K-Tron Welcomes You to PTXi 2012

May 1-3, 2012
Donald E. Stephens Convention Center
Rosemont, Illinois, - Booth 1413

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Stop by booth 1413 to learn more about K-Tron's total solutions including feeders, related weighing and controls, pneumatic conveying including loaders, receiver, components and systems controls, as well as K-Tron's systems engineering and application experience. The automation of any process starts with the use of reliable, precise and properly selected feeding and pneumatic conveying components, feed systems and controls. Whether your process requires transporting of bulk materials from rail car, bulk material storage and dust collection, gravimetric / volumetric ingredient feeding, blending or integration with plant-wide control systems, K-Tron designs, installs, and commissions complete systems for various applications including:

Material Flow Aid: ActiFlow™

The ActiFlow™ Smart Bulk Solids Activator offers an innovative method to reliably prevent bridging and rat-holing of cohesive bulk materials in stainless steel hoppers without internal hopper agitation. ActiFlow is a non-product contact device, consisting of a patent-pending vibratory drive and intelligent control unit, designed specifically to work with K-Tron’s line of gravimetric loss-in-weight feeders.

Together with the ActiFlow Control unit, it continuously activates the material inside the hopper with an optimaized frequency and amplitude.

To learn more and to preview video, visit www.ktron.com/ActiFlow.

 K-Tron Process Group ActiFlow Smart Bulk Solids Activator

Sanitary Receiver Design: K-Tron P30

K-Tron P30 Sanitary Receivers are designed to convey difficult powders for continuous conveying applications such as hopper loading and loss-in-weight feeder refill applications that require a high level of sanitary design and frequent cleaning. The design includes a variety of discharge valve types including power flap, orifice slide gate, and butterfly valve.

The receiver body is made of stainless steel (DIN 1.4404, AISI 316L), with internal and external electro polished surfaces. Modular design allows for easy disassembly and cleaning, and simple expansion with volume extensions.

Tri-Clover fittings allow for quick disconnection from conveying and vacuum piping. All units have reverse jet filter cleaning. Models available include P-10, P-30 and P-100 with conveying rates of up to 4,000 kg/hr (8,800 lb/hr).

For more information visit www.ktronpremier.com/PSeries.

   

K-Tron Series 2400 Receivers: Powder, Pellet, Regrind & Granular Materials

The Series 2400 Powder and Pellet Receivers provide high capacity sequencing systems for powder, pellet, regrind and granular materials. Applications include railcar unloading, silo to daybin transfer, in-plant transfer and feeder refill.

The Series 2415 is designed to convey free flowing powders or granular dry bulk materials for continuous conveying applications such as hopper loading and loss-in-weight refill applications that may not require a high level of sanitary design or frequent cleaning. The design includes a variety of discharge valve types including gravity flap, orifice slide gate and butterfly valve.

Various Series 2400 Powder and Pellet receiver models are available in carbon steel (painted), stainless steel or aluminum. Each receiver has a stainless check valve to allow multiple receivers to draw material from a common conveying line. All models feature quick connect clamps for easy cleaning and filter maintenance. For more information visit www.ktronpremier.com/2400.  

Single to Twin Quick-Change Feeder

K-Tron’s T35/S60 Quick Change Feeder (QC) is designed for applications requiring quick changeover of materials and convenience of fast cleaning. The QC feeder allows for the removal of the entire feed hopper with screws in place and replaced with a second unit. The removed hopper can then be transported to a cleaning facility for further disassembly, cleaning and prepped for another material. In loss-in-weight feeding applications where difficult flowing or cohesive materials form rat-holes or bridging in the hopper, K-Tron’s new ActiFlow flow aid eliminates the need for mechanical agitation greatly simplifying the cleaning process.

For more information visit www.ktron.com/QC.  

 

K-Tron Filtair Series Filter Receiver

Airborne material is trapped by the filter bags. Timed, compressed-air pulses clean the filter bags, dropping the once airborne material into the hopper. The filter bags are protected from the material mainstream by a deflector shield.

Efficient performance of the filter receiver is achieved through the proper selection of filter media and the correct air-to-cloth ratio. Unit allows easy access to receiver’s filter bags with control panel regulating the frequency and duration of each pulse with control panel displaying which row of bags is being cleaned.

The Filtair Series Filter Receivers provides automatic material-from-air separation with filter bags that are cleaned by bursts of compressed air. The tangential inlet, located in the receiver’s circular hopper, provides a cyclonic separation of the material/air stream.


K-Tron Series 4 Microprocessor Controller (Series 4 MPC)

The Series 4 Microprocessor Controller (Series 4 MPC) allows the operation of up to 24 vacuum receivers on one blower. The controller consists of a central control unit which  features an easy-to-use, touch-sensitive keypad. The operator controls the whole system, including turning receivers on and off and setting draw times from one central location.

The Series 4 MPC can be integrated into the K-Tron Smart Connex feeder controls, providing one simple control solution for both feeders and vacuum sequencing receivers.

For more information visit www.ktronpremier.com/MPC4.  


Other Equipment on Display in Booth 1413:

  • MT12 Micro ingredient Feeder: for extremely low rate feeding of free flowing to difficult powders and micropellets.
  • K-Vision: a new Human Machine Interface (HMI) for controlling up to 16 feeders in a single process line. The K-Vision offers advanced trending and logging capabilities, and supports all of the different feeding control types for both continuous and batch operation.
  • Bulk Solids Pump Feeder™ line:  a patented feeder line specifically designed and engineered to provide gentle, precise feeding of free-flowing pellets, granules, flakes, powders, and friable materials. The BSP feeders do not use screws/augers, belts, or vibratory trays to convey materials. These feeders utilize positive displacement action to move material uniformly, from storage hopper to discharge outlet. Units on display include the BSP-100, BSP-135, BSP-150P and a running BSP-150S with Premier P10 receiver. 
  • Smart Weigh Belt (SWB-300): for gravimetric batch and continuous applications or for wild flow metering. Typically used where headroom is limited, or when feeding friable material that may be damaged by other feeders.
  • Aerolock™ Rotary Valves (HD, MD, QC): units on display include the Heavy-Duty (HD), Maximum-Duty (MD), and Quick-Clean (QC) Aerolock.  Designed for heavy-duty industrial service and high-volume efficiency, HD Aerolock performs at up to 15 PSI pressure differential and temperatures up to 225° F. The MD Aerolock is engineered for heavy to severe industrial service with pressure differentials up to 20 PSI and temperatures of +450°. The QC Aerolock is well suited for use in the food, chemical, plastics, and pharmaceutical industries where contamination is a concern.
  • K-Tron Bin Vent (Modular Cartridge Bin Vent: The Modular Cartridge Bin Vent is used for conveying applications requiring air filtration. This unit traps fine airborne particles with its large cartridge filter while material is pneumatically conveyed into a storage tank.

    We look forward to seeing you at PTXi 2012!