MARTIN ENGINEERING BLOG

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

This (Not So) Old House

Before we get into it, there’s one thing you need to know about me. I love HGTV. House Hunters, Property Brothers, Fixer Upper...I can’t get enough. Well, just over a year ago my ...
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Conveyor Belts: The Good, Bad, & Ugly

A picture is worth a thousand words. So these three photos speak volumes (3000 words to be exact). I take a lot of photos when I travel to job sites because they can tell the ...
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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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