One of the world’s leading manufacturers of specialty lubricants offers innovative, specialty lubricants specifically designed for the open gear drives found in the cement industry. Klüberfluid B-F 2 Ultra is used for the running-in lubrication of new, open-gear pinion drives by means of immersion, transfer, circulation and spray lubrication, or for tooth flank correction of large gear drives that have…
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Trickle Valve
This division of Abanaki Corporation announces the Vacu-Valve Platypus Trickle Valve, one of the lowest-cost, lowest-maintenance dust collector valves available. The Vacu-Valve Platypus is a trickle valve that operates as a constant discharge valve for dust collectors, hoppers, cyclones, and other equipment operating under negative pressure. Its unique duck bill design allows it to dispense free-flowing material continuously.
Read MoreBulk Bag Fillers
This company’s bulk bag fillers combine flexibility and economy with numerous customizing options. Custom features include bag inflation, electronic scales, adjustable height loop support arms, integral dust collection, and bag compaction.
Read MoreExplosion-Proof LED Light
Magnalight.com has announced the addition of the EPL-BS-161M-100 explosion-proof LED light with spun aluminum base to its line of explosion proof LED lighting equipment. Producing 10,000 lumens of bright white light, this 16-in. LED light provides illumination for 8,000 square feet of work area. Suitable for confined spaces, a 16-in.-diam LED light-head with integrated handle and copper free spun aluminum…
Read MoreInternet Bin Monitoring
BinMaster Level Controls has teamed up with Sprint on its BinView machine-to-machine (M2M) cloud-computing inventory management solution that allows businesses to monitor inventory in their bins, tanks and silos over the Internet. This Web-based inventory management system provides bin level information on demand, combining BinMaster SmartBob level sensors and the Sprint wireless networks to make the data easily available via…
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Baghouse Pulse Jet Timer features DeviceNet communications for integration with Allen-Bradley PLCs. DeviceNet is a simple networking solution that reduces the cost and time to wire and install industrial automation devices and is a highly effective way to provide access to device information and advanced functions in intelligent controls.
Read MoreBinMaster takes Sales Performance award
BinMaster’s Level Controls has been awarded the 2010 Best Sales Performance of the Year award for the 3DLevelScanner by APM Automation Solutions. The 3DLevelScanner is a non-contact, dust-penetrating sensor that takes multiple measurements in the bin to provide highly accurate level and volume measurement data. Its accompanying software features a unique 3D visualization tool to help detect cone up or…
Read MoreCement consumption forecast drops; lower prospective highway funding culprit
Source: Portland Cement Association, Skokie, Ill. Uncertainty regarding highway spending legislation and government policy related to the debt crisis has caused the PCA cement consumption forecast to be downgraded from a 1.4 percent increase over 2010 figures to 0.2 percent for 2011. Additionally PCA Chief Economic Ed Sullivan’s recent forecast indicates 2012 figures will be nearly flat as well, with…
Read MorePCA economist: Debt crisis could usher 13 percent cement consumption drop over 2011-12
Sources: Portland Cement Association, Skokie, Ill.; Staff reports Inaction by Congress and the White House on the federal debt ceiling could derail the fragile U.S. economic recovery, spurring a second recession and adversely impacting cement shipments, according to a recent PCA report.
Read MoreCanadian cement consumption on the decline
Source: Portland Cement Assoication, Skokie, Ill. According to a recent report by PCA, a weaker assessment for the U.S. economy in tandem with a slower Canadian construction outlook suggests Canadian cement consumption will not perform as previously anticipated.
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