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Here’s the Nitty Gritty on Remeshing Your Old, Worn Out Fine Mesh Screen

By Jeff Hochadel

Oct 07

As a manufacturer of vibratory and ultrasonic screening systems, screen wear is a huge issue for any fine mesh equipment. One frequently asked question we get from customers is, “How often should I replace my screen or mesh frame?” That can be a complicated question to answer since there are many variables to consider, including:

What type of material are you screening?
How often and how long do you run your screening equipment?
What mesh are you using? i.e., How fine is the mesh or micron size?
Are you running your screener with ultrasonics?

Jeff Hochadel

Jeff Hochadel has over 25 years of experience building and selling vibratory screening equipment. Jeff is responsible for handling fine mesh screening applications for The Cleveland Vibrator Company. His expertise is utilizing our Ultrasonic Deblinding System to solve difficult screening problems. When Jeff is not visiting customers promoting our products you can most likely find him fly fishing.

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Fine Mesh Equipment: How to Automate Your Sifting Process in the Cannabis Industry

By CVC Team

Mar 11

The cannabis industry has many applications in which fine mesh screening can increase the quality of the cannabis product and the efficiency of the production process. We’ve worked with many customers with differing goals for their wet sifting, dry sifting, or sizing applications. During this time, we’ve found that many potential solutions automate cannabis sifting and optimize the production process.

How to Save Cash in the Long Term: Protect Your Fabricated Vibratory Equipment

By Derek Stake

Jun 04

Great news! You decided to invest in customized fabricated vibratory equipment. Now it’s installed, working great, and you’re no longer dealing with costly, time-consuming material flow problems.

What’s next?

If you have worked with equipment in the past, you know that purchasing and installation is half of the battle. Whether you’re working with a vibratory feeder, screener, table, or any of our vibratory equipment options, maintenance is crucial to protect your investment long term. That’s why our team of experts is here to make this process easy! We compiled the list below so you know what to inspect, how often to inspect it, and what type of damage to look for when conducting regular equipment checks.  

Derek Stake

Joining The Cleveland Vibrator Company in February 2019, Derek Stake is now the Director of Engineering & Operations. As a Cleveland State University graduate, Derek provides extensive knowledge with a BA of Physics, BS of Mechanical Engineering, and MS of Mechanical Engineering. This CrossFit enthusiast offers years of engineering and operations expertise from his experience as Operations Manager at a local forging company. When not immersed in the world of vibration, you can find this Cleveland sports fan doing yard work and spending time with his wife and two kids!

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How to Choose the Best Isolator for Your Vibratory Equipment

By Jack Steinbuch

Jan 27

Here at The Cleveland Vibrator Company, we’ve committed ourselves to providing the best solution to your material flow problems for over 95 years. We like to say, sometimes “off-the-shelf” is just plain “off,” which is why our goal is to build a tailor-made solution to fit perfectly into your operation and application. Whether you need specific dimensions to fit a vibratory table into your existing process, require vibratory screen deblinding technologies, or have particular isolators you would like on your vibratory feeder; we offer design flexibility for our fabricated equipment to fit your application.

Jack Steinbuch

Jack Steinbuch has been with The Cleveland Vibrator Company for over 36 years accumulatively. He has previous experience in the manufacturing industry as a Senior Application Engineer and has worn many hats on our team in sales and managerial capacities. Now, he’s in the position of General Sales Manager. With a BSCE from The University of Toledo, he is an expert in the realm of sizing vibratory screeners and feeders, and sizing vibratory drives for tables and other vibratory equipment. Understanding that customer service is crucial, Jack believes it is important to provide the proper product for every application, even if it happens to not be supplied by The Cleveland Vibrator Company.

In his off-hours, you can find Jack spending time with his family and playing with his grandchildren. He loves sports; both watching and playing, and is an avid golfer and a league bowler during the winter. He will be retiring at the end of September 2021 and hopes to spend his winters vacationing in Florida.

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Does Industrial Vibrator Jargon Get You Down? The Vibration Experts Got You Covered!

By Mike Stratis

Dec 08

When it comes to terminology and lingo within the vibration industry, many times there are multiple names for the same piece of equipment. We will review what those are and explain what they mean.

Bin or hopper vibrators have many subcategories of vibrator types, just within this single product line itself. Let’s break it down.

Air vibrator or pneumatic vibrators can be the following:

Piston type
Ball type
Turbine type

Mike Stratis

Mike joined The Cleveland Vibrator Company team in 2013 with prior experience in manufacturing sales with a Cleveland company in the tool and die industry. Now, he’s the Director of Sales and specializes in “making stuff that shakes stuff”.

When he’s not immersed in the world of industrial vibration, as rare as that might be, Mike keeps busy *not finishing in last place* in Fantasy Football and enjoys spending time with his wife and three kids. It’s always golf season for Mike, and he’s been known to 3 putt his way around any course and can roll tee balls in rain or shine. You can find him tailgating in the Muni Lot before Browns games or supporting local breweries.

As an avid provider of #VibrationEducation, he offers this free bit of advice, “Not all vibration is the same. Force and frequency do matter!” However, there is a 2% upcharge for all Michigan and Steeler’s fans.

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How Hoppers Can Improve Performance of Feeders & Screeners

By Jack Steinbuch

Jul 28

Hoppers can aid in the performance of material handling equipment, plus provide health and safety benefits for your workforce. To begin, we will review the advantages hoppers can provide to improve the performance of feeders and screeners for bulk loading applications.

RFM electromechanical hopper feeder Side loading — Hopper

Okay, so what is a hopper?

Hoppers can be stationary with steeply sloping walls to allow free-flowing material to discharge onto the feed tray. Due to their steep walls, these hoppers can have a high dump height, depending on the volume. For lower dump heights and/or poor flowing materials, a vibrating hopper is a great solution. The hopper is attached to the vibrating body and the vibrators are then upsized to compensate for the increase in vibrating weight. The material is fed from the hopper onto the equipment.

Jack Steinbuch

Jack Steinbuch has been with The Cleveland Vibrator Company for over 36 years accumulatively. He has previous experience in the manufacturing industry as a Senior Application Engineer and has worn many hats on our team in sales and managerial capacities. Now, he’s in the position of General Sales Manager. With a BSCE from The University of Toledo, he is an expert in the realm of sizing vibratory screeners and feeders, and sizing vibratory drives for tables and other vibratory equipment. Understanding that customer service is crucial, Jack believes it is important to provide the proper product for every application, even if it happens to not be supplied by The Cleveland Vibrator Company.

In his off-hours, you can find Jack spending time with his family and playing with his grandchildren. He loves sports; both watching and playing, and is an avid golfer and a league bowler during the winter. He will be retiring at the end of September 2021 and hopes to spend his winters vacationing in Florida.

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Reduce the Noise Level on Your Vibratory Equipment

By Jack Steinbuch

Jul 15

OSHA specifies that a hearing conservation program should be in place when “noise exposure is at or above 85 decibels averaged over 8 working hours, or an 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA)”. This can be an issue for some vibratory equipment. However, we have selections available that will reduce noise levels which can result in many positives for your facility (OSHA).

For example, did you know investing in noise-reducing vibration can lead to an increase in productivity and overall safety? High noise levels can lead to short- and long-term physical damage including ringing ears, temporary changes in hearing, and long-term hearing damage or loss. But, less commonly known, it can also put a strain on your pocket by reducing productivity, contributing to poor communication and concentration, and can even contribute to workplace accidents by limiting your employee’s ability to understand speech (OSHA).

Since there is a wide variety of vibratory equipment, for this blog, we will focus on “brute force” vibratory equipment. The vibrating body is directly installed on the equipment and is driven by a vibrator or dual motors, and the supporting structure is isolated from the vibrating body. Now let us look at potential ways to reduce their noise level:

Jack Steinbuch

Jack Steinbuch has been with The Cleveland Vibrator Company for over 36 years accumulatively. He has previous experience in the manufacturing industry as a Senior Application Engineer and has worn many hats on our team in sales and managerial capacities. Now, he’s in the position of General Sales Manager. With a BSCE from The University of Toledo, he is an expert in the realm of sizing vibratory screeners and feeders, and sizing vibratory drives for tables and other vibratory equipment. Understanding that customer service is crucial, Jack believes it is important to provide the proper product for every application, even if it happens to not be supplied by The Cleveland Vibrator Company.

In his off-hours, you can find Jack spending time with his family and playing with his grandchildren. He loves sports; both watching and playing, and is an avid golfer and a league bowler during the winter. He will be retiring at the end of September 2021 and hopes to spend his winters vacationing in Florida.

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Small Batch Screening is Still a Big Deal

By Jeff Hochadel

Apr 09

The typical customer who calls or emails with a process question has either hundreds of pounds per hour or tons of material per hour to screen. Although these may be the majority of the applications, I do get many inquiries where the customer only has to process maybe 20 or 30lbs/hr. (or less) but still needs a vibratory screener. These small-batch screening applications are sometimes a little more challenging to solve than the typical large-batch application. Some applications may require a much finer mesh, there’s not much room to work with, or the material is extremely valuable. Besides our standard screeners, we also have the capability to manufacture a special screener around the customer’s process. I don’t know how many times I have seen an overly large vibratory screener handling an application where a screener half the size would suffice.

So, we first need to determine how much material the customer plans on running through the screener per hour or per shift, then we need to determine the mesh size requirements. We need to answer two questions: Read More…

Jeff Hochadel

Jeff Hochadel has over 25 years of experience building and selling vibratory screening equipment. Jeff is responsible for handling fine mesh screening applications for The Cleveland Vibrator Company. His expertise is utilizing our Ultrasonic Deblinding System to solve difficult screening problems. When Jeff is not visiting customers promoting our products you can most likely find him fly fishing.

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Shaking It Out & Saving the Earth One K-Cup at a Time

By Katy Sabo

Mar 16

Being a mom, there are certain things in life I cannot live without. Obviously, Disney Junior and endless amount of toys make my life a lot easier but coffee gives me life. It sounds dramatic, I know, but any parent out there reading this knows exactly where I am coming from! We all have our vices and coffee is my kryptonite. I don’t discriminate when it comes to preparing java, whether it is from my favorite local roaster, my own coffee pot or that quick instant cup out of a Keurig, you can bet your bottom dollar not a drop will be left in my mug at day’s end.

Single-serve coffee cups have given a new meaning to coffee on-the-go. Even though the cost of the single-serve cup is proven to be higher overall than the standard coffee grounds, the savings in time makes it worth it for the die-hard caffeine addicts. Guilty as charged and with no shame at all, I am one of those addicts but the tree hugger side of me sticks to the old school Mr. Coffee maker every morning. My Keurig is on standby if I desperately need that afternoon pick-me-up and takes residence behind me in my office as I write this blog. I like sharing so it is “open to the public” during work hours for my fellow CVC comrades, but they provide their own goods! Coworkers know to discard their used K-cups into my recycling box but it made me wonder, how many other people think to recycle them? Read More…

Katy Sabo

Katy Sabo has been the Industrial Vibrator Duchess of The Cleveland Vibrator Company since 2014. The originator of #VibrationEducation, Katy has helped create CVC brand awareness across the globe and has made it her personal priority to share the importance of Industrial Vibration with anyone willing to listen! When she isn’t shaking things up in the Marketing Department, you can usually find her shopping with her favorite sidekicks (she’s the proud mom of two little ladies), going on long walks/runs with her favorite furry family members, or rooting on any Cleveland team with her diehard fan of a husband.

www.clevelandvibrator.com

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How to Properly Clean Fine Mesh Screens Without Damaging Your Equipment

By Jeff Hochadel

Jan 11

Over the years, I have read many articles about how to reduce fine mesh screen blinding on vibratory screeners. These solutions range from polyurethane balls to brushes. One of our most frequently asked questions is how to clean screens once they are blinded for fine mesh applications. Some customers simply throw out the blinded screens or send them back to our rescreening department for a new screen to be applied.

Jeff Hochadel

Jeff Hochadel has over 25 years of experience building and selling vibratory screening equipment. Jeff is responsible for handling fine mesh screening applications for The Cleveland Vibrator Company. His expertise is utilizing our Ultrasonic Deblinding System to solve difficult screening problems. When Jeff is not visiting customers promoting our products you can most likely find him fly fishing.

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