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Post Lift milling from a drum into a drum
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Post Lift milling from a drum into a drum
The following depicts a two scenarios and equipment involved to mill powdered product from one drum into another drum.
It uses a sanitary stainless steel Post Drum Lift, a powder mill to raise the feeding drum over a mill and discharges into a receiving drum. The components involved can be supplied as discrete components, such as a floor to ceiling mounted stainless steel drum discharging Post Lift, a powder mill on a light mobile Post Lift, a floor scale and a receiving drum or as an integrated mobile package.
Post Material Handling has partnered with Frewitt in supplying the best quality powder processing equipment with the best quality material handling equipment.
Scenario One
Scenario one is an integrated solution, where the sanitary stainless steel Post Lift is integrated with the mill and the weighing system. One control system is used for all functions and all functions are integrated and interlocked for ease of use, safety and portability.
The complete integrated package incorporates all that is needed to mill from a drum into another drum. The milling Post Lift can be moved to any process area for milling. A wide variety of drums can be processed. Smaller drums simply clamp further into the drum cradle. All components are wash down. 316 stainless steel is used for product contact surfaces and is supplied with material certifications. 304 stainless steel is used for all other components.
One control system controls the lift mill and weighing functions. The operator simply enters the amount of material to be milled and presses the start button. The mill comes up to the preset speed, then the control system automatically feeds the mill at a controlled rate. The Post Lift mill feeding system will not choke the mill with an excessive flow of material. When the target weight is reached, the mill slows to a stop and product feeding stops.
with the integrated weighing system, the drum can be placed directly on the floor. the loss in weight system measures the material that leaves the drum. this eliminates the need for a floor scale.
There is very little to clean. No hopper, secondary butterfly valve, no scale that you can see.
No need for elevated access for cleaning, operation or maintenance. The Post Lift stackup raises, lowers and inverts. There’s no “poof” of powder like when you pull a drum lift out of a hopper dust cap. No chance of material spill between the cone, valve and the mill.
The Post Lift is ergonomic. No scooping, lifting, tilting drums or pouring the last bit out. You can lower the mill onto a work surface for disassembly maintenance and cleaning.
With loss in weigh feeding, you don’t need a floor scale. The receiving drum can sit on the floor and tall/short drum can be used.
Lowering the lift for smaller receiving drums reduces in flight material time and particle segregation.
Metering of the material is under the same control as the mill. The operator can’t choke the mill. You can monitor and adjust the feed rate. Everything is integrated together. You can’t feed product if the mill isn’t running.
It’s safer. You can’t get your hands in the mill when it is running. Material doesn’t need to go as high for charging and it is held securely in place. The weighing system can detect obstructions and stop the lift in the event of contact.
It’s easy. The operator isn’t required to dock the lift to a hopper. No alignment issues. It doesn’t take any skill or hand eye coordination.
the sanitary stainless steel post lift milling system can mill tall drums into tall drums and still fit through an 8’ tall door way.
as will all of our post lifts, attachments are easily removed and replaced with other attachments, such as fork for bin liftin, bag lifting attachments and pallet lifts for ergonomic bag dispensing.
Scenario Two
Scenario two involves a more traditional approach where each component is separate and individually controlled. A floor to ceiling Post Lift raises and inverts a drum. The mill is positioned under the Post Lift. A drum is placed under the mill outlet and on top of a floor scale.
this stackup shows how the milling COMPONENTS work together.
a standard floor to ceiling mounted post lift is used to raise, invert and discharge the drums through the product cone.
a mill is brought into position under the post lift.
the post lift mates with the mill using a flexible dust cap. the neck of the post lift cone penetrates the dust cap to make a seal.
a floor scale is used to monitor the gain in weight of the drum..
the operator starts the mill, opens the post lift discharge valve and monitors the gain in weight of the drum. when the drum is at the desired weight, the operator closes the post lift discharge valve and stops the mill.
Repurposing
Post Material Handling Post Lifts may be bought back for repurposing when its original design function is no longer applicable. Repurposing was one of the major design criteria when the Post Lifts were originally conceived.
Repurposing reduces waste, adds reselling value and is the responsible means to recycle equipment.
Virtual Reality Demo
Post Virtual Reality develops proposals and building layouts using state of the art Virtual Reality visualizations.
We will build your layout in 3D and make it available to you using a standard web browser. The same VR environment can be viewed in browser on your desktop or laptop computer, a head mounted display and cell phone.
Post Virtual Reality converts CAD data into 3D presentations. If you do not have 3D CAD data, we will model your equipment and layouts for you.
Here’s What Our Client’s Are Saying
“We have teamed up with Post for over 9 years on several successful projects. Pat and his team are very knowledgeable and are able to supply solutions that integrate perfect with our machines.
Not only are their material handling solutions very well manufactured, I am especially grateful for the attention to detail and automation expertise at Post. They are problem solvers and a terrific resource for all material handling projects.”