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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PVC Loading and Sifting System
A company contacted S. Howes to design a loading and sifting system to replace its existing manual system. The material…
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Wood Chip System For Forest Products Company
A forest products company contacted S. Howes to design a system which would take residual waste wood product from a…
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Pigments Dryer Feeding System
A manufactuer of pigments was having difficulty achieving a consistent feed of the pigments to a dryer and contacted S.…
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Flour Mixing & Bagging System
S. Howes was approached by a bakery products manufacturer to assist in the development and construction of a flour- based…
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Rubber Mixing & Feeding System
A processor of recycled rubber contacted S. Howes to see if it could build a system to automate and improve…
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Feeding System for Flammable Materials
S. Howes was approached by a rubber sheet manufacturer to help reduce worker back injuries by replacing a manual loading…
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Cooling Conveyor System for Battery Manufacturer
S. Howes was approached by a battery manufacturer that needed to replace a flexible screw conveyor system which was not…
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Food Ingredient Unloading & Conveying System
A food manufacturer was expanding its operations and contacted S. Howes to design a conveying system to automate and increase…
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Frac Sand Continuous Mixer
The S. Howes Continuous Mixer (or Pug Mill) has been used to mix a variety of polymers or resins into…