Vulcan Burners launch new products for Hillhead 18.
Vulcan Burners is a market leader, in innovative research & development towards cleaner and more efficient combustion systems for the Asphalt & Material handling processes. Throughout 2017 and into Spring 2018, in the wake of the Brexit vote, Vulcan Burners heavily invested into the R&D of new products & marketing of the Vulcan brand ensuring that we will be at the forefront of existing and new emerging markets on a global scale.
With the marketing campaign, the Vulcan brand expanded heavily on a global scale with international marketing tours through Europe, Canada & North America, attending many local shows & conferences including exhibiting at the international asphalt focused “World of Asphalt” exhibition show & conference in Houston, this being a particular highlight on the exhibition calendar, as well as the exhibition area over 3 days, there are numerous workshops and seminars with speaker discussions on current hurdles in the industry, new technology and science involvement in modern mixes such as RAP use and recycled material additives.
This show being a successful show, gaining a wealth of information and new ideas as well as our exhibition team greeting many new and existing clients. The exhibition calendar is not quite over yet, with attendance at Intermat Paris recently and the UK flagship Hillhead 2018 show taking place this June. Vulcan Burners will be officially launching the new innovative product lines at this event.
With R&D in mind and after recent successful projects, Vulcan are delighted to officially launch our latest products to our existing range, the Vulcan Surface Burner, the Vulcan Batch Burner and the Vulcan Eco-mode Pilot Flame at this year’s Hillhead event.
Each new product has been specifically designed with the customers’ needs in mind. For instance, the Vulcan Surface burner has new features such as a double skin combustion box, enabling the heat to recirculate back into the burner blower, this feature facilitates the increase of length to the combustion zone which in turn increases production rates and reduced fuel consumption. Also due to the combustion box location, there is no impact from the material in the dryer increasing product longevity so no expensive replacements!
The Vulcan Batch burner is a game changer to the industry, it has a forced draft flame, the batch burner also has a modulating flame feature which provides control of the maximum fuel output, this will provide huge fuel savings compared to the standard on/off flame cycling to current batch burners in the market. The design is compact with no linkages or levers which also provides ease of maintenance. With the first Batch Series burner installed and operating from early spring, fuel savings of 25% has been made on standard virgin aggregate production alone. The site management and operators have provided excellent feedback explaining how user friendly the burner and its BMS system is to use compared to the old dated system and extremely impressed in its efficiency and power, as it has increased their production rate on the system, they can now produce the desired material is much less time than before.
The Batch Series burner which was dispatch and installed at our customers site in January, is a bespoke angled Batch Series burner, the design concept of the burner means it can be adapted & is versatile for restricted space as well as the standard Batch series model.
This burner is an ideal replacement for any plant that has an open-ended design burner. Also due to the flame design, it is the decisive product for any potential customer hoping to increase their production rates as the flame shape allows an additional 0.5 meters of drying capacity with the existing dryer.
Finally, the Vulcan Eco-mode pilot flame system, this is an optional addition to the burner which provides a direct fuelled pilot flame that provides up to a 96% fuel reduction when the burner is on tick over compared to 0% main flame. This can facilitate fuel savings of up to £4500.00 per year based on up to 1 hour of tick over a week! The Eco-mode pilot flame will come standard in the Batch burner series and can be an optional extra for all other burner series.
Ian Lewis, Senior Engineer and Vulcan founder; “The new Surface and Batch burner series performances are exceptional, with burners already commissioned in the UK and North America, Vulcan is setting the standard for efficiency and quality on an International scale. We strive to always problem solve the issues that our customers are facing on day to day basis on their old existing plant and eradicate these hurdles through our new products. This allows not just a direct replacement but a new improved system that provides results to the customer.”
Our commitment to place innovation at the forefront of our agenda is shown with the development of our new testing facilities which is well underway. The new facilities will allow R&D projects to flourish, providing amenities for testing, research and bespoke projects for both Vulcans technical department and their customers. With completion in sight, we believe that this will firmly put Vulcan at the cutting edge of future combustion technology.
Jonathan Gregory, Technical Design Engineer states; “The new facilities will allow us to further our development in combustion design & provide our customers with fuel efficient solutions, enabling the industry to strive towards its green targets quicker.”
If you are interested in any of our featured products & servicing plans or would like to discuss your current plant requirements with our representatives, we invite you to attend the Hillhead 2018 show in Buxton and visit Vulcan Burners on Stand E9.
Not only will the featured products be exhibited, the rest of the Vulcan range will also be on display, additionally with our consultancy team will be on hand to provide any required advice.