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A Sieve Shaker's Passing From Noise To Quiet

Posted by Art Gatenby on Oct 26, 2016 2:26:45 PM

Quiet Sieve Shakers

Recently in a quiet, reflective moment, I recalled my first work with sieve shakers. Horizontal motion with tapping was the basic shaker design. The Ro-Tap® was King, and there were few alternatives. Different shakers for special applications, such as the Mary Jane and one that was hung from the ceiling, were the exception. 

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Topics: Sieve Shakers, Sonic Sifter, Particle Size Analysis, Quiet sieve shakers, RoTap, Noisy Sieving, sieving, Endecotts, vacuum sievers

What's So Special About Picking A Sieve Shaker?

Posted by Art Gatenby on Jan 6, 2015 9:15:00 PM

If you take Sieve Shakers for granted, you may be surprised to know that the selection of the right shaker can have a profound effect on your sieving results.

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Topics: Sieve Shakers, Particle Size Analysis, Sieve Analysis

How Do You Analyze Small, Micron-Sized Particles?

Posted by Art Gatenby on Jan 30, 2014 2:00:00 PM

Ask Art

Sieve testing, as I have stated many times, is the Cinderella of particle size analysis because it delivers more value than expected from something that’s so easy to use and relatively inexpensive. However, the problem with standard sieving techniques using wire mesh sieves is that they begin to exhibit accuracy problems in the lower micron sizes.

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Topics: Sieve Shakers, "Ask Art", Sonic Sifter, Micron-Sized Particles, Particle Size Analysis, Sieve Testing, Sieving Process

Jim, the Secret Agent, and the Machine That Changed Everything

Posted by Amanda Ranowsky on Oct 29, 2013 12:03:00 PM

Chapter One:

 

Jim’s life was dull. So, so dull. He spent his days surrounded by piles of sieves – his glamorous job was to calculate the ratio of particles left in the sieves of each stack after a sample of his company’s product was run through the stack using a sieve shaker. It was a job much like the one his cousin Hiram had, although he seemed to remember hearing that Hiram had found an easier way to do it.  

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Topics: Particle Size Analysis, Sieve Testing, Sieve Analysis

What is The Function of a Sieve Shaker?

Posted by Art Gatenby on Oct 17, 2013 4:56:00 PM

 

Visitors to our web pages often arrive with the question, “What is the Function of a Sieve Shaker?

The simple answer is “to expose the particles in a sample to all the openings in each sieve in a stack”. A sieve stack is the result of fitting each sieve to be used in a given particle size analysis into the one above. The sieve with the largest mesh holes is at the top with each subsequent sieve of a tighter mesh size than the one above it.

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Topics: Sieve Shakers, "Ask Art", Sonic Sifter, Agglomeration, Particle Size Analysis, Sieve Testing, Sieves, Sieving Process, Sieve Analysis, Quiet sieve shakers, sieve shaker

Who's Concerned About Sieve Shakers?

Posted by Art Gatenby on Mar 11, 2011 12:33:00 PM


The primary purpose of a sieve shaker is to provide motion to a sample in a test sieve.

An effective sieve shaker creates a motion that presents all the particles to all of the sieve openings and assists particles in passing through. This requires both rotary and vertical motion.

This process seems simple enough, but let's not be taken in.

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Topics: Sieve Shakers, Particle Size Analysis, Sieve Testing, Sieves

Is Particle-Size Analysis Boring? Trivial? Amazing? Exciting? Vital?

Posted by Art Gatenby on Nov 2, 2010 3:57:00 PM

When I tell people at cocktail parties that we specialize in Particle-Size Analysis. I usually get a polite response of ------ “OH !!,”   which translates to “So who cares?”

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Topics: Sonic Sifter, Particle Size Analysis, Sieves, Sieving Process

Certify Sieves or Calibrate Sieves --- Should You Do It?

Posted by Art Gatenby on Jun 30, 2010 4:57:00 PM

The relative value of a sieve certification process vs a sieve calibration has perplexed me for a long time.

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Topics: Sieve Shakers, Mid-Point Sieves, Particle Size Analysis, Sieve Calibration, Sieve Testing, Sieves

New ASTM E11-09 Sieve Standards — Exciting or Just Dull ???

Posted by Art Gatenby on Oct 6, 2009 5:42:00 PM

I have often ranted about the limited range of ASTM 11 sieve mesh standards as it relates to individual sieve certification. We at CSC have tried to help clearly distinguish between different levels of inspection and/or degrees of conformity. We outlined three levels of sieve certification. These are working sieves, mesh certified sieves and mid point sieves. There are summary definitions of these categories on the CSC Web site.

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Topics: Sieve Shakers, Particle Size Analysis

Who Cares About Sieve Testing ?

Posted by Art Gatenby on Jun 8, 2009 4:50:00 PM

In one of my more contemplative moments, I thought a bit of history about particle size analysis would be of interest. So let’s see Who Cares About Sieve Testing.

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Topics: Sieve Shakers, Particle Size Analysis, test sieve equipment, sieve mesh

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