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Industry Expertise Overview |
The roots of Prater-Sterling are firmly grounded in the feed industry. Though its equipment's uses and purposes have spread over many industries over the last 80 years, Prater-Sterling feed equipment was their sole production effort. Beginning with a small hammer mill, Prater-Sterling began supplying feed machinery to the industry in 1925 and quickly grew to become the trade standard. Following the initial hammer mill, Prater continued to augment the design producing many different prototypes. To this day, the hammer mill is still a prevalent aspect of feed equipment. With the hammer mill's ability to uniformly grind and operate 24 hours a day, it is no wonder why it has remained a stellar example of feed machinery over the years.
Thought the industry needs have grown since 1925, demanding various types of feed machinery, the gold standard by which Prater-Sterling produces its feed equipment has remained the same. With a customer profile including Cargill and Central Soya, the consistency and permanence of Prater-Sterling feed machinery is evident. Though the old adage says, "If it isn't broke, don't fix it," Prater-Sterling has successfully adapted and improved their feed equipment since its premier in 1925. Though the industry may change and other feed machinery suppliers may come and go, Prater-Sterling will remain the paragon of feed equipment manufacturers.
| Particle Size Reduction |
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Have applications that need reduction from between 6" to sub-micron size? Choose one of our fine grinders, classifier mills, hammermills or lump breakers. |
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| Mixing & Blending |
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Prater twin-spiral and continuous mixers provide a smooth, homogenous blend at their output. This needs one more line. |
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| Compaction / Agglomeration |
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Need compacting, granulating, briquetting, densifying, sheeting or flaking? Prater compactors & tableting presses are designed to meet your application needs. |
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| Feeding / Metering / Rotary Airlocks |
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Prater rotary airlock vavles can be purchased with standard features or individually customized to your specifications to ensure reliable operation. |
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| System Design & Integration |
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Prater-Sterling offers a complete system approach firmly focused on your specific requirements. We apply superior technology and innovative spirit in order to deliver the optimal solution. |
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| Automation |
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We offer solutions for batching systems, receiving systems, grinding systems, pelleting systems and loadout systems. |
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| Classification & Separation |
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Have applications that require sifting/scalping, screening or classifying? Our rotary sifters, vibratory screeners and air classifiers are customized to your specifications. |
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| Toll Processing |
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Prater-Sterling's decades of particle size reduction expertise allows us leverage our knowledge to ensure that our equipment perfectly matches your processes needs. |
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Products Per Industry |
| Air Classifiers |
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Prater-Sterling adjustable air classifiers are made in a variety of sizes and materials to service your dust-free material separation needs. |
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| Hammer Mills |
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Providing a uniform particle grind, Prater-Sterling's durable hammer mills can operate 24 hours a day and require very little maintenance. |
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| Airlocks |
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Our airlocks can handle a range of high temperatures and pressure differentials to ensure the appropriate metering of your materials. |
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| Sifters |
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Our versatile sifters eliminate dust problems, self-clean and require no maintenance. Prater-Sterling sifters are ideal for sifting, scalping and classifying. |
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| Classifier Mills |
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Prater-Sterling classifier mills provide the best of both worlds of grinding and classifying particles with uniform distribution and simple maintenance. |
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| Automation |
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We offer many diverse solutions for batching systems, weighing systems and process controls for dry and liquid materials (mechanical, pneumatic, grinding). |
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| Compactors |
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In need of transforming scrap into reusable product? Our compactors reduce waste and compact particles to reduce density and volume. |
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| Vibrating Screens |
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With one, two or three decks, our durable vibrating screens provide exact particles sizing and distribution smoothly, quietly and cost-effectively. |
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| Flake / Cake Breakers |
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Prater-Sterling lump breakers reduce larger materials into smaller granules economically and simply. Ideal for cookies, detergents, sugar, minerals, fertilizer, etc. |
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| Material/Ingredient Weighing Systems |
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Prater-Sterling weighing systems provide efficient, accurate batching and weighing controls for hundreds of inventoried materials and thousands of stored formulas. |
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| Fine Grinders |
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Our fine grinders have the high capacity to reduce heat sensitive particles to 200 mesh and provide better dust control. |
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| Control Panels Fabrication |
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Our Human-Machine-Interface Control (HMI), Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) and Motor Control Centers (MCC) provide customized system integrations for various applications. |
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