All our members are established specialists within their fields, and have the experience and commercial standing to provide quality, cost-effective solutions for all aspects of mechanisation for bulk materials handling and storage, conveyors, dust collection and control, instrumentation, mixers, big bag handling, sampling systems, sieves, valves and weighing systems and equipment.
It is well established that the SHAPA membership comprises many
choice companies in bulk materials handling and processing, their
combined experience amounting to centuries. All are merely a few
“clicks” away in the SHAPA website. This is an invaluable resource for
all project engineers and specifiers engaged in new projects, updating
plant or simply looking for life extending efficient maintenance.
This leading resource is about to get better. A totally new website
will be launched at the end of the month refining all key searches,
connecting buyers with expert suppliers more quickly. Other website
features, including the Technical Section, containing a wealth of useful
data, technical papers and application sheets, will be given greater
prominence, again with attractive presentation and ease of use as key
drivers.
The Association continues to support people in our
industries; in the immediate future with a further “Engineering the
Future” seminar for members on 12th November. This is aimed at up and
coming engineers and managers who will become our future leaders. This
has become almost an annual event by popular demand.
Technical
and commercial issues affecting members and industry at large form a
large part of the SHAPA effort and during the January General Meeting
there will be an update on ATEX principles and practice. This may seem
to be an “old chestnut”, but there is always something to learn in the
matter of explosion protection and anomalies and confusion in certain
applications. SHAPA refines knowledge, whilst industrial manufacturers
actively refine their products in granular and powder form. In the
Product Finder will be found specialists for example, in sieves,
screens, separators, sifters and shakers, as well as classifiers for
materials in all quantities. Such equipment may be used for QA sampling
or production in batches or continuous processes. Because of the very
broad applications spectrum, the science of particle separation and
classification requires very specialised knowledge of the product
character as well as the entire process. Robust screens to progressively
separate quarried minerals, for example from coarse aggregates to fines,
obviously require a very different approach to the sieving of delicate
pharmaceutical materials. Again, difficult materials may adhere or
agglomerate requiring such as ultrasonics to enable successful sieving
and accurate size classification. Diverse products such as zinc, powder
coatings, gypsum or rice meal need expert treatment. SHAPA member
companies have continual access to the latest knowledge and data,
disseminated to the membership via papers, industry seminars and through
networking during Association General Meetings. This dynamic, modern
approach has been key to over 30 years’ success – for the benefit of all
manufacturers and suppliers and importantly, to installers and users
across a huge range of industries.
Visit
www.shapa.co.uk or email
info@shapa.co.uk to discover
more benefits of membership or to find technical partners for your next
project.