Why We Introduced PowTReX basic for Metal 3D Printing Powder Recovery
Why We Introduced PowTReX basic for Metal 3D Printing Powder Recovery Metal additive manufacturing encompasses a wide range of industrial 3D printing processes that offer a wide range of advantages versus traditional metalworking processes and each one demands substantial investment in equipment and engineering expertise. One custom metal 3D printing company may offer a particular […]
Know How to Select Vacuum Conveyor Tubing and Hose for Safe, Smooth Material Transfer
Know How to Select Vacuum Conveyor Tubing and Hose for Safe, Smooth Material Transfer When learning about pneumatic vacuum conveying systems, it’s common to focus on the advantages of vacuum conveying versus positive pressure air conveying or on the ease and speed of using automated conveying systems versus manually loading heavy bags of powder and […]
Volkmann Expands Additive Manufacturing Equipment Line, Supports Scale Up in 3D Printing
Volkmann Expands Additive Manufacturing Equipment Line, Supports Scale Up in 3D Printing After several years in focus as the breakthrough industry waiting to break through, metal additive manufacturing commanded center stage in 2023 as the billions invested in the development of additive manufacturing technology and in 3D printing startup ventures began to yield substantial results. […]
3D Printers Needed a Vacuum Dryer to Dry Metal Powders
3D Printers Needed a Vacuum Dryer to Dry Metal Powders How We Developed Our New Drying System for Additive Manufacturing 3D printing companies weren’t clamoring for a new vacuum dryer. But many of our additive manufacturing customers were realizing that the moisture content of the metal powder when it enters the build box plays a […]
Why Pack Expo Tops Favorite Packaging Trade Shows List
Why Pack Expo Tops Favorite Packaging Trade Shows List Frenzy of sights, sounds, and conveyor sales highlight PMMI event For a conveyor manufacturer in the USA like Volkmann, there are dozens of trade shows where it would be appropriate to exhibit our automated conveyor systems. After all, our pneumatic vacuum conveyor equipment transfers bulk materials […]
Rotary Valves for Powder Allow Continuous Transfer
Rotary Valves for Powder Allow Continuous Transfer For Non-Stop Discharge of Bulk Solids, Try Volkmann Rotary Airlock Valves Experienced engineers with expertise in dry bulk material processing know that we design and manufacture pneumatic vacuum conveyors to transfer powders and other bulk solids – safely, gently, and efficiently. But even veteran, long-tenured process engineers may […]
BMW, GKN Additive Manufacturing, and Volkmann Drive 3D Printing Research
BMW, GKN Additive Manufacturing, and Volkmann Drive 3D Printing Research Three, Key Lessons Learned in Metal Powder Transfer and Recovery 3D printing companies and others driving the rise of additive manufacturing have been quietly investing huge amounts of resources into learning about the 3D printing process and fine-tuning it to produce better quality metal parts […]
Volkmann Engineer Explains Pneumatic Vacuum Conveyors for Material Transfer on Fluid Power Podcast
Volkmann Engineer Explains Pneumatic Vacuum Conveying on Podcast Bill Fucich Reveals Reasons for Intense Demand Our pneumatic vacuum conveying technology has developed quite a loyal following within powder and bulk processing circles over many decades and now it’s getting attention outside the process industries. More and more engineers want to know how to move products […]
Secret to Safe, Smooth Conveying is Volkmann
Secret to Safe, Smooth Conveying is Volkmann A maintenance technician for a major food manufacturer who took on a new job as a chief engineer with a different major food manufacturer asked us about converting the entire material transfer process from a series of open belt conveyors and bucket elevators to our pneumatic vacuum conveying […]
Why Waste Material When We Can Capture and Reuse It?
Why Waste Material When We Can Capture and Reuse It? Material shortages, staffing and supply chain issues, and constantly increasing prices for what material is available make every ounce more valuable, and every ounce wasted more costly. Allowing material to be discarded when we have the ability to capture, recover, and reuse it never made […]
