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  • Steps to Success

    Many times a day at a busy power plant in Ohio, a barge unloads onto a fast moving belt. The familiar noisiness of a speeding conveyor belt being loaded should be reassuring, but when the load zone is losing material, dust is clouding the impact area and components are covered with escaped product; it is…

  • WTE Pipe Conveyor System Transports Waste from Wastewater Treatment Plants

    WTE Pipe Conveyor System Transports Waste from Wastewater Treatment Plants

    A Kansas City, Mo., international system supplier for intralogistic solutions is supplying utility companies with its pipe conveyor to transport household and industrial waste as well as sewage sludge from wastewater treatment plants to power stations. The conveyor is energy efficient and able to convey waste products through public spaces without affecting the environment because…

  • New conveyor return idler offers economical solution to control carryback material

    New conveyor return idler offers economical solution to control carryback material

    Carryback material, one of the leading causes of extraordinary conveyor maintenance, can now be removed economically from the conveyor belt with a new solution from Superior Industries, Inc., a major U.S.-based manufacturer and global supplier of bulk material processing and handling systems. The new solution from Superior Industries, the Urathon Beater Roll removes carryback material…

  • Conveyor System Maintenance Tips to Keep the Belts Running

    Conveyor System Maintenance Tips to Keep the Belts Running

    Lots of companies these days are trying to cut down on their expenses because of the present situation of the economy. They are faced with the hard task of keeping an old conveyor system up and running well when ordinarily it should be heading to the garbage. Unlike wine, mechanical equipment does not get better…

  • Martin Engineering boasts specialised conveyor belt cleaners

    Martin Engineering boasts specialised conveyor belt cleaners

    Martin Engineering boasts a family of specialty belt cleaners designed to address challenging applications, from viscous food manufacturing to hot slag. Developed in response to customer input, Martin Engineering conducted extensive research at its Center for Innovation (CFI) facility in Illinois in the USA to find conveyor solutions to carryback, belt health, spillage and pulley/idler…

  • Conveyor Systems for Automated Parking

    Conveyor Systems for Automated Parking

    With the increasing population and advancing technology, almost everything has improved and become automated. Then why should one of the most common things i.e. parking systems be left manual? They need to be upgraded and updated as well. Thanks to the amazing technology of conveyors, we know have fully automated parking system. What is an…

  • Pipe Conveyor Offers Maximum Environmental Protection

    Pipe Conveyor Offers Maximum Environmental Protection

    Portlandzementwerk Wotan H. Schneider from Üxheim-Ahütte in the Volcanic Eifel has acquired a pipe conveyor manufactured by Beumer Group to transport clinker to its cement mill. The 200-metre-long conveying system is customized to fit into the local environment. Since the system is completely enclosed, no material can fall on the road or passing vehicles. Additionally,…

  • Miedema launches new MC Conveyor Series

    Miedema launches new MC Conveyor Series

    Miedema, specialist in planting, storage and sorting technology, is introducing a new generation of the MC (Miedema Conveyor) series, single and duo belt conveyors. Thanks to its INNOVATIVE solutions, the MC series is more than just a simple transport conveyor. The tough, durable construction makes these transport conveyors the most RELIABLE and product-friendly series on…

  • Conveying Equipment Orders up $860 Million in 2015

    Conveying Equipment Orders up $860 Million in 2015

    The Conveyor Equipment Manufacturers Association (CEMA) reports that 2015 shipments in North America were up 7.7%. CEMA estimates that shipments totaled $11.923 billion for 2015, a record level and an increase of $860 million from 2014 shipments of $11.063 billion. CEMA estimates that new orders totaled $11.154 billion in 2015. New orders in 2015 were…

  • New Bucket Elevator or Conveyor Monitoring System

    New Bucket Elevator or Conveyor Monitoring System

    4B Components Ltd has released the fourth generation Watchdog control unit for monitoring bucket elevators and conveyors. The Watchdog Super Elite (WDC4) is easy to install and simple to set-up. The system processes signals from up to 15 sensors for belt speed, belt misalignment, continuous bearing temperature, pulley misalignment, and plug conditions on bucket elevators…