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VOLKMANN TO INTRODUCE NEW POWDER HANDLING EQUIPMENT AT PACK EXPO LAS VEGAS

Volkmann, Inc. will be exhibiting several new products at Pack EXPO Las Vegas at Booth #C-5506. The most notable product is a new version of Volkmann’s unique No Tip Unloader… Read More

VOLKMANN HIRES ENGINEER FOR ADDITIONAL CONTRACT AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT

Volkmann is pleased to announce the appointment of Nick Singer as a Contracts and Technical Support Engineer to meet the growing company’s need for additional engineering support for its powder and small particle conveying systems… Read More

VOLKMANN AUTHORED ARTICLE FEATURED IN AUG 2015 PBS – CONTAINED PRODUCT TRANSFER

Volkmann Inc. President, Nick Hayes, discusses how vacuum-based pneumatic conveying can address the containment of fine powders, granules, particles and other small parts when being transported in today’s manufacturing facilities… Read More

VOLKMANN OPENS NEW LABORATORY TO TEST VACUUM CONVEYING OF POWDERS AND SMALL PARTICLES

Volkmann, Inc. now offers customers a new, 750 square foot dedicated test facility in its Bristol, PA U.S. headquarters. This laboratory incorporates a range of the company’s VS Series of vacuum conveyors, including the 200, 250, 350 and 450 receiver models, as well as a variety of feed hoppers along with the company’s RNT rip and tip hopper … Read More

VOLKMANN EXPANDS FEATURES AVAILABLE ON THE RIP-AND-TIP BAG DUMP STATION

Volkmann, Inc. has recently added a number of variants to further enhance their robust Rip and Tip (RNT) bag dump station. These new features include… Read More

VOLKMANN CASE STUDY FEATURED IN ADHESIVES AND SEALANTS

A new vacuum system was created for Jowat Adhesives to meet strenuous production requirements. Read the case study… Read More

VOLKMANN HOSTS TRAINING SEMINAR FOR MANUFACTURING REPRESENTATIVES AT NEWLY EXPANDED GERMAN HEADQUARTERS

Volkmann, Inc. recently hosted a training course for its manufacturers’ representatives at the company’s newly expanded headquarters and manufacturing base in Soest, Germany…Read More

NEW CATALOG SHOWCASES SYSTEM INTEGRATION

Volkmann has published a new catalog of its wide range of product offerings, covering vacuum conveying from pick-up through discharge, representing a wide range of solutions for system integration… Read More

VOLKMANN INTRODUCES LOW-PROFILE, HIGH EFFICIENCY PNEUMATIC PHARMACEUTICAL CONVEYORS

Volkmann will introduce their new line of low-profile pneumatic pharmaceutical conveyors at Interphex 2013 featuring a purpose-designed low-profile vacuum pump and reverse shock tank… Read More

VOLKMANN EXPANDS U.S. HEADQUARTERS TO BETTER SERVE CUSTOMERS

Volkmann, Inc. recently almost doubled its U.S. headquarters facility, now occupying 8500 square feet in a Keystone Industrial park in Bristol, PA. Volkmann can now offer its customers a dedicated test facility as well as more rapid turnaround on parts delivery due to expanded warehousing space for inventory… Read More

VOLKMANN INTRODUCES ELECTRONIC CONTROLS FOR ELECTRO-PNEUMATIC OPERATION OF VS AND PPC VACUUM CONVEYORS

Volkmann, Inc. will introduce a line of electronic timers for electro-pneumatic operation of their VS and PPC series of vacuum conveyors at Pack Expo Las Vegas, Booth #7116, September 23-25, 2013… Read More

VOLKMANN VACUUM CONVEYORS TRANSFER CARBON BLACK, PIGMENT AND TONER CLEANLY, WITHOUT SEGREGATION OR DEGRADATION

The Volkmann series of VS Vacuum Conveyors are ideal for the clean, gentle, segregation-free transfer of carbon black, toner and pigments in powder or prill form to mixers, packers or processing from paper sacks, bulk bags or IBCs. They use efficient vacuum conveying, superior 0.3µ-standard filtration and convenient common seals between modules to address the challenges of environmental cleanliness, avoidance of product segregation or degradation, and quick production changes….Read More

VOLKMANN INTRODUCES RNT-CON RIP-AND-TIP DUMP STATION – HANDLES POWDERS AND FINES SAFELY, HYGIENICALLY

Volkmann’s RNT-CON contained rip-and-tip dump stations allow for dust- and contamination-free opening and discharging of high quality, high potency powders and fines from bags, boxes and small containers. This ensures safe, hygienic handling of these materials and helps processors meet increasingly demanding operator safety and environmental regulations for production environments…. Read More

VOLKMANN INEX REACTOR LOADERS SAFELY CONVEY DRY OR WET POWDER AND GRANULES INTO HAZARDOUS/EXPLOSION RISK AREAS

Volkmann’s ATEX-approved INEX vacuum conveying system takes vacuum transfer of dry or wet powder and granules into potentially hazardous conditions to a new level. By using a sophisticated, patent-pending nitrogen purging function, INEX reduces oxygen content within the unloaded batch to below 7% (or lower when required), maintaining the material’s inert safety while providing dust-free transport…. Read More

VOLKMANN INTRODUCES BBU-ONE BULK BAG UNLOADER – OPTIMIZES DUST-FREE MATERIAL FLOW

Volkmann now offers a Bulk Bag Unloading Station, the BBUone, built to the same exacting quality standards as its vacuum conveying systems. The BBUone optimizes dust-free material flow from the bag to the vacuum conveyor and downstream processes without any contamination of the material or work environment… Read More

VOLKMANN INTRODUCES CONWEIGH – ACCURATELY WEIGHS PRODUCT IN TRANSFER TO IMPROVE PRODUCTION

Volkmann has introduced Conweigh – a weighing system to complement their VS and PPC series of vacuum conveyors. Conweigh can accurately weigh powders, granules, food particles, pellets, capsules, tablets and other bulk materials being transferred into and out of production processes via Volkmann conveyors…. Read More

VOLKMANN INTRODUCES ELECTRIC PUMP OPTIONS FOR VACUUM CONVEYORS AT PACK EXPO

Volkmann will showcase new variants of their highly successful VS series of vacuum conveyors featuring electric pump options at PACK EXPO 2012. These new pump options mount a purpose-designed Electric Switch Box Assembly (EPV) directly on the receiver…. Read More

VOLKMANN INC. ADDS ULTRA LOW PROFILE VACUUM CONVEYING UNIT TO THE VS SERIES

In response to demand for an ultra low profile unit for vacuum conveying small volumes, Volkmann Inc. has added the VS200-F1 model to its line of high quality, high performance VS vacuum conveyors. It provides a great solution for conveying capacities up to 500 lbs. /hr. in just 16″ of overall height… Read More

VOLKMANN MULTIJECTORS® DIRECTLY TRANSFER POWDER INTO TABLET PRESSES WITHOUT SEGREGATION

Volkmann, a market leader in vacuum conveying, offers the advanced Volkmann Multijector® Vacuum Conveyors to safely transfer powder directly into tablet presses. These conveyors offer dust-free transfer with a gentle, segregation-free, vacuum-plug- flow system for capacities from 10kg/h to 8000kg/h with transporting distances up to 100m and up to 50m high…. Read More

VOLKMANN MULTIJECTORS® SAFELY AND EFFICIENTLY TRANSPORT FOOD POWDERS AND MATERIALS UNDER VACUUM

Volkmann, a market leader in vacuum conveying, offers a transfer system optimizing material flow from the supply side to the downstream packaging operation. The advanced Volkmann Multijector® Vacuum Conveyors, when used with a level-controlled buffer hopper, safely transport fine food powders, granules, pellets, capsules, tablets and other bulk materials under vacuum. This transport can supply packaging lines, as well as mixers, filling machines, tablet presses or any other kind of process equipment or vessel (containers, silos etc.) within the production line, on demand…. Read More

VOLKMANN REVOLUTIONARY NO-TIP UNLOADER

Volkmann, a market leader in vacuum conveying, introduces its “No-Tip Unloader” vacuum conveyor. The No-Tip Unloader has been developed to eliminate the material flow issues involved when transferring powders, granules, pellets, capsules, tablets and other bulk materials through conventional unloading methods requiring tipping of the raw material drum, bin or IBC… Read More