Lasting Products, Life-Long Relationships
Since 1951, Control Concepts USA has kept material handling systems flowing and manufacturing operations moving efficiently in process applications worldwide. We pride ourselves in building products that last, excellent customer service, and long-standing relationships with our customers.
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4 Ways to Improve Material Handling Efficiency
Material blocks can slow down production, increase costs, and compromise product quality. Unfortunately, it’s not an easy problem to solve. Many materials have challenging flow properties. Some powders have a tendency to attract moisture and will clump or cake in high humidity. Damp or sticky materials can stick to vessel walls. Others will settle during […]
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AirSweep in the Pet Food Industry
The pet food industry is growing, reaching a record $103.6 billion dollars in 2022, and is expected to rise in the coming years. Even during the COVID-19 pandemic, owners actually spent 20% to 25% more on their fur baby’s food. It’s a big opportunity for pet food manufacturers, but unprecedented growth does come with substantial […]
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Yoda Would Love the AirSweep Force
Happy Star Wars Day! Today, let’s talk about The Force since Yoda would love the AirSweep Force. You use force when you hammer your vessels, and some flow aids like vibrators and bin activators will also physically agitate the material. That’s brute force: strong, but not precise. You still have leftover material. The constant abuse […]
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or how to install AirSweep on your vessel?
Check our FAQs. You’ll see how AirSweep is easier, cheaper and more convenient than other flow aids.
READ FAQsTrusted by the World’s Largest Brands
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AirSweep installation was easy, and the units have saved the company a lot of man hours. My experience totally exceeded my expectations – a 10 out of 10!
Stanley RheaHead of Maintenance Department, Flax4Life
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The AirSweep installation was pretty straightforward and I would absolutely recommend it. In fact, we are looking into expanding to use the system in other parts of our plant.
John PappenheimMaintenance Manager, Bunge Milling
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We are experiencing a 62.52% reduction in flour flush and 42.50% reduction in labor, all directly attributed to the AirSweeps…the flush material reduction alone is around $200K. Pretty awesome little devices!
Operations Manager, Manufacturer of 15,000 food ingredients and flavor products to customers in more than 140 countries
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Having sold thousands of Airsweep, to clients who sometimes buy 60 at a time, I can tell you this is the best piece of equipment out there to solve your material flow issues. We have repeat customers who just won’t buy anything else.
Dick Browning, President, Industrial Technologies, Inc.
OUR CASE HISTORIES
CHEESE MATERIAL FLOW CASE STUDY
A cheese company in California had a sticky material handling system build up problem in their dryer system. The bridging caused a back up of material in the baghouse system which resulted in a fire. Plant personnel knew they had to find a solution fast, and chose the USDA Airsweep material flow system to solve the problem.
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MINERAL PROCESSING CASE STUDY
A leading mineral processing plant crushes and screens over 120,000 tons of rocks a year. Because of plugging in the outlets, it took an hour to fill one supersack. AirSweep® material flow system crushed the material handling system flow problem to increase productivity by 3000%.
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SOOT BLOWERS VS. SONIC HORNS CASE STUDY
If you can’t take the heat, get out of the factory. All the sootblowers in a US-based engineered wood factory warped in their boiler furnace’s intense temperatures. Cast iron sonic horns material flow system withstood the heat, and cleaned blind spots that sootblowers missed.
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