Custom-built vibrators from Martin Engineering

Materials-handling specialist offers custom-engineered vibrator designs for OEM applications

MARTIN Engineering, one of the global leaders in bulk material handling, have begun offering custom-engineered vibration technology for manufacturers of shakers, separators, wash plants and other process equipment that uses vibration as a working force.

By adding the new capability to their extensive line-up of stock vibrators, Martin Engineering aim to open up a wide range of new possibilities for equipment designers who have traditionally been forced to engineer their products around existing vibrator models.

The design and engineering will be performed at Martin Engineering’s new 2,100 square meter Center for Innovation, Research & Development at the company’s headquarters in Neponset, Illinois.

Custom-engineered electrical and mechanical drives are already being manufactured at Martin Engineering locations in the US and China, and as the business grows, the company plans to supply them from all eight of its business units around the world.

‘The target market for these new services is any manufacturer that supplies vibratory equipment of virtually any kind,’ said Robert Nogaj, Martin Engineering’s vice-president of operations.

‘If an OEM has a unique need for a drive that hasn’t been, or couldn’t be, designed before, or if there is a design for a machine that they could not find a drive for, now there is a cost-effective resource for developing them.’

Martin Engineering are targeting continuous-duty applications that often require explosion-proof construction and multi-year reliability, backing the products with an industry-first three-year warranty, plus an three additional years on bearings and electrical parts.

A key to the new technology is its global availability, as the company will be able to manufacture custom designs in any of the countries in which the firm does business, allowing  customers to benefit from regional engineering, manufacturing and service in virtually any location.

‘There are many suppliers who provide off-the-shelf solutions, and we will continue offering conventional vibrators in a wide range of sizes and force outputs,’ Mr Nogaj continued. ‘But for the builders of next-generation equipment, we can now deliver design options that engineers have never had before. Instead of being limited to an off-the-shelf vibrator, manufacturers can specify the exact sizes and parameters they need to suit new and emerging designs.’