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Final Plainfield plant sold to Nissha

27/02/2015Klarm Prototyping

Final Plainfield plant sold to Nissha
The 150-employee plant tends to make injection molded components for the automotive industry, specializing in insert and precision molding, two-shot molding, assemblies and pad printing. Nissha already … The firm operates a number of plants in Japan, as effectively as plants …
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Stamping out bribery &amp corruption: an Oman viewpoint
In 2014, the business neighborhood in Oman was shaken by the sudden surge in criminal prosecutions brought against senior executives and government officials for corruption. Main firms and public officials, it seemed, were all within the attain of the&nbsp…
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Stertil-Koni Manufacturing Facility, Stertil ALM, Purchases 4.five Acre Parcel Adjacent to Streator, IL Plant to Pave Way for Enhanced Production of Automobile Lifts

08/01/201508/01/2015Klarm Prototyping

STEVENSVILLE, MD (PRWEB) January 05, 2015

Heavy duty automobile lift leader, Stertil-Koni, a brand of the Stertil Group, these days announced that its U.S. production facility, Stertil ALM, has bought a 4.five acre parcel adjacent to its existing manufacturing plant in Streator, Illinois. The acquisition will enable Stertil ALM to stay in Streator, make an investment for future development and additional expand production of Stertil-Koni’s award-winning heavy duty automobile lifts.

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Commenting on the announcement, Streator Mayor Jimmie Lansford stated, “Stertil ALM is a main employer in Streator and the anticipated expansion is optimistic for the neighborhood.”

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Stertil ALM intends to begin building on the new parcel in the spring of 2015 and comprehensive the expansion later in the year. Allan Pavlick, Vice President of Stertil ALM stated, “The improved acreage and production space allows the organization to preserve all the operations below a single roof. The expansion will let Stertil ALM to improve efficiency and productivity. In addition to the growth in the North American marketplace, Stertil ALM is exporting in-ground lift items worldwide.”

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The added manufacturing space will mostly be committed to the fabrication and assembly of the Stertil-Koni DIAMOND LIFT, a full rise telescopic piston lift setting new standards in precision heavy duty lifting, and SKYLIFT—an “open floor” idea, true vertical-rise platform lift with no crossbeams, no overhang and no base frame.

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Stertil ALM, currently a key employer in Streator, anticipates that the expansion will additional contribute to job creation in the region.

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The expansion also comes on the heels of a number of recent enhancements to the existing facility, like an extra 14,000 square feet of production space added in 2011, such as a new training center. In addition, it represents the next phase of a main capital investment at the facility and in the production of Stertil-Koni automobile lifts.

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Last year, Stertil ALM bought and brought online a new, world-class cutting machine that utilizes a combination of plasma and oxy-fuel torches coupled with a state-of-the-art Computer-primarily based, touch screen controller for really fast, high-precision manufacturing — a significant milestone in ALM’s strategic migration towards in-sourcing.

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Stertil-ALM also bought and installed an added CNC machining center and a higher capacity overhead crane to its facility in 2014.

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In creating today’s announcement, Stertil-Koni USA Inc. president, Dr. Jean DellAmore, stated, “The expansion of our automobile lift production facility in Streator is in direct response to the North American marketplace, which has embraced our broad range of heavy duty car lifts and catapulted us to a top position in the heavy duty lifting sector.”

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Continued Dr. DellAmore, “We are particularly proud of our strategy – 1 in which our engineers often commence with the customers in mind, and then construct the really greatest vehicle lifting systems to meet all their specifications. That’s why we call it ‘Freedom of Option.’ ”

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About Stertil-Koni

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Stertil-Koni, a brand of the Stertil Group, is the worldwide marketplace leader in heavy duty vehicle lifts – bus lifts and truck lifts – and is the preferred supplier to the world’s top businesses in the truck and bus industries. Stertil-Koni’s breadth of products meets all ranges of lifting demands and includes mobile column lifts, two-post, 4-post, in-ground piston lifts, parallelogram lifts, half-scissors and its revolutionary axle-engaging, in-ground, scissor lift configuration, ECOLIFT. Stertil-Koni is also now installing DIAMOND LIFT across North America, a complete rise telescopic piston lift designed to set new requirements in precision heavy duty lifting. Stertil-Koni USA is headquartered in Stevensville, Maryland. Stertil-Koni has production facilities in Europe in The Netherlands, and in the USA in Streator, Illinois.

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GN Slurry Separation Plant for Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM)

12/09/201412/09/2014Klarm Prototyping

Houston,Texas (PRWEB) September 12, 2014

GN Solids America concentrate on the liquid and solids separation, recently, GN Solids America developed the new slurry separation plant for TBM drilling mud cleaning. It allows the contractor to get clean water from the TBM slurry for reuse in the TBM project. This saves a lot of income for the waste disposal expense. This plland also can recover drilling fluids for the drilling projects.

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A tunnel boring machine (TBM) also known as a “mole”, is a machine utilised to excavate tunnels with a circular cross section through a range of soil and rock strata. TBM can bore via anything from tough rock to sand. Tunnel diameters can range from a metre (carried out with micro-TBMs) to 19.25 m to date. The TBM business use a similar technology like in the oil gas drilling. TBM utilize the drilling mud for the projects for cooling and sealing the hole. To recycle and reuse the drilling fluids, TBM requirements the slurry separation plant to clean the drilling fluids. Tunnels of significantly less than a meter or so in diameter are generally done using trenchless building methods or horizontal directional drilling rather than TBMs.

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GN Solids Manage developed the TBM slurry separation program for contractors to get clean water for reuse in the TBM project.

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Element 1) Main Slurry Separation Plant

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The primary slurry separation plant is for separation solids upper of 45microns. GN primary slurry separation plant consist of following solids manage equipment.

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1.1) Double Deck Shale Shaker&#13

Model: GNZS706E-HB &#13

Vibrating mode: Linear Motion&#13

Motor energy: 2×1.94 KW (Italy OLI, 2.5hp)&#13

Vibrating strength: ≤7. G&#13

Deck quantity: two&#13

Screen location: Up deck: two.13 Square Meter, Reduce deck:2.63 Square Meter&#13

Deck angle adjustment: Minus 1 Degree to 5 Degree.&#13

Upper Screen Spec: 3x750x900mm with Opening 2mm&#13

Bottom Screen Spec: 3x700x1250mm with Mesh API 40&#13

Max Treating capacity: 300m³/h&#13

Weight: 1742 kg&#13

Dimension: 2717x2012x1413 mm&#13

Feeding box type: Weir Back sort feeder

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1.2 ) Desander Cleaner &#13

Model: GNZJ703E-3S        &#13

Desander Cones: 10″x3ea        &#13

Max Capacity 360m³/h        &#13

Matching Shaker: GNZS703E        &#13

Vibrating Mode: Linear Motion        &#13

Motor Energy: 2×1.72kW(Italy Oli Brand Motor)        &#13

Vibrating strength: ≤7. G        &#13

Deck angle adjustment: Minus 1 Degree to 5 Degree.        &#13

Screen region: 2.63 Square Meter        &#13

Screen Specifications: three panels (750mm*1250mm API200)        &#13

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Weight: 1846Kg        &#13

Dimension: 2419x2113x2147mm

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Apart from the above two key solids handle equipment, there are mud tanks, centrifugal pumps, &#13

mud agitator as nicely a mud tank attachments for the primary slurry separation method.

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Approach for the Major Slurry separation technique is as below:&#13

The dirty slurry comes from the TBM and feeds to the GNZS706E-HB shale shaker leading layer screen for separation of solids larger than 2mm, and the fluids go by way of the top layer screen to the bottom layer screen to separate solids of 400 Microns.

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Later on, a centrifugal pump takes fluid from the mud tank very first compartment to feed to the 3x10inch desander cones on the GNZJ703E-3S shale shaker. This is the third phase separation for solids larger than 45 microns.

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Soon after the desander, the fluids will go to the second compartment of the mud tank.

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Component two) Slurry Dewatering Centrifuge Separation.

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The slurry dewatering centrifuge separation unit is a 40 FT containerized system for separation fine solids from the drilling fluids. It consists of following primary gear and device.

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2.1) Big Bowl Big Volume Decanter Centrifuge

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Model: GNLW553-VFD&#13

Bowl Diameter    550mm(22inch)&#13

Bowl Length 1800mm(71inch)&#13

Max. Capacity    484GPM(110m3/h)&#13

Typical Capacity 400GPM(90m3/h)&#13

Max Bowl Speed 3000RPM&#13

Common Bowl Speed    0~2500RPM&#13

G-Force 1888 @ 2500RPM&#13

Separation point two~5μm&#13

Main Motor 90KW(50HP)&#13

Back Motor 37KW(15HP)&#13

Recommended pump 30 HP&#13

Material: Duplex SS2205 for Bowl and SS316L for Screw Propeller&#13

Screw Protection: Tungsten Alloy Tile Protection&#13

Solids Discharge Port: Interchangeable Tunsten carbide alloy&#13

Handle Panel: Stainless Steel with ABB VFD

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The decanter centrifuge has the PLC Control Technique with Touch Screen to manage bowl speed, differential speed, feeding pump speed and flow. Much more more than, the VFD is accessible for handle flucculent pump speed and flow. Password is essential to operate the touch screen. And locking system is offered for operation the touch screen with keys. Flow meters of centrifuge feeding line and flocculent feeding line will send signal to the PLC handle method to avoid the pump from dry suction.

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two.2) Double Chamber Flocculation Unit&#13

Model: LR-6000P&#13

Effective Volume: 6000L in two Chamber&#13

Max dry powder 20 Kg/Hr&#13

Feeding by adjustable speed screw conveyor&#13

Material PP&#13

Funnel volume: 30 L&#13

Dimension: 4000 mm X 1500 mm X 1200 mm&#13

If Grow time 30min, for .three% polymer, mixing capacity 6000l/hr &#13

Energy: 5.0kw, two chamber, with low speed agitator&#13

PLC handle panel, automatic and manually controls feeding screw pump, water pump, motor valves

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The approach of the Slurry Dewatering Centrifuge Separation is as below:&#13

The Double Chamber Flocculation Unit will mix chemicals for the flocculation of the drilling mud took from the second compartment . And later on, the slurry and the polymer will be mixed and feed to the large bowl large volume decanter centrifuge.

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The VFD decanter centrifuge have G force up to 2000 G, this G force is able to separate the fine solids in the drilling mud and discharge clean water for reuse in the TBM project.

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GN Slurry separation plant is widely utilized in the TBM, and horizontal directional drilling and (HDD) mud recycling.

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Get in touch with GN Solids America&#13

Tel:+17138780880&#13

Net: http://www.gnsoldisamerica.com&#13

Add:6710 Windfern Road, Houston, TX 77040,USA

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Coal Mill and Coal Milling Plant

08/09/201408/09/2014Klarm Prototyping

by rileyporter

Coal mill employed at coal fired power plant

In coal fired energy plant, coal mill is employed to grind, pulverize and dry coal ahead of the coal is transmitted the boiler. The coal is feed into the coal mill by way of a inlet pipe so that the roller coal mill such as Raymond mill and vertical mill can pulverize the coal into particles.

The hot air in the coal mill will lift the coal particles out of the Raymond mill or vertical mill and into the boiler, if the coal particles are also heavy they will drop to the bottom of the coal mill too and will be grind, pulverize once again.

The coal flow into the boiler is an crucial element for a coal fired power plant. But in fact, it is not effortless to measure the coal flow from the coal mill to the furnace. The coal flow out of the coal mill is usually estimated based on the incoming coal flow.

Coal milling plant for coal mining

Usually we grind coal into powder to increase the employing efficiency. This way is frequent in Electric Power Plant. In this milling procedure, coal mill plays an important part.

Coal mill has a lot of sorts, such as ball mill, raymond mill, vertical mill, ultrafine mill and so on.

Ball mill is most extensively utilized coal mill. It is appropriate in the powder plant, and broadly utilized in powder-generating production line which includes cement, silicate, new-kind constructing material, refractory material, fertilizer, ore dressing of ferrous metal and non-ferrous metal, glass ceramics, and so forth. It is divided into two rubbing way-the dry and the wet. There are two kinds of ball mill, grate variety and overfall sort due to distinct ways of discharging material. The ball mill is a key gear to grind the crushed supplies soon after the material have been broken , and carrying on the smashing again.

Vertical Mill is a type of large scale powder mill which is developed specially to solve the issues of low capacity and higher consumption of market mills. With a decade of years investigation of mills, vertical mill is created and manufactured based on our advanced design and style thought, and in combination with the european technology and the industry demand. LM Vertical Roller Mill adopts trustworthy structure and reasonable process flow, integrated with drying, milling, classifier, elevator. Specially, it can totally meets the requirement of clientele in the higher production of powder, and its main technical and economy indicator reachs the international level.

Raymond mill is the early coal mill, all the finished particles have a great uniformity of finess, with passing screen rate as higher as 98%. This is what other machine can not reach.

Ultrafine grinding mill is a equipment which produces thin powder and super thin powder. It will highten pollution and noise by making use of deduster and muffler, which achieves environmental protection requirement.

Jiasteven is a engineer worked in SBM machinery, which is a manufacturer of coal crusher, coal mill, coal milling plant and coal crushing plant.

Metal Seal Precision Resumes Production Following Plant Fire

19/08/201419/08/2014Klarm Prototyping

Mentor, Ohio (PRWEB) August 18, 2014

Metal Seal Precision, Ltd. today announced that it has resumed production following a fire on Friday July 25, 2014 that caused over $ 50 million in damage and destroyed about one third of its plant in Mentor, OH. The company was officially cleared to prepare to resume production by the City of Mentor Building Department, The Mentor Fire Department and the local office of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on July 28, 2014.

“I am eternally grateful that no one was hurt in the fire and that the proactive safeguards we had in place worked to protect our people and preserve our business,” said John Habe IV, President of Metal Seal Precision. “We are working to replace the damaged equipment as soon as possible and we have quickly gotten our employees back.”

“The fire only damaged about one third of our facility,” continued Mr. Habe. “The remaining two thirds of the plant were not directly affected by the fire and only suffered minor water and smoke damage. The company’s headquarters offices, which are also located at the facility, were not damaged by the fire,” he added. “We would like to thank the local fire departments, the EPA and the Mentor Police Department for their rapid response and professional dedication to minimize the damage to Metal Seal and our neighbors in Mentor. Without their heroic efforts, our employees would not be able to quickly get back to work. We would especially like to recognize the outstanding efforts of Mentor Fire Chief Robert Searles and his entire department as well as Reginald Brown of the Ohio EPA for their help, support and continued assistance.”

According to Mr. Habe, the company has another plant on Tyler Boulevard in Mentor and is already in the process of setting up a temporary facility there to enable Metal Seal Precision to continue to meet its customers’ needs while the main facility on Corporate Drive is being repaired.

All of Metal Seal Precision’s full time employees have returned to return to work on either a part-time or full-time basis. Employees who are not back to work full time are being compensated by Metal Seal Precision at full salary, including benefits and any overtime they normally work. A special intranet site for employees has been linked to the company’s main website at http://www.metalseal.com to keep employees informed and to communicate things like work schedules and progress on the rebuilding effort. “While a fire is a major disruption for any manufacturing company, it is also an opportunity to show customers what we are made of as a company. We are determined to emerge from this crisis as a stronger, even more capable supplier to the customers we serve,” said Mr. Habe. “I could not be more proud of the dedication displayed by our employees during this crisis and the way everyone is performing under pressure. I have no doubt that our team will successfully complete the rebuilding process.”

About Metal Seal Precision, LTD

Metal Seal Precision, headquartered in Mentor, OH, is a world-class manufacturer of precision metal components and subassemblies that was formed in 2011 via a merger between Arrow China Manufacturing Inc. and Metal Seal & Products, Inc. As a result of the merger, Metal Seal Precision is a $ 45 Million company employing approximately 260 professionals and serving more than 50 customers located in 22 states and 12 countries on three continents. The company is one of just a handful of precision machined parts China suppliers in North America with more than 350 pieces of precision machining equipment, 240,000 square feet of capacity, in-house tooling and in-house anodizing.

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