Acumen Engineering/Analysis, Inc.

Past Projects

Industrial System Design

For a large commercial bakery, acumen designed a plant-wide vacuum system that was used by packaging machinery for lifting and placing finished product in shipping cartons. The project required an analysis of the air handling requirements to meet the vacuum requirements of the material handling equipment. The challenge was to provide adequate lifting force to reliably handle the product without damaging the fragile baked goods. acumen specified the air handling equipment and designed ductwork to maintain vacuum at the packaging stations. We then provided complete construction drawings for the manufacturer to successfully complete the installation.

For the same manufacturer, acumen developed design concepts for an improved drive mechanism in a large dough mixer. The mixer drive suffered frequent failures due to pulsatile loading imposed by masses of material. acumen analyzed the loads and mixer design and proposed new gears that were sized to meet the maximum loads.

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Last Updated: March 6, 2006