The Messe Exhibition Centre in Nuremberg, Germany, was host to Powtech 2017 between 26-28 September. Six exhibition halls served some 850 exhibitors, highlighting both companies and products involved in processing, analysis and handling of powder and bulk products, including the cement sector.
ICR toured the halls to see the latest innovations to hit the cement market in the next few months. The range of equipment of equipment on display was varied: rotary packers and other packing solutions, stretch hooders, silo technology, weighfeeders as well as laboratory analysis and grinding equipment.
One of the first displays attended by ICR was Aerzener, one of the many German companies represented at Powtech 2017. The company has just released its Alpha Blower which can be used in applications such as ship unloading of cement. It can handle volume flows of up to 77,000m3/h at a maximum overpressure of 1000mbar and a maximum negative pressure of -800mbar. Also on show was the Aezener Delta Blower G5 Plus blower range that can take inflow volume flows of 30 to 15,000m3/h at a control range of 25 to 100 per cent and overpressures of up to 1000mbar.
