Many times a potential customer will call our office or email asking for a quote and delivery on a specific type of equipment. Our standard response involves asking the customer a series of questions ranging from what the product is, estimated throughput rates, percentage of plus and minus screen size, and others. We typically also […]
If you are familiar with ultrasonic sieving and have concerns over contamination of your product then this blog will grab your attention. Recently, one of our customers approached us with a difficult request. They needed to have an ultrasonic screener that consisted of 100% stainless steel contact parts. A traditional screener consisting of all stainless steel contact parts did […]
Sometimes a screening application cannot be solved by simply placing the product on the sieve surface and allowing the screener to do its job. For example, round screeners are designed to separate material by particle size. However, this simple process can occasionally cause problems or damage to the product and require the HK Ultrasonic Sieving […]
Vibratory screening equipment comes in all shapes and sizes. While some are rectangular or round they all pretty much accomplish the same principle which is removing oversize particles from the desired product size. There are a number of variables that can affect the performance of the screens used on your screening equipment. In this blog, […]
Over the years I have handled hundreds of sales calls. Some are looking for new equipment while others are looking to improve upon an existing application. The majority of the customers who are not looking for new equipment want to increase their “yield” or “productivity” of the final product they are trying to produce. My […]
Recently a customer inquired about purchasing a new lab test sieve shaker. His current laboratory sieve was an old, noisy, clunker of a test sieve shaker (I don’t think I need to name names…..). He was complaining of too many fines in the product – ground glass powder. While the customer seemed to think his […]
As a custom equipment manufacturer, we have quite a bit of flexibility in what we can offer. Sometimes a screening application calls for requirements that a standard vibratory screener just cannot accommodate. Recently, a customer asked us to redesign his powder metal screening operation in order to provide additional headroom for an additional piece of […]
Several weeks ago, I was reading an article in one of the technical journals discussing the variety of ways to eliminate screen blinding on vibratory equipment. The article discussed a number of “old school” solutions such as rubber balls, clean rings, spray nozzles and brushes. These methods have been around for decades and produce a […]
As the Sales Manager here at HK Technologies, I run across many unique and challenging screening applications on a weekly basis. While this is my first post and I have a lot of interesting applications to discuss, I want to begin with a recent application where a customer was using ultrasonic sieving to screen a […]
