Traditional hose-clamp fittings regularly came loose on a rotary sifter creating ongoing challenge for a global supplier of quality ingredients.
Case Studies
Case Study Catalogue
Our catalogue handily compiles real customer success stories, covering the industries, applications, and results achieved with BFM® fittings
It's great to be able to share how our BLUEBAND™ flexible connectors have solved processing challenges for manufacturers in a wide range of industries and applications all over the world.
For commercial reasons, many of our customers like to keep their production processes and associated challenges confidential, so we aren't always able to include their names publicly in our case studies.
Industry
Problem Area
Product Transported
Country
Nutritional Powder
Dust Reduced & Downtime Slashed by 75%
Product leakage and frequent cleans between product blends were costing Allicio Nutrition Ltd in downtime and lost product. Hygiene was also an issue...
A leading UK pet food manufacturer reduced downtime by nearly 90% by swapping to BFM® Lipped Spigots & Seeflex connectors.
Building Products
Reduced High Risk Dust Exposure in Bag Loading
Reducing exposure to potentially dangerous RCS (respirable crystalline silica) dust was the driver for this building product manufacturer improving...
Therapeutic Nutrition
Better Quality Monitoring & Faster Cleaning Process
Replacing large steel hoppers with transparent, flexible BFM® fittings enabled a Japanese manufacturer to improve quality monitoring and speed up...
Contract Packing
75% Reduction in Changeover Downtime
Contract packager Richard Whittaker changes product lines up to 10x per week, each taking over 20 minutes. They wanted a more efficient solution.
Calcium Carbonate
Dust & Downtime
Solved in Sifters
Abrasive powder leaked constantly from clamped connectors on large sifters, making dust build-up and downtime to clean up a big problem.
Solving leaking flour was a priority for reducing health and safety risks in this South African plant producing wafers.
Nutraceuticals
Efficiency Gains For Nutraceutical Processor
A leading nutraceutical manufacturer tried BFM® fitting and saved so much time, they’ve installed them on all of their powder mixing/transfer bins.
Detergent
Dust Leakage Solved
On Sifter
Heavy leakage on a sifter with a significant throw caused major problems for a leading home & personal care product manufacturer.
Food giant Ajinomoto had a challenging transition point that required frequent connector changes, causing extensive downtime.
Biowaste
Leak Free, Outdoor
Sludge Processing
Outdoor vibrating sieves used in a bio-waste plant for the anaerobic digestion process suffered from leaky traditional clamped connectors.
Dust leaking throughout the plant and difficult to fit hose-clamps meant hygiene and plant efficiency were being compromised.
Lithium Powder
Containing Super-Fine Powder
A major manufacturer found extremely fine lithium powder (10 microns) leaking through their clamped connectors and were concerned for staff safety.
Soy Powder
Severe Product Leakage on Sifter Resolved
A major sifter leakage problem meant staff at a soy processing plant had to wear masks to even enter the screening room.
Construction Additives
Explosion Risk
Reduction
Health & safety are paramount for AkzoNobel at its Elotex plant but the construction additives involve fine, abrasive powders.
How did BFM® reduce downtime for Bob’s Red Mill Natural Foods Inc, USA, which mills 24 hrs a day, 6 days a week?
Agrichemicals
Bayer CropScience Standardizes To BFM®
The engineers at Bayer CropScience were searching for a flexible connector that could be easily standardized throughout their global operations.
Infant Formula
Superior Hygiene
& Safety
Milk processor HOCHDORF 's Sulgen plant found their hoseclamps often leaking powder and presenting injury risks to fingers during changeovers.
Blood Plasma
Hygiene Assurance For Pharma Clean Room
Prothya Biosolutions (formerly Plasma Industries Belgium) processes around 1.2 million litres of human blood plasma per year and has stringent...
Chicken Slurry
90% Saving on
Cleaning Costs
Tyson Foods Inc. had leaky and time-consuming traditional hose-clamp connectors that needed to be removed, cleaned & replaced every 12 hours.
A leading UK plaster manufacturer faced leakage issues with flexible connectors on a vibrating sieve lasting only a week at a time before tearing.
Silicon Nitride Ceramic
Medical Tech Co.
Amazed At Dust
Reduction
AMEDICA processes fine-as-talc powder, which infiltrated processing equipment connections and created a consistently powdery atmosphere.
Powdercoating
BFM® Improves Health & Safety For Powdercoater
PT Jotun Powder Coatings, Indonesia had a challenge with paint pigment dust causing a considerable health hazard to their workers.
How did BFM® save over £40,000 for a multinational UK bakery that had difficulty with the flexible sleeve connecting a weigh hopper and dough mixer?
A sugar company suffered from dust leaks in the rotary sifter room, where they had rubber connectors lasting on average 5 days. Enter BFM®.
Concrete
Downtime Fixed On
Weigh Hopper
The canvas weigh hopper connectors at a concrete products plant absorbed moisture creating blockages, so they installed a polyurethane BFM® fitting.
Polycarbonate Chips
Connector Life Extended From 5 Days To Over 16 Months
A leading chemicals manufacturer processing sliced polycarbonate chips needed connectors that were durable enough to withstand the abrasive nature.
Milk Powder
Gas Purging Leaks
Solved For Dairy
Processor
A leading NZ dairy plant had a major challenge with hygiene in their blending filler room as regular gas purging of the system was creating excessive...
Powdercoating
Powder Coater
Eliminates Dust Problem
A powder coating company in Turkey used nylon bag connectors that leaked constantly and were difficult to change and constantly leaked.