Maggie Beauchamp, a Hapman sales rep from Gull Material Handling Company, contacted Hapman product specialist, Stephanie Avery, regarding a customer who manufactures premium bakery ingredients including icings, fruit fillings, crème…
Hapman Maintains EPA Standards by Meter Feeding Enviroblend into a Dust Collection System
CHALLENGE EPA standards required this company to feed Enviroblend® into their dust collection system at a precisely controlled rate of 30 pounds per hour so the emissions would be at…
Download PDF A4 CHALLENGE A processor must expand its capacity and add new lines in half the time normally required for such a project. The material being conveyed is a…
Overcoming the Challenges of Handling Salt in Bulk – The Moisture Absorbing Nature of Salt
CHALLENGE An Italian food processor added a new pasta line to meet growing demand for small batch, premium pasta. The granulated salt used for this process came in 2,000 lb…
Bulk Bag Unloader and Vacuum Conveyor System Automates Material Handling and Adds Cost Savings
CUSTOMER Werner G. Smith INDUSTRY Chemical CHALLENGE Werner G. Smith, Inc. was awarded a long-term contract from a new customer which required the blending of a granular powder with an…
CHALLENGE Harry Harman, P.E. of Baxter & Woodman, consulting Engineers, received a call from an official with the Village of Gilberts in the State of Illinois. The call was a…
Pre-Mix Solutions and Slurries – Effectively, Economically and Safely
INDUSTRY Chemical Industry CHALLENGE A perpetual challenge in the chemical industry has been finding an ideal way to effectively mix solids and liquids to create optimal slurry – and at…
Sweets Manufacturer Batching from Standard and Bulk Bags
Challenge A major manufacturer of sweets required a highly versatile system to convey and accurately weigh batches for mixing and discharge into a hopper before final processing into their calcium…
CHALLENGE A chemical company had to periodically charge their holding hoppers with ground limestone. Due to the number of hoppers and their infrequent need for charging they did not feel…
Mitigating the Risk of Dust from Bulk Bag Discharge
CHALLENGE Controlling dust is a constant challenge for any processor that handles dry bulk material. The hazards from dust span the health and safety spectrum from mildly irritating and unclean,…
Most of us are familiar with the iris diaphragm, a simple mechanism that can expand or decrease the opening of a circular hole. Common examples are camera shutters and the…