March 20-23, 2001: Control Concepts, Inc., Putnam, CT, will be participating in the Electric Power 2001 expo to be held in Baltimore. Control Concepts will be exhibiting their zero speed switches and acoustic horns. Contact RIM for additional information.

March 22-23, 2001: The Business and Industry’s Environmental Symposium will be held in Cincinnati. Some of the special session topics to be covered are: air compliance, EHS for the experienced as well as the new manager and safety. There will also be a trade show. For additional information call 614-229-7990.

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April 23-26, 2001: Fisher-Klosterman, Inc., Louisville, KY; the fourth Fluid Bed Technologies Conference will be held in New Orleans. The international conference hosted by Fisher-Klosterman is designed to promote the transfer of technical information regarding fluid bed systems and the associated use of cyclones and other air pollution control equipment. This technical conference is geared toward personnel working in the following areas: design engineering, maintenance, plant engineering and operators of fluid bed systems.
Abstracts to be presented:

“Heat Transfer Between a Gas-solid Suspension and a Cylinder in Cross Flow”,
“The Use of Microwaves for Heating Fluid Beds”,
“The Pros and Cons of Using Ultra Low Velocity Fluid Beds”,
“New Nozzle Design Reduced Down Time at Newmont Gold Roasting Plant”,
“Inspection, Testing and Failure Mode Analysis of Monolithic Refractory Materials and their Installation”,
“Oxidation Reactions in Continuous Pilot Fluidized Bed Reactor-Regenerator Technology”,
“New Stripping Technology and the Stone & Webster FCC Process from a Fluidization Viewpoint”,
“Applications of Radioisotope Techniques for Investigating Fluid Bed Reactors”,
“Low Profile FCC Process”;
and workshops: Basic Cyclone, Advanced Cyclones for Fluid Beds, Vortex Length and Characteristics in Cyclones (research paper), Fluid Bed Characteristics, Bubbling Beds, Entrainment, Industrial Reactor Design Examples.
Contact RIM for a brochure.

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May 7-9, 2001: BINMASTER Inc., Lincoln, NE, will be participating in the American Feed Industry Association Expo ‘01 held in Indianapolis at the Indianapolis Convention Center. BINMASTER will be exhibiting their level sensors, dust detectors and inventory management system. Contact RIM for additional information.

May 7-11, 2001: The Powder & Bulk Solids Conference and Exposition will be held at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont (Chicago), IL. Technical presentations on a variety of dry material handling and processing subjects will be held and over 600 of the powder and bulk industry suppliers will exhibit. Contact RIM for additional information.

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