PRESS RELEASES / CASE STUDIES

Company News:

September 2011
Schenck AccuRate Opens its New Test Center

August 2011
Schenck AccuRate Appoints Dynamic Bulk Systems, Inc. as its New Representative in Eastern Missouri and Central/South Illinois

August 2011
Schenck AccuRate Appoints Midwest Process Solutions as its New Representative in Kansas, Nebraska, and Western Missouri


August 2011
Schenck AccuRate Appoints ABM Equipment Company, Inc. as its New Representative in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho

March 2011
Schenck Process acquires Clyde Process Solutions


May 2009
Schenck AccuRate Wins the Environmental Achievement Award

December 2007
PureFeed
® AP-300 Pharmaceutical Feeder Named Processing Magazine Breakthrough Product of the Year

October 2007
Schenck AccuRate announces a New Management Structure Leading them into the Future

August 2007
HgCapital Sells Schenck AccuRate's Parent Company Schenck Process to Industri Kapital

October 2006
Schenck AccuRate Join's Rockwell Automation's Encompass Program

October 2006
Schenck AccuRate parent Schenck Process Awarded the Frost and Sullivan Product Line Leadership Award in the Weighing and Feeding Equipment Market

June 2006
Schenck AccuRate parent Schenck Process acquires Stock Equipment Company



Case Studies and Other Product Information:

December 2010
Volumetric Feeders Help Create Chocolatey Satisfaction
The article describes the use of Schenck AccuRate volumetric feeders at a new HERSHEY®'S Chocolate World consumer attraction. 
-- Powder & Bulk Engineering Magazine (December 2010 issue)

April 2010
Manufacturer Designs Pharmaceutical-Grade Dry Material Feeder to Meet the Industry's Needs
Read how Schenck AccuRate designed a volumetric and gravimetric screw feeder specifically for pharmaceutical dry material feeding applications. 
-- Pharmaceutical Online The Magazine (April 2010 issue)

January 2009
Processing Goes Inside...Schenck AccuRate's PureFeed AP-300 Pharmaceutical Feeder
Schenck AccuRate manufactures a screw feeder designed specifically for the pharmaceutical industry. 
-- Processing Magazine (January 2009 issue)

January 2008
Feeding Frenzy - How NYCO Minerals fed its Wollastonite craving

Schenck AccuRate’s MECHATRON® loss-in-weight screw feeders, SolidsFlow™ vibratory feeders, DEA weighbelt feeder and controls were used to accurately meter a fine ground version of Wollastonite for Nyco Minerals (www.nycominerals.com).  
-- Processing Magazine (January 2008 Issue)

March 2006
Feeding Solution Drives Production for an Automotive Parts Manufacturer

Wescast Industries (www.wescast.com) chose Schenck AccuRate as their bulk solids metering supplier for a critical process to the quality of their exhaust manifolds.  With the use of Schenck AccuRate’s MECHATRON® loss-in-weight screw feeders and DISOCONT® control packages Wescast Industries has been able to reduce maintenance, work stoppages and production errors in their process line.
-- Processing Magazine Powder Handling Handbook (March 2006 Issue)

June 2005
Proper Design of a Hygienic Feeder

Two of Schenck AccuRate’s engineers highlight in detail the design criteria common in all levels of hygienic screw feeders.  This information provide processors with guidelines in choosing the right feeders for their production needs.

December 2004
Loss-in-Weight Feeders Produce Only Gains - Plastics Processing Application

Worldwide polymer services company, PolyOne Corp, (www.polyone.com) installed Schenck AccuRate’s MECHATRON® continuous loss-in-weight screw feeders with DISOCONT® controllers and a DG-2000 Group Manager graphical interface and recipe management system to upgrade their color concentrates-process line.
-- Powder and Bulk Engineering Magazine (December 2004 Issue)

March 2004
Working Together To Solve A Feeding Problem - Pharmaceutical Application

Working with a Schenck AccuRate MECHATRON® loss-in-weight screw feeder, Pfizer (www.pfizer.com) was able to overcome a challenge in manually feeding a range of solid materials into various-sized reaction vessels containing a solvent.
-- Powder and Bulk Engineering Magazine (March 2004 Issue)

March 2004
Automated Feeding System Increases Production for a New Brick Manufacturing Plant

Brick and Tile Corporation (http://lawrencevillebrick.com) was able achieve a 400% increase in production with only half the work force by installing a combination of Schenck AccuRate MECHATRON® screw feeders, a SolidsFlow™ streamout feeder and a DEA weigh belt for a brick manufacturing process that was previously handled by manual weighing and feeding it’s raw materials.   
-- Processing Magazine Powder Handling Handbook (March 2004 Issue)

January 2004
"Soups On" at Del Monte Foods

Schenck AccuRate eased the disassembly and cleaning factors of Del Monte’s (www.delmonte.com) soup production lines using a SacMaster® Bulk Bag Unloader and a MECHATRON® Coni-Flex gravimetric screw feeder.  Using USDA food-grade materials, clamps, gaskets and sanitary design practices throughout the system, Del Monte is now able to produce (6) 900 gallon batches of soup base an hour.
-- Powder and Bulk Engineering Magazine (January 2004 Issue)

March 2003
Feeding Solution Speeds Energy Bar Production

Bariatrix International Inc.,(www.bariatrix.com) a world-leading producer of nutritional supplements, diet beverage mixes, powders, bars and meal replacements came to Schenck AccuRate looking for a solution to feed rice crisp and peanuts accurately into a mixer for production of their energy bar line.  Schenck AccuRate provided the solution with a SolidsFlow™ 4000 Offset Vibratory Feeder.   
-- Processing Magazine Powder Handling Handbook (March 2003 Issue)

December 2002
Material Feeding Solution is Crystal Clear

Luxury lead crystal manufacturer, Steuben Glass
(http://steuben.com/), was able to upgrade their glass production process matching their high quality standards using Schenck AccuRate SolidsFlow™ batch feeding stations, bag dump stations, vibratory loss-in weight mass-flow hoppers and a bench scale.
-- Powder and Bulk Engineering Magazine (December 2002 Issue)

June 2001
New Installation: Custom Compounder Goes Gravimetric

Bayshore Industrial (www.icopolymers.com), a supplier of compounds and concentrates to North America's major resin producers, is able to meet production demands by installing a Schenck AccuRate MECHATRON® gravimetric feeder system. 
-- Powder and Bulk Engineering Magazine (June 2001 Issue)



Recent New Products and Innovations:

June 2011
Schenck AccuRate Equipment Repair Program Keeps Plants Operating

April 2011
Schenck AccuRate Launches a New Preventative Maintenance Program

August 2009

Schenck Process Belt Conveyors Handle a Wide Range of Capacities

August 2009
Schenck Process Circular Bin Discharger Handles Difficult Materials


July 2009
Schenck Process Chain Conveyors and Bucket Elevators Move Materials Easily and Efficiently

May 2009
Schenck AccuRate Expands The Plastics Industry Designed ProFlex® C Feeder Line with the Model 6000

December 2008
New PureFeed® AI-300 Feeder is Designed to Handle Low Feed Rates in Multiple Industry Applications

March 2008
Schenck AccuRate Announces The New ProFlex® C Feeder For Plastics Compounders and Extruder Manufacturers

April 2007
Schenck AccuRate Targets Pharmaceutical Feeding Applications with the New PureFeed® AP Feeder Featuring a "Disposable" Flexible Feed-Hopper

April 2007
Schenck AccuRate Targets 20 Gram to 2 Kg / Hour Pharmaceutical Feeding Applications With It's New PureFeed® Gravimetric DP Ceramic Disc Feeder






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