Processing, June 2020

DUAL LANCE DRUM AND TOTE FILLING MACHINE The PASE Group a Massman Company a leading supplier of liquid lling machines to the international paint and coatings chemicals lubricants and food and beverage industries has introduced its Dual Lance Semi Automatic Drum and Tote Filling Machine The Dual Lance Drum and Tote Filling Machine provides highly accurate semi automatic net weight lling while allowing for two different products to be lled by the same lling machine Two precision made proportional ll lances mounted on separate ball screw drives deliver independent top inside or bottom lling of drums or totes This lling machine controls two separate product pumps as needed as each ll lance operates under its own PLC based lling recipe Bene ts of the Dual Lance design include fast product changeovers no product cross contamination and the ability to ll different size drums with two products on the same pallet eliminating the need to re palletize drums later PASE Group www pasegroup com EXPLOSION PROOF CAMERA SYSTEM The new FireSight Explosion Proof Camera System provides real time high resolution color video monitoring and digital recording capabilities of the inside of hazardous area process red heaters found in gas plants oil re neries and petrochemical plants By viewing directly inside the furnace operators can optimize fuel air ratios by safely monitoring burner performance and identifying potential problems such as burner light off failure ame lift off ame impingement on tubes tube displacement tube leaks irregular ame patterns smoky ames and ame instability These cameras are approved for Class I Division 2 Groups A B C D T4 and equivalent ATEX and IECEx ratings These camera systems are capable of operating trouble free in temperatures up to 3000 F and are available with a 24 inch or 36 inch long air cooled lens assembly in either direct or right angle view con guration and a choice of analog or Ethernet IP camera output Lenox Instrument Company www lenoxinst com MOTOR DRIVE COMBINATION PACKAGE Siemens recently announced the release of combination motor drive packages allowing an OEM or end user the option to select the optimum solution for a variety of heavy duty industrial motion control applications from a single source Choosing from a pre determined list of motor drive combinations the customer simply makes the selection best suited to the application The motor and drive combinations are power matched for 480V high overload operation through a 20 hp range with I2T protection from thermal damage provided as a standard in both the motor and the drive components The Siemens Intelligent Operator Panel IOP is included with these packages allowing easy stepby step drive start up Application macros are provided in the Sinamics G120C drive for easy installation and wiring the terminals are pre assigned at the factory and the parameters are automatically set The SIMOTICS SD100 motors are rugged cast iron with inverter duty ratings in a 4 1 speed range for constant torque and 20 1 speed range for variable torque SIMOTICS SD100 units are severe duty TEFC motors that meet NEMA Premium ef ciency Siemens www Siemens com REVERSE LIFT DOUBLE PLANETARY MIXER The ROSS Double Planetary Mixer is available in a reverse lift design that raises the vessel to the mixing position rather than lowering the agitator assembly A reverse lift facilitates improved rigidity and more uniform blade to vessel clearances without relying on the oor to be completely level Pictured are four of 11 such reverse lift model DPM 100 mixers recently built for a single end user Two interchangeable mixing vessels are supplied with each machine to form a semi continuous mixing operation Double Planetary Mixers can process both wet pastes and slurries and dry granulations and powder blends applications including semi solids gels and dough like materials The 100 gallon mixers feature an elaborate clean in place system which includes a total of ve ports with rotating spray nozzles directed at the gearbox agitators and vessel The spray balls are piped to a central cleaning system manifold for single point hook up Raw material feeding equipment may be hard piped to the vacuum hood another advantage unique to the reverse lift design ROSS Mixers www mixers com JUNE 2020 www processingmagazine com 37