The City of Scotts Valley sewage treatment plant was having a very tough and frequent problem with their scum pump. This screw pump would rag up monthly, forcing the operators to take it apart and use large wrenches to manually turn the pump to remove the clogged rags and wipes. This was not a [...]
When establishing a processing and freeze-drying system for an exotic mushroom customer, Van Drunen Farms in Momence, Illinois found themselves in search of a solution for a unique set of challenges. Van Drunen Farms specializes in processing high-quality ingredients through a multitude of processing methods and services, including freeze-dried, drum-dried, frozen and infused, as [...]
Franklin Miller Inc. is proud to introduce the new TASKMASTER XL pallet shredder which addresses this problem. This powerful shredder can substantially reduce the expense of disposing of pallets by reducing them in size and reducing their bulk volume. This means this machine can quickly pay for itself.
DELUMPER® With Unique Bag Unloader This unique automatic bag tipper coupled with a DELUMPER® Crusher makes unloading and conditioning of caked bagged material safe and easy. The operator places the bag on the unit tray and secures it with clamps, cuts the bag and the unit does the rest. The tray automatically closes forming [...]
When a major global leader in agricultural products needed help reducing wet and sticky agglomerates in a very tight plant location, Franklin Miller was ready with a custom solution. The customer produces phosphate, nitrogen and potash, three critical crop nutrients and provides fertilizer to growers worldwide to make their crops thrive, so they can [...]
The DELUMPER® Bulk Bag Unloader (BBU) is a heavily constructed system designed for convenient unloading materials even if they contain lumps and agglomerates. This unit employs a gyrator to effectively fluidize the materials for dependable discharge from the bags. Then, a heavy-duty built-in DELUMPER crusher conditions and freshens the product. The result is an effective [...]
By Brad Dawson Rubber & Plastics News Staff LIVINGSTON, N.J. Size-reduction machinery manufacturer Franklin Miller Inc. has filled a necessary niche with its equipment designed for the rubber industry, most notably the VULCANATOR® brand granulator, which can reduce rubber without typical heat build up. "The machine employs a unique low friction, low-heat-rise design, eliminating the need [...]
The TASKMASTER® TITAN® TM20060 is the latest addition to the TASKMASTER TITAN grinder line. This unit builds on the patented, twin-shaft counter-rotating cutter design of the TASKMASTER TITAN. Its design features one cutting stack that intermeshes with a second one having a much larger diameter to rip, tear and shred solids entrained in liquid flow [...]
On September 29, Franklin Miller Inc. (FMI) was named a Water & Wastes Digest Top Projects winner. FMI was recognized as the best of the best in manufacturing for Iowa City’s South Wastewater Treatment Plant Expansion. Three TASKMASTER™ 8500 Inline grinders, featuring a powerful twin-shaft mechanism and cutter cartridge technology® were installed to reduce solids [...]
The DELUMPER® 1075 LP Crusher reduces hard or soft, heat sensitive, sticky or wet agglomerates and lumps at high volume without degrading the material or causing a rise in temperature. The unit is available with a variety of auxiliary equipment. This unit was provided with a fully-enclosed stainless steel stand and a special pivoted hopper. This hinged [...]
