New Gear the way to 5 MW. Even over 10 MW heat-ing plants can be equipped with Palokärki heating systems with four or six boilers. Biofire Oy has a valid EN 303-5 approval up to 500 kW plants. This approval is obligato-ry in EU markets starting from 2018. www.biofire.fi be supplied in two variations, for locations with or without an existing power source. Both of the system’s regulated outputs can be individually adjusted to the desired pressure to tension multiple cleaners. www.martin-eng.com ENHANCED HAND-FED DRUM CHIPPERS Bandit Industries has reintroduced its ex-tremely popular hand-fed drum chipper line with a new look, minor enhance-ments, and new model names that re-flect the chipper’s rated chipping capacity. Now called Intimidator XP, the recast line of chippers are still the familiar machines that tens of thousands of professionals around the world work with everyday. The equip-ment enhancements stem from cumulative updates that have taken place over the last 12 months. Some of the equipment enhancements across all Bandit hand-fed chippers include new gasoline and Tier 4 final diesel engine options, with fuel saver systems standard on Intimidator models using diesel power. w ww.banditchippers.com AUTOMATED TENSIONER CONTROL MOISTURE CONTENT Martin Engineering has introduced an au-tomated pneumatic tensioning system for belt cleaners. The new offering delivers pre-cise monitoring and tensioning through-out all stages of blade life, reducing the labour typically required to maintain op-timum blade pressure and extending the service life of both the belt and the cleaner. Equipped with sensors to confirm that the belt is loaded and running, the system au-tomatically backs the blade away during stoppages or when the conveyor is run-ning empty, minimizing unnecessary wear to both the belt and cleaner. The result is consistently correct blade tension, with reduced power demand on start-up, all managed without operator intervention. The Automated Blade System (ABS) can Moisture content is a critical parameter for wood fuel biomass. It is vital to the correct operation of biomass boilers and for the assessment of a load of fuel. The MoistTech IR3000 has unique features for measuring moisture content of bio-mass such as the ability to monitor the product even with small gaps in product flow. The IR3000 is unaffected by ambient light without impacting the accuracy. The IR3000 is also ideal for installations on chain conveyors and screw conveyors. The sensor(s) can be located throughout the pellet process and can be directly con-nected to the users PLC or any laptop. Ethernet 4-20ma are included as well as our high-tech Windows operating software. www.moisttech.com BOILER HEATING SYSTEMS Finnish company Biofire Oy manufac-tures and delivers reliable and durable fully automated biomass boiler heating systems and heating plants which are fuelled by renewable bioenergy made from solid biomass. Biofire Oy is especially known for its reliable Palokärki burners. All products are designed for the clean and econom-ical utilization of many types of solid biofuel. They have a good efficiency in burning, for example, wood chips, sod peat, pellets, and energy grain. The larg-est devices (500 kW+) are also suited for the burning of crushed recycled wood. The range includes heating plants, start-ing from the agricultural scale all the way to district heating plants. The power cat-egories start from 60 kW and extend all Canadian BIOMASS allied blower biomass novdec14.indd 1 25 2014-11-18 2:22 PM
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