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New Conveyor Belt Cleaner Design Reduces Cost of Ownership

A new conveyor belt cleaner has been engineered to contain a smaller total volume of urethane, while maximizing the usable area, produced in a streamlined process that allows the manufacturer to reduce the purchase price and overall cost of ownership.  By minimizing the non-consumable portion of the blade, the heavy-duty primary belt cleaner delivers the same performance and durability as the model it replaces, while reducing the amount of urethane going to landfills.  Manufactured with Martin Engineering’s unique “CARP” (Constant…

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Martin Engineering Announces EAC Certification for Air Cannons

A global leader in bulk material handling solutions has gained the EAC Mark of Conformity (aka, Eurasian Conformity Mark) for the export of compressed air technology used to maintain material flow.  The important certification allows the Martin Engineering business units in Germany and Russia to offer the company’s extensive line of Martin® Air Cannons to the Customs Union (Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan) and assures that the equipment is compliant with the EAC’s strict safety and quality standards.  This will provide…

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Vortex announces partnership in Russia

Vortex Global Limited, a UK-based solids and bulk handling components company, announces that they have entered into a strategic sales and marketing partnership in the Russian market with DMN Vostok LLC. Under the terms of the agreement, DMN Vostok will obtain the exclusive right to sell and promote Vortex’s solution-driven solids handling components throughout Russia. "This partnership is a perfect strategic fit for Vortex's global business model," said Laurence Millington, International Sales Manager of Vortex Global Limited. "We are excited…

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Fairport clocks up another year of Zero LTA’s

Fairport Engineering Ltd is based in Lancashire, UK and has been in business over 30 years servicing heavy and light industry customers. The company is a specialist contractor offering design and construction services related to bulk materials process and handling systems. Typically their customers operate in the aggregates, cement, building products, coal, food and chemical, minerals, power and recycling industries. Health & Safety at Fairport Engineering Ltd has been a vital part of its workplace culture for many years. Excellence…

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Member News – Fairport solution diverts contaminated coal and pays for itself within 18 months

Staff at Fairport Engineering are celebrating following the successful implementation of a project to help ABP improve their coal offloading reliability at their Humber International Terminal in Immingham. With each stoppage of a Panamax dry bulk carrier to remove metal contaminant taking several hours of delay, ABP wanted to install an automated solution to increase productivity using a continuous offloading process. Fairport devised a deceptively simple solution, and after being given the go-ahead by ABP, took just four weeks to…

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MHEA officers re-elected

MHEA’s well-attended AGM held at the end of October saw a number of useful discussion as well as the re-election of a number of key posts. Mike Redmond (Bosch Rexroth) was successfully re-elected to the position of President for a period of one year. Michael Kaye (Flexco Ltd) was elected to the position of Vice President for a period of one year. Paul Bancroft (Joy Global) was elected to the position of Past President for the period of one year.…

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Industry leaders gather for Bulk2014

More than 80 bulk handling industry leaders gathered for another successful turnout at the sector’s premier professional networking event, the Materials Handling Engineers Association’s (MHEA) Bulk2014 conference. The event, held on 21st and 22nd May at the Forest Pines Conference Centre in Lincolnshire, was sponsored by Geo Robson and Flexco and supported by MHEA individual and corporate members, as well as more than 20 major exhibitors involved in the supply of powder and bulk handling equipment and services. Chris Huhne,…

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