Bulk Solids Today April Issue

BULK MATERIALS HANDLING • POWDER HANDLING • QUARRYING • RECYCLING & WASTE MIXERS, BLENDERS & DRYERS • QUARRYING • RECYCLING MANAGEMENT

FEBRUARY APRIL 2022 2017

THE 6X® THE NEW RADAR LEVEL SENSOR

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HIGHLIGHTS:

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Automation solutions by Gericke

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Clean Method for Emptying Large Bulk Bags

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The beverage industry is raising a glass to warehouse automation

The Smart Way to Unload, Convey, Weigh & Mix ®

MODU-KLEEN BIN VENT FILTER

SWITCH RECEIVER

CONVEYING LINE

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BLENDCON SILO BLENDER

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BULKBUSTER BULK BAG UNLOADER

STORAGE SILO

STORAGE SILO

STORAGE SILO

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VIBRA-JET BIN AERATOR

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GYRO BIN ACTIVATING FEEDER TM

DYNA-SLIDE HIGH PRECISION AIR-ACTIVATED FEEDER

WEIGH HOPPER

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BAGBUSTER BAG BREAKER ®

BELLA TWIN SHAFT FLUIDIZED ZONE MIXER

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BLENDCON AIR BLENDING HEAD

TRANSPORTER MANUAL HOSE SWITCH

Less degradation

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Move your dry granular materials gently, reliably and with significant reductions in product degradation and/or system wear.

Our high material-to-air ratios reduce energy and compressed air requirements. Our low conveying velocities provide significant process savings in both operation and maintenance. Initial cost is surprisingly affordable too, thanks to our modular design concept and ease of installation.

Proven capability Dynamic Air dense phase pneumatic conveying systems have been proven in over 15,000 installations worldwide. They handle a wide range of materials and bulk densities at rates from less than a hundred kilograms per hour to 400 tonnes per hour, over distances exceeding 1500 metres.

Sixteen concepts Each Dynamic Air system is custom designed from one of our sixteen different conveying concepts. So you get a conveying solution that fits your process perfectly, without compromises.

BellaTM Twin Shaft Fluidized Zone Mixer

GYRO EXTM Bin Activating Feeder

Dynamic Air Ltd. Milton Keynes United Kingdom Phone: +44 (0) 1908 622344 E-mail: sales@dynamicair.co.uk

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Dense Phase Transporter, J-Series

BulkBusterTM Bulk Bag Unloader

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BST TEAM Sales Director: James Scrivens Production: Sarah Daviner Accounts Manager: Katie Brehm Office Manager: Susan Daley

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SPECIAL FEATURE

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COMPANY NEWS

RAW MATERIALS PLATFORM, ZARAYE, RAISES $2.1M IN TIGER GLOBAL’S FIRST PRE-SEED INVESTMENT IN PAKISTAN Karachi based business-tobusiness raw materials marketplace Zaraye raises $2.1mn in their pre-seed round from Tiger Global and Zayn Capital. Other investors include +92 Ventures, Alan Rutledge, Jack Rizvi, and current and former Careem employees holding key positions in their tenures. This is Tiger Global’s first pre-seed investment in Pakistan.

Founded in late 2021, Zaraye helps manufacturing businesses procure raw materials and finance the working capital. It is currently serving clients across textile and construction industries, with over 300 partners and suppliers spread out in 20+ cities.

Pakistan’s industrial manufacturing sector contributes to 20% of the country’s economy with a $35bn raw material market annually with raw materials contributing 60-65% of the total costs for the manufacturers. In conditions where net margins are thin, finding efficiency in costs becomes critical for these businesses to win orders and sustain against competition locally and globally.

Additionally, SMEs have always found acquiring financing a huge battle for their businesses from financial institutions, and are forced to turn to informal markets with ~2.5x premiums.

Ahsan Ali Khan, co-founder and CEO of Zaraye commented: “We aim to strengthen the backbone of the country’s economy by helping the entrepreneurs in finding avenues to optimize and scale. Zaraye will help our partners to compete locally and globally as they find more savings in time and money to create the best products. With the confidence of amazing investors in Zaraye, we are geared to supercharge our mission to reach millions of users” Traditionally a manufacturer would connect with a handful of intermediaries or directly with the 4

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suppliers with a tedious process of going through multiple phone calls, and wait for them to furnish rates.

This process is longer, tedious and brings very limited options for the buyers to make a decision. With Zaraye, buyers of raw materials can simply post their requirements for the required product and the relevant suppliers can furnish quotes in real time making the information for buying decisions vast and quick.

At the same time, the suppliers can access consolidated demand volumes with the vast network of buyers on Zaraye’s platform.

Faisal Aftab, Managing Partner & Co-Founder of Zayn Capital BitRate Fund commented: “Procurement in the manufacturing industry is a massive problem with similar models showing immense success in comparable markets. We believe in the Zaraye team and their capabilities in solving this problem in Pakistan. We’re super excited to be a part of their journey.”

Zaraye is available across platforms with their iOS, android and web app. The platform helps buyers of raw materials connect with multitude of suppliers who furnish their quotes in real-time making the process faster and hassle free.

Zaraye was founded by IBA class fellows Taha Iqbal Teli, Hashair Junaid Ahmedani and Ahsan Ali Khan who worked together at multiple instances throughout their academic and professional careers.

Taha and Ahsan have been part of the tech ecosystem for the past 5 years with experience at giants like Careem and Swvl. Ahsan led Swvl’s Travel category for Pakistan in his last stint, while Taha led the TaaS product for Karachi before launching the Daewoo Adda, a logistics product for transportation’s leading player Daewoo. Meanwhile, Hashair after completing his postgraduate degree at the University of Bath, where studied with Taha he returned to Pakistan to join

his family business in Karachi.

Hashair soon found his passion in the hospitality industry introducing Czech and Levantian cuisine to Pakistan with two successful ventures while building an FMCG brand for imported coffee from Latin Amercia.

Hashair Junaid Ahmedani, cofounder of Zaraye added: “Small and medium business owners have been trapped in a cycle of high competition and lack of financing options- Zaraye aims to help these businesses scale as they find the efficiencies in procurement and financing options to make better decisions for their businesses.”

Taha Iqbal Teli, co-founder of Zaraye said “Our goal is to help these entrepreneurs focus on manufacturing and selling their products. Zaraye will handle the entire procurement process, all the way from getting quotes, assuring quality, delivering to their doorsteps with any after-sales assistance our partners might require. Our partners remain at the heart of all our endeavors and we believe this massive problem cannot be solved without a world class team.

As we build great solutions for our customers, we are always on the lookout for great talent and I would encourage everyone who feels passionately about building solutions at scale that make lives easy and loved by customers to apply away.”

Having worked together on multiple projects, the three came together to solve one of the biggest problems faced by the manufacturing industry in emerging markets. Hashair’s experience while working with his family business was critical in understanding the problems faced by the businessmen and how they operate. The team amalgamates context from legacy businesses and building modern solutions at scale. Zaraye has built a strong team with experience from Swvl, PWC UK chapter, Daraz and Louis Dreyfus and their tech team is led by Asif Ali, ex-CTO Cheetay.

BORN, WHERE VALUES ARE VALUED. THE 6X®. AVAILABLE NOW! Technology is only as good as the people who make it. That’s why the new VEGAPULS 6X is the result made by over 1,800 valuable employees, 60 years of valued measurement experience and every value that is intrinsic to VEGA.

VEGA. HOME OF VALUES. www.vega.com/radar

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AUTOMATION SOLUTIONS BY GERICKE The deep understanding of the fundamental processes of feeding, mixing and conveying together with a competence in electrical engineering and automation makes Gericke the ideal partner to supply complete turnkey systems.

For the best support, Gericke is also working together with long established partners in the field of automation. Depending on the application Gericke also supports their customers by building compact panels or separate main and field control cabinets.

Where automation meets process know-how With the in-house solutions GUC-F for feeding and dosing and the STP 61 for pneumatic conveying, customers can save programming costs with preconfigured and approved controllers. Independent and dedicated controllers increase the flexibility and availability of a system. The STP 61 for example allows to run the conveying system also during commissioning or maintenance procedures whilst the PLC is being updated.

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save a lot of time by using an STP 61 controller in addition to a PLC. All controllers can run independently or interacting with a PLC utilising a variety of the latest state of the art interfaces.

Control design and programming Gericke can specify, develop and supply automation and control designs that integrate safety standards and provide suitable visualisation and recipe management in order to guarantee an economical system with a high degree of flexibility.

The software is intensively tested before delivery to reduce the time required for commissioning in the factory. Customers can select various options to take advantage of our service support via remote access to the system controller after commissioning.

Visualisation Gericke offer platformindependent systems that offer maximum ease of operation and provide recipe management, trend displays and alarm logs customized to the requirements and specifications of the system

operator.

The automation team is able to build a user friendly HMI or a full integration into a local system.

The Gericke teams also often work together with existing automation partners from their customers to design and build the automation system needed.

About Gericke The Swiss Gericke Group has been designing and manufacturing equipment and systems for modern bulk material processes, as well as providing design and consultation services, for more than 125 years. Gericke bulk materials processing technology can be found throughout the world in many sectors including the food, chemical, pharmaceutical, plastics and construction material industries.

Gericke’s fully owned group companies employ more than 300 experienced professionals and are located in Switzerland, Germany, Great Britain, The Netherlands, France, USA, Brazil, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and China.

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BEST-SELLING PLASTIC PALLET BOX NOW AVAILABLE IN RECYCLED MATERIAL Goplasticpallets.com, the UK’s leading independent supplier of plastic pallets, pallet boxes and small containers, has added a new recycled pallet box to one of its most popular ranges.

The GoPalletBox 1210 range, which is used across a range of industries and in a plethora of applications, now features a black version made entirely from 100% recycled plastic.

The new recycled plastic pallet box still offers all the exceptional benefits of the original range but gives customers a greener and more sustainable choice for their operations and is exempt from the new Plastic Packaging Tax that came into effect on 1st April.

The GoPalletBox 1210S 3R Black is a more cost-effective model and is available on a footprint of 1200mm(L) x 1000mm(W) x 760mm(H), has a solid base and sides, offers an enormous volume of 610 litres, and comes on three runners.

This robust and rackable solution is perfect for bulk handling and storage of goods in a diverse range of applications including food production, engineering, automotive, brewers, retail, and printing. It is also ideal for collecting and recycling different types of waste materials such as food and single-use plastic.

Jim Hardisty, Managing Director of Goplasticpallets.com, said, “We’re delighted to extend one of our best-selling ranges to include this new model made from 100% recycled material.

“Our new GoPalletBox 1210S 3R Black can be used time and time again for many years and will never go into the waste stream because it is fully recyclable at the end of its long working life.

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com, we are committed to please call Goplasticpallets. increasing the range of plastic com on 01323 744057 or pallets and plastic boxes made email your enquiry to sales@ from 100% recycled material goplasticpallets.com. and providing our customers with products which immediately catapult them to the start of the circular economy wheel.”

Goplasticpallets. com is committed Tuf-Lok ring grip pipe and tube couplings are to reducing plastic rugged, heavy duty, self-aligning and self-grounded waste, and through couplings with a high end pull. They can be used its pioneering for almost any application where pipe or tube ends recycling scheme, need to be connected. The Tuf-Lok self-aligning couplings install quickly and easily with little effort. the company promises to take Features back all of the • Self-aligning plastic products it • Self-grounding supplies so they • High pressure rated can be turned into • Full vacuum rated the next wave of • Stainless or mild steel reusable plastic • Usable on thin solutions. or thick wall The GoPalletBox pipe or tube 1210S 3R is • Low cost available direct • Reusable from stock for • Absorbs vibration immediate delivery.

• Externally leakproof To find out more or request a quote,

Tuf-Lok (UK) Tel: +44 (0) 1706 822512 Email: sales@tuflok.co.uk • www.tuflok.com

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COMPANY NEWS

NEW BOBCAT PRODUCTS TO APPEAR AT HILLHEAD 2022 On Stand CE16 at the Hillhead 2022 Exhibition in Hillhead Quarry in Buxton in the UK from 21-23 June 2022, Bobcat will present several new products for the first time at the show.

These will include models from the company’s new R-Series telehandler range, R2-Series of mini-excavators and the L85, the first model in the company’s compact wheel loader range, all developed as part of Bobcat’s innovative ‘Next is Now’ programme. The Bobcat stand will also feature the company’s E10e, the world’s first battery-powered 1 tonne mini-excavator.

Bobcat’s new generation R-Series telehandler range provides a choice of 12 models with Stage V engines. Bobcat will show telehandlers from both ends of the range, which covers lifting heights from 6 to 18 m with maximum lifting capacities between 2.6 and 4.1 tonne and comprises the models below: Compact telescopic loaders TL26.60, TL30.60 and TL30.70 Middle range telehandlers TL35.70, T35.105, T35.105L and T36.120SL High lift telehandlers T35.130S, T35.130SLP, T35.140S, T41.140SLP and T40.180SLP NEW CAB FOR REMARKABLE OPERATOR EXPERIENCE

Bobcat R-Series telehandlers feature a new cab with unmatched ease of use, designed around the operator, offering a unique central control panel for optimized 360° ergonomics. In the ergonomic design, all surfaces have been optimised to offer increased space and visibility. It is based around a new 5-inch LCD display providing interactive and streamlined information, including the feed from the rear camera for easier and more precise operation.

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providing enhanced smoothness to carry out the trickiest jobs at height with surgical precision. These operations are also facilitated by the combination of the Boom Positioning System, the new updated, ultra-accurate joystick, the inching function and improved visibility from the cab.

FIRST FOR BOBCAT R2-SERIES MINI-EXCAVATORS AT HILLHEAD

The R2-Series of 5-6 tonne Stage V compliant mini-excavators make their first appearance on a Hillhead stand – the new E50z, E55z and E60 models. The R2-Series machines offer many new state-of-the-art features and options such as Bobcat’s

unique award-winning Advanced Selectable Auxiliary Control (A-SAC) system and the innovative Automatic Track Tensioning System (ATTS) technology.

In the E50z and E55z, Bobcat’s unique Zero House Swing (ZHS) feature adds another level of protection to the standard zero tail swing design, providing full peace of mind when operating the machines near walls. The E50z ZHS model is an easy-touse, robust machine optimized for specific rental industry needs while introducing the next level of operator comfort and features required by demanding owneroperators. The E55z is a premium performance model - it is the

COMPANY NEWS largest and most powerful Bobcat machine with the ZHS design.

The E60 is the R2-Series flagship model in all aspects this conventional swing model features a more powerful engine, a larger cab and other new unique features. In the E60, a tail overhang of only 280 mm allows the machine to be operated in confined spaces.

BOBCAT INCREASES PRODUCTION OF THE E10E ELECTRIC EXCAVATOR

Built on the same line as the highly successful dieselpowered Bobcat E08 and E10z mini-excavators, production of the company’s E10e batterypowered model has recently been increased.

The Bobcat E10e offers zero emissions, low noise and a width of just 71 cm, allowing it to easily pass through standard doors and in and out of lifts. The E10e

is therefore ideal not only for indoor demolition and basement digging, but also many other sites where this type of machine is required such as urban/city centre developments, night-time work and contracts in quiet zones including hospitals, cemeteries, schools and so on.

Bobcat Enters Compact Wheel Loader Market After entering the compact wheel loader category in 2020 with the L85 model, Bobcat now has the largest loader portfolio of any manufacturer in the world and will widen this further when the company launches the second model in the compact wheel loader range, the L75, later this year.

High performance is assured by the combination of the powerful Bobcat engine and the hydraulics in the L85. This is complemented by the high stability, breakout, push and pull forces and a

comprehensive selection of Bobcat attachments.

Already, there are multiple Bobcat loader attachments approved for use on the L85, with more to be announced in the near future. The current portfolio includes a general purpose bucket, light material buckets, a combination bucket, pallet forks and angle broom and snowblower attachments, making the L85 a truly multi-purpose machine.

The L85 is equipped as standard with the Power QuickTach system compatible with widely used industry standard couplers. To run high-flow attachments like a snow blower and an angle broom, the L85 can be fitted with a high flow option, providing a hydraulic flow of 100 l/min.

For more information about Bobcat and Bobcat products, visit the website www.bobcat.com

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CLEAN METHOD FOR EMPTYING LARGE BULK BAGS Dynamic Air BulkBuster bulk bag unloaders provide the solution for effectively emptying large bulk bags and getting the material where you want it in your process. Safety is always a primary concern when handling and maneuvering extremely heavy and cumbersome bulk bags. The Series 422 Model 1900 BulkBuster bulk bag unloader offers a continuous cleaning method of discharging bulk bags because it includes internal dust collection for containing all fugitive dust. Features include easily removable bayonet mounted cartridge filters for recycling the fugitive dust by discharging it back into the process hopper below. Also included is a bag closing device, sight glass and work gloves to allow the bulk bags to be untied and emptied without contacting any of the process material being

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discharged. One unique but standard feature is a set of air operated bulk bag jostlers for massaging the bulk bags for faster discharging of difficult to handle materials. An optional bag closing mechanism is also available to allow partial bulk bag unloading. https://www.dynamicair.com/products/ bagunloaders.html Dynamic Air Ltd. Milton Keynes, United Kingdom + 44 1908 622344 E-mail: sales@dynamicair.co.uk www.dynamicair.com

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Other Valves Fight Friction, We Designed it Out Unlike other valves that seal with friction, Posi-flate’s unique butterfly valve uses an inflatable seat to seal with air pressure. Thus it requires less torque and a smaller actuator, resulting in lower cost.

Plus, the seat automatically compensates for wear, providing longer life. Some users have reported over six million cycles and the valves are still going strong.

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Less friction Low torque Low maintenance Lower actuator costs Longer valve life More reliable Tel: +44 (0) 1908 622366

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EIRICH GROUP ACQUIRES STAKE IN START-UP FOR PROCESS DIGITALIZATION The fourth industrial revolution is well under way, driving the intelligent networking of machines and processes in factories. Selflearning production systems and machinery are opening up innovative development opportunities for the German mechanical engineering sector that will strengthen its competitive ability even further. Against this background, Eirich is setting a new milestone for the worldwide Eirich Group: A joint venture with the name “Prosio Vision” offers intelligent control technology for the bulk material industry and will serve as the AI center of the Eirich Group.

The Eirich Group, with Maschinenfabrik Gustav Eirich as its strategic center in Hardheim, has been a world leader in mixing and processing technology for more than 100 years. Under the Qualimaster name, Eirich has been offering in-line process monitoring for supplied systems and operations across many industries and processes for decades already.

Working together with Nuremberg start-up Prosio Engineering, Eirich has now developed a new camera-based system, the “Qualimaster VC1”, for the optical quality assessment of granules. The new measuring system combines cutting-edge camera technology with AI-based intelligent analysis software. This allows key variables of granular materials, such as particle size distribution, grain shape and grain surface, to be measured. The data obtained open up many different possibilities in the control of complex production systems 12

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for the optimization of product quality and line efficiency. The Qualimaster VC1” is to be developed and marketed in the joint venture which Eirich and Prosio Engineering have just established.

Eirich’s plans, however, go much further: Within the Eirich Group the start-up is to serve as a center for digitalization in the bulk material industry. Both parties have significant contributions to make – on the one side the expertise of young process engineers who have specialized in intelligent analysis systems and AI applications, and on the other the decades of mechanical engineering experience and process know-how of Eirich. The joint venture seeks to drive the intelligent networking of machines and processes in bulk material factories and offer suitable, selflearning solutions.

“Digitalization offers huge potential for boosting the efficiency of many industrial systems and thereby protecting our environment and resources. We are convinced that mechanical and plant engineering must also make an important contribution on the road to the Smart Factory, or Industry 4.0. The Eirich Group will continue to develop globally from a supplier of stand-alone systems and machine-based service all the way to a smart and steady systems partner for plant

operators,” says Stephan Eirich, CEO. In taking this step, Eirich hopes to further consolidate its technology leadership in line with the company’s slogan: “The Pioneer in Material Processing”.

About Maschinenfabrik Gustav Eirich GmbH & Co KG The EIRICH GROUP is a family operated corporate group in the specialized mechanical engineering field headquartered in Hardheim, in southern Germany. As a worldwide leader in machine manufacturing specializing in resource processing, EIRICH has designed, conceptualized, and produced advanced manufacturing technologies for mixing, granulating, dispersing, kneading, reacting, tempering, and milling since 1963. Under the EIRICH digital label, the corporate group offers a wide range of services covering the entire life cycle of machines, from the online ordering of spare parts through to AI-based wizard systems. With annual sales in excess of EUR 180 million, Eirich is one of the hidden champions in mixing and processing technology. Now in its fifth generation of ownership, the company has some 1,300 employees at 15 locations in twelve countries.

For more visit www.eirich.de

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HEAVY DUTY BUTTERFLY VALVE Posi-flate 585/586 butterfly valves feature seats and discs for application pressures up to 10 bar. The design improves on existing 485/486 seats to provide the same incredible valve life at even higher pressures.

The 585/586 valves are designed to fit PN 10 flanges, and come in sizes 80mm to 600 mm.”

The Posi-flate Series 585/586 butterfly valves are designed for the most the most severe of applications.

They are ideally suited for very abrasive materials which can reduce valve life. The inflatable seat design provides a better seal by utilizing air pressure to expand the seat against the disc, providing more sealing area and an even pressure distribution against the disc every time. The seat automatically compensates for wear when it inflates against the disc, extending valve life considerably.

Because the Posi-flate disc only makes casual contact with the seat during opening and closing, torque requirements are substantially lower. This ease of movement also allows the disc to come to a perfect 90-degree position every time. Additionally, the smooth profile of the disc helps material flow easier and reduces build-up. For unique fail-safe monitoring, a pressure switch can be utilized to verify a perfect seal.

The Posi-flate 585/586 butterfly valves are available in a wide variety of construction materials including stainless steel and lightweight aluminum. https://www.posiflate.com/products/585.html Posi-flate Milton Keynes, United Kingdom + 44 1908 622366 E-mail: sales@posiflate.co.uk www.posiflate.com

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A NEW CHOICE FOR RADAR LEVEL SENSORS: VEGAPULS 6X Traditionally, the search for a suitable level sensor begins by thinking about things like: what solution would be best for my application? How can I ensure I choose the correct and most reliable device for a successful outcome on my project?

Of course non-contact radar offers great answers for all of these questions.

This is often followed by thoughts and investigations about the properties of the product to be measured, could it influence a sensor, as well as the installation and operating environment.

Furthermore, process conditions like: temperature, pressure, the presence of abrasive, aggressive materials, corrosive chemicals, or dusty conditions and build up in bulk solids, may also give cause for concern. Many of these details are often well known to the user. What they can be less sure about is, “Which model is best?”. Sometimes differences can be subtle. Would the highest specification option, perhaps with exotic materials, be the right choice to be on the safe side? Or a basic design, that seems to fit the job, but what if it’s not up to the performance needed?

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These and other questions make one thing clear: with such wide ranges, selecting the right one can be difficult. Customers have to match up their application conditions to the large variety of radar sensors, models, antennas and frequencies on offer.

A user needs a good understanding of the market, but they are often the first to admit they are not experts. It takes know-how, experience and time, to avoid making bad investments and get a reliable measuring system.

“ONE FOR EVERYTHING” So its time to challenge this laborious, stressful and time-consuming process. It’s being turned on its head with a new radar sensor generation. Florian Burgert, one of the closely involved radar product

ON THE COVER managers says. “We now offer one radar level sensor for all applications, regardless of liquids or bulk solids: it’s called a VEGAPULS 6X. The sensor selection is simpler than ever, in a few mouse clicks and key strokes, your selection is selected and tailored to suit. Of course a radar specialist is on hand for advice and consultation; online, by phone or in person.” This new way of selection makes it easier for the customer and specialist to collaborate, too.

At the heart is not just the first, but a second-generation in-house radar chip designed specifically for level measurement. “The result consolidates three decades of radar experience”, says VEGA product manager Jürgen Skowaisa, “In scope and functionality, this chip is unique.

With low energy consumption, super-high sensitivity, universal applicability, as well as a direct connection of chip and antenna system, this delivers maximum performance.”

ALL-ROUND PROTECTION For safety, VEGAPULS 6X offers SIL 2/3 with class-leading functional safety characteristics to IEC 61511. It also offers a first in “cybersecurity”, meeting IEC 62443-4-2 standard for system security, but at the sensor level. The continuous, internal self-diagnosis system is one of the most comprehensive in the market, delivering higher plant availability, and also better sensor performance.

Focusing on the application Jürgen sums up: “It’s about maximum simplification. Until now, there were many different sensor models for an application. With the VEGAPULS 6X, there is just one sensor for all.” Even setup and commissioning, is reduced to a minimum.

“Our customers can even order a sensor ready calibrated and pre-set for the application. Which means it just needs installing and connection.” adds Skowaisa. “It doesn’t get any easier than that.”

A PROVEN PLATFORM This brand new radar still maintains its roots in the well-established plics® platform, with compatibility and close affinity to all existing process devices from the manufacturer. This offers benefits of familiarity and commonality, and future cross-platform developments, perfectly demonstrated with the Bluetooth option brought

out in 2018, which was instantly compatible to all plics® transmitters from 2002.

A RADAR MADE FOR PEOPLE This latest radar level technology features five main innovations: higher (cyber and process) safety, better self-diagnosis, new dedicated radar chip technology with wider application capabilities for simpler selection and adjustment.

Jürgen Skowaisa summarises; “Our technology has reached such a high level today that reliable measurement is no longer the issue. With VEGAPULS 6X, you get the right sensor for the application, but we still pride ourselves that our engineers are always there for customer support, partnership and collaboration.” Jurgen concludes, “Now, the user no longer has to worry about model numbers or technology – with 6X the measurement will simply work.”

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MIXERS, BLENDERS & DRYERS

WINKWORTH ENHANCES FEATURES OF LABORATORY Z BLADE MIXER RANGE World leading industrial mixer manufacturer, Winkworth, has further improved its popular laboratory LZ mixer range with the re-design of its laboratory Z Blade Kneaders, by making major improvements to chamber interchangeability, ease of cleaning and data capture.

Aimed at R&D departments, research centres and universities, the laboratory LZ range offers a standard mixing platform with the option of interchangeable chambers, thereby allowing users the opportunity to undertake mixing performance contrasts and comparisons in their own facilities. This in-turn provides reductions in time and cost, process and commercial risk benefits. The mixer platform itself is robust, heavy duty and easy to dismantle for cleaning away tough or sticky residues. Providing a modular design and able to accommodate different chamber sizes from 0.25 litre to 3.0 litre capacity, the mixer can operate at variable speeds and is reversible, as well as supporting data capture. In addition to the popular Z Blade mixing chambers, other chambers can be retrofitted, which include the UT Ribbon Blender, RT Rapid Turbulent/Ploughshare mixer and DC Double Cone mixer styles.

Saving resources and minimising risk during the early stages of product development is vital, as is reducing time to market, thereby investing in Winkworth’s laboratory range of mixers provides technology to support testing and rapid changeover from formula to formula.

Winkworth provides opportunities for customers to test mixers in their Mixer Test Centre, located in BasingstokeUK, or to follow through with hiring models for in-house testing and development.

The simple, precise controls and easy clean features to eliminate contamination risk, along with chamber sizes that are small enough to reduce waste, yet large enough to be representative of production reality, are ideal. This accurate representation of production performance provides a scalable outcome prior to full capital investment. The versatility of the Z Blade Kneader chambers provides users with the ability to mix a range of product types, typically pastes, doughs, mastics and polymers and comes with ATEX, vacuum, gas purge and heating options.

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director, said: “As a necessity for numerous R&D departments, Winkworth’s Z Blade mixer has been a major contributor to new product developments in numerous industry sectors for over 70 years, with many of our earlier designs still in use today. It is even more popular nowadays due the huge benefits of having a robust, effective and suitably sized mixer which finds uses across many product types.

“We are confident that the LZ laboratory Z Blade Kneader will continue to be well received by those looking for essential research, development and preproduction options and lead on to production line improvements from our larger Z Blade mixer or mixer/ extruder models.”

Winkworth is the UK’s largest industrial mixer manufacturer with a long and respected history in providing bespoke mixing solutions from lab size to full scale production models. Winkworth mixers are used across a range of industries including food, chemical, pharmaceutical, ceramic, metal and plastics and for a variety of applications, including gums, pastes, powders and liquids. Winkworth’s equipment is uniquely engineered to customer requirements, supplied and installed worldwide and can be available as a mixer hire option. Full trials are available at their Mixing Test Centres.

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WEISHARDT BLENDS GELATIN AND COLLAGEN WITH XXL LINDOR MIXERS The first company to super-size their mixer and, in effect, extended the Lindor product range to the XXL L25000 in the 2004, was French gelatin pioneer: Weishardt. The concept was simple enough; they required a large capacity industrial blender the size of a tanker truck tank for the homogenous mixing of gelatin powder and granulate.

The realization of the concept was, however, far from simple. Flash forward to today, their 3rd XXL Lindor mixer has just been installed in their newly opened plant in Graulhet, France where collagen is being blended.

A BESPOKE SOLUTION IN MIXING TECHNOLOGY

Weishardt’s need for a 25,000-liter mixer drove the innovation which resulted in the Lindor L25000, the world’s largest powder mixer of its kind.

At the time of the inquiry 18 years ago, the Lindor factory was not structurally capable of hoisting such a giant. A solid 20 tons of metal with a 12,5-ton rotating mass; it was even too heavy for the factory floors to bear.

As Head of Engineering, Akko van der Lee, who led the original project team, fondly recalls: “We improved our building infrastructure due to that project.” One example being the installation of a 20-ton special overhead crane.

There were also limitations of know-how. At the start, Lindor did not have the experience from a prior, similarscale project nor the advantage of modern engineering technology. Yet the machine and design durability have withstood nearly 20 years of ongoing mass gelatin production.

CONTINUOUS INNOVATION IN LINDOR PRODUCTS

To date, Weishardt runs 3 Lindor L25000 mixers in 3 factory locations: Their latest order just installed in their newly opened production site, the original machine that is still running in their pork gelatin plant also located in Graulhet, France, and their second mixer, delivered in 2006, running in another gelatin production site in Montreal, Canada. The ongoing and close collaboration between Weishardt and Lindor has driven new innovations in mixing technology.

Since the delivery of the original machine, the most notable innovation has been in the frame of the machines.

After a service visit in 2006, it became apparent that the effort required to disassemble the carrying wheel could be minimized through an improvement in the design of the inlet and outlet.

Therefore, a small detail of the design has been changed so that the carrying wheel can be disassembled more easily. In 2004 the inlet and outlet were rectangular but are now round as a standard. This allows the product to flow more easily and ensures that little to no residue will be found in the inlet and outlet. Furthermore, much development has been done over the years on the design of the wheel itself. These improvements enable the Lindor team to provide a higher level of service.

SUITABILITY FOR GELATIN AND COLLAGEN MIXING

According to Madame Régine Berbon, Director of Blending at Weishardt, the value of Lindor machines

is in the quality of product they are able to achieve and the ability to mix and match batches to meet client and application requirements.

In gelatin and collagen mixing, there are critical demands of a mixer. One of which is the capability to blend the powders and pellets without heating them up. An increase in temperature during the mixing process causes gelatin to become sticky and form lumps. Furthermore, the delivered lot must reach the desired homogeneity without any breakage of pellets and powder particles, which create dust.

Lindor mixers do not heat the product during the mixing process and deliver excellent homogeneity in combination with little to no breakage and dust formation.

LARGE BATCH MIXING WITH THE L25000

Lindor mixers suitable for gelatin and collagen mixing can be ordered in a range of sizes. The L25000 is best suited for large-scale production. In Weishardt’s case, they need very large machines to meet production capacity and to keep batch-testing efforts and costs low. Moreover, they need the ability to mix and match large quantities to meet client and application requirements. With the L25000, they have minimized the time lost to mixing and matching many smaller batches to complete a lot for a certain order.

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NEW FEATURES/OPTIONS ON DOOSAN LARGE CRAWLER EXCAVATORS A number of new standard and optional features are now available on large crawler excavators from Doosan, covering five models with operating weights from 36 to 53 tonne, including the DX350LC-7, DX380LC-7, DX420LC-7, DX490LC-7 and DX530LC-7 crawler excavators.

INCREASED COMFORT AND CONTROLLABILITY

The main changes are in the cab. Already excelling in spaciousness and ergonomics, the new cab in these models takes operator comfort and ease of operation to the next level. As well as a new high quality seat, the enhanced cab offers more features as standard than other machines on the market, ensuring super controllability and high precision in all applications.

Standard features include: • Keyless start (Doosan Smart Key) & remote door lock/unlock • Parallel wiper system covering a larger window area • Operator ID/Password functionality (setting operator authorization to modify parameters) • Remote diagnostics functionality • New Heating & Cooling seat (cooling is optional) • DAB audio + hands-free call system

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• 11 LED work lights as standard with 2 more optional • AVM - Around View Monitor with 360° cameras (Ultrasonic sensors are optional) The newly designed operator’s seat includes a seat belt alarm as standard and offers a ventilation function as an option. The same design is applied to standard and optional seats, but seats with the optional ventilation system have 3-stage heating controls while the standard seat has 2-stage heating controls like before. With the premium seat’s heating and even an optional cooling - functionality, plus the improved air ventilation in the cab, the operator can enjoy their work regardless of the weather conditions outside.

The wide 8-inch Doosan Smart Touch screen provides easy scrolling through the different menus available on the excavators, providing a wide choice of work and power modes to suit the application being undertaken.

The Doosan Smart Key allows the operator to lock and unlock the door remotely and start or stop the engine. Using just one button on the Smart Key, the operator can also turn on all of the machine’s LED lights, with eleven as standard and two more optional.

Available as standard, a 360° Around View

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Camera system maximizes safety on the job site by giving the operator a full view of the machine’s surroundings. As standard, 360° cameras provide full visibility around the excavator and allow the operator to see a top-down view of the area outside the machine. The camera array comprises a front camera, two side cameras and a rear camera. The camera display is separated from the gauge panel.

In all the excavators, the Main Control Valve (MCV) has also been changed as standard to a Doosan Mottrol MCV with no change in performance.

With the addition of the DX420LC-7 model, all of the latest versions of these Doosan large excavators now incorporate Doosan’s innovative D-ECOPOWER technology, providing operators with higher productivity and lower fuel consumption per hour, as well as smoother controls.

accomplish a specific task and precisely meter the amount of oil required rather than continuously forcing a fixed amount of oil through the system, thereby improving efficiency. Software is utilised to electronically reproduce the full benefits of an open centre hydraulic system with very little energy loss.

The hydraulic system and engine horsepower are fully optimised and synchronised, further reducing losses within the system.

Improved feedback to the operator through the joystick results in improved machine control and less operator fatigue. The acceleration and deceleration of the excavator workgroup functions are smoother, allowing operators to perform repetitive swinging and digging motions with less jerking movements.

DOOSAN D-ECOPOWER TECHNOLOGY

All Doosan large excavators are factoryinstalled with the company’s state-of-the-art DoosanCONNECT wireless fleet monitoring system.

The DoosanCONNECT system offers a web-based fleet management solution which is very useful for monitoring the performance and security of machines and promoting preventative maintenance.

As a leading brand in information and communications technology (ICT), Doosan offers customers lifetime-free cellular service with all the large excavators. This means that customers can use the DoosanCONNECT service without any limitation as long as they use the service with a cellular network.

Satellite service will be offered free-of-charge for a 3-year period.

For more on Doosan construction equipment, visit the website: www.eu.doosanequipment.com

The D-ECOPOWER technology focuses on the role of the hydraulics system and demonstrates Doosan’s continuous iteration of all the processes and components utilised in the company’s new generation products to achieve unprecedented levels of diesel energy efficiency.

Doosan’s D-ECOPOWER technology utilises an electronic pressure-controlled pump within a closed centre hydraulic system to accomplish increases of up to 26% in productivity and up to 12% in fuel consumption improvements, depending on the mode selected. The closed centred MCV minimises pressure loss, while the electric pressure-controlled pump manages and optimises engine power more effectively.

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RECYCLING & WASTE MANAGEMENT

WEEE WASTE PLASTIC AND SRF RECOVERY To assist with material decontamination of the waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) material processed at Enva’s plastic recycling and recovery facility in Lincolnshire, UK. Enva employed the services of Impact Air Systems to provide a material separation solution that would remove contamination, improve current capacity, and enable operations to continue to grow.

Enva recycles and recovers a large percentage of small domestic WEEE material generated annually in the UK. Its facilities around the UK and Ireland recycle and recover materials ranging from plastics, metals, wood, oil, glass aggregates for re-use in manufacturing and for energy conversion.

Enva’s sink float system, used for the processing of plastics, was being compromised with heavy contamination from the material passing through it, so a density separation system was required to remove the light fibres, dust, and other residue from the rigid plastic material stream. The contaminated material was sent to Impact’s test facility for a trial run through the Zigzag Air Classifier (ZAC), a tried and tested solution, popular in the recycling and resource recovery industry for its effective ability to utilise air technology and density separation to clean valuable materials from contaminants.

Impact’s test facility provided outstanding results, with the input material being cleaned to an exceptional level, which ultimately resulted in the sale of a ZAC800.

For the plastic processing company, the ZAC800 handles up to 14 tonnes per hour at a bulk density of 350kg/m³, however as the ZAC is also available in a 1200mm wide version, compared to the 800mm, and is therefore capable of processing material at an even higher throughput.

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RECYCLING & WASTE MANAGEMENT “As an existing customer of Impact Air Systems, it was a natural decision to contact them with regards to the additional requirements of the plastic recovery process. We have a great relationship with Impact and have always been more than satisfied with their solutions. The ZAC works extremely well as part of our process and only took a week to install. The results are impressive and have resolved the issues we were experiencing with the high volume of contaminants hindering the sink float process. The ZAC has also decreased costs due to the contaminants/SRF material being removed earlier in the process before getting wet.

We highly recommend Impact’s ZAC for its ability to recover our materials effectively, its low maintenance, ease of use and quick return on investment of around 8 months.”

Carl Henson, Technical Sales Manager for Impact Air Systems, sold the system to Enva and said about the solution: “ENVA’s efforts in diverting valuable material from landfill are commendable, so to be involved with the upgrades of its recovery process was a privilege. The ZAC800 was the obvious solution to meet Enva’s requirements of decontaminating the WEEE material stream and the results spoke for themselves. The ZAC has many features that ensures it is robust, reliable, easy to maintain for the customer, making is an easy choice. Quick access points also allow for unblocking if larger parts manage to make their way through to the ZAC or if there is a material build up. This is the ultimate solution for material recovery and with the return on investment being so quick, our customers are always more than satisfied.”

Impact Air Systems has developed various cost-efficient systems for the recycling industry around the world. Its innovative system design and well-engineered components ensure maximum efficiency, speeding up the sorting task, improving the throughput and quality of recycled material grades.

Its separation systems provide convenient solutions for waste recovery and sorting scenarios across the waste management sector, making processes efficient and cost effective.

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SPECIAL FEATURE

THE BEVERAGE INDUSTRY IS RAISING A GLASS TO WAREHOUSE AUTOMATION With increasingly fickle consumers demanding new brands and flavours all the time, drink manufacturers are continuously looking to add to their product offerings. As a result, across the beverage industry, SKU numbers have proliferated noticeably in recent years and this has left many manufacturers and distributors struggling to find the space needed to store growing ranges within their existing warehouses and distribution centres.

The need to make the most of every available square foot of storage capacity and move more inventory around the building with optimum efficiency has made the idea of automating key intralogistics functions such as the transportation of loads and the retrieval and put-away of pallets within racking schemes, more and more attractive to beverage distributors and manufacturers alike.

And the case for automation has been further strengthened by the fact that the additional labour that would traditionally have been recruited to safely and cost-effectively handle the rising stock levels within beverage warehouses and DCs, is becoming difficult and costly to attract. Indeed, a recent survey found that nearly half of beverage distributors consider the shrinking labour pool to be the biggest threat to the smooth running of their supply chains.

Of course, like other sectors, the beverage industry is also dealing with the fall-out from the pandemic and the surge in e-commerce sales. Consumers have become used to buying drinks – particularly alcohol ­- online and having their orders delivered the same day, but this type of order fulfillment operation requires totally different storage and picking strategies to those deployed for fulfilling replenishment stock orders for supermarkets and other retail outlets.

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personnel, have heightened the risk of the kind of accidents and damage to equipment, building infrastructure and stock – not to mention the injuries to workers.

So, both soft and alcoholic drink manufacturers and distributors are under growing pressure to optimise storage solutions to make the most of the people and space they have available. Increasingly, this means deploying some form of automation.

Automating those aspects of the warehousing operation that follow a predictable pattern makes a lot of sense and relatively recent developments in automation technology have seen the emergence of flexible and scalable products that deliver a notably faster return-on-investment compared to the type of often costly fixed assets that, at one time, were considered central to any automated warehouse project.

These days adopting automation no longer requires every aspect of the warehouse or distribution centre to be automated – just the parts of it that will benefit most and, as a result, this sophisticated technology is within financial reach of SMEs as well as the biggest players.

So, introducing warehouse automation has become a multi-phased project and by applying a systematic approach to identify the most common intralogistics functions and aspects of the material flow process, systems can be designed that fit the user’s needs and drive productivity, efficiency and lower overall supply chain costs.

SPECIAL FEATURE IMPROVED SAFETY Despite the noteworthy efforts over many years of such respected organisations as the Fork Lift Truck Association (FLTA), the British Industrial Truck Association (BITA) and the United Kingdom Warehousing Association (UKWA) to shine a spotlight on the often devastating consequences of lift truck accidents, the number of workplace accidents involving forklifts remains obstinately high.

Indeed, according to the Health and Safety Executive, a worker in the transport and distribution sector suffers a serious injury as a result of an incident involving a lift truck every single day of the year.

Forklifts colliding when entering or leaving an aisle, trucks overturning and machines colliding with pedestrians within a warehouse or other industrial site, are among the most common type of accidents recorded.

In the overwhelming majority of cases, responsibility for the mishap is initially deemed to lie with the truck operator. And, in a beverage warehouse where palletised loads of glass bottles are often handled, the risk to forklift operators and pedestrian personnel of serious injury from, for example, a dropped pallet of wine cases, is significant.

Obviously any possibility of driver-error is removed by the introduction of automation, such as driverless forklift technology.

Automated driverless forklift trucks follow the route around the warehouse that they have been programmed to follow, so the likelihood of an automated truck damaging either the warehouse building, the storage system within it or the load being carried is virtually zero. This built-in safety functionality also means that the risk of the equipment causing injury to warehouse personnel working in the same area as an automated forklift is minimal.

COST SAVING A recent study by Logistics UK showed that in 2019, 79,000 EU nationals left the UK logistics industry – around 7,000 of whom were lift truck drivers.

The exodus is thought to have gathered pace over the past 18 months and, with the Covid crisis adding high rates of staff absenteeism to the mix, the number of qualified lift truck operators in the UK is estimated to be down by some 25 per cent on the figure needed to run the nation’s forklift fleet.

The widening gap between supply and demand, means that warehouse workers’ wages are rising. In November 2020 the average warehouse worker’s salary advertised on online job-search engine Adzuna was £19,995 per annum. By November 2021 the remuneration for order pickers was up 8 per cent year-on-year. Over the same period, vacancies for warehouse jobs were up 143%.

Given that human labour is already one of the most significant costs associated with running a

warehouse the handsome financial packages that are now required to tempt warehouse staff are prompting more and more logistics companies to seek new ways of providing the same service levels with less staff.

For many, this means switching to automation.

AGV’s – such as Toyota’s Autopilot series – offer several benefits in addition to delivering lower labour costs, including reductions in product and building infrastructure damage and increased productivity.

These notable advantages bring a rapid return on investment. Toyota’s automated forklifts (AGV’s), for example, deliver a typical ROI period of between 12 and 36 months.

PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY With manual handling technology that relies, to a large extent, on the ability of people to perform their tasks safely, efficiently and without mishap, problems with inventory tracking, picking, receiving and put-away can interrupt the flow of goods through a warehouse with alarming – and costly - regularity.

But with automated handling systems goods reach their destination within the store on time every time.

Of course, manual – and often repetitive - tasks use up staff resources and effort and ensuring they are completed properly can waste a lot of valuable management time. As a result, focus can be lost and key tasks may fail to receive the attention that they should. This is when mistakes happen. And, when mistakes creep in at any stage of the intralogistics process there is a real likelihood that the entire process will suffer, to the obvious detriment of the business.

Automating repetitive manual warehouse functions gives management the comfort of knowing that the flow of materials through the store will continue uninterrupted, leaving them free to focus on other matters that require their expertise.

In addition to reliable production flows, automation also reduces the kind of damage to goods that is unavoidable with any process involving human labour; delivers greater order picking accuracy; makes more efficient use of the available storage space; and, cuts the (rising) cost of employing increasingly hard to find workers.

Toyota Material Handling has successfully delivered more than 270 automated projects featuring over 1,000 automated guided vehicles across Europe. We work with our customers to determine the specific challenges they face and tackle them one step at a time. Breaking the process down into small modules gives clients essential scalability and means that, if they wish to, customers can partially automate their processes while retaining the option to introduce more automated technology as future demands change.

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