Engineering Case Studies

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Innovative Hopper Design for Decaffeinating Coffee Beans

The Need T. Anthony (“Tony”) Royal, a vice president with Jenike & Johanson, was named ...

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Eliminating Granulation Blend Flow and Segregation Problems

The Need A pharmaceutical company was producing tablets from a granulation and did not experience ...

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Quality Improved with Reduced Segregation at Libbey Glass

The Need Libbey Glass is the leading producer of high quality, machine made glass tableware ...

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OEMS Improve Vehicle Fuel Efficiency with SABIC’s New Resin

The Need SABIC Innovative Plastics was undergoing a major expansion of their GTX resins process ...

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Gypsum Flow Problems Solved at Lafarge Cement

Lafarge’s Joppa, Illinois cement plant had experienced severe flow and operational problems with their ...

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Problems at Owens-Brockway: Retrofit Solves Glass Quality

The Need Owens-Brockway Glass Containers, a unit of Owens-Illinois, produces flint and green glass in ...

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Plastics Compounder Saves Money with New Feed System

The Need A small compounder was considering a new extrusion line that would include a ...

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CSL Innovator Self-Unloading Ship Operates Efficiently

Built for world-wide ocean trade by Canada Steamship Lines (CSL), the CSL Innovator is a ...

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Furnace Feed Problems Solved at Knauf Fiber Glass

The Need Knauf Fiber Glass blends glass batch in an aerating blender and then pneumatically ...

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Processing (Purge) Vessel Improves Product Quality at BP

The Need A new polypropylene (PP) plant was built by BP Amoco Chemical at Geel, ...

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Fixing Costly Limestone Flow Problems at Titan Cement

Titan America manufactures Portland cement at their Medley, Florida USA plant, and in June 2004 commissioned ...

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Vessel Analysis: Ensuring Metal Concentrate Cargo Stability

The Need The “Code for Safe Practice for Solid Bulk Cargoes” provides rules of safe ...