Conveyor systems have had somewhat of an interesting journey throughout the history of industrial technology. Conveyor systems have been in use for several centuries. In fact, farmers have been using various forms of conveyor belts to load grain into ships as early as...
Specialty grains are the main ingredients in beer recipe kits. While barley is the most common of these brewing grains, the umbrella term of specialty grains is quite complex. But before we can go into that, we will need to address the issue of malt. It is one of the...
Businesses operating in the specialty grain industry will need to rely on grain conveyor systems that are not only efficient but also safe and capable of moving significant volumes of material while also maintaining spillage at an absolute minimum. To that end, there...
When it comes to post-harvest processing, the focus is placed on preserving the quality and adding value to the grain by removing impurities and segregating lots (based on special characteristics of the grain). When it comes to such agricultural products, quality loss...
According to OSHA’s definition of combustible dust explosions, any combustible material can burn rapidly when in a finely divided form. If such a dust is suspended in the air in the right concentration, under certain conditions, it can become explosive. When we know...
Unfortunately, combustible dust explosions have caused catastrophic damages and loss of life in process industries across America recently. According to the Chemical Safety Investigation Board, there have been 111 dust explosion incidents in industrial plants between...