Case Studies
This collection documents how S. Howes has solved real processing challenges across food, chemical, minerals, and pet food operations. Each case study covers the material handling problem a customer faced, the custom-engineered mixing, conveying, or screening solution S. Howes designed, and the outcome after installation. Use these examples to see how specific equipment configurations perform against difficult materials like sticky powders, sluggish product, and abrasive minerals.
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Conveyor with Sluggish Product
A customer came to S. Howes to fix a problem they were having conveying sticky damp powders. They had tried…
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Conveying and Metal Detecting
A national spice company had experienced an increase in demand for a particular product. The production line in place was…
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Drill Tailings Recovery and Solidification
Drilling for natural gas and oil in the northern states will grow inexorably over the next few decades. New environmental…
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Flour Pre-Mixing & Bagging System
S. Howes was contacted by a food processor that needed a new system to batch mix various ingredients into a…
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Pancake Mixing System
S. Howes, Inc. was approached by a food processor to design a system to automate the mixing and bagging of…
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Continuous Mixer & Reactor
A major international chemical manufacturer needed to replace an existing reactor with one that could double capacity and reduce maintenance.…
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Chemical Power Loading and Conveying System
A company looking to expand its facility contacted S. Howes to design an unloading and conveying system to transport cuprous…
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Self Unloading Bin and Conveyor System
An adhesive mixing company contacted S. Howes to build a self unloading bin and conveyor system to transport sluggish corn…
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Sample Stream Conveyor
A major pet food manufacturer was looking for a way to employ a continuous quality monitor.