Why I went on a tour of the Budweiser factory even though I don’t drink. (they gave us lemonade)
On our penultimate day in New Hampshire, pelting rain spoiled our plans to visit Boston. And so, our dear friend and fellow chemical engineer suggested we join a tour of the Budweiser factory! We couldn’t wait! I love visiting factories to see how things are manufactured. Somehow, watching something being produced from basic raw materials, […]
The 5 secrets to achieving dust-free powder handling with lowest energy and highest output
Step I: Identify Material Properties Understanding the properties of the bulk material is critical for choosing the right equipment. These include: The starting point for equipment and system selection is listing of product properties and the greater the detail, the closer the plant engineer is to selecting an optimum system or equipment for his application. […]
BULKAHOLICS ANONYMOUS- WITH APOLOGIES TO REINHARD WOHLBIER OF BULK-ONLINE
From bulk material handling to substack publishing is a long way to go for someone who knows only engineering drawings and silo hammer rash. But one has to keep up and become digitally savvy…
POWDER, PELLET, FLAKE, GRANULE: Which are you handling?
Bulkagram 2, April 14 Powder, pellet, flake, granule, nugget, particle, bean, grain….. As you sit in your office, walk down your shopfloor or banter with friends in a coffee shop, how much of these shapes influence your life? Here’s a teeny weeny look: Coffee in the morning, powder from beans to pep your day up. A hurried […]
NEED TO REDUCE CAPEX? Optimise plant layout in your in-plant bulk handling
Automated handling of your incoming bulk raw materials in bags or bulk goes a long way in improving the efficiency of your operations as well as the quality of your end product
THE CURIOUS CASE OF WHITE CROWS IN MAHARASHTRA
Powders are tough to tackle. Work from fundamentals.
PHASEBOOK: Dense or Dilute?
Calculating Material to Air ratios or Choosing the right mode of conveying is no child’s play!
THE ‘EX’-PENSE OF POWDER HANDLING
Not Just Capex and Opex: Add Envex and Safex too!
PHASEBOOK Part 2: Breaking down Dilute Phase
Experience is the key in efficient and well performing pneumatic conveying systems Bulkagram 7 Oct 19 Hello Again! The earlier bulkagram 5 (dated June 15, see link below), dealt with basic definitions of Dense and Dilute Phase conveying. Today, let’s understand the crucial elements that need to be considered when designing a dilute phase system: A. […]
MATERIAL TROUBLES: FLY ASH BLENDING WITH CEMENT
Explores the blending of fly ash with cement without having to mix the flyash in the clinker grinding circuit.