New Text All-Aluminum Package Conveyor An all-aluminum package conveyor de signed to provide increased flexibility in package handling, has been developed by George Haiss Mfg. Co., Inc., New York. Haiss Model 485-Λ will handle bags, bundles, boxes, crates, eartons, and cases weighing up to 500 lb. at the rate of 30 per minute. Its major advantage is its light weight, which enables it to be lifted by two men or carried by three men. An exclusive feature is the fact that it has a detachable coupler unit of aluminum alloy. Any number of t hese conveyors can be combined easily into radially coupled units which carry packages speedily in a straight line, around corners, over piles or obstructions, or onto elevating conveyors.
Bemis Bag
Movie
A sound-color motion picture, "A Stitch In Time," has been produced by Bemis Bro. Bag Co. The 16mm. film is in
two parts, combined projection time about an hour, and completely covers the install ai ion, operation, maintenance, and repair of the major types of bag closing sewing machines. This film was developed as an aid to the bag closing sewing machine ex perts who conduct the Bemis sewing machine clinics for customer plants.
Trade-Mark
Imprinter
A new attachment for continuous proc essing machines that automatically im print trademarks or distinctive designs on sheet or strip material traveling at speeds up to 900 feet per minute, has been de veloped by Adolph Gottscho, Inc., 1 Hud son St., New York 13, Ν. Υ. The unit, known as the Ilolaprinter, is actuated either by friction contact with the moving web or by connection to a convenient shaft on the machine to which it is at tached. Mounted on a calendaring, finishing, or other continuous processing machine op posite a roller or idler that can serve as
WEBCELl CONTINUOUS D I A L Y S E R S
TYPICAL LAU6E BUTTERY INSTALLATION OF WEB CELL 0IALYSERS IN VISCOSE RAYON P U N T FOR THE RECOVERY OF CAUS TIC SOOA
DIALYSIS MAY BE THE SOLUTION OF YOUR PROBLEM TO AVOID STREAM POLLUTION AND TURN LIQUID WASTE INTO PROFIT Industries e m p l o y i n g certain liquid solutions i n their process are confronted w i t h the p r o b l e m o f stream pollution in the disposal o f waste. Dialysis may b e the solution for y o u , as it has for others, t o a l o w cost method o f preventing stream p o l l u t i o n — plus the saving o f the cost o f a neutralizing agent and a profit from waste through recovery.
The process is now in profitable operation in many fields for the: RECOVERY OF ALKALIS A ACIDS · REMOVAL OF ACIDS, ALKALIS OR OTHER NON-WANTED MATERIALS · PURIFI CATION OF SOLUTIONS · MANUFACTURE OF BY-PRODUCTS
LABORATORY MODEL For experiment work in the study of dialysis. The model ie made of lucite and clearly shows the action o f transfer and separation. The results obtained can be closely translated into terms of expec tancy from the larger production units.
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an impression cylinder, it is said to make permanent "print-quality" impressions of consistent intensity on plain and waxed paper, boxboard, foil, glassine, cellophane, and other plastic films, smooth and roughfinish woven fabrics, cured and uncured rubber, asphalted a n d rock products, and linoleum during winding or roll-out of the material.
Battery Powered Hand Pallet Truck A battery powered hand pallet truck said to offer new a n d unusual features is announced b y Towmotor Corp., Cleve land. The unit is easily maneuvered in dose quarters and h a s a high safety fac tor even under maximum loads. Major features include rapid lifting of loads, high traction, maximum power, safety handle with control buttons for either right, or left hand operation, 3-point suspension for smooth travel over uneven surfaces, and differential-action trailer wheels that elim inate wheel scuffing and ensure easy turn ing, thus saving excessive xvoar on both trucks and floor. A safety feature is an automatic power c u t ofï wnich, upon release of the control handle, instantly cuts off the power supply to the motor and applies a positive quickacting brake t o the drive shaft, immediately stopping the truck.
High-Speed Elevator Bucket Link-Belt Co., 3 0 7 North Michigan Ave., Chicago, announces a high-speed elevator bucket said to embody all essential basic principles for hign-spced operation to attain maximum capacities in handling free-flowing materials, especially grain products. T h e design combines unequaled capacity, durability, low operating cost, and exceptional strength with light weight. It i s particularly recommended for handling grain, soft feeds, and other lightweight, fluffy, granular, or powdered fine free-flowing materials n o t excessively abrasive. Buckets may b e mounted on elevator belt a t intervals or continuously, depending upon the capacities required.
Package Engineering Handbook Available Publication of ' T h e Package Engineering Handbook" b y Walter Stern i s announced. Principal sections of the book first appeared serially in Fibre Containers, trade publication in the paperboard fields, . resulting in heavy demand f o r the material in book form. The book, however, contains much additional data o f value t o the nation's large shippers who use about $5 billion of packaging a year to assure delivery of goods in usable condition. The facts in this book will aid i n reducing this cost, help produce better packaging and handling, a n d reduce heavy transportation and handling damage.
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