growing, shifting
the plants as required by federal According to Air Pollution
clean air laws. The company’s Management, a report from The
equipment, which includes stone McIlvaine Company, air pollution
crushers, screeners, and conveyor control system, product, and
belts, is subject to the Clean Air service companies are projected to
Act’s (CAA’s) New Source generate more than $80 billion in
j-APC_ProductNews-30-31.qxp_Front-Back_News 1/16/18 4:24 PM Page 31
Exhaust hood handles emissions to protect workers and

comply with local and national air
demanding applications
quality standards. System allows
the user to process material directly
from the bulk bags to the injection
High-efficiency nozzle helps point, increasing sorbent efficiency.
save on energy costs System is designed by the supplier
to fit each application.
Classifier Milling Systems,
Brampton, ON
877-353-6455
www.classifiermillingsystems.com
Exhaust hood is custom-

engineered to collect dust and
Central vacuum cleaning system
Cleaning nozzle provides high- vapor emissions in demanding
industrial environments. Hood is keeps work areas clean
efficiency cleaning with low
compressed air levels. Nozzle can designed to provide maximum
be attached to a new or existing fugitive emission control, protect
dust collector and is designed employees, reduce maintenance
without flow-restricting venturis to and housekeeping, and improve
reduce the filtered air velocity, overall product yield by minimizing
saving 2 inches water gauge on fan over-extraction of material during
requirements. hood operation. Hood can be
integrated into existing or new
Scientific Dust Collectors, Alsip, lL systems and can be combined with
708-597-7090 other systems to achieve stringent
www.scientificdustcollectors.com industry personnel exposure limit
requirements.
JOA North America, Charlotte, NC
Broken-bag detector monitors
dust emission levels 704-523-0777
www.joa-nam.com
DSl system removes hazardous

air pollutants
DustAlarm broken-bag detector Central vacuum cleaning system

uses time-proven triboelectric effectively cleans industrial
technology to continuously environments while minimizing
monitor dust emission levels in maintenance costs. System can be
baghouses and other dust collection tailored to the particular needs of
systems. Unit triggers an alarm various facilities and processes.
when the emission level exceeds the System can be designed for multiple
user-designated setting, warning an users in large, multistory plants or
operator that filters are leaking or as a portable, single-user system.
failing. Unit’s extended insulator System handles routine floor and
guards against material buildup, wall cleaning for very light dusts
and its quick-disconnect mounting and also manages large spills that
coupling ensures quick and easy would otherwise require heavy
installation and maintenance. lifting or large machinery.
Monitor Technologies, Elburn, lL Dry sorbent injection (DSI) system Schenck Process, Kansas City, MO
800-601-6319 can be used to control Mercury, 888-657-3098
SO 2 , SO 3 , HCl, and particulate
www.monitortech.com www.schenckprocess.com/us
k-ParticleProf-32-35.qxp_C-Masters 1/16/18 4:32 PM Page 32
Particle Professor
Ray Cocco
Particulate solids and flow behavior: Phase matters
P
owder and bulk solids flow material flow phases and behaviors higher than saltation velocity,
arguably presents some of the and give examples of how they can which is the minimum required to
more challenging problems in impact specific unit operations. maintain particle flow. Otherwise,
bulk solids handling. Many of these particles fall out of the stream.1 If
problems are due to the same cause: Gas-like flow behavior the conveying gas velocity is high
Oversimplification of particle enough, particles basically follow
behavior. All too often, we assume Solids flow can behave like gas flow the gas hydrodynamics, except
that bulk solids flow with one when in dilute concentrations at possibly around bends, tees,
consistent behavior, but that’s rarely high velocities. If a particle is small elbows, or other abrupt changes in
true. Unlike a gas or a liquid, enough or has a low enough particle flow direction. In most of those
granular materials can’t be described density, the fluids viscosity controls instances, particles collide with the
as flowing in one single phase. Bulk particle behavior. Basically, drag wall, resulting in bouncing and
solids can exhibit gas-like, fluid-like, force dominates and occurs as a roping behavior, forming dense
or solids-like flow characteristics result of the gas momentum. The particle concentrations and slowing
depending on particle concentration gas momentum has much more flow. This is the result of particles
(bulk density) and particle collision control over the solids flow than the transitioning from gas-like flow to
velocity, as shown in Figure 1. solids have over the gas. This is due fluid-like flow.
Furthermore, you can have more to low particle concentration, small
than one phase occurring in the same particle size, low particle density, or
a combination of the three. Cyclones demonstrate similar types
unit operation, or piece of of flow properties and show how
equipment, and at the same time. To particle flow can change phase —
deal with problems, you need to Dilute-phase conveying is a good and flow behavior — in one unit
consider potential phase changes, example of particles having gas-like operation.2 A basic reverse-flow
their cause, and your equipment’s flow behavior. Particle concen - cyclone is barrel-shaped, with an
ability to handle them. In this trations are low and gas velocities inlet at the top, and tapers to a cone
column, I’ll describe bulk solids are high. Velocities have to be shape at the bottom. At the inlet,
particles follow the gas. As with
Figure 1 pneumatic conveying, flow to the
cyclone barrel results in particles
colliding with the wall (an abrupt
Typical bulk solids flow behavior phases direction change), leading to
bouncing then roping behavior.
Since the barrel is cylindrical,
particles continue to follow the
wall, where centrifugal force results
in effectively heavier particles. This
Particle collision velocity
Gas-like
(Dilute flow) causes a phase change from gas-like
to fluid-like flow. Particles are now
moving much slower than the gas
and are in higher concentration
within the ropes. With particles
Fluid-like
(Fluidized)
now in closer proximity, drag
forces come into play, resulting in
Solids-like more roping behavior.3 This phase
(Granular flow) change is what makes reverse-flow
cyclones work. Material flow and
Dynamics stress chains gas flow are no longer similar, so
Jamming phase transition when the gas flow reverses to move
Static stress chains (No flow)
up the cyclone’s outlet tube,
Particle concentration (Bulk density)
particles continue their downward
descent and separate from the gas.
Issues with particles under gas-like flow affects the solids. vibrations are high enough in
flow behavior are fairly simple. amplitude, they can fluidize the bed
Concentrations are too low to result Fluid velocities are much lower than to a depth of a couple inches, and
in plugging, but velocities are high, those needed for gas-like flows, but particle mobility is high enough to
with particle attrition and erosion as solids concentrations are higher. As allow the screener to do its job.
the main problems. However, if a result, particle collisions are more However, if the screen is overloaded
there’s a phase change for any frequent. Collisional stresses and or heavier particles are being added,
reason, issues change. High solids particle drag both affect the the existing amount of vibrational
collection at the bottom of the hydrodynamics. However, for most energy will no longer be strong
cyclone can result in another phase situations, the drag still dominates enough to keep the bed fluidized.
change, as shown in Figure 2. but the particle collisions add a Portions of the bed will begin to
Material flows can now be more "thickness" to the flow. Flow revert to solids-like behavior, which
reminiscent of solids-like flows, “thickness” in a fluidized bed is isn’t conducive to good classification.
which results in potential plugging. much like that of water, with the
It's best to design the cyclone to have solids–gas mixture viscosities being Solids-like flow behavior
a fluid-like flow at the bottom of the around 0.5 centipoise. (Water at Solids-phase, or bulk flow, behavior,
cyclone room temperature is 1 centipoise.) is the result of the solids behaving
independent of the gas or liquid. Or
Fluid-like flow behavior With the higher solids concentrations perhaps there's no gas or liquid at all,
Particles behaving like a fluid can and lower particle velocities, bubbles as in the case of vacuum.Here, the
best be represented by what happens are often present in fluidized flow, solids concentration is so high and
in a fluidized bed. As gas flows which can be a help or a hindrance. the material is moving so slowly that
through a bed of solids, drag force Bubbles can provide good heat the gas momentum has little effect on
overtakes the gravitational force transfer and good solids mixing but the solids momentum. This also is
and particles become suspended.4 can hinder flow as well. This is referred to as one-way coupling but in
This yields a liquid-like phase where especially true in diplegs and the opposite scenario as with gas-like
solids can be moved, drained, or standpipes, where rising bubbles slow flows.
poured like a fluid. In this phase, the solids flow and limit pressure build.6
solids momentum influences the gas Solids-phase behavior is the most
momentum and vice versa. This is Classifiers, such as screeners, rely on complex. Flowability is directly
referred to as two-way coupling.5 particles flowing with fluid-like related to stress chains, or force
Solids flow affects the gas, and gas behavior. Instead of using gas to chains, which transmit force or
fluidize the bed, the bed is vibrated. If force-per-area (stress) through bulk
Figure 2 solids. With gas-like flows, these
chains are nonexistent. With fluid-
like flow, they’re about 30 percent of
Typical bulk solids flow behavior phases for an appropriately what influences flow. With solids-
loaded and overloaded cyclone like flow, these chains are the whole
ballgame, comprising 100 percent of
what influences material flow.
Figure 3 shows how stress chains

Gas-like work. Force on one particle spreads
(Dilute flow) to the other particles touching it.

The effect cascades with involved
particles until the force reaches a
surface, such as a wall, or is
sufficiently dissipated. The fact that
Fluid-like
(Fluidized) the force is unevenly distributed
Solids loading too high means that very few particles
Upper barrel shoulder most of the total load. In
Lower barrel Solids-like fact, some of the particles experience
Appropriate solids loading (Granular flow) no load at all. As a rule of thumb, the
Lower barrel
Upper barrel maximum force experienced by the
Upper cone Upper cone most loaded particle is six times the
Lower cone
average force you’d expect if the
Dynamics stress chains
load was evenly shared.
Lower cone Jamming phase transition
Static stress chains (No flow) Stress chains are either dynamic or
Particle concentration (Bulk density)
static. Dynamic stress chains are
k-ParticleProf-32-35.qxp_C-Masters 1/17/18 11:57 AM Page 34
continuously changing pathways transition from a dynamic to a static and proper discharge outlet sizing
that form as particles move. Static stress chain and is often referred to can help you avoid those problems.
stress chains don’t change because as the jamming phase transition.7
there’s little or no particle mobility. This area is shown in the bottom Acknowledgement
Once a static stress chain is in place, right corner of Figure 1. Jamming Thanks to Dr. Ben Freireich of the
it allows even less particle mobility. causes plugging, arching, caking, Particle Solid Research Institute for
This results in jamming, which is the compaction, and other types of his support and contributions to
solids-phase-related handling issues. the writing of this article. PBE
Figure 3
Hopper flow — or lack thereof — is a
good example of this jamming phase
References
Static stress chains for 1. Ray Cocco, “Understanding dilute-phase
particles in a tube transition at work. Particles in a pneumatic conveying,” Powder and Bulk
Force hopper stay mainly in a solids-like Engineering, February 2017, pages 16-23.
phase, as shown in Figure 4. If the 2. Ray Cocco, “The ‘simplicity’ of reverse-
Wall Wall
hopper’s discharge outlet isn’t sized flow cyclones,” Powder and Bulk
correctly, however, particles can Engineering, October 2013, pages 20-25.
3. Ray Cocco, “Particle technology: CFD
compact and become motionless, modeling made easy,” Powder and Bulk
developing dynamic, then static, Engineering, April 2013, pages 45-53.
stress chains. The margin for error in 4. Ray Cocco, “Six degrees of fluidization,”
a hopper is much less than with the Powder and Bulk Engineering, October
cyclone or the screener with respect to 2016, pages 23-27.
plugging. A slightly slower particle 5. Common in the general sense. In
turbulence literature, referred to as “four-
velocity or slightly higher solids way coupling,” meaning particle-to-gas,
concentration can result in particles gas-to-particle, particle-fluid-particle, and
transitioning from a solids-like phase particle-particle interactions.
to the jamming transition phase and 6. Ray Cocco, “Diplegs: More on getting
down with particles in fluidized beds,”
result in a plug. These chains can be Powder and Bulk Engineering, February
broken with flow aids, such as 2015, pages 23-27.
aerators or air cannons, which 7. Cornel University Creative Machines Lab,
increase particle velocity, lower https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKOI
particle concentration, or both. Or _lVDPpw
you can use bin inserts to disrupt the
(Red lines represent the chains.)
stress chains. Good hopper design For further reading
Find more information on this
Figure 4 topic in articles listed under “Flow
properties,” “Solids flow,” or
Typical bulk solids flow behavior phases for a hopper with “Particle analysis” in Powder and
different discharge outlet sizes Bulk Engineering’s article index in
the December 2017 issue and in the
Article Archive on PBE’s website.
(All articles in the archive are
available for free download to
registered users.)
Gas-like
(Dilute flow)
Ray Cocco is president of Particulate

Solid Research Inc. (773-523-7227,

ray.cocco@psri.org) and holds a PhD
Fluid-like
(Fluidized) in chemical engineering from Auburn
University in Auburn, AL. He has
more than 25 years of experience in
Solids-like particle technology, holds several
(Granular flow) patents, and has published numerous
Hopper barrel technical articles on particle
technology topics.
Appropriately sized discharge opening Hopper cone
Discharge Particulate Solid Research Inc.

opening
Discharge opening too small Chicago, IL
Particle concentration (Bulk density) www.psri.org
COMBINATION BULK BAG AND DRUM FILLER

Case History
HANDLES SURFACTANT AT BASF
C
hemicals producer BASF Corp. installed a
rotating drum and bulk bag filler from Flexicon
Corp. that yields greater output and quality
control than the previous method of manual loading.
BASF surfactants are usually packaged in 55 gal (208 l)

fiber drums and sometimes in 2000 lb (907 kg) bulk
bags for shipment to product manufacturers.
Previously, an operator moved a drum to a weigh-

filling station, operated a slide gate to fill it, checked the
weight and, if it exceeded the limit, adjusted as needed.
After filling, a drum was
physically moved onto a
pallet for transport.
To automate the process,

BASF specified a Flexicon Automated drum filler utilizes an indexing diverter
Rear-Post Bulk Bag Filler head to fill four 55 gal (208 liter) drums
that also has the capability to sequentially with surfactant powder gravity feeding
fill four fiber drums from rotary valve at top. System can also be
sequentially. An automated configured for loading 2000 lb (907 kg) bulk bags.
conveyor system now moves
drums and bulk bags in and
out of the filling station, and
a rotary valve meters the
required weight of material PLC communicates with weigh-filler scale to
with a high degree of regulate product flow into each drum and shut
accuracy. down on reaching a pre-set weight. Four drums
await filling as four are about to exit the room.
An operator selects an System improves product output, worker safety,
appropriate product-loading and quality control.
program on the PLC and initiates a filling cycle with a
push button. Surfactants are transported from the main
plant to a vessel above the rotary valve, then gravity-fed
into either a drum or a bulk bag.
Pallet of four drums is conveyed into purpose-built
When filling drums, the operator attaches the loading room where they are filled by rotating
automatically rotating drum fill adapter to the Flexicon drum/bulk bag filler.
bulk filling station. Once the four drums have been
positioned on the deck of the filling station, the as an extra layer of protection during transport. The
operator presses a start-up button on the PLC and scale transmits weight data to the PLC, which
surfactant begins flowing. Each drum has a plastic automatically stops the flow of material when the
lining into which the surfactant empties. When one correct weight of surfactant has been loaded. The bag is
drum fills, flow is interrupted while the diverter head then closed and moved on the roller conveyor to the
indexes to fill the next drum in sequence. Once all shipping area.
drums are filled, the operator seals the liners, and puts
lids on the drums, which are conveyed to the shipping The automated system minimizes operator
area. involvement, increases productivity and improves
safety, while reducing the potential for product
When filling a bulk bag, an operator attaches the four contamination during packaging.
bag straps to each corner of the loading frame, engages
the bulk bag fill spout to the fill head utilizing an Flexicon Corp.
inflatable collar to provide a dust tight connection and 1-888-353-9426
puts the bag in a rubber bladder, which seals the sales@flexicon.com
surfactant in the bag after product is loaded, and acts www.flexicon.com
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IAOM
Conference &
Expo
Exhibitors
The following are among the
companies that will display their
equipment and services at the
IAOM Conference & Expo.*
Suppliers advertising in this issue
are listed in bold.
Company Booth
Chantland MHS . . . . . . . . . . .703
INDUSTRIAL CONVEYORS Cordano Packaging
Engineers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .235
Dedicated to Quality Great Western
All work centers, from start to finish, have documented Manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . .209
quality procedures to ensure the highest quality product.
MPI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .313
Rapat Corporation Sentry Equipment . . . . . . . . . .833
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an up-to-date exhibitor list, visit
www.iaom.info.
PREVIEW: IAOM
Conference & Expo Show Info
What:
T he 122nd Annual IAOM
Conference & Expo will take
place April 9-13 at the Renaissance
professionals. Education sessions
will assist millers in improving
yields, productivity, product
IAOM Conference & Expo
Where:
Atlanta Waverly Hotel & quality, and safety. The event will Renaissance Atlanta Waverly
Convention Center in Atlanta, GA. also feature an exhibition with more Hotel & Convention Center
Organized by the International than 100 companies displaying their Atlanta, GA
Association of Operative Millers milling and processing equipment
(IAOM), the event will provide and related services. When:
educational opportunities for grain April 9-13
milling and seed processing
More Information:
IAOM
Tel: 913-338-3377
info@iaom.info
Show Website:
www.iaom.info/annualmeeting
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Brown Convention Center in Engineering

Houston, TX. Organized by the
Calendar Association of Equipment
GlobalCon 2018 — Energy, Power,
& Facility Management Strategies
Manufacturers (AEM). Contact & Technologies. March 21-22 at the
customer service, 414-272-0943 Hynes Convention Center in Boston,
Analysis and testing (customerservice@aem.org, MA. Organized by the Association
PITTCON Conference & Expo 2018. www.aem.org). of Energy Engineers (AEE). Contact
February 26-March 1 at the Orange Connie Meadows, 770-447-5038
County Convention Center - West in Chemical and chemical (connie@aeecenter.org,
Orlando, FL. Sponsored by the www.globalconevent.com).
processing
Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh
(SSP) and the Society for Analytical 255th ACS National Meeting &
Chemists of Pittsburgh (SACP). Exposition. March 18-22 in New Feed and grain
Contact the Pittsburgh Conference, Orleans, LA. Organized by the 2018 Purchasing and Ingredient
800-825-3221 (info@pittcon.org, American Chemical Society (ACS). Suppliers Conference. March 12-15
www.pittcon.org). Contact ACS, 800-227-5558 at the Omni Fort Worth Hotel in
(nationalmeetings@acs.org, Fort Worth, TX. Organized by the
www.acs.org). American Feed Industry
27th ASNT Research Symposium.
March 26-29 at the DoubleTree at Association (AFIA). Contact
Universal in Orlando, FL. Veronica Rovelli, 703-558-3563
2018 AIChE Spring Meeting. April (vrovelli@afia.org, www.afia.org).
Conducted by the American 22-26 at the Orlando World Center
Society for Nondestructive Testing Marriott in Orlando, FL.
(ASNT). Contact Christine Colocated with the 14th Global 2018 Annual Convention. March
Schnitzer, 614-766-6003 (csch Congress on Process Safety 18-20 at the Westin Kierland Resort
nitzer@asnt.org, www.asnt.org). (GCPS) and the 8th World & Spa in Scottsdale, AZ. Organized
Congress on Particle Technology by the National Grain and Feed
(WCPT8). Contact Jeffrey Wood, Association (NGFA). Contact
Bulk solids handling and Faith Silvers, 202-289-0873
646-495-1315 (meetings@aiche
processing .org, www.aiche.org). (fsilvers@ngfa.org, www.ngfa.org).
CEMA 2018 Annual Meeting.
March 9-13 at the Naples Beach GEAPS Exchange 2018. March 24-
Grande Resort in Naples, FL. 8th World Congress on Particle 27 at the Colorado Convention
Conducted by the Conveyor Technology (WCPT8). April 22-26 Center in Denver, CO. Sponsored
Equipment Manufacturers at the Orlando World Center by the Grain Elevator and
Association (CEMA). Contact Marriott in Orlando, FL. Processing Society (GEAPS).
Kimberly MacLaren, 239-260- Colocated with the 2018 AIChE Contact GEAPS, 763-999-4300
8406 (kim@cemanet.org, Spring Meeting and 14th Global (info@geaps.com, exchange
www.cemanet.org). Congress on Process Safety. .geaps.com).
Contact Ilia Killeen (meetings
@aiche.org, www.aiche.org).
35th Annual Conference. April 11- 122nd Annual IAOM Conference &
13 at the Mills Hour Wyndham Expo. April 9-13 at the Renaissance
Grand in Charleston, SC. InformEx 2018. April 24-26 at the Atlanta Waverly Hotel &
Organized by the Flexible Pennsylvania Convention Center Convention Center in Atlanta, GA.
Intermediate Bulk Container in Philadelphia. Organized by Hosted by the International
Association (FIBCA). Contact UBM. Contact Informex Holdings Association of Operative Millers
FIBCA, 952-412-8867 (info@fibca LLC, 866-217-1926 (informex@in (IAOM). Contact IAOM, 913-338-
.com, www.fibca.com). formex.com, www.informex.com). 3377 (info@iaom.info, www.iaom
.info).
PaperCon 2018. April 15-18 at the
Coatings and colors
Charlotte Convention Center in Food and food
Charlotte, NC. Organized by American Coatings Show 2018.
TAPPI. Contact Amanda Thomas, April 9-12 at the Indiana processing
770-209-7220 (athomas@tappi Convention Center in Indianapolis, AFFI-Con 2018. March 3-6 at The
.org, www.papercon.org). IN. Organized by the American Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas in Las
Coatings Association. Contact Vegas, NV. Organized by the
Cheryl Matthews, 202-462-6272 American Frozen Food Institute
Cement and aggregates (cmatthews@paint.org, (AFFI). Contact Brynn Horne,
AGG1 — Aggregates Academy and www.paint.org). 703-835-2106 (bhorne@affi.com,
Expo. March 6-8 at the George R. afficon.affi.org).
SNAXPO 2018. March 12-14 at Metals and minerals 8704 (inquiry@interphex.com,

the Georgia World Congress 2018 SME Annual Conference & www.interphex.com).
Center in Atlanta, GA. Organized Expo. February 25-28 in
by SNAC International. Contact Minneapolis, MN. Organized by
Liz Wells, 703-836-4500 (lwells
Plastics
the Society for Mining, Metallurgy NPE2018: The International
@snacintl.org, www.snacintl.org). & Exploration (SME). Colocated Plastics Showcase. May 7-11 at the
with the 91st Annual Meeting of Orange County Convention Center
FBEC — 48th Food & Beverage the SME-MN Section. Contact
Environmental Conference. March in Orlando, FL. Conducted by the
SME, 800-763-3132 (meetings@ Plastics Industry Association.
25-28 at the Hyatt Regency smenet.org, www.smenet.org).
Tamaya Resort and Spa in Santa Contact NPE, 202-974-5200
Ana Pueblo, NM. Cosponsored by (attend@npe.org, www.npe.org).
the American Frozen Food MIM 2018 — International
Institute (AFFI) and the Food Conference on Injection Molding of
Metals, Ceramics, and Carbides. Safety and quality
Industry Environmental Council.
March 5-7 in Irvine, CA. 2018 Lean and Six Sigma
Contact Brynn Horne, 703-835-
Organized by the Metal Powder Conference. February 26-27 at the
2106 (bhorne@affi.com, envi
Industries Federation (MPIF). Pointe Hilton Tapatio Cliffs in
ron-council.affi.org).
Contact MPIF, 609-452-7700 Phoenix, AZ. Conducted by the
(info@mpif.org, www.mim2018 American Society for Quality
2018 ABA Convention. April 14-18 .org). (ASQ). Contact ASQ, 800-248-
at the The Phoenician in Scottsdale, 1946 (help@asq.org, asq.org).
AZ. Sponsored by the American
Bakers Association (ABA). TMS 2018 — 147th Annual
Contact ABA, 202-789-0300 Meeting & Exhibition. March 11-15 Corrosion 2018. April 15-19 at the
(info@americanbakers.org, at the Phoenix Convention Center Phoenix Convention Center in
www.americanbakers.org). in Phoenix, AZ. Organized by The Phoenix, AZ. Contact CaLae
Mineral, Metals, and Materials McDermott, 281-228-6263
Society (TMS). Contact TMS, 800- (calae.mcdermott@nace.org,
2018 ASTA Annual Meeting and
759-4867 (mtgserv@tms.org, www.nace.org).
Exhibits. April 15-18 at the Ritz-
Carlton Golf Resort in Naples, FL. www.tms.org).
Organized by the American Spice 14th Global Congress on Process
Trade Association (ASTA). Bauma Conexpo Africa. March 13- Safety (GCPS). April 22-25 at the
Contact ASTA, 202-331-2460 16 at the Johannesburg Expo Centre Orlando World Center Marriott in
(info@astaspice.org, in Johannesburg, South Africa. Orlando, FL. Sponsored by the
www.astaspice.org). Organized by BC Expo South Center for Chemical Process Safety
Africa Ltd., Messe München (CCPS) and the American Institute
GmbH, and the Association of of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
Materials
Equipment Manufacturers (AEM). Safety and Health Division.
41st Annual Meeting. February 25- Contact BC Expo South Africa, +27 Colocated with the 2018 AIChE
March 1 at the Catamaran Resort 11-476-8093 (info@bcafrica.co.za, Spring Meeting and the 8th World
Hotel in San Diego, CA. Presented www.bcafrica.com). Congress on Particle Technology
by the Adhesion Society. (WCPT8). Contact CCPS, 646-
Colocated with the 6th World 495-1371 (ccps@aiche.org,
Congress on Adhesion and Related Packaging www.aiche.org/gcps).
Phenomena (WCARP). Contact CPA 2018 Annual Meeting.
Malinda Armstrong, 301-986-9700 February 20-24 at the Hyatt
(adhesionsociety@ascouncil.org,
www.adhesionsociety.org).
Centric French Quarter in New
Orleans, LA. Organized by the
Continuing
Contract Packaging Association education
2018 MRS Spring Meeting & (CPA). Contact CPA, 630-544-
Exhibit. April 2-6 at the Phoenix 5053 (info@contractpackaging Bulk solids handling and
Convention Center and Sheraton .org, www.contractpackaging.org).
Grand Phoenix in Phoenix, AZ.
processing
Organized by the Materials Pneumatic Conveying of Powders
Pharmaceuticals and Bulk Solids. March 13-16 at the
Research Society (MRS). Contact
MRS, 724-779-3003 (info@mrs INTERPHEX 2018. April 17-19 at Kansas State University (K-State)
.org, www.mrs.org). the Jacob K. Javits Convention Bulk Solids Innovation Center in
Center in New York City, NY. Salina, KS. Presented by K-State
Organized by Reed Exhibitions. and the Bulk Solids Innovation
Contact customer service, 888-334- Center. Comprehensive course
covers pneumatic conveying (Houston), TX. Conducted by the Metals and minerals
system design, common pneumatic University of Wisconsin–Madison Characterization and Analysis of
conveying problems, and discusses department of engineering Powder for Additive Manufacturing.
solutions to these problems. professional development. Course February 20 online webinar.
Contact the K-State Polytechnic provides a practical understanding Conducted by ASTM International.
Professional Education and of the chemical engineering Webinar overviews various
Outreach office, 855-552-0079 discipline, even for those without a measurement techniques utilized
(profed@k-state.edu, www.bulk background or degree in chemistry. and developed at NIST and other
solids.k-state.edu/profdev). Course overviews process flow organizations to characterize
sheets, material and energy metallic powder additive
Flow of Solids in Bins, Hoppers, balances, typical unit operations manufacturing. Contact Tye Beard,
Chutes, and Feeders. April 10-11 at found in chemical plants, process 610-832-9539 (tbeard@astm.org,
the AIChE office in New York, control, and process safety. www.astm.org).
NY. Conducted by Jenike & Contact Elaine M. Andrysick, 608-
Johanson and the American 262-8708 (elaine.andrysick
Institute of Chemical Engineers @wisc.edu, https://epd.wisc.edu). Size and Shape Characterization of
(AIChE). Course covers proven Metallic Powder for Additive
design and troubleshooting Manufacturing through Novel
Essentials of Chemical Engineering Techniques. February 27 online
principles for handling bulk solids for Non-Chemical Engineers. April
in bins, hoppers, feeders, and webinar. Conducted by ASTM
3-5 at the AIChE office in New International. Webinar covers an
transfer chutes for safe plant York, NY. Conducted by the
operation. Contact AIChE, 800- introduction to how particle shape
American Institute of Chemical and size characterization of
242-4363 (edu@aiche.org, Engineers (AIChE). Course
www.aiche.org). metallic powders can be accurately
addresses the basic concepts of performed in three dimensions (3-
fluid flow, heat transfer, heat D) using a combination of x-ray
PSRI’s Fluidization Seminar and exchanger design, cooling towers, tomography and mathematical
Workshop. April 10-14 at Heidelberg solids handling, tank and vessel analysis. Contact Tye Beard, 610-
Marriott Hotel in Heidelberg, design, polymerization, and 832-9539 (tbeard@astm.org,
Germany. Conducted by Particulate polymer processing. Contact www.astm.org).
Solid Research Inc. (PSRI). Course AIChE, 800-242-4363 (edu@aiche
consists of lectures, videos, and .org, www.aiche.org).
workshops on particle-related Mixing
topics, including basic fluidization Food and food processing The Art and Science of Industrial
hydrodynamics, cyclone design and Mixing. May 15-17 at the Hilton
operation, circulating fluidized beds HACCP Workshop. March 27-28 at
the Holiday Inn Airport in Garden Inn–O’Hare. Conducted
and high-velocity systems, particle by the University of Wisconsin–
entrainment, and others. Contact Charlotte, NC. Organized by AIB
International. Workshop offers Madison department of
PSRI, 773-523-7227 (www.psri.org). engineering professional
practical instruction on developing
an HACCP program, taking a step- development. Course will cover
Pneumatic Conveying of Bulk Solids. by-step look at the development, fundamental relationships for
April 12 at the AIChE office in New implementation, and verification impeller power, pumping capacity,
York, NY. Conducted by Jenike & process. Contact AIB International, blend time, shear rate, and flow
Johanson and the American 800-633-5137 (info@aibonline.org, patterns. Course overviews mixing
Institute of Chemical Engineers www.aibonline.org). fundamentals, flow patterns, mixer
(AIChE). Course teaches practical performance, mixer power, and
design and troubleshooting process improvement. Contact
principles that improve the
Maintenance Elaine M. Andrysick, 800-262-
efficiency, safety, and reliability of Maintenance Planning and 0876 (elaine.andrysick@wisc.edu,
pneumatic conveying systems. Scheduling. April 16-18 in New https://epd.wisc.edu).
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Contact AIChE, 800-242-4363 Orleans, LA. Conducted by the
your ideas and responses to

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PREVIEW:
GEAPS Exchange 2018
G GEAPS
EAPS Exchange 2018 will be
held March 24-27 at the
Colorado Convention Center in
• The World’s Largest Rotary

Drum Mixer
Exchange
Denver, CO. Held by the Grain
Elevator and Processing Society
(GEAPS), the group’s event last year
• Gentle, Consistent Uniform
Blending
2018
had more than 430 exhibitors
focused on the grain industry. In
Exhibitors
addition to the exhibition hall,
• Homogenize Large Batches GEAPS members will provide nearly
in 3 minutes 40 hours of education sessions and
The following are among the
• Complete Discharge workshops, including an opening
companies that will display their
workshop, an idea exchange with a
panel, and more. Some sessions equipment and services at GEAPS
Exchange 2018.* Suppliers
Continental qualify for partial CEUs.
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All Powder and Bulk Colorado Convention Center IEP Technologies . . . . . . . . .2107
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Eriez recognizes sales

Supplier partners
Don’t Miss It! notes Eriez recently recognized six sales
Powder and Bulk representative agencies that have
CPM Holdings acquires partnered with the company for
Engineering's Quick Proline Engineering more than 50 years. The companies
Web Resource CPM Holdings, Inc., has acquired honored are: Dominion-Carolina
Proline Engineering, an equipment Sales, High Point, NC; BLW Group,
manufacturer based in Manchester, Memphis, TN; Merrifield Company,
Beginning February UK. The acquisition provides CPM Cincinnati, OH; B&H Industrial,
visit powderbulk.com, with Proline’s high-speed, low- Indianapolis, IN; D&L Engineering,
click on the Quick Web volume conveying equipment; Halifax, NS; and Adams Brothers,
installation; and aftermarket Atlanta, GA. Each partner received a
Resource link, and find
services for the metal packaging commemorative plaque at the 2017
direct links to the industry. The acquisition also Eriez Business Conference. Eriez,
websites of all our expands CPM’s metal packaging Erie, PA, manufactures and supplies
featured suppliers. In equipment line, which now includes magnetic, vibratory, and inspection
addition to learning dryers, curing ovens, and conveying equipment.
more about their equipment. Proline’s former owners
Ivan Wroe, Stephen Rimmer, Colin
products and services, Timms, and Gary Jones will People
you'll be able to access continue to serve in leadership and news
features such as: management roles within the
company. CPM Holdings, Inc.,
also owns CPM Roskamp AZO Group’s managing partner,
• Video Libraries Robert Zimmermann, retired at the
Champion, Waterloo, IA, which
• Case Histories supplies grinding, pelleting, and end of 2017 after 27 years with the
• White Papers cooling process technology organization. AZO’s management
• Photo Galleries equipment for the animal feed, food by Robert and Rainer Zimmermann
• Shows and Events processing, and biofuel industries. was transferred solely to Rainer
Zimmermann allowing the
• “How To” Guides company to continue as a family
• Brochures FLSmidth celebrates business, which was founded by their
• Newsletters pneumatic conveying parents Adolf and Marianne
And much more! system 100-year Zimmermann. The company
employs more than 1,000 people
anniversary worldwide and has three production
FLSmidth is celebrating 100 years of sites in Germany and seven
its pump pneumatic conveying international sales and service
system, which was developed in 1918 subsidiaries. AZO Group,
and introduced by Alonzo G. Memphis, TN, supplies material
Kinyon of the Fuller-Lehigh handling equipment for the bulk
Company. The Fuller-Kinyon pump solids industry.
was invented to eliminate fire and
explosion hazards when conveying
pulverized fuels such as coal. Kinyon WL Port-land Systems Inc. recently
was honored for the invention by announced the promotion of two
several technical societies, including employees. Alok Singh has advanced
the Portland Cement Association, to sales project manager and will
which described the pump as the continue to manage proposal
greatest contribution to cement responsibilities while overseeing the
manufacturing since the rotary kiln transfer of projects from sales to
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creening efficiency can be elusive

Suppliers’ Tips S when the machine is being overfed.
Make sure that your feedrate matches
the screening rate. The worst thing you
How can I improve overall can do to any screener is overload it
with material. This prevents fine
screening efficiency for an particles from finding a hole to pass
through because larger particles block
older screener? and clog the pathway down to the
screen openings. The finer particles
ride on top of the oversized particles
he good news is that the screener’s age probably has little to do with screening
T efficiency. As long as the screener is vibrating properly, it should screen your
material as efficiently as a new screener would.
and exit the equipment without being
screened. Overloading can cause screen
blinding, screen rips, and inefficient
The bad news is that you’ll probably need to have someone with screening separation. It’s better to err on the side
expertise help you work through your screening efficiency issues. of underfeeding the machine to prevent
Since I don’t know what type of screener you operate or what efficiency problems these issues.
you’re having, I’ll list some general possibilities: Some older screeners also run into
• Incorrect screen selection. It’s possible that your screen isn’t the correct size. problems with the weight of the
High-efficiency screen cloths are available, and selecting the correct type and overload. Older machines aren’t as
mesh size is critical to reaching your application’s screening requirements. powerful and capable as newer screeners
and tend to lose the energy needed to
• Blinded screen(s). If your screen is plugged up (blinded), incorporate a screen properly convey the material across the
cleaning device to minimize this issue. There are various screen cleaners screen when overloaded. The extra
available, including sliders, balls, rings, and rotary brushes. Some screeners material weight absorbs the vibrational
can also have a vibrating rim or an ultrasonic cleaner, which is necessary for energy. This in turn slows material
some high-accuracy applications. discharge and exacerbates the problem
• Improper screener feedrate. Sometimes a screener’s feedrate is too high and by causing the screen to fill up even
the mesh is being flooded with too much material. Decreasing the feedrate will faster, often resulting in a ripped screen.
allow the screener to properly screen your material.
Bob Grotto, president,
• Screener adjustment. Consult your screener supplier about information on
Elcan Industries, 914-381-7500
machine adjustments you can make to increase your screener’s efficiency.
Tom Radank, consultant, Sweco, 859-240-4544
fficiency for any screener (or sifter), no matter the age, begins with proper routine maintenance. Maintenance should
E include considering the screener’s location, employee training, and maintenance inspection schedules and checklists.
Whether the sifter is used for processing or quality assurance, examining all the separations produced by the screener can tell
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Screener location. Make sure the screener is installed on a level floor and offers easy access for maintenance and inspection of
all mechanical and nonmechanical parts, including the drive mechanism, inlets, outlets, and the tailings canister. Workers
should be able to move easily around the entire machine to access all parts. The location should also provide adequate room
for screen removal and replacement.
Employee training. Train employees to know which screener components to inspect and how to perform preventive
maintenance and repair or replace these parts. Advanced training allows employees to recognize component wear, suspicious
noises, or changes in sifting performance. These identifiers can help prevent the machine from slowing, stopping, or causing
variation in product quality. If a problem is detected or identified, it’s always a good idea to call the manufacturer for support
in fixing the machine or to request original equipment manufacturer parts.
Inspection schedule and checklist. The screener’s inspection schedule will be affected by the application and materials being
sifted. When your screener operates at a higher speed or handles abrasive materials, maintenance may need to be done more
frequently. A checklist should include components requiring repeated inspection, such as screens, screen frames, screen
cleaners, gaskets, drive mechanisms, and inlet and outlet sleeves. The checklist should allow space for notes, issues discovered,
and record keeping.
To make sure you have a complete and proper maintenance inspection schedule and checklist, be sure to talk with your
screener manufacturer, who can also offer expert tips to enhance your screener’s staying power.
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