MARTIN ENGINEERING BLOG

Welcome! Below you will find a collection of insights by leading professionals detailing their experiences in the bulk handling industry.

Cannonball!

I love summer. A couple of years ago, I moved into a house that had a new pool installed. Nothing brings me more joy than to have friends and family over on a hot summer weekend ...
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Do you have enough data to justify conveyor system upgrades?

Regardless of industry - mining to biomass to grain and more - bulk materials handling operations depend on intelligent, hardworking individuals who can be trained and promoted to ...
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Safety 1st on the 4th (and year-round)!

With the 4th of July around the corner, I was perusing Pinterest for recipes to take to our annual get-together in honor of America's birthday. 🎉 A relevant "pin" caught my ...
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Band-Aids: Good Temporary Fix - Not A Permanent Solution!

band-aid: (noun) a makeshift or temporary solution. Oxford Languages I am going to focus on the word "temporary." I feel like in life - at least mine- we get used to taking ...
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Reports...Yuck! Who Really Likes Them?

Whenever I hear about a report that I've been asked to review, I kind of cringe 😖. It reminds me too much of book reports/history reports from back when I was in high school. I ...
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If you can't access it, how can you service it?

Have you ever heard the saying “if I had a dollar for every time I heard that, I would be rich?” Well, if I had a dollar for every time I was asked to inspect conveyor components ...
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