Problem:

A manufacturer in Midland, MI uses a wood-burning powerhouse for their plant. The problems they were having was the wood was forming bridges inside their five feeders.

Situation:

They tried using vibrators to shake the wood bridges loose but only had minimal success. Operators had to take time to loosen the bridges.

Solution:

Our solution was to mount several NTS 50/04 vibrators. The vibrators wereset up a timer system to supply air every minute for 15 seconds to each vibrator. This has solved their bridging problem. Therefore, wood gets to their belts and the operators are free to work in other areas of the plant.

Problem:

A Michigan manufacturer was experiencing a buildup of limestone fines on the bottom slope section of their screens. This buildup caused the bottom screen to blind which would then cause the next screen to blind, and so on until every screen deck was blinded to the top.

Situation:

If the conveyor feeding the screen was not shut down in time tons of material would spill and overflow. Then production would come to a halt. They would have to hammer out the buildup, which would take hours and therefore costs would be passed on to the consumer.

Solution:

Our solution was to mount a non-impacting vibrator to the sloped section of the screen to remove the fines. The NTS 54/02 with VAC 20 Mount was assembled to test. We let the unit run for one hour. The results no fines build up, no blinding of the screens and no loss of production.

Problem:

A Michigan packaging company was having problems getting wood chips to discharge from storage bins.

Situation:

Customer was having problems getting wood chips to discharge from a storage container into a screw conveyor. Due to excess moisture and extremely cold temperatures during the winter, the wood chips were bridging. They were using two men with sledge hammers to regain flow.

Solution:

Martin Vaibration Systems mounted two NTS 50/04 and two NTS 50/02vinrators in different locations. The low air consumption, non-impacting and quiet features of these NTS Vibrators were benefits the customer really liked.

Problem:

A Brazilian customer was having trouble loading lime into tank trucks. Material was not flowing into the trucks and fill completely without air pockets or gaps.

Situation:

They tried to solve the problem by driving the filled trucks around the factory three times for the material to compact. Finally realizing, that this process of stopping to fill the trucks, driving them around and then fill again was not the most efficient method

Solution:

To solve the problem, Martin Vibration installed their NTS 50/40 with a VAC-MOUNTâ„¢ 20 on the trucks.

The result is they can fill their tank trucks in a third of the time it previously took and without driving around. Their trucks used to be filled with 26 tons of material, now they are pouring 27 tons. This method is more productive and time efficient.

Problem:

Dow Corning of Midland, Michigan, was experiencing high maintenance problems with electric vibrators in their wood-fired power plant. These rotary electric vibrators were mounted on 4-ft x 6-ft screens, which were used to screen pyrites from the exhaust gases. These vibrators, which run at 3600 revolutions per minute, were mounted to an arm that tapped the screen deck. This type of vibration caused damage to the screen deck and supports. The customer felt that speed was the problem, so he purchased a frequency inverted to control the RPMs. This helped some, but the maintenance cost to repair the vibrator, screen deck, and supports was still excessive.

Situation:

The customer called his local Martin salesperson for assistance in solving this vibration problem. He recommended an NTS-50-04 Bin Vibrator as the solution. The NTS Electric Bin Vibrator was chosen because of its versatility. Having the ability to independently control the frequency, amplitude, and force output was key in solving this problem. After installation, the vibrator was fine tuned to the exact force to do the job.

Solution:

We found the force output requirement was only about one-half of the force they were using with the rotary vibrator. Before changing to the NTS vibrator, the customer had to rebuild his screen every l8-24 months. He has now had the NTS for over two years, and there has been no damage to the screen deck or supports.