Supplier News

  1. What Is Your Down-Time Worth? 9/26/2006
    Down-time costs occur during cleaning, routine maintenance, set-up and more critically, in equipment failure. To help processors decrease these costs, Quadro, the pioneer in the field of conical screen milling, was the first to develop the inline Underdriven Mill in 1985 and to bring the technology to market in 1990
  2. Increasing Production Efficiency & Product Quality In Ready-To-Use Frosting Manufacturing 9/26/2006
    Ready-to-use frostings have gained in popularity in recent years. Prepared frostings typically consist of sugar, gums and flavors such as cocoa and vanilla, which are dispersed into a solution of corn syrup and water.
  3. Efficient Bulk Tank & Silo Turnover For Dairy Operations 9/26/2006
    Quadro Ytron™ recently sold several Y Jet Mixers for bulk tank mixing and gentle handling of shear-sensitive products. Some products that the Jet Mixer has successfully mixed include yogurt pre-mix, infant formula, condensed milk whey, milk serum, buttermilk storage, milk protein isolate, cream and fresh cheese
  4. Saving Time & Money In Wet Wipe Manufacturing 9/25/2006
    Pre-saturated or “wet” wipes have grown in popularity over the past number of years. Most wipes are Isopropyl Alcohol (IPA) and/or DI (de-ionized) water-based, with mild cleaning agents impregnated into non-woven materials
  5. One-Step Manufacturing Of Laundry Detergent Additives 6/15/2006
    A manufacturer of soap products approached Quadro looking for assistance in developing a new product - a detergent additive. The additive would be soap-based and would provide extra cleaning power to regular laundry detergent
  6. Filling V-Blenders Quickly And Efficiently 6/15/2006
    A large pharmaceutical customer was looking for a Conveyor System to fill their V-Blenders with powdered ingredients of varying bulk densities
  7. Transferring Highly Volatile Material 6/15/2006
    In general, vacuum transfer systems are only to be used for products which are either dry, or have such a low moisture content that they display all the properties of a dry product
  8. Loading And Unloading Tablets From A Drum Coater 6/15/2006
    A common application for the Quadro Vac® System is the loading and unloading of uncoated/coated tablet cores into and back out of a drum coater
  9. Dense Phase Conveying Of Pharmaceutical Ingredients 6/15/2006
    A typical application for a vacuum conveying system on a primary pharmaceutical site is the loading of ingredients into a reactor vessel or mixer
  10. Optimized Pneumatic Conveyor For Multiple Products 6/15/2006
    A major pharmaceutical company needed to move more than 200 products with varying bulk densities and properties from a dryer, through their mill and into Intermediate Bulk Containers (IBC’s)