How a Bread Maker Improved the Safety of Its Employees
(ContentDesk) August 25, 2005 -- SITUATION A Canadian bread company was putting a new bagel boiler in its Alberta plant and required a filtering system to clean the recycled boiler water of raisins, sesame seeds, bits of dough, and corn meal. Corn meal can create water quality problems if the temperature is allowed to fall, requiring an expensive and time-consuming water change. It is critical that the water in a bagel boiler is kept up to temperature, even as it is filtered and recycled. The company was using duplex bag filters in its bagel boiler process at its Toronto facility. Concerned about employee safety, however, the maintenance supervisor at the company's Alberta plant wanted a filtering system that required less operator intervention than a bag system.
High water temperatures used in the process can be a serious hazard to an operator changing filter bags, especially if the operator is pressed for time during the shutdown process and opens up the filter housing while it is still pressurized. SOLUTION Decision-makers at the Alberta plant wanted a filter they could count on, without the hazards occasionally associated with bag filter maintenance. Working with an RPA Process Technologies sales representative, the plant manager, and maintenance supervisor determined that the Ronningen-Petter DCF self-cleaning filter was the permanent solution to meet their business objectives. Two Ronningen-Petter DCF-800 self-cleaning filters were installed on the bagel boiler water recycle line at the Alberta facility. DCF filters successfully removed the raisins, sesame seeds, and bits of dough that would adversely affect the final product.
Uninterrupted filtering by DCF also ensured consistently high water temperatures required to maintain bagel boiler water quality. DCF performs a self-cleaning action by mechanically scraping collected debris from the filter screen with a patented disc that moves up and down the screen, parallel to the liquid flow. Collected debris is then automatically purged from the collection chamber at the bottom of the filter. This self-cleaning action is performed without halting production, and provides the highest quality filtering under continuous demand. Because the screen is cleaned continuously, without interrupting production, a consistently high flow rate is maintained.
RESULTSThe Alberta facility has completely eliminated the risk of operator injury due to changing filter bags, because with Ronningen-Petter DCF filters, there are no messy bags to remove and media cleaning is automatic. The Alberta facility's supervisors are also impressed with the unsurpassed filtering of its bagel boiler water with the DCF filters. High water temperature is maintained and water quality problems are avoided. In fact, the company is so happy with the performance of the DCF filters at its Alberta plant, the Langley, B.C. facility is also installing DCF filters on its bagel boiler system ? instead of previously planned bags.
CONCLUSIONA Canadian bread company went in search of a safer filtering system and found an RPA Process Technologies solution. Ronningen-Petter DCF Self-Cleaning filters provide the company with unsurpassed filtering, automatic cleaning of the filter media, and a safer work environment for its operators. APPLICATION DETAILS Filter model: Ronningen-Petter DCF-800 Type of liquid: Bagel Boiler Water Pressure: 50 PSI (3.45 bar) Temperature: 206?F (96.7?C) Flow Rate: 25-35 GPM (5.7-7.9 m3/h) For questions about industrial filtration, please visit the Ask Filter Man forum at Ask-Filter-Man-Blog.asp..
Flax Oil Seed Uses
FLAXSEED OILLatin name: Linum usitatissimumOther names for Flaxseed include: Flax, Flachs, Grain de Lin, and Lini semen.Flaxseed oil is an herbal medicine taken by mouth for constipation (difficulty having a bowel movement), irritable bowel, inflammation (swelling and soreness) of the colon, stomach inflammation, and for bowels damaged by the frequent use of laxatives. Flax may be placed on the skin to treat redness and pain. Animal experiments suggest an ability to reduce cholesterol and blood sugar levels. Some researchers think that lignans in the seeds may have cancer-fighting effects.It is believed that flaxseed oil offers a myriad of health benefits through supplementation. Recent research indicates that flaxseed oil may have the ability to reduced blood pressure, lower level of harmful cholesterol, offer both estrogen-like and anti-estrogenic effects and is being studied for it ability to protect against cancer.Flaxseed is used throughout the world for food, medicine, and fiber...
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New Black Independent Film Super-Spy Premieres August 24th
Comedian AJ Jamal's "Super-Spy" is a new action/comedy film spoofing James Bond. The film's cast includes LisaRaye ("The Players Club"), Garrett Morris ("Saturday Night Live"), Reynaldo Rey (BET's "Comic View"), "Tiny" Zeus Lister, Jr. ("Next Friday"), comedian Spencer, Karyn Kobayashi and Jimmy Logston as Jimmy Bond, the first black James Bond. A.J. Jamal stars in the film, having written and directed it.
"Super-Spy" is already receiving critical acclaim by winning the Atlanta Independent Black Film Festival. The Los Angeles Times reviewed "'Super-Spy' packs the house and keeps them laughing with this week's premiere at the Black Pan African Film Festival."
This success has been in the works a long time for Jamal. Comedian/filmmaker/actor and entrepreneur A.J. Jamal is finally reaping the benefits of industry seeds long sowed in Hollywood. With the launch of his new company, Elephant Films & Music, Inc.
(EFMI), Jamal's debut independent feature, the comedic spoof...
New Black Independent Film Super-Spy Premieres August 24th
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Gardening - Using Annuals in Your Perennial Garden
Annuals in your perennial garden are something to think about! Annuals give you season long color, easy propogation, they're cost efficient, and provide first season interest.If you're just starting a perennial garden annuals are a great choice to fill in gaps. I remember my first garden. I bought a couple of plants thinking "This is gonna be great!" A few weeks later I realised this wasn't true. I needed a whole lot more plants and they cost a bunch! I opted for some annual seeds and I had a really pretty garden by the seasons end. Annuals can certainly help to fill in a garden while you wait for perennials to mature.Even an established perennial garden may have spots where little is blooming at one time or another.
Annuals are a great way to fill those gaps and keep color in your garden. They bloom from summer to fall and with a bit of dead heading you can continue to coax them back.Annuals are simple to start from seed which makes them very cost efficient. You can certainly...
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Hip hop?s spiritual messenger rises out of the twin cities with The book of knowledge
(ContentDesk) July 14, 2004 -- An important album is about to be released in August 2004 on 306 Entertainment, a new Minneapolis Based record label, entitled, THE BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE.
The album will introduce the world to hip-hop's spiritual messenger Alfonso Marcello Green P/K/A Knowledge MC.
The BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE is Knowledge MC's personal testimony as to how the love of Jesus Christ saved him from a life of destruction.
Knowledge, who is considered a ?spiritual' MC, credits the word of God for turning his life from the streets and towards the heavens filling his spirit with the will of the Father and planting the seeds of THE BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE in him to (sow) share with the world through hip ?hop music.
Knowledge based THE BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE on the Bible's teachings from 1 Corinthians chapter 9 Verses 19-23, where The Apostle Paul being led by the Holy Spirit of God teaches how to minister to the lost souls in an effective manner.
Hip hop?s spiritual messenger rises out of the twin cities with The book of knowledge
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