BMW, GKN Additive Manufacturing, and Volkmann Drive 3D Printing Research
BMW, GKN Additive Manufacturing, and Volkmann Drive 3D Printing Research Three, Key Lessons Learned in Metal Powder Transfer and Recovery 3D printing companies and others driving the rise of additive manufacturing have been quietly investing huge amounts of resources into learning about the 3D printing process and fine-tuning it to produce better quality metal parts […]
Volkmann Engineer Explains Pneumatic Vacuum Conveyors for Material Transfer on Fluid Power Podcast
Volkmann Engineer Explains Pneumatic Vacuum Conveying on Podcast Bill Fucich Reveals Reasons for Intense Demand Our pneumatic vacuum conveying technology has developed quite a loyal following within powder and bulk processing circles over many decades and now it’s getting attention outside the process industries. More and more engineers want to know how to move products […]
Secret to Safe, Smooth Conveying is Volkmann
Secret to Safe, Smooth Conveying is Volkmann A maintenance technician for a major food manufacturer who took on a new job as a chief engineer with a different major food manufacturer asked us about converting the entire material transfer process from a series of open belt conveyors and bucket elevators to our pneumatic vacuum conveying […]
Why Waste Material When We Can Capture and Reuse It?
Why Waste Material When We Can Capture and Reuse It? Material shortages, staffing and supply chain issues, and constantly increasing prices for what material is available make every ounce more valuable, and every ounce wasted more costly. Allowing material to be discarded when we have the ability to capture, recover, and reuse it never made […]
Vast Experience Testing Hundreds of Materials Ensures Every Conveyor Works as Specified
Vast Experience Testing Hundreds of Materials Ensures Every Conveyor Works as Specified We received an inquiry from the owner of a nutrition company who asked how fast we could deliver a pneumatic vacuum conveying system. He had recently automated a few steps in the packaging line with excellent results in line speed and labor savings […]
Growing Nutraceutical Companies Need to Think Like Big Pharma When Buying Equipment
Growing Nutraceutical Companies Need to Think Like Big Pharma When Buying Equipment When small nutraceutical companies need to increase production, their owners tend to ask, “What’s the cheapest way to increase production?” Due to cash flow, financing access, uncertainty about the company’s long-term viability, or other issues, the thought process often focuses on meeting the […]
Can You Identify the Combustible Dust Hazards in this Scenario?
Can You Identify the Combustible Dust Hazards in this Scenario? We received a call last year that went viral internally among our engineering team. We were rather alarmed since this call suggested that even professional engineers are confused about the dangers of combustible powders and dust and/or misinformed about how the standard operating procedures in […]
Why Avoiding Dust Explosions is Better Than Suppressing or Containing Them After the Fact – And Here’s How
Why Avoiding Dust Explosions is Better Than Suppressing or Containing Them After the Fact – And Here’s How Combustible dust explosions happen far too often considering the vast amount of knowledge and experience accumulated among process engineers, process equipment manufacturers, industrial safety professionals, and explosion protection system suppliers. An average of 31.8 combustible dust explosions […]
A special pneumatic conveying solution for transfer of a reactive material
Volkmann was recently challenged to provide a pneumatic conveying solution in a chemical industry process where a powdery intermediate product needed to be removed from a container – still wet from the centrifuge manufacturing process – and conveyed into a dryer. The container was located on the third floor, the dryer on the second floor. The product being transferred from the centrifuge was still wet (wet cake) and contained, among other things, dichloromethane and toluene. The customer required a safe and reliable conveying system for the transfer, as the mix of materials were difficult to handle and reactive.
Drum emptying – the easier way
Drum emptying – the easier way The emptying of powder or bulk products contained in drums can vary in difficulty depending on the flow qualities of the product being transferred, the weight of the drum and the need to contain any powder from escaping into the environment. Volkmann has developed solutions to address these […]
