Problem:

A manufacturer in Midland, MI uses a wood-burning powerhouse for their plant. The problems they were having was the wood was forming bridges inside their five feeders.

Situation:

They tried using vibrators to shake the wood bridges loose but only had minimal success. Operators had to take time to loosen the bridges.

Solution:

Our solution was to mount several NTS 50/04 vibrators. The vibrators wereset up a timer system to supply air every minute for 15 seconds to each vibrator. This has solved their bridging problem. Therefore, wood gets to their belts and the operators are free to work in other areas of the plant.

Problem:

A manufacturer of stainless food handling equipment was having a problem with product damage in the handling of Spanish-style peanuts. The stainless storage bin metered on to a belt at various rates depending on package size.

Situation:

The current solution was to hammer on the bin with a rubber mallet to induce heavier flow for larger packaging.

Solution:

The addition of a MARTIN® CD18—470 Vibrator (set back to the lowest setting) moves the product smoothly with minimal damage.

The manufacturer has since standardized on our products.

Problem:

A Michigan manufacturer was experiencing a buildup of limestone fines on the bottom slope section of their screens. This buildup caused the bottom screen to blind which would then cause the next screen to blind, and so on until every screen deck was blinded to the top.

Situation:

If the conveyor feeding the screen was not shut down in time tons of material would spill and overflow. Then production would come to a halt. They would have to hammer out the buildup, which would take hours and therefore costs would be passed on to the consumer.

Solution:

Our solution was to mount a non-impacting vibrator to the sloped section of the screen to remove the fines. The NTS 54/02 with VAC 20 Mount was assembled to test. We let the unit run for one hour. The results no fines build up, no blinding of the screens and no loss of production.

Problem:

A chemical plant was having a problem with material moving through a 60″ x 12″ chute with the help of a piston vibrator caused enough noise that “neighbors” complained. I realized that linear vibration would move the material, so the impacting, quiet.

Situation:

This company makes a variety of chemicals in small lots to test for mass production. Material size, consistency, and moisture content changed daily causing it to rathole and bridge in the dryer.

Solution:

The solution was to use an NTS 50/10 mounted on the dryer. This allows the customer to easily adjust the frequency and amplitude to meet changing demands. Also, the vibrator rotates with the dryer; therefore, the quick-connect air couplings increase efficiency.

Problem:

A large blending plant in Illinois was experiencing difficulty filling their large bagging machine.

Situation:

As the bagging machines filled, hopper levels were visually checked with a slight glass. Oftentimes, flour would plug these sight glasses resulting in lost production.

Solution:

An NTK-8 was super-glued to the sight glass. This small amount of vibration kept the glass clear with no damage to the glass.

Problem:

A lime processing plant in Brazil was having a problem load lime into tank trucks. The lime was not filling the tank completely therefore wasting a lot of space.

Situation:

To fill the trucks, they drove them around the factory three times for material compaction. They realized that this process of stopping to fill the trucks, driving them around and then fill again was not the most efficient method.

Solution:

To improve the loading process, Martin Do Brazil installed one NTS 50/04 with a
VAC-MOUNT™ 20 on the trucks.

Now this customer fills the tank trucks in a third of the time it previously took and without the trucks “racing” around. They used to fill each truck with 26 tons of material, and now they fill them with 27 tons of material. Cimento Itau is very impressed with this improvement.

Problem:

Large bulk materials are the hardest materials to move with flow aids. One plant was experiencing back up with their hog fuel and woods chips.

Situation:

A regional plant was experiencing back up and flow problems with their hog fuel and woods chips. BIG BLASTER® Air Cannons are the most effective in getting wood products to flow, however there was no plant air. The solution was an 1800 rpm MOTOMAGNETIC® Electric Vibrator.

Solution:

The customer had a flop gate, pant leg arrangement loading the material to an open truck. Because of the shallow angle there were frequent plugs which would back up into the disc screen. A CD18-1670 was mounted to a 1/2“plate with grade five bolts and a compression washer. The plate was welded solid to a 1/8″ X 6″ X 8′ channel. The channel was stitch welded without welding the corners.

The vibrator is operating at about 30% of its capacity and is wired to the motor control center. Overload is set at 1.0 amp/460 volts.

Problem:

A Michigan packaging company was having problems getting wood chips to discharge from storage bins.

Situation:

Customer was having problems getting wood chips to discharge from a storage container into a screw conveyor. Due to excess moisture and extremely cold temperatures during the winter, the wood chips were bridging. They were using two men with sledge hammers to regain flow.

Solution:

Martin Vaibration Systems mounted two NTS 50/04 and two NTS 50/02vinrators in different locations. The low air consumption, non-impacting and quiet features of these NTS Vibrators were benefits the customer really liked.

Problem:

A manufacturer of stainless food handling equipment was having a problem with product damage in the handling of Spanish-style peanuts.

Situation:

The stainless storage bin metered on to a belt at various rates depending on package size.
They would hammer this bin with a rubber mallet to induce heavier flow for larger packaging.

Solution:

The addition of a MARTIN® CD18—470 Vibrator (set back to the lowest setting) moves the product smoothly with minimal damage. The manufacturer has since standardized on our products.

Problem:

An ostrich farm needed a faster method of removing waste from their numerous bird pens.

Situation:

Their prior method was to use a screen which had to be tilted and shaken by hand, on a 4′ X 8′ frame setting on a golf cart trailer for portability. The tires would act as a vibrator between the ground and the trailer.

Solution:

A model CDS36-390 was attached to the center of the reinforced screen frame secured to the trailer. The reclaimable material (mill) passes through the screen and can be re-spread after the trailer is removed. Each pen is equipped with 115/60/1HP outlets for simple plug-in operation. This operation must be performed daily and with the vibrator application. It is done by one person in approximately
one fourth of the time that it took before.