Materials handling services

Information relating to power production and consumption, internal transport, and material handling service. 

What are the pros and cons for a company such as Nike to take on these materials handling services as opposed to leaving them to retail customers ... 

Dry chlorine has a great affinity for absorbing moisture, and wet chlorine is extremely corrosive, attacking most common materials except HasteUoy C, titanium, and tantalum. These metals are protected from attack by the acids formed by chlorine hydrolysis because of surface oxide films on the metal. Tantalum is the preferred constmction material for service with wet and dry chlorine. Wet chlorine gas is handled under pressure using fiberglass-reinforced plastics. Rubber-lined steel is suitable for wet chlorine gas handling up to 100°C. At low pressures and low temperatures PVC, chlorinated PVC, and reinforced polyester resins are also used. Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), poly(vinyhdene fluoride) (PVDE), and... 

A.STM Standard D98-87 Standard Specificationsfor Calcium Chloride, Issue 90-06, American Society of Testing Materials, Information Handling Services, Englewood, Colo., Dec. 1990—Jan. 1991. 

Equipment Costs. Equipment costs include the purchased cost of process and materials handling equipment, storage faciUties, waste treatment equipment, stmctures, and site service faciUties. Installation costs such as insulation, piping, painting and finishing, foundations, process stmctures, instmmentation, and electrical service connections are estimated or factored separately. Actual quoted prices from suppHers are the best data, but these are not usually available when estimates are made. The quick, inexpensive cost estimates are based largely on personal cost files, internal company cost data, or pubUshed cost correlations. 

Utilities and yard services (boiler plant, refrigeration, compressed air, water supply and treatment, effluents, fire protection, yard piping, yard electrical, yard materials handling, raw and finished-product storage)... 

When the materials handled are noncorrosive, the flame arrester vendor s standard materials of constrnction for the honsing and arrester element are commonly nsed. For noncorrosive service honsings are normally available in alnminnm, carbon steel, dnctile iron, and 316 stainless steel the elements are commonly available in alnminnm or 316 stainless steel. 

In general, the extent of fire protection for marine terminal wharves is related to the materials handled, plant site and local emergency response capability, terminal size, location, size of ships or barges serviced, frequency of use, and adjacent exposures. 

Now that we have determined what processes the facility will be used for, we can finalize utility requirements. The following utilities are required for our solid-dose facility heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC), hot and cold water, steam, electrical service, compressed air, vacuum systems, dust collection, chillers, effluent stream, and purified water. For the more specialized processes or special material handling, we may need specialized gases and breathing air. Purified water is one of the more difficult utilities to maintain the quality of. From a source of potable water, a series of treatments must be performed to control microbiological quality. Typical treatment options include carbon filters, reverse osmosis, and UV radiation. 

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Distribution and marketing expenses are costs incurred in the process of selling and distributing the various products. These costs include expenditures for materials handling, containers, shipping, sales offices, salesmen, technical sales service, and advertising. 

The facility equipment support and storage areas are provided for service and repair of operational and material handling equipment. 

Conveyor-Befc Devices The metal-belt type (Fig. 11-55) is the only device in this classification of material-handling equipment that has had serious effort ejq)ended on it to adapt it to indirect heat-transfer service with divided solids. It features a lightweight construction of a large area with a thin metal wall. Indirect-cooling applications have been made with poor thermal performance, as could be expected with a static layer. Auxiliary plowlike mixing devices, which are considered an absolute necessity to secure any worthwhile results for this service, restrict applications. 

Spiral-Conveyor Devices Figure 11-60 illustrates the major adaptations of this widely used class of material-handling equipment to indirect heat-transfer purposes. These conveyors can be considered for heat-transfer purposes as continuously agitated kettles. The adaptation of Fig. ll-60cf offers a batch-operated version for evaporation duty. For this service, all are package-priced and package-shipped items requiring few, if any, amdliaries. 

Vibratory-Conveyor Devices Figure 11-62 shows the various adaptations of vibratory material-handling equipment for indirect heat-transfer service on divided solids. The basic vibratory-equipment data are given in Sec. 21. These indirect heat-transfer adaptations feature simplicity, nonhazardous construction, nondegradation, nondusting, no wear, ready conveying-rate variation [1.5 to 4.5 m/min (5 to 15 ft/min)], and good heat-transfer coefficient—115 W/(m -°C)... 

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