{"id":94,"date":"2017-02-07T05:27:34","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T05:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/powdernotes.com\/testing\/?p=94"},"modified":"2017-02-07T06:19:30","modified_gmt":"2017-02-07T06:19:30","slug":"powder-flow-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/powdernotes.com\/testing\/education\/powder-flow-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Powder Flow II"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/powdernotes.com\/testing\/education\/powder-flow-ii\/\"><span style=\"color: #cc9900;\">Powder Flow II: Industrial Solids Handling &amp; Mixing<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #cc9900;\"> <em>\u2013 Plant Design Principles &amp; Operation<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n<p style=\"color: rgba(0,0,0,.87); max-width: 28cm; display: inline-block;\"><strong>By<\/strong> popular request, a new follow-on companion workshop treating industrial applications of the solids flow principles of Powder Flow I and solids mixing, which delves into commonly encountered design &amp; operational issues of powder handling and blending systems.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: rgba(0,0,0,.87); max-width: 28cm; display: inline-block;\"><strong>Topics<\/strong> include unassisted mass\/funnel flow discharge; flow promoting devices both active\/passive such as inserts, aeration &amp; vibration; handling difficult powders; feeders both volumetric\/gravimetric &amp; their control; mechanical &amp; pneumatic conveying of powders; solutions to processing segregating blends; and solids blending &amp; mixing, mixer selection and mixture quality.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: rgba(0,0,0,.87); max-width: 28cm; display: inline-block;\"><strong>This<\/strong> course is useful for anyone optimizing current or designing future solids mixing and handling systems, and includes practical design applications with attendee worked examples.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: rgba(0,0,0,.87); max-width: 28cm; display: inline-block;\"><strong>Typical<\/strong> participants include those from pharmaceutical processing, excipient and chemical manufacture, food and consumer product production, and a variety of advanced material processes.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"color: rgba(0,0,0,.87); max-width: 28cm; display: inline-block;\"><strong>Powder<\/strong> Flow II treats in detail industrial applications of the solids flow principles learned in Powder Flow I and solids mixing, covering many of the practical considerations encountered in the design &amp; operation of powder systems. It presumes a requisite knowledge of powder flow principles such as Powder Flow I, or equivalent experience. For those without first hand powder flow characterization experience, we would recommend attending both workshops.<br \/>\n<strong>Concepts<\/strong> are reinforced through attendee worked examples involving bin design to prevent arching\/ratholing, mixture quality and design, mixer selection, flow insert placement, aeration requirements, feeder design, handling segregation, and conveying considerations.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: rgba(0,0,0,.87); max-width: 28cm; display: inline-block;\"><strong>Course topics &amp; schedule:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"color: rgba(0,0,0,.87); max-width: 28cm; display: inline-block; padding-left: 6pt;\">\n<li>\n<p style=\"color: rgba(0,0,0,.87);\"><em>Bin Design<\/em> \u2013 Review of unassisted gravity flow bin design of mass flow and funnel flow hoppers.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"color: rgba(0,0,0,.87);\"><em>Mixing and Blending<\/em> \u2013 Overview of mixing quality and operation, and mixer selection.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"color: rgba(0,0,0,.87);\"><em>Feeders<\/em> \u2013 Volumetric and gravimetric, screws, belts, rotary valves, advantages and disadvantages, and key design principles.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"color: rgba(0,0,0,.87);\"><em>Aeration effects<\/em> \u2013 Impact on discharge rate, methods of correction.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"color: rgba(0,0,0,.87);\"><em>Retrofits<\/em> \u2013 Wedge hoppers, liners and coatings, other.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"color: rgba(0,0,0,.87);\"><em>Segregation<\/em> \u2013 Practical problems and solutions to typical segregation issues.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"color: rgba(0,0,0,.87);\"><em>Flow aids<\/em> \u2013 Passive and active, bin inserts, air blasters, vibrators, other.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"color: rgba(0,0,0,.87);\"><em>Chutes<\/em> \u2013 Do\u2019 and don\u2019ts, recommended chute angle due to material impact pressure.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"color: rgba(0,0,0,.87);\"><em>Flow Report<\/em> &#8212; Typical flow report and design example based on report.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"color: rgba(0,0,0,.87);\"><em>Design Examples\u00a0<\/em>\u2014 Practical design examples, calculating critical bin dimensions with attendee worked examples.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"color: rgba(0,0,0,.87);\"><em>Modeling\u00a0<\/em>\u2014 Using models to understand flow issues and develop solutions, advantages and disadvantages.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"color: rgba(0,0,0,.87);\"><em>Conveying\u00a0<\/em>\u2014 Overview of pneumatic and mechanical conveying principles.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<a class=\" button_grey button_small  \" href=\"http:\/\/powdernotes.com\/testing\/sample-page\/contact-us\/\" target=\"\">Request One<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Powder Flow II: Industrial Solids Handling &amp; Mixing \u2013 Plant Design Principles &amp; Operation By popular request, a new follow-on companion workshop treating industrial applications of the solids flow principles of Powder Flow I and solids mixing, which delves into commonly encountered design &amp; operational issues of powder handling and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/powdernotes.com\/testing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/powdernotes.com\/testing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/powdernotes.com\/testing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powdernotes.com\/testing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powdernotes.com\/testing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/powdernotes.com\/testing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109,"href":"https:\/\/powdernotes.com\/testing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94\/revisions\/109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/powdernotes.com\/testing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powdernotes.com\/testing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powdernotes.com\/testing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}