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| Case Study: Century-Old Finlay’s Future Looks Bright With X-Rite | Originally founded in Hartford CT at the end of the 19th century, Finlay is now in its 133rd year in business. Today, the award-winning company employs over 100 people and is one of the most successful and innovative printing and marketing solution firms in North America. Finlay’s customers tend to be highly branded companies in a variety of markets including: education, corporate, retail point-of-sale, financial services and design. By X-Rite, Inc. | 02/17/2010 | 202.5 KB |
| Article: SFT Vibrating Wire Weighing Technology | In the mid-1970s K-Tron revolutionized bulk solids feeding with its introduction of the first truly digital load cell specially designed for process weighing applications. Based on an innovative vibrating wire concept, the new digital technology soon proved to be a significant advance over the analog LVDTs and strain gauges then in widespread use. By K-Tron Process Group | 09/30/2009 | 789.3 KB |
| Article: Economics Of Feeding: Total Cost Approach To ROI | Feeding systems perform the important function of dosing ingredients into a food, plastics, pharmaceutical or other product in exactly the correct proportion—an extremely critical function for one small piece of the manufacturing line. An efficient and accurate feeding system, whether gravimetric or volumetric, can pay for itself quickly by producing material cost savings and keeping the process line up and running reliably. By K-Tron Process Group | 09/30/2009 | 774.6 KB |
| Flyer: Higher Short-term Accuracy With K-Tron’s Electronic Screw Speed Modulation | Single screw feeders, particularly at low rates, can have an unsteady feed rate within one revolution of the screw, resulting in mass flow pulsation. Spiral or full flight single screw feeders exhibit this pulsation more commonly than other screw configurations. | 08/21/2009 | 198.7 KB |
| Brochure: Dryers | Premier Pneumatics’ energy efficient, dual tower desiccant bed dryers provide capacities of 50 to 4000 lb./hr. (22 to 1800 kg./hr.). Process air with a – 40° F dew point is guaranteed. A wide range of hopper sizes are available as well as a choice of voltages and a high heat option. | 08/21/2009 | 191.6 KB |
| Flyer: Gravimetric Continuous Blenders | Premier ProRate™/Gravimetric blenders consist of one to eight ingredient feeders and a microprocessor-based controller. | 08/21/2009 | 224.5 KB |
| Brochure: Bag Dump Station | The manual Bag Dump Station is designed to ensure a clean, dust-controlled environment while making it easy to unload material received in bags. As the operator unloads material, the bag dump station’s fan draws dust-laden air away from the operator with its direct drive fan. | 08/21/2009 | 5.1 KB |
| Flyer: Diverter Valves | Premier Diverter Valves direct material from one source to multiple destinations. The cylindrical, cast housing provides a smooth, lowresistance path for the conveying air and material. One outlet is in line with the inlet, and the other is offset 30 degrees. the diverter valve is ideal for use in pressure systems. | 08/21/2009 | 333.7 KB |
| Brochure: K-Tron’s Testing Facilities | K-Tron can conduct tests with your process materials to answer critical process questions and determine the best configuration of the feeding equipment for a particular product or group of products. | 08/21/2009 | 350.2 KB |
| Brochure: K-Tron Smart Force Transducer Weighing Technology For Gravimetric Feeding, Batching, And Metering | Accurate feeding, batching and metering of bulk solids begins with precision weighing. K-Tron pioneered vibrating wire technology for the process industries, and today continues its leadership with the Smart Force Transducer II and III. The SFT II/III represent the leading edge of process weighing technology and form a solid foundation for the continuing evolution of the art and science of weighing. | 08/21/2009 | 436.6 KB |
| Datasheet: K Tron Combined Feeder Receiver Unit | The combined Feeder/Receiver unit is a combination of proven K-Tron feeding and conveying technology based on the P-Series Receivers and K2M Feeders. Originally designed for a Gain-in-Weight application with restricted head room requirements , this unit has also been used successfully for direct loss-in-weight feeder refill where sticky or fluidizing powder could cause problems with refill valves. | 08/21/2009 | 247.6 KB |
| Application Note: K-Tron Quick Change Single/Twin Screw Loss-In-Weight And Volumetric Feeders | Specially designed for applications requiring the maximum possible material handling and changeover flexibility along with the convenience of fast cleaning capability, K-Tron’s T35/S60 Quick Change Feeder is available in economical volumetric or high-performance loss-in-weight configurations. | 08/21/2009 | 268.7 KB |
| Brochure: K-Tron Performance Services: One Source For Competent Support | Every feeding process has specific characteristics and requirements. In the K-Tron Performance Services group we consider every problem, every service call , | 08/21/2009 | 471.0 KB |
| Application Note: Refilling Loss-In-Weight Feeders Via Pneumatic Conveying In Continuous Pharmaceutical Processes | The mode of refill of product to a Loss-in-Weight (LIW) feeder that is feeding a continuous pharmaceutical process can be almost as critical as choosing the right feeder technology. By K-Tron Process Group | 08/04/2009 | 361.1 KB |
| Application Note: Contained Batch Dispensing Of Pharmaceuticals Via Gain-In-Weight Technology | K-Tron volumetric feeders are often used in a simplified gain-in-weight (GIW) application for controlled batch dispensing and weighing of pharmaceutical powders. By K-Tron Process Group | 08/04/2009 | 420.9 KB |
| Application Note: Continuous Pharmaceutical Dry Granulation And Direct Compression Tableting Processes | The compressed tablet is one of the most widely prescribed oral solid dosage forms in use today. Typically the ingredients which comprise the tablet blend include the active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) together with various excipients which not only act as carriers for the drug compound, but which also enhance its therapeutic effect, or efficacy. By K-Tron Process Group | 08/04/2009 | 468.7 KB |
| Application Note: Metered Dry Powder Addition For Continuous And Batch Coating Processes | Coated tablets are defined as tablets covered with one or more layers of various substances such as resins, gums, inactive and insoluable fillers, sugars, plasticizers, waxes, authorized coloring materials, and sometimes flavors. By K-Tron Process Group | 08/04/2009 | 454.8 KB |
| Video: Smart Flow Meter: Gravimetric Metering Of Dry Bulk Materials | The K-Tron Smart Flow Meter is used in industries that need reliable metering,registering or monitoring bulk of material flows. | 07/10/2009 | 32.20 MB |
| Video: Hanging Feeder Design With 3-Point Weighing | This design allows for 3-point weighing with K-SFT-II Load Cells, ensuring high accuracy feeding. "Hanging" loss-in-weight feeders are ideal for mounting directly over process equipment. | 07/10/2009 | 20.35 MB |
| Video: 'QC' Quick Change Feeder | Specially designed for applications requiring the maximum possible material handling and changeover flexibility along with the convenience of fast cleaning capability, K-Tron’s T35/S60 Quick Change Feeder is available in economical volumetric or high-performance loss-in-weight configurations. | 07/10/2009 | 33.14 MB |
| Video: Smart Weigh Belt Feeder (SWB) | K-Tron's Smart Weigh Belt is the first weigh belt feeder to offer continuous online auto tare compensation. | 07/10/2009 | 4.71 MB |
| Video: Pharmaceutical Loss-In-Weight Feeder | Video demonstrates how the K-Tron pharmaceutical feeder meets the requirements of today's pharmaceutical processing environment, including quick clean ease of disassembly for cleaning and screw changeover, clear separation between production and technical areas, and screw removal and feeder access from production side. | 07/10/2009 | 39.39 MB |
| White Paper: Is Your ERP System Built For Your Industry? It Makes A Difference | This white paper discusses the manufacturing element of enterprise resource planning (ERP). Most ERP solutions target either the process or discrete sector, and a few, like Microsoft Dynamics AX, straddle both. By Fullscope | 05/22/2009 | 808.8 KB |
| White Paper: Ethical Sourcing - Securing Values As Well As Value In The Supply Chain | The market for ethically sourced garments is here to stay. The last decade has seen a fundamental shift in consumer attitudes towards ethical trading and recent research suggests that, despite the economic downturn, UK shoppers are still demanding responsibly sourced fashion. Of course, now more than ever, retailers must juggle sourcing ethically alongside securing value for money. To do this, brands and retailers across the fashion industry are increasingly turning to the latest technology in order to gain greater visibility and control throughout their supply chain. By Syscom Plc | 04/07/2009 | 118.6 KB |
| Datasheet: Farnsworth Munsell Dichotomous D-15 Test | The Farnsworth-Munsell Dichotomous D-15 Test is an abridged version of the 100 Hue Test for screening color vision defects only. The D-15 Test is intended for the detection of color vision defects such as red-green and blue-yellow deficiencies as opposed to color acuity. | 02/11/2009 | 2.68 MB |