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pes for the di erent products you have,” says Tim O’Brien, sales director at Urschel Laboratories. The optional Allen-Bradley HMI touchscreen also contains the entire user manual for ease of operation and maintenance.

a video of the machine in action at pfwgo.to/7819.

Pneumatic conveyor pioneer Vac-UMax put its expertise on display at PACK EXPO International, showcasing several of the company’s bulk material handling systems for dry foods and other dry products.

Vac-U-Max’s pneumatic conveyors ( 19) feature all stainless-steel and sanitary design, with easy disassembly for cleaning, including the filter, which is washable. Because some of the machines are positioned high in a processing facility, VacU-Max developed a solution to lower the machine rather than risk injury to a worker climbing a ladder to clean it.

“We’ve come up with what we call a column lift. You put the machine on a pedestal, you raise it up by hand, and you can crank it over to get it over the process,” says Vince Macaluso, regional sales manager for Vac-U-Max. “Now you can clean it. You just pivot the machine over and lower it down to the ground, where it’s at fl oor height and you’re ready to clean it out.”

Macaluso demonstrate VacU-Max’s pneumatic conveyors at pfwgo. to/7820.