Conforma Clad of Greenville, Mississippi, U.S., a leading provider of severe wear solutions for fabricated metal components, announced that it has expanded its onshelf inventory of tungsten carbide clad extruder components.

Conforma Clad, which dates back to 1968, has been offering long-life extruder screws and liners to the Pet Food and Aqua Feed markets for 3+ years. During this time period, the company has made significant investments in shelf inventory of replacement components for Wenger and Extru-Tech extruders.

While other companies are reducing their on-hand inventory, Conforma Clad has added additional sizes and models to their product offering.

In addition to expanding their replacement components for Extru-Tech and Wenger models, Conforma Clad is in the process of manufacturing replacement screws and liners for Sprout-Matador single screw extruders and replacement barrels for Clextral extruders.

Conforma Clad has identified the last few additions to be quite prevalent among Aqua feed producers. Since high quality feed and predictable pellet densities are so important in this market, longer life components will be especially valuable to feed producers.

Conforma Clad’s revolutionary process uses infiltration brazing to bond tungsten carbide to the base material of a component forming a hard, uniform protective cladding that provides superior wear against abrasion, erosion, and corrosion, which allows protected components to last up to 4-7 times longer. The composition of Conforma Clad’s tungsten carbide wear protection has been reviewed by the FDA and deemed acceptable for repeat use in foodcontact applications.

Conforma Clad’s experience and technical expertise can provide solutions for your severe wear applications. To learn more about Conforma Clad’s severe wear solutions for the Pet Food and Aqua Feed industries, please contact Lorrie Muzzone, Sales Engineer – Extruder Products, at (321) 726-6726 or LMuzzone@conformaclad.com.

Conforma Clad Inc. is a leading provider of severe wear solutions for industrial applications involving extreme abrasion, corrosion and erosion, or any combination thereof. For the pet foods and aqua feed industries, Conforma Clad provides wear resistant extruder barrels, liners, screws and dies. It is the major supplier of radial bearings used in directional drilling for oil and gas. Among the products provided for coal-fired power plants are fan blades, liners, ash conveyance, and components for burners and pulverizers. For the plastic and food industries, Conforma Clad provides wear resistant extruder barrels, liners, screws, and dies. Conforma Clad, which dates back to 1968, is headquartered in New Albany, Indiana.

For more information visit www.conformaclad.com

Canada agency detaining suspect animal feed
OTTAWA — The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is taking action to detain zinc oxide and livestock feed products that are contaminated with dioxin. A limited number of shipments of zinc oxide from the United States for livestock feed use in Canada have been identified as a source of contamination.

The CFIA took immediate action by detaining affected zinc oxide and livestock feed products identified through traceback procedures, based on information received from U.S. Food and Drug Administration in late January.

Traceback and detention activities continue, including the removal of targeted livestock feed products containing the affected zinc oxide. Feed mills and targeted livestock producers that have received contaminated product are being identified and contacted with the assistance of the affected companies.

A finding of elevated dioxin levels in random sampling of U.S. catfish initiated the original investigation that traced the contamination to a source of zinc oxide used to manufacture fish feed. Recent international scientific information indicates dioxin is present in the environment at background levels, but testing for dioxin in Canada to date has not identified any dioxin at elevated levels in the food supply from this particular source of contamination.

The CFIA is targeting its monitoring as a precautionary measure, and test results will be shared with Health Canada for a human health risk assessment. The CFIA is working with Health Canada to review the available information and determine whether further action is required.