Designing Smarter Conveyor Replacements
Dane Floyd launched Biomass Engineering & Equipment in 2011 to address a specific problem: subpar performance among drag conveyors handling waste wood. Most drag conveyors then, as now, were prone to excessive wear and unreliable performance. As a longtime veteran of the veneer and lumber industries, he was acquainted with the run-of-the-mill conveyance systems available […]
Conveyors & Material Handling, Vol. 3
After a yearlong hiatus, we’ve put together a third edition of our popular Conveyors & Material Handling eBook. This eBook consists of our best content from 2021-2022 featuring articles on conveyor safety, conveyor design, conveyor procurement, conveyer maintenance, and considerations on production and profits as they relate to material handling. Also included are articles on feeder […]
SMART Conveyors™ Decrease Operational Costs
We understand what it’s like to work in operations. Our founder, Dane Floyd, came from such a background. You’re constantly analyzing how you can decrease costs, increase efficiency, and eliminate downtime. You understand that an investment here or there can pay dividends, and you’re not interested in quick fixes so much as strategic, long-term solutions. It’s with […]
Energy Efficiency Incentives: Energy Trust of Oregon
Oregon hosts many programs to reduce energy consumption and increase renewable energy production in its industrial sector. One of these programs, the Energy Trust of Oregon, currently offers to pay up to half a project’s development cost, up to $200,000.00. The energy trust funds projects involving efficiency enhancements and renewable energy production up to 20 […]
Drag Conveyor Safety
Search the web, and you’ll find plenty of content related to belt conveyor safety. Complete the same search for drag conveyors, however, and you’ll discover the dearth of information on this subject. Few resources are publicly available about drag conveyor safety. While there are many areas of overlap between these two conveyor types in respect […]
Conveyor Chute Design
Customers routinely request that we fabricate chutes before installing our equipment. For them, it’s a reasonable request, as they assume prebuilding these components will minimize their expenses during construction. However, designing and fabricating chutes prior to installing machinery almost always results in higher costs. Premade chutes virtually never fit as engineers intend, so field technicians […]
2021 Machine Updates
Improving Our Bulk-Handling Equipment At BE&E, we’re never quite satisfied with our machine lineup. We’re constantly analyzing (then re-analyzing) our designs and pondering what products we may add to satisfy our customers’ demands. In doing such, we’ve come up with a number of additions and changes to our equipment line, which enable us to offer […]
Disc Conveyors: Down the Tube
Are disc conveyors (tubular conveyors) a good material handling solution for woodchips? In short, no. Disc conveyors (a.k.a. tubular conveyors, tubular drag conveyors, tubular chain conveyors) do not handle woodchips well, especially in high volume or continual-use applications. As manufacturers, we appreciate companies’ interest in expanding into industries outside their core clientele. We do the […]
State Energy Savings and Rebate Programs
“Hold that order! And cancel the check!” A customer recently learned of a rebate program in his state for capital improvements that decreased energy consumption, which the equipment he had ordered from Biomass Engineering & Equipment achieved. The rebate would pay up to 75 percent of the project cost. To qualify, however, he couldn’t have […]
Why SMART Conveyors™ Work Well In High-Volume Applications
Manufacturers in the pulp industry used to be the only companies that handled high volumes of biomass. But in 2022, that’s no longer the case. Sawmills, particularly softwood mills, have grown over the decades to produce literal tons of waste every hour. The same is true of other wood processors: shavings mills, pellet plants, engineered […]
