Heyl & Patterson Blog

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Pittsburgh, PA – Heyl & Patterson Inc., a world leader in thermal processing and bulk materials handling equipment, today announced its relocation to a new base of operations at 400 Lydia Street in Carnegie, PA, in a move to accommodate growth.

Since 1875, the United States has been one of the world's main steel producers.  Steel has been an important factor in the American economy for over 100 years, providing jobs to many generations of American families, and it continues to be a booming industry today.  Production of steel takes place in two different ways.  One method uses integrated smelting involving a blast furnace, followed by a basic oxygen furnace, and the other involves an electric arc furnace.

Bulk material handling equipment has evolved over many years.  Some of the materials being transported have changed, such as specialized sands used in the oil and gas industry and new potential energy sources such as biomass, plus the volumes have increased and the terminals have become much more sophisticated.  Even so, many of the basics in the industry have remained the same over the years.

According to software developer Symantec, organizations understand that “app culture” is not going away, and in order to avoid falling behind, they need to integrate themselves into that world.  iPhone and Android operating systems have significantly changed how cellphones function, making them about productivity in addition to communication.  Currently, 71% of companies are either investigating or are actively deploying their own mobile applications.

A powder is a bulk solid material composed of a large number of very fine, dry particles that flow freely when held at an angle.  These substances are a type of granular material that have finer grain sizes, so they have a greater tendency to clump when flowing, as opposed to coarser materials that do not form clumps except when wet.  Due to their small particle size, powders are more cohesive and more easily suspended in gas.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Pittsburgh, PA – Heyl & Patterson Inc., a world leader in bulk material handling systems and thermal processing equipment, today announced the signing of an exclusive license agreement with ELB Engineering Services (Pty) Ltd. (ELB), a bulk material handling provider based in Johannesburg, South Africa.

The current version of the Heyl & Patterson website went live in 2010, and it included a woman whose identity has been shrouded in mystery.  Some believe she is related to the company's owners, and others believe she was simply hired as a model to welcome vistors to a website.  Nothing could be further from the truth.  Her name is Heyland Patterson, and this is her story.

According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, about 68% of the country's electrical grid is generated by fossil fuels.  As of 2013, about 37% of our energy comes from coal, 30% from natural gas, 30% from nuclear, 7% from hydroelectric and 5.4% from other renewables such as wind (3.46%), biomass (1.42%), geothermal (0.41%) and solar (0.11%).  An additional 1% is generated by petroleum, and less than 1% by other gases such as waste heat from blast furnaces.

Google has described Google+ as a social layer that enhances many of its existing online properties.  It is promoted not as just another social networking website, but as an authorship tool that associates web content directly with its owner or author.  Google+ launched in June 2011, and in less than three years has become the world's second-largest social site after Facebook.

One key element of Google+ is its focus on targeted sharing within subsets of a user's social group, which Google calls "circles."  These are small groups of friends, family, classmates and coworkers that users can share information with.

Heyl & Patterson created the first conference specifically for users of railcar dumping systems in 1984.  Thirty years later, the event still brings users together for industry best practices, product updates, training, roundtables and social networking.  Attendees have access to Heyl & Patterson engineers and technicians to discuss up-to-date techniques and processes for efficient operations.  The exchange of ideas is second to none, and dialogue revolves around actual problems and realistic solutions.