AUTOMATION FOR BAGGING AND PACKAGING COLD PATCH ASPHALT
B. Metcalf Paving provides asphalt solutions to residential and commercial customers in Connecticut, Maine, and New …
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SOMETHING IS A LITTLE FISHY ABOUT THESE ROTARY AIRLOCKS…
Smoot rotary airlock valves have been used in a countless amount of applications and installations over the …
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FREE PRODUCT TESTING, BACKED BY DECADES OF EXPERIENCE
One of the things we take great pride in is the vast base of experience …
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WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A DUST COLLECTOR AND A BIN VENT/FILTER RECEIVER?
Some days the lines between the dust collection industry and the pneumatic conveying industry become …
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HOW CAN ROBOTIC AUTOMATION HELP THE MILLING INDUSTRY?
Automation of a packaging line process is easily the biggest trend we are seeing at …
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WHAT IS A ROTARY VALVE? WHAT IS AN AIRLOCK? WHAT IS A ROTARY AIRLOCK FEEDER?
Rotary valves, airlock, rotary airlock, rotary feeders, rotary airlock feeder, what’s the difference? When do …
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WHAT IS A DENSE PHASE PNEUMATIC CONVEYING SYSTEM?
Smoot’s Dense Phase Pneumatic Conveying System is a high-pressure, low-velocity system that moves abrasive or …
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BYPASSING TIME – SMOOT DURABILITY
A few brief interesting historical facts from 1996 Gasoline, which had just been made exclusively unleaded …
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COMING TO THE FORK IN THE ROAD – DIVERTER VALVES
“But still they lead me back, to the long winding road.” – Paul McCartney Unlike …
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HOW TO DEAL WITH BLOW-BY-AIR: PNEUMATIC CONVEYING – “YOU’RE FULL OF HOT AIR!”
“A high-flying Politician is not unlike a Balloon. He is full of inflammability, he is …
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