Olds Elevator LLC, Hudson, NH has successfully elevated granular activated carbon from underwater, leaving the water behind. In a test for a customer seeking to move activated carbon from a quench tank used to cool the carbon, Olds Elevator raised saturated carbon granules from below water 15 feet. Elevated material was returned to the flooded feed hopper for recycling. Particle attrition was measured over a 16 hour test period and found to be insignificant.

The testing proved that an Olds elevator can be mounted above a quench tank with the lower end of its lift tube and static screw submerged in the tank to elevate the solid portion of the tank’s contents while leaving the liquids in the tank.

Olds Elevator LLC, of Hudson, NH supplied a patented “static screw” elevator to Sandia National Laboratories of Albuquerque, NM for use in a research project on high temperature Heat Transfer Fluids.…

A manufacturer of cast aluminum engine blocks for the automobile industry sought to replace an existing pneumatic conveyor used to return hot foundry sand to a cooler. Their existing pneumatic system suffered from chronic wear issues that resulted in the release of silica sand inside the plant when conveyor piping wore through due to abrasion of the hot sand…

Olds Elevator™ LLC (www.oldsusa.com), a manufacturer of bulk material elevators, has delivered 2 elevators for high temperature particulates for 2 Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) pilot plants…

Olds Elevator™ LLC, a manufacturer of bulk material elevators, has delivered 2 elevators for high temperature particulates for 2 Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) pilot projects. Both projects were partially funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (D.O.E.)…

Olds Elevator™ LLC, a manufacturer of bulk material elevators, has recently received multiple orders for static screw elevators to deliver high temperature participates for 2 U.S. Department of Energy (D.O.E.) – funded projects…

Olds Elevator™ LLC has been selected to serve as the Heat Transfer Fluid (HTF) conveyor for Pilot Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) Plant to be constructed in 2013. The project is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy. CSP involves the use of heliostats (concave mirrors) that focus the sun's rays on a small area. The focused beam of sunlight is intensely hot, exceeding 1,000°F. An Olds elevator will deliver the sand, which will serve as the HTF, to be heated by the focused sunbeam. The sand will be heated to over 1,000°F and be used to provide the heat to generate steam to run a turbine to produce electricity…

Olds Elevator™ LLC announces a new Model 7 elevator for sand and dense abrasives. “Olds Elevator™ was invented in a foundry to lift sand, shake-out sand, and shot blast and was an immediate improvement over traditional bucket elevators and pneumatic systems typically used in foundries. This new model is even better and easier to install in a crowded foundry or any operation that needs to elevate sand, “ according to company president Richard McIntosh.…

A chemical company that specializes in producing surfactants for industry had experienced chronic material handling problems with a popular flake surfactant product: Sodium Linear Alkyl Benzene Sulfonate (LAS). The LAS is produced by spray-drying a liquid formula over a hot drum dryer. The LAS exits the dryer as a flake at 110°F and is immediately elevated 20 feet for milling, screening and packaging…

One of the leading brick makers in North America contacted Olds Elevator™ LLC about developing a solution to a chronic production problem common throughout their brick plants…

There's always room for improvement, or so the saying goes, and the people at Olds Elevator would agree. Olds Elevator™ LLC, located in Hudson New Hampshire has, modernized the entire concept of bulk material elevation for materials such as grain, sugar, many powders and fertilizer. With their innovation, Olds Elevator stands to revolutionize not only the way vertical elevation systems are considered, but the company also proudly claims their product will make many industries much safer…