Flexicon has introduced a new base model 1450 flexible screw conveyor with 4-1/2 inch (114 mm) O.D. polymer conveyor tube and low cost carbon steel floor hopper and discharge housing. Round, square, flat or beveled flexible screws in any length from 10 to 40 feet (3 to 12 m) are offered to convey virtually any free- and non-free-flowing bulk material including products that pack, cake, seize, smear or break apart.
Piab, Hingham, Mass., developed piFLOW conveyors, designed to handle everything from bulk powders and granules to delicate tablets for the baking industry.
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Minneapolis, introduced two new bulk X-ray systems—the Thermo Scientific Xpert B400 and B600—giving food processors, growers and packers new and more thorough ways to address potential contaminants in bulk food ingredients.
