Welcome to our new bulk-online BULK-BLOG which will supplement the internationally acknowledged bulk-online Forums offered on the The Powder/Bulk Portal.

“BULK-BLOG” is devoted to the worldwide powder and bulk solids handling and processing community. It should be of interest to researchers, managers, engineers, operators and economists in the field of powder and bulk materials handling, a wide field which stretches from mining over shipping and power generation to chemical and pharmaceutical engineering! Where ever powder and bulk solids have to be transported, moved, loaded and unloaded, weighed and processed. And then some.

We have invited a number of experts in these fields and are proud to present the following persons who have agreed to share their experience with our community on the BULK-BLOG platform:

Mr. Lyn Bates, U.K.
Managing Director, AJAX Equipment

Dr. David Mills, U.K.
Managing Director, Pneumatic Conveying Consultant

Mr. Joseph dos Santos, USA
President, Dos Santos International

Mr. Jan Merks, Canada
President, Matrix Consultants Ltd.

Mr. Leslie D. Dunn, Australia
Managing Director, TECMATE Mine Services Pty. Ltd

Mr. Ralf Weiser, USA
Technical Manager, Aerzen USA Corp.

Dr. Frank Leschhorn, Australia
President, Munich Mining & Industry Consulting

Mr. Teus Tuinenburg, The Netherlands
Teus Tuinenburg Consulting

Mr. John Astad, USA
Director, Combustible Dust Policy Institute

I am sure this list will become longer soon! Should you be interested in becoming an active Bulk-Blogger, or an occasional Guest-Blogger, please contact Dr. Reinhard H. Wöhlbier at wohlbier@bulk-online.com.

This will be a place where the powder/bulk professional will receive information on new developments, new technologies, on trends, ideas, and personal opinions. And everyone within our powder/bulk community will have the opportunity to comment on posts and statements.

I recommend that you bookmark the BULK-BLOG and visit daily like reading your newspaper. You may not find new articles/posts each day, but you will see new comments and you may want to reply to some of those. Please also tell your friends about the new BULK-BLOG.

We thank the following companies for submitting photos for the Bulk-Blog header:

Alberta Sulphur, Canada
Airconveyors International BV, The Netherlands
Allgaier-Mozer, Germany
AMECO, France
BMH Marine / MacGregor, Sweden
CEMCO, USA
Doppelmayr Transport Technology, Austria
European Bulk Services, The Netherlands
Great Western Manufacturing, USA
Manutube, France
Rhenus Midgard, Nordenham, Germany
Steinert Elektromagnetbau, Germany
TEMCOR, USA
Thompson Scale Co., USA
Great Western Mfg. Co., Inc., USA
Kellve Bulkteknik AB, Sweden
Mavi Maquinas Vibratorias Ltda., Brazil
NDC Infrared Engineering Ltd., U.K.
Process Sensors (Europe) Ltd., U.K.
Sigmund Lindner GmbH, Germany
ThyssenKrupp Fördertechnik GmbH, Germany

Should you have interesting and impressive photographs in the size 670 pixel wide by 215 pixel high, please email them for evaluation and possible upload. Of course we will give credit to your company.

I guess we all have to undergo a learning process with this new Bulk-Blog, but I believe it could “fly” as the bulk-online Forums do. I am sure that together we can achieve this, for the benefit of the international powder and bulk solids handling and processing community.

Reinhard H. Wöhlbier
Publisher