IAC Articles, Events, and News

Reliable material handling is vital in process related industries to achieve efficiency optimization, material uniformity, and debottlenecking. These goals can be upset by poor solids flow. Resins, pellets, grains, powders, wood dust, and many other fine materials are all susceptible to poor flow. Flow problems can occur throughout the plant and seem to always be found in Food & Diary Spray Drying, Air Pollution Control Equipment, and Material Handling Process Equipment.

Recently the corporate training manager at a large international building materials company reached out to IAC wanting technical training on baghouses, dust collectors, and other process equipment for their cement products division’s maintenance and operation teams.

NRG Proppants Selects IAC for its First Frac Sand Dry Plant Contract in Argentina

IAC’s unique combination of engineering, procurement, fabrication, construction, and commissioning expertise ensures our customers in all types of industries that IAC is their trusted source for design, installation, and optimization of industrial drying systems. IAC also provides service after the sale with maintenance and optimization crews available through our Special OPS teams, and spare parts ordering and inventory recommendations through our in-house sales team.

Learn more about industrial rotary dryers on our Rotary Dryer Glossary of Terms page. 

In our newest Tip of the Month Video, IAC Engineer Luis Castano addresses the importance of monitoring the differential pressure on the HEPA Filters, the secondary filtration system. Excessive dust build-up on the HEPA Filters can be a warning of potential problems with the Baghouse. Watch the video to learn about what to look out for and watch more IAC Videos at on YouTube Page.

IAC Offers Complete Frac Sand Dry Plant Solutions

Our expert Engineers and Process Equipment Specialists are available for designing and building a complete plant, onsite maintenance, troubleshooting services, process equipment optimization and engineering evaluations and inspections.

Work Smarter, Not Harder

IAC’s Smart Plant Remote Monitoring System is a Turnkey, Cloud Based Industrial IoT System that allows personnel to remotely monitor equipment operation around the world.

Download a copy of our brochure, or visit our Smart Plant webpage for more information

In IAC’s Hemp Tip of the Month Video IAC’s President, Bob Carter, explains tips on how farmers and hemp processors can maximize plant retention of oils such as CBD and CBG as it moves from harvest to drying, then on to storage in super sacks until ready for processing.

In our additional Frac Sand Tip of the Month Video, IAC’s President, Bob Carter, a former Senior Vice President of Operations for one of the largest frac sand companies in the United States, has been through market downturns and rebounds, and offers some practical advice on ways in which you can minimize the impact on your plants, your people, and your profitability.

In a downturn period, cash flow is king. In this month’s Tip of the Month Video, learn the steps to take now to be ready when the market returns and the importance of inventory management from IAC’s President Bob Carter.