MARTIN ENGINEERING BLOG

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

Anyone Else Need An Air Cannon/Vibrator When Refilling Coffee Grounds?

Just in time for National Coffee Day, I was refilling the coffee jar and it got me thinking...this takes a lot more time than I thought it would. I don't even like coffee, but I ...
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Ready For Some Football? Protect Your QBs, Conveyor Belts, & Pulleys

🏈 I'm certainly ready...football season has firmly taken hold in my household. My son is a high school freshman this year, so that means weekends of college and pro ball on TV ...
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Labor = Time, Money, & Risk

With Labor Day around the corner, we're all anxiously awaiting that much-needed day off and long weekend. And we deserve it, right?! A day off is a good way to reset mentally and ...
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Conveyor Belts: The Good, Bad, & Ugly Of Bulk Material Handling

It's back...another edition of Good, Bad, Ugly where I detail some of the interesting things I have seen on the bulk materials handling scene!
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There Are No Dumb Questions When It Comes To Bulk Materials Handling!

I recently spent the weekend at the motocross track watching my 7-year-old niece race her dirtbike. As a mom and her aunt, it absolutely terrifies me but she is a little daredevil ...
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A Hole In The Bucket: True Cost of Material Spillage From Conveyors

If there’s a hole in your bucket, you’ll inevitably end up with four distinct but related dilemmas;
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