Whats Happening at SMC?

  • New Purchasing Agent Joins SMC

    Sidney Manufacturing Company welcomes C. Ward Cartwright II as Purchasing Agent. Ward received his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management specializing in Supply Chain Management from Bowling Green State University on August 6, 2011. Ward has been a part time summer employee for several years. Ward is a second generation of Cartwright’s to be employed at SMC. He is looking forward to meeting and working with existing and new suppliers as well as meeting SMC customers and being a part of the Sidney community.  

     
  • Advance Millwrights Inc. To Be SMC’s Ontario, Canada Distributor

    We are pleased and excited to announce that Advance Millwrights, Inc. Elmira, Ontario, Canada will be Sidney Manufacturing Company’s distributor for Dry Bulk Materials Handling Equipment as well as equipment for the Non-Food and Food Industry.

    Advance Millwrights Inc. territory will be the entire Province of Ontario Canada.

    You may contact Advance Millwrights Inc. at:

    Advance Millwrights Inc.
    21 Howard Ave. Unit 3
    Elmira, ON. N3B 2C9
    P: 519-669-4200
    F: 519-669-4659
    www.advancemillwrights.com
    info@advancemillwrights.com

     
  • SMC Celebrates 45 Years in 2011

    Original Sidney Grain Machine Inc. product line acquired in 1966.

    Sidney Manufacturing Company is a continuation of The Philip Smith Manufacturing Company which originated in 1859.

    Sidney Grain Machine Inc. acquired the original product line and buildings in 1966.

    In 1990 our named changed to Sidney Manufacturing Company.

    We thank our customers and dedicated employees who are the reason for our celebration and success.

     
  • Wendel Patterson Retires

    Paul Borders congratulates Wendel Patterson of W. D. Patterson Co. Inc. on his retirement effective December 7, 2010. W. D. Patterson Co. Inc. is a Manufacturers Representative Company that he started on December 7, 1970 covering the states of Iowa, Kansas, Missouri & Nebraska. Wendel & Paul worked together on a project for Dixie Mills in Memphis, TN. in 1969 and after that project was completed Wendel decided to start his Representative company and continued working with Paul Borders and has represented Sidney Grain Machine Inc. and Sidney Manufacturing Company. He has enjoyed a very successful 40 years. W. D. Patterson Co. will continue to represent Sidney Manufacturing Company under the management of new owner, Jeff Roumph. We wish Wendel the very best in his retirement. W. D. Patterson Co. will continue to service it’s existing customers with the service they have come to enjoy, while pursuing new customers.

    W. D. Patterson Co. Inc.
    1000 E. 18th Ave.
    North Kansas City, Missouri 64116
    P: 816-842-2790
    F: 816-842-5380
    www.wdpatterson.com

    Wendel Patterson (left) and Paul Borders of SMC
     
  • TWO-WAY DIVERTER VALVE

    Two-Way Diverter Valve with Air-Operated slide gates for better cut-off and seal in each direction.

     
  • SIDNEY HOT DIPPED GALVANIZED BUCKET ELEVATOR

    All fabrication and welding is completed prior to the hot dip process so 100% of the exposed surfaces both inside and outside of the bucket elevator are covered with a thick coating of galvanize. No sheared edge or hole edges to rust.

    The process begins with an acid bath to chemically clean the metal surface, followed by a prefluxing operation to prevent oxidation prior to the dipping into molten zinc.

    Head, boot, trunking and accessories are then totally immersed into molten zinc at approximately 850 degrees F. This results in a formation of a zinc and zinc-iron alloy coating which is metallurgically bonded to the steel.

    After the bucket elevator is withdrawn from the galvanizing bath it is allowed to cool, inspected and excess zinc removed from places such as bolt holes and flange surfaces. Pulleys, shafts, bearings and optional items are then reinstalled prior to shipping.

     
  • NEW ADDITIONS TO SMC PERSONNEL ELEVATORS

    Sidney has added two major items to their line of “Special Purpose Personnel Elevators” to comply with the new requirements of the A17.1-2000 Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators. Shown in the above photo is the Rope Gripper as required by Rule 2.26.2.29 Ascending Car Overspeed Protection Device. Also added in the control panel and hoistway wiring is the Unintended Car Movement Device as required by Rule 2.29.2.30.

    In the event of an over speed of the car in the up direction the Rope Gripper will activate and pinch the hoisting cables between two friction pads stopping the movement of the car and counterweight. In the event the car should move more than 48” either up or down, away from a landing for any reason while either the car or landing door is open the Rope Gripper will activate and pinch the hoisting cables, stopping the movement of the car and counterweight. For more information contact SMC at 800-482-3535.

    Single Automatic Operation Push Button Control

    SMC has engineered, developed and successfully tested their Single Automatic Push Button Control for their Special Purpose Personnel Elevators. The standard control for the up or down travel is continuous-pressure operation, which means that you have to maintain constant pressure on the up or down push button and manually level the car. The Single Automatic Control has been successfully tested for months and is now available as an option. Definition of Single Automatic Operation per ASME A17.1-2007/CSA B44-07: “single automatic operation by means of one button in the car for each landing served and one button at each landing, so arranged that if any car or landing button has been actuated the actuation of any other car or landing operating button will have no effect on the operation of the car until the response to the first button has been completed.” The Sidney Single Automatic Operation Push Button Control has built in as standard the soft start and soft stop feature. Contact us for additional information.

     
  • SWR 48 WHOLE TOMATO RECEIVING CONVEYOR

    Shown in the photo above is the prototype SWR 48 Drag Conveyor designed to receive from trucks and elevate whole tomatoes and other like-size produce. The conveyor was successfully tested in August using Roma tomatoes grown in California and Ohio. The SWR 48 was manufactured simply by up-sizing the already patented design from our largest to date, SWR 24 and continues to be covered under the same U. S. and foreign patents.

    A unique side inlet was designed and installed to allow the conveyor to receive the tomatoes at a rate of 100 TPH under the return paddles. The City of Sidney helped by providing fire hoses and hydrant hook-ups so the tomatoes could be flushed out of the truck just as they are received at the actual processing plants.

    The test was done at the urging of one of our customers now using several Sidney SIDEWALL RETURN Drags in other applications throughout his processing plant.

     
  • SWEET CORN SILAGE CONVEYOR

    The above photo shows a Sidney SIDEWALL RETURN Drag Conveyor moving sweet corn silage out of a corn processing plant to awaiting trucks. The plant relies on the conveyor to operate 24/7 throughout the harvest. Previous attempts at conveying the silage out of the plant resulted in spillage which required many man hours of clean-up daily. By using the unique SIDEWALL RETURN Drag the silage is confined to the conveyor from the inlet to the discharge. Several of these 24" SIDEWALL RETURN drags are now in operation in corn plants in the Pacific NW.

     
  • CARROT PULP CONVEYORS

    A major carrot processor installed three all stainless steel Sidney SIDEWALL RETURN Drag Conveyors to move carrot pulp from their processing plant to outside overhead bins. Horizontal to incline and back to horizontal SWR drags were used to move the pulp over 200 feet. The customer informed us the SWR drags use 90% less water to move the pulp vs. their old pumping method.

     

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