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50 / November 2020 powderbulk.com PBE AROUND THE INDUSTRY Lorenz, Cobourg, ON, manu- factures couplings, tubes and pipe bends, fittings, diverter valves, slide gates, cyclones, and custom acces- sories for pneumatic conveying and bulk material handling systems. PEOPLE NEWS Spee-dee Packaging Machin- ery Inc., Sturtevant, WI, has announced that Jessica Bartlett has been named regional sales manager, Midwest. In the newly created role, she will manage exist- ing accounts and work to grow the sales in the region that includes Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota. Her prior experience includes working at a steel manufacturer as the regional sales manager where she identified new markets. Bartlett holds an MBA from Western Illi- nois University. The company supplies filling equipment and checkweighers for the pharmaceutical and nutraceuti- cal industries. KWS Manufacturing has pro- moted Jacob Rider to engineering manager. He will be responsible for managing a team of engineers and designers that provide tech- nical support to the company's sales personnel and customers. Rider has more than 10 years of experience in engineering and project management. He holds a BS in mechanical engineering from Texas A&M University and is a registered professional engineer in the state of Texas. The company, Burleson, TX, manufactures conveying equipment for bulk solid material handling. University of Illinois Feed Technology Center to feature Vortex equipment Vortex Global Ltd. has announced the donation of a total of 32 slide gates and diverter valves to the new Feed Technology Center at the Uni- versity of Illinois and the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Envi- ronmental Sciences. In addition to slide gates and diverters, the com- pany donated related accessories, controls, and switches to increase valve performance and life span. The $20 million facility will become a hub for new discoveries and advancements in animal manage- ment, nutrition, and production. The facility will expand the capabilities of more than 40 fac- ulty members and hundreds of university students. Testing and equipment calibration took place this summer, and the facility is expected to open by the end of 2020. "Vortex is proud to support the University of Illinois on this proj- ect," says Vortex CEO Travis Young. "The impact the Feed Technology Center will have on research, inno- vation, and process efficiency will be tremendous for many genera- tions to come." Vortex Global is the parent com- pany of Vortex, Salina, KS, which supplies slide gates, diverter valves, iris diaphragms, and loadout equip- ment for the dry bulk industries. Lorenz names Prairie States Industrial new representative Lorenz Conveying Products has added Prairie States Industrial Supply LLC, Overland Park, KS, as one of its US representatives. The manufacturer's representative firm specializes in bulk material han- dling and process equipment and will represent Lorenz in Kansas, Nebraska, and part of Missouri. SUPPLIER NOTES Scientific Dust Collectors completes ANSI/ASHRAE 199-2016 testing Scientific Dust Collectors (SDC) has completed its ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 199-2016 test lab and recently completed testing on the company's reverse pulse-jet bag- house collector. ANSI/ASHRAE 199-2016 is a six-stage testing method to objectively determine the performance of an industrial pulse-cleaned dust collector. The testing provides a per- formance matrix by which an industrial dust collector can be measured. The test measures and documents emissions, differen- tial pressure, and compressed- air consumption. The company conducted test- ing using SDC's standard design and nozzle cleaning technology, and an air-to-cloth ratio of 10.6- to-1.0 was used on the required fine powder. To find more details on SDC's results and read a sum- mary of the report, go to www. scientificdustcollectors.com/ ashrae-199-test-standards/. SDC, Alsip, IL, a division of Venturedyne Ltd., is an equipment supplier for dust collection, indoor air quality, environmental test chambers, ventilation, metal detec- tors, and submicron laser particle counters for cleanrooms.