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EDITOR’S NOTE: The following companies submitted these editorial profiles and images to complement their advertisements placed elsewhere in this issue. Please refer to those advertisements for web site and contact information. All statements and claims are attributable to the companies.
BIOMASS ENGINEERING & EQUIPMENT Biomass Engineering & Equipment provides customized solutions for processing, conveying, storing, and receiving biomass and pellets. Our solutions range from individual machines to turn-key systems for bulk material handling and pellet plants with an output between 34,000 and 103,000 tons per year. With decades of experience among wood-product manufacturers, we understand what works and what doesn’t when it comes to wood and can design complete systems that perform better than the competition. Our SMART Conveyors are designed to lower operational costs and keep your facility compliant with NFPA standards to prevent fires and explosions. Environment, health, and safety professionals can confidently recommend our unique, twin-chain drag conveyors because we’re committed to manufacturing machinery that sets the bar for performance and safety. To this end, we offer our conveyors with bolt-on explosion panels, flameless vents, spark detection, deluge, and fast-acting diversion gates. Components standard on our conveyors include enclosed troughs, dust-tight bearings and bushings, dust-tight inspection doors, sealed shafts, low-friction chain assemblies and plug detection. In our commitment to safety, we have physically tested and modeled our conveyors’ ability to withstand explosive pressures. We have also had our most common model analyzed by a third party for its ability to withstand a deflagration event. We also offer explosion-mitigation technologies for other bulk-material handling equipment: Containerized silos, metering bins, and surge bins. And we offer belt-drive disc screens to remove metal and other foreign objects from the material stream as required by NFPA 664. Other equipment we manufacture includes ash conveyors, push-pull reclaim floors, feeder bins, trailer-receiving stations, trailer-loading stations, drum chippers, high-volume roller debarkers, log decks, log troughs and rake-back systems for chain bin outfeed. We design all our equipment for long life and optimal efficiency to provide our customers the best value for their purchase.
CLARKE’S SHEET METAL The PyroGuard System, manufactured by Clarke’s Sheet Metal, Inc., is designed to detect and extinguish sparks in pneumatic conveying and material transfer systems. The spark sensors detect infrared radiation, which in turn activates a solenoid valve to introduce an atomized water spray inside the duct to extinguish the sparks. During a normal activation, production can continue, as only a limited amount of water is introduced into the pneumatic system. The system is typically installed prior to a dust collector and provides protection for plant personnel as well as equipment and assets. In addition, Clarke’s offers the PyroComm Windows software package, providing for interaction from the PyroGuard Control Console to a PC unit. This powerful software program enables monitoring of the spark detection and extinguishment system from a remote location. To supplement the PyroGuard system, Clarke’s manufactures a complete line of safety devices such as HiSpeed abort gates, backdraft dampers and isolation dampers. Other products which Clarke’s manufactures include flo-matic storage and metering bins, rotary screens and classifiers, pneu-aire filters, rotary airlocks, rotary feeders, fans and complete low pressure and high pressure pneumatic conveying systems.
CV TECHNOLOGY CV Technology has announced FM approval for its HRD suppression systems, after a long and very strict certification process. We want to share this extraordinary milestone, CV Technology’s products have had ATEX approval for over fifteen years, however, this additional level of FM certification further solidifies the company’s engineering reliability. “We continue to push ourselves through innovation and certification,” says Marty Cvetas, President, CV Technology, “to be the best partner for you, for explosion isolation and protection.” FM approval is a certification mark that companies get after successfully completing the five-step approval process. The certificate is issued by the independent testing division FM Approval, which belongs to the globally renowned insurance company FM Global Group. FM Approval focuses on researching and testing all products to ensure that they meet only
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