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Automated Process Equipment Corporation |
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April 2004 |
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Automated Process Equipment Corporation |
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April 2004 |
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News & Special Offers
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Showtime! | ||
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Booth # 749 Representatives on Hand Terry Stemler Garrett Billmire Dave Mattice
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Stop by the APEC booth and talk
to the APEC guys about your material handling needs. Plus pick up any of our brochures
describing our complete line of equipment.
The exact booth display is still being determined so check out next month's newsletter to see what will be on display. Need a complimentary pass? Use the link below to request one from us while our supplies last.
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Booth # 15 Representatives on Hand Terry Stemler |
Terry Stemler will be manning the APEC booth at the 2004 Petfood Forum at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare Hotel March 29th -March 31st. Make sure to stop by the booth and talk to Terry about the APEC Mistcoater and its performance abilities. You can also pick up information on the complete APEC product line and see how it applies to your petfood manufacturing needs. |
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Service Contract Being Developed | ||
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In an effort to better serve our customer base, the APEC Service Dept. is developing a program geared toward assisting customers in maintaining their APEC systems and equipment's peak operational performance. Customer's will be able to enter into a service contract to bring an APEC technician on site yearly or bi-yearly. Once onsite the technician will completely go through any APEC equipment or controls and thoroughly inspect all components, make any necessary adjustments, check calibrations, train personnel and make recommendations. If you might have some interest in this new program use the link below to let us know.
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Dam It | |
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Actual field
testing has led APEC engineers to develop a method of further aiding in the
retention of the product in the mixing conveyor. By creating a dam at
the discharge end of the mixing conveyor the conveyor runs completely full
along the entire length. The dam is simply a round disc mounted to the
mixing screw shafts. The dam can be slid along the shaft and is locked
into place using an integral set collar. A two piece retrofit kit is available
for those installations with existing TMX Mistcoaters. Use the link
below to contact APEC about this retrofit kit.
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Mixing Conveyor Tail Bearing Upgrade For Existing Mistcoaters | |
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Do you have an existing
Mistcoater with flanged tail bearings and plate seals? Have you had
to replace seals and bearings due to liquid contamination? APEC now
offers an upgrade kit to replace those old flange bearings and plate seals
with outboard pillow block bearings and compression seals.
This upgrade kit bolts to the existing mounting holes on the Mistcoater. No additional field fabrication is required. If eventually the seal material does begin to leak, simply open the compression fitting and replace it. You are back up and running in minutes. Use the link below to contact us for more information concerning a mixing conveyor tail bearing upgrade on your existing Mistcoater. |
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Double Disk Upgrade For Existing Mistcoaters |
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Do you have an existing Mistcoater with a single liquid disk? Upgrade to a double disk configuration for increased performance. The benefits are: 1. Increased width of the spray band. This effectively doubles the amount of time your product falls through the spray area. This increases the amount of surface area contacted which in turn improves the quality of the initial coating. 2. Splits the liquid between two disks. Reducing the amount of liquid per disk also reduces the size of the droplets coming off of the disks. This helps to improve the consistency and quality of the initial coverage. Use the link below to contact us for more information concerning a double disk upgrade on your existing Mistcoater. |
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This Month's Highlighted Product |
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Mistcoater Liquid Applicator
How It Works The dry product falls through the machine in a cascading helical pattern. Simultaneously, the liquid is pumped onto spinning disks located in the center of the cascading product. The liquid is atomized and flung out into the falling product. What Are The Advantages? Multiple liquids can be applied at the same time through the one liquid inlet point on the machine. No spray nozzles that clog. No restrictions on the liquid means less head pressure is required of your pumping system. Combine the Mistcoater with an APEC powder feeder for tack application of Digest, Gravy, Whey etc. We've Got The Model For Your Application "T" - Coating chamber with discharge chute "TMX" - coating chamber with twin screw ribbon and paddle mixing conveyor (pictured at left) "Inline" - Same technology as the "T" coater but with an overall height of 36" for locations with space constraints Applications Includes animal and pet food, the wood particleboard industry and cat litter production. Also any dry, flowable product requiring an application of liquid.
Use the link below to check out the APEC website for more information concerning the Mistcoater
Use the link below to contact APEC about your Mistcoater Liquid Applicator needs.
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