Category: Containers & Vessels

Grant Instruments has introduced the Yoyolog mini dataloggers, said to provide a robust, versatile and low cost solution for measuring physical and electrical parameters. The loggers are similar in size and shape to the...

Two different manufacturers of cementitious products are both relying on equipment from JR?Boone to ensure    efficient mixing – one company is using a Helical Blade mixer while the other is using a Delta...

As one of the leading independent manufacturers of specialist cements, adhesives and grouts for the highway maintenance, streetscape, commercial flooring and contract tiling markets, the company expresses that it places great...

As a colleague of mine is fond of saying the spray nozzle business is “just flinging water about”. Whilst that description is certainly factually correct, there is a little more to “just flinging water...

All vessels have to be cleaned efficiently, and while the spray nozzle business may often be described as ‘just flinging about water’, there are numerous ways in which water can be flung! Ivan Zytynski, from BETE,...

Bulk bag fillers from Spiroflow are playing a key role in Ostara Nutrient Recovery Technologies’ wastewater treatment systems, which are used by water companies to create value from waste by recovering nutrients which can...

The Plastics Group has invested in a second bulk bag discharger and flexible screw conveyor from Flexicon, overcoming the issue of restricted headroom at the plant  Six years after a Flexicon bulk bag discharger and screw...

Tank and vessel cleaning is often an overlooked source of inefficiency in the manufacturing process. Ivan Zytynski, from BETE, outlines the four key elements of the cleaning procedure, and shows how improving the mechanical...

Franklin Hodge has recently undertaken a challenging project, working within the smallest height restriction it has ever had to deal with. The company is installing four fire sprinkler water tanks for a new ASDA store in...

A biogas plant in Kronprinzenkoog, Northern Germany, that uses approximately 12% dry matter for its feedstock, has been able to increase its gas yield by introducing Landia’s digester mixing system. Biogas Kruse, one of...

Craig Levins, applications engineer, Chemineer, describes how continuously operating in-line pipeline mixers designed to blend, emulsify and breakdown agglomerates, can handle delicate dilution applications such as those found...

In order to keep up with demand, Flowcrete UK is using a Delta Blade (Plough type) mixer from JR Boone to mix 3.36 tonne batches of cementitious flooring products High demand for its product meant that resin and cementitious...

In order to save on the cost of purchasing blends from a contract manufacturer, Delagar has added a Flexicon screw conveyor and mixer to its established bulk handling system A producer of bath and body products, fine fragrances...

When Everbuild Building Products required a discharging system that could handle a range of bulk components and additives, it had to be sure the chosen system could cope with difficult powders. Tests proved that Spiroflow...

Keith J. Albert, from Artel, outlines the common sources of error in the automated liquid handling systems used in life science laboratories. He emphasises the importance of accuracy and precision in such environments, and...