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Drum discharge station

6. August 2020 Written by Volkmann GmbH
Drum emptying - remove bulk goods and powder from drums

Drum emptying – remove bulk goods and powder from drums

In some situations the pick-up of bulk product is from drums or barrels and depending on the product this can be easy or more difficult to do. Products flow easily or be strongly adhesive. We have developed various solutions to empty drums almost completely and without a lot of operator intervention.

Drum discharge station
suction lance in barrel

The barrel is mounted in a holding station and is tipped by hand. To suck the product out of the barrel a suction lance is inserted from above. The drum emptying device is adapted to the product and the task situation. Drum emptying where a liner is present is then also possible.

As the product is sucked out of the drum by vacuum conveying, the suction lance sinks down into the drum under gravity and thus gradually empties the contents. The process is supported with a vibrator, which is attached to the station below the platform, in order to help extract difficult-to-flow products.

barrel equipped with a ventilation filter and a sealing sleeve

For products that tend to be very dusty or should be contained as much as possible, it is possible to mount a corresponding lid on the barrel. This is equipped with a ventilation filter and a sealing sleeve and thus prevents dust from escaping.

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#DrumDumpers #DrumEmptying #EmptyingDrums #BulkMaterialHandling #PowderHandling #VacuumConveying #VolkmannGmbH

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Weighing and dosing

31. July 2020 Written by Volkmann GmbH
Weighing and dosing

Weighing and dosing bulk products into a process

It is often necessary to weigh and dose powder, amongst other bulk materials, into a process. Let’s take the addition of sugar into a mixer as an example from the food industry.

According to the recipe, a total of 150 kg of sugar must be added to the mixer. The conveyor system used requires ten conveying cycles of 15 kg each. Depending on the design of the system, delivery rates of up to 4 t / h are also possible. The accuracy of the system is 99 – 99.7% of the target weight to be achieved.

Weighing and dosing bulk products

The removal from different pick-up locations is possible as well as the adjustment and storage of recipes. A quick intervention in the process is possible via the device control’s intuitive touch display. In addition, the entire process can of course also be controlled fully automatically.

The Volkmann CONWEIGH is a combined conveying and dosing system and is usually used for adding quantities from 2 kg upwards per unit.

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#VacuumConveyorSystem #Hygienic #Dosing #Food #CrystalSugar #Vanillin #PowderedSugar #ExplosionRisk #Powder #Granules # Bulk #ExProtection #MinimumIgnitionEnergy #MIE

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Metal powder handling

10. July 2020 Written by Volkmann GmbH
Alu+Edelstahl Pulver

The correct handling of powders within the additive manufacturing industry

Whether it is metals or plastics there are numerous different powder handling tasks to be solved within the Additive Manufacturing (AM) industry.

However, for various reasons, metal powders represent a greater challenge for powder handling. This involves the powder supply to the 3D printers the recovery of unbound material and its reclassification and recovery (recycling) for reuse.

With the Volkmann PowTReX, the combination of the process steps of vacuum conveying, controlled sieve dosing and ultrasonic screening represents a compact platform to solve these demanding tasks.

Printer and PowTReX

In connection with the correct container and container handling, safe, sealed and – if necessary – inert powder handling can be achieved. This means that not only stainless steel powders, also aluminum and other sensitive metal powders, for example, can be safely handled.

You can find more information HERE: Additive Manufacturing

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#Volkmann #PowTReX #MetalPowder #StainlessSteel #Aluminium #3Dprinting #Classification #Recovery #VacuumConveying #PowderHandling #AdditiveManufacturing #Inert

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PowTReX in the UK

13. May 2020 Written by Volkmann GmbH

PowTReX in the UK

Volkmann are proud to support Materials Solutions, based near Worcester in the UK, who are a Siemens business (since 2016). They utilise additive manufacturing (AM) technologies for the production of parts and tools for the aerospace, automotive and power generation industries worldwide using a variety of metal powders including Ni superalloys, Ferrous alloys and Aluminium alloys.

Materials Solutions has seen an increase in production which has led to the company’s expansion to a larger facility to accommodate additional AM machines to keep up with demand. Their new larger facility now boasts a greater selection of AM machines from various suppliers and in different sizes to increase their manufacturing flexibility. This increase in demand meant that a more efficient, reliable and versatile processes was required to help speed up the powder reclassification procedure between builds.

You can find more information about solutions for “Additive Manufacturing” in our area >> here.

With some unsatisfactory powder reclassification systems trialled on site Volkmann was contacted back in early 2018 to help with an alternative solution and since then several systems have been supplied. The flexibility of the PowTReX has also enabled Materials Solutions to plan new powder handling and reclassification projects utilising Volkmann equipment which has enabled them to improve their powder reclassification process.

The PowTReX utilises a Volkmann vacuum conveyor to transfer powder from the build chamber to an ultrasonic sieve, via a dosing system which helps prevent overloading of the sieve mesh. With a sieving rate of approximately twice that to other available solutions on the market (using equivalent powder) the PowTreX is a good solution to help speed up the reclassification process.

www.materialssolutions.co.uk

#PowTReX #MetalPowder #Inert #ClosedLoopSystem #PowderHandling #ReturnToUse #Classification #Sieving

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Double big bag emptying station

4. May 2020 Written by Volkmann GmbH
Double big bag emptying station

Double big bag emptying station for limited space unloading areas

Restricted unloading area solution: With this project a room with limited space has allowed us to develop a big bag emptying station with which two big bags can be emptied simultaneously.

The big bags are hung in harnesses and lifted using a winch. The mobile docking stations are pushed under the big bags and are equipped with devices for low-dust connection for emptying of the big bags.

With two feeding adapters per docking station, the material to be conveyed is fed into the subsequent processes via a total of four VS250 vacuum conveyors, in this case loading four mixers.

The product unloaded and conveyed is sodium bicarbonate.

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Double big bag station with winches and mobile docking stations.
Reduced height for use within limited space areas.

#Volkmann #BigBagStation #Dischargingstation #Ropewinch # VS250 #Powderhandling #Dockingstation # Dust-freeconveying # Vacuumconveying #ATEX

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