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interior of the exchanger at the end of the sugar production
cycle. This operation is extremely easy as large doors allow
good access to the plate banks. Both the inlet hopper and the
vibrating discharge feeder are also equipped with quick release
inspection and maintenance openings.
Bulkflow Technologies Inc., formerly Cominco Engineering,
was formed in 1999. Bulkflow has risen to become a world
leader in indirect heating and cooling powder and bulk solids.
Today there are more then 250 applications in more than 30
countries in a wide variety of industries.
For more information contact Bulkflow Technologies by emailing:
info@bulkflow.com or visit:
www.bulkflow.com
Close up of the vibratory feeder at the Brugelette plant in Belgium
task of installing additional air pollution equipment. Also, the fact
that air is not used in the Bulkflow Heat Exchanger provides an
important increase in the quality of the final sugar product since
the risk of external contamination with bad odours or
microbiological contaminants is completely eliminated.
The operation of the cooler is completely automated, with the
unit’s Level and Temperature Control System integrated in the
plant’s Distributed Control System (DCS). In 2006, the Bulkflow
unit cooled 80 tons per hour of sugar from 48°C to 30°C (110°F
to 86°F) using cooling water at 20°C (68°F).
The maintenance of the equipment consists of washing the The plate frame exchanger at the Brugelette plant in Belgium
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