Bulk Handling Equipment and Engineered Systems

1 Bulk Handling Equipmentand Engineered SystemsFULL LINE CONTENTSO verview .. 3 Materials .. 4 Systems .. 5 Flexible Screw Conveyors .. 6 BEV-CON Conveyors .. 9 PNEUMATI-CON Dilute Phase Pneumatic Conveying Systems .. 10 Bulk Bag Dischargers.. 14 Bulk Bag Conditioners .. 18 Bulk Bag Fillers .. 19 SWING-DOWN Fillers .. 20 REAR-POST and TWIN-CENTREPOST Fillers.. 21 Bag Dump Stations .. 22 Drum Tippers .. 23 Sanitary Construction and Finishes .. 24 Weigh Batching and Blending Systems .. 25 Digital Programmable Controls .. 28 Worldwide Engineering, Testing, Manufacturing and Field Support .. 30 Flexicon is a world leader in the design and manufactureof bulk Handling Equipment and custom- Engineered andintegrated plant-wide systemsthat transport, discharge, fill,weigh, blend, deliver and/or feed a broad range of powderand bulk solid products range from individual Equipment to automated Systems thatsource bulk material frominterior and exterior plantlocations, transport it betweenprocess Equipment and storagevessels, weigh it, blend it, feedit to packaging lines, extruders,moulding machines and storagevessels, and load it into railcarsand from a broad range of reliable, high performanceequipment in carbon steel withdurable industrial finishes, or in stainless steel designed andconstructed to industrial, food.

2 Dairy or pharmaceuticalstandards: Flexible Screw Conveyors Pneumatic Conveying Systems Volumetric Feeding Conveyors Bulk Bag Fillers Bulk Bag Dischargers Bulk Bag Conditioners Weigh Batching Systems Manual Dumping Stations Lift-and-Seal/Open ChuteDrum Tippers Storage VesselsFlexicon can also custom-engineer automated, plant-widebulk Handling and processingsystems that integrate Flexiconequipment with bulk handlingand process Equipment of othermanufacturers: Gravimetric/VolumetricFeeders Silos and other storagevessels Dryers/Coolers Mixers/Blenders Screeners Crushers/Grinders Packaging Machines Other bulk processing equipment3 Convey, load, unload, weigh, feed, and process virtually any bulk solid materialATEXC ompliantWhether your bulk material iscomprised of large pellets, finepowders or both, flows freely ornot at all, has a bulk density of 50 or 5000 kg/cu m, or packs,plugs, cakes, smears, fluidises,agglomerates, breaks easily orseparates, Flexicon has most likelyconveyed, fed, discharged, filled,weighed, dumped or otherwisehandled it many times before.

3 In fact, moving the mostuncooperative bulk materialsknown to the chemical, paint,food, pharmaceutical and plasticsindustries has been a Flexiconspecialty since of Flexicon advances in flow promotion include FLOW-FLEXER bag activators,POP-TOP bag stretching devices,TELE-TUBE telescoping tubes,POWER-CINCHER flow controlvalves, BEV-CON conveyors, high flow hoppers, deaeration/densification decks and a host ofother components and accessoriesthat promote flow while reducingdegradation, dusting and/or theseparation of blends comprised of disparate particles. The ability to move your materialefficiently, together with equipmentdesigns and finishes that meetnumerous regional and nationalcodes worldwide for chemical,food, dairy and pharmaceuticalapplications, enables Flexicon tosatisfy virtually every aspect ofyour bulk Handling requirement,regardless of material, industry or location is a sampling ofmaterials handled by Flexiconequipment and Systems .

4 Forperformance data on your specificmaterial(s), please consult yourFlexicon applications RESINACETAMINOPHENALMONDSALUMINAALUMINIU M OXIDEALUMINIUM TRIHYDRATEAMORPHOUS SILICAANIMAL FEEDANTIOXIDANTASCORBIC ACIDASPARTAMEASPIRINBABY POWDERBACON BITSBAKING SODABARIUM SULPHATEBARLEYBEANSBENTONITEBISCUIT MIXBLOOD, DRIEDBORIC ACIDBREAD CRUMBSBREWERY YEASTCAFFEINECAKE MIXESCALCIUM CARBONATECALCIUM STEARATECARBON ACTIVATEDCARBON BLACKCARPET DEODORISERCARRAGEENINCASEINCAT FOODCAT LITTERCELLULOSE FLOCKCEMENTCEREAL FINESCHEESE POWDERCHEESE, DICED,FROZENCHEESE, GRATEDSODIUM SILICATESODIUM STEARATESODIUM SULPHATESODIUMTRIPOLYPHOSPHATESORBITOLSO UP BASESSOUP MIXSOY BEANSSTARCHSTEARIC ACIDSUGAR, CONFECTIONERYSUGAR, CRYSTALSULFURSUPERABSORBENTTALCTEATEA LEAVESTEFLONTEREPHTHALIC ACIDTHERMOSET RESINTITANIUM DIOXIDETONERTRI-SODIUM PHOSPHATEUREAUREA PRILLVEGETABLES, DEHYDRATEDVERMICULITEVINYL RESINWHEAT FLOURWHEAT GLUTENWHEAT STARCHWHEYWOLLASTONITEWOOD CHIPSWOOD FLOURXANTHUM GUMZEOLITEZINC OXIDEZINC PHOSPHATEZINC STEARATEPHARMACEUTICALPOWDERPHENOLIC RESINPIGMENTSPLASTIC FLAKEPLASTIC PELLETSPLASTIC POWDERPLASTIC RESINPOLY VINYL ALCOHOLPOLY VINYL CHLORIDE (PVC)

5 POLYETHYLENEPOTATO FLAKESPOTATO FLOURPOTATO PEARLSPOTATO STARCHPOTATOES, INSTANTPRETZEL SALTPROTEIN POWDERPSYLIUM HUSKSPVC REGRINDPVC RESINRED IRON OXIDEREGRINDRICERICE HULLSRUBBERSALTSANDSAWDUSTSEASONINGSEEDS SEMOLINASESAME SEEDSILICA HYDRAGELSILICON DIOXIDESILVER POWDERSOAP POWDERSSODA ASHSODIUMBICARBONATESODIUM CHLORIDESODIUM CITRATECHILI POWDERCINNAMON & SUGARMIXTURECITRIC ACIDCLAYCOCOA POWDERCOCONUTCOFFEE BEANSCOFFEE CHAFFCOFFEE, GROUNDCOOKIE CRUMBSCORNCORN FLOURCORN GRITSCORN KERNELSCORN MEALCORN STARCHCREAMERCRUMB RUBBERCRYOGENIC MEDIADETERGENTDEXTROSEDIATOMACEOUSEARTHD OUGHNUT MIXDRINK MIXESEGG POWDEREPOXY RESINFERTILISERFIBREGLASSFILTER AIDFLAME RETARDANTFLOURFLY ASHFRUCTOSEFUMED SILICAGARLIC, WHOLEGELATINE POWDERGLASS BEADSGLASS MICROSPHERESGRAHAM CRACKERCRUMBGRAINSGRANOLAGRAPHITE POWDERGRAVY MIXESGRITSCRYOGENICALLYGROUND PLASTICS & RUBBERSGUAR GUMGYPSUMHERBICIDEINFANT FORMULAIRON OXIDEIRON POWDERKAOLIN CLAYKRATON RUBBERLACTOSELAXATIVELEAD OXIDELIME, HYDRATEDMAGNESIUMCHLORIDEMAGNESIUM OXIDEMAGNESIUMSTEARATEMAGNESIUMSULPHATEM ALTMALTODEXTRINMARBLE DUSTMETAL POWDERMICRO CRYSTALLINECELLULOSEMILK POWDERMONOSODIUMGLUTAMATE (MSG)

6 NUTS, GROUNDNUTS, WHOLEOATSPANCAKE MIXPAPRIKAPENTAERYTHRITOLPERLITEPET REGRINDM oist, sticky materialsFriable materialsProducts that pack, cake,smear or plugBlends of dissimilar ingredientsFree-flowing materialsMaterials that fluidiseLarge particlesContamination-sensitive products4 MaterialsHandle free- and non-free-flowing bulk products including problematic materials and blends with confidence Abrasive materialsNon-free-flowing productsHazardous materials5 Flexicon can submit recommen-dations in the form of CADdrawings that integrate equip-ment manufactured by Flexiconand by others, with new orexisting Equipment in your plant,and provide a competitive samples of bulk materialyou supply, Flexicon can evaluateand/or test your material in astate-of-the-art test laboratory on full-size Equipment configuredand customised to simulate yoursystem, supply the Equipment on time, help you install it, trainyour personnel, guarantee itsperformance and service it concept to completion,Flexicon can provide everything it takes to solve your bulkhandling problem efficiently,economically and can alleviate the burden andrisk of designing your system ,coordinating multiple suppliers,integrating components, trouble-shooting start-up and assumingresponsibility for systemperformance, by relying on Flexicon for it can evaluate your bulkmaterial(s)

7 , plant layout, through-put rates, residual productlimitations, cleanliness, noiselimitations, access, cost, cycletimes and other parameters, and outline the solution to yourbulk Handling Flexicon offers a widerange of Equipment , includingmechanical and pneumaticconveyors, as well as systemsthat incorporate Equipment of other manufacturers, you are assured of receiving arecommendation based on yourrequirement, not on limitedequipment availability. CONVEYOR CHARACTERISTICSDILUTE PHASE VACUUM PNEUMATIC CONVEYORSF lexicon flexible screw andpneumatic conveying Systems offerdistinct differences in performancerelative to specific applicationrequirements. Since many plantsconvey a variety of bulk materialsin a range of capacities overvarying distances, a combinationof pneumatic and flexible screwconveying is often recommendedto maximise overall performanceand return on SCREW CONVEYORSCHECK YOUR REQUIREMENTSDILUTE PHASE POSITIVE-PRESSURE PNEUMATIC CONVEYORSS ystemsOne-stop source for Engineered .

8 Integrated bulk Handling systemsShort distances Medium distances Long distances Lowest initial cost Lowest energy consumption Indirect conveyor routing required Flexibility of conveyor routing Simplest installation Multiple material sources Multiple material destinations Mobile units Evacuation of material from conveying systemNo separation of blends Convey directly from barrel or hopper Materials that pack, cake or smear Heat-sensitive material High temperature material Ultra-high temperature destination Extreme material in-feed rate fluctuation Contamination-sensitive material Hazardous material Only one moving part The only moving part contacting material in a Flexicon flexiblescrew conveyor is the ruggedflexible screw which is driven by an electric motor.

9 As itrotates, the screw propelsmaterial and centres within the conveyor tube, providingconstant clearance betweenitself and the tube simple design does notrequire cables, chains, disks,internal bearings, and numerousmoving parts found in bucketelevators, rigid augers, dragchains, and/or aeromechanicalconveyors parts that can addinitial cost, require maintenance,wear out, breed contamination,and/or break more importantly, Flexiconflexible screw conveyors offerefficiency and versatility,conveying bulk materials rangingfrom large pellets to sub-micron powders both free-flowing andnon-free-flowing includingdifficult-to-handle products thatpack, cake, seize, fluidise, plug,or smear, with no separation of blends. (See Materials, page 4.)

10 Enclosed tube prevents contaminationA Flexicon flexible screwconveyor is totally enclosed,dust-free, and mess-free,preventing contamination ofyour bulk products and plantenvironment, while preservingthe moisture and temperaturelevels of materials beingconveyed. Compare the smooth interiorsurfaces of a Flexicon flexiblescrew conveyor with potentialcontamination sources found in other conveyors, and you may specify the Flexicon flexible screw conveyor on the basis of product purity product Handling and blendingFlexicon flexible screw conveyorscan handle your products gently,because the flexible screw self-centres as it rotates. This can provide ample clearancebetween the screw and tubewall to prevent grinding,crushing, and other productdamage.