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Industry Expertise Overview |
Prater-Sterling believes that "Results Come First." This results-driven approach is what has helped Prater-Sterling remain a powerhouse company for industrial machinery. Prater-Sterling's durable, high-quality machinery is used in many industries with a wide range of applications. Two examples are the nutraceutical industry and plastics industry. Companies that specialize in these industries, and many others, depend on Prater-Sterling equipment to procure their wide range of products.
The precision and versatility required for many industries' products is what make Prater-Sterling machinery so useful. Though Prater-Sterling machines can reduce grain and sift wood flour, when utilized as equipment for other industries, entirely different results can be achieved. Whatever materials need to be compacted, sorted, reduced, ground, blended and mixed to result in the product desired - such as vitamins or plastic particles - Prater-Sterling machinery can handle the particle management situation.
Since its inception in 1925, Prater-Sterling has recognized its customers' needs of reliable, durable equipment that is easily-maintained and efficient. However, Prater-Sterling also realizes the need for its machinery to be used across many industries - such as the nutraceutical and plastics industries - for varying particle solutions. It is this inherent understanding of their customers' demands and wishes that makes Prater-Sterling the ultimate machinery provider to numerous industries. When major names from many industries trust in Prater-Sterling equipment, the results must be extraordinary.
| Particle Size Reduction |
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Have applications that need reduction from between 6" to sub-micron size? Choose one of our fine grinders, classifier mills, hammermills or lump breakers. |
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| Mixing & Blending |
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Prater twin-spiral and continuous mixers provide a smooth, homogenous blend at their output. This needs one more line. |
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| Compaction / Agglomeration |
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Need compacting, granulating, briquetting, densifying, sheeting or flaking? Prater compactors & tableting presses are designed to meet your application needs. |
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| Feeding / Metering / Rotary Airlocks |
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Prater rotary airlock vavles can be purchased with standard features or individually customized to your specifications to ensure reliable operation. |
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| System Design & Integration |
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Prater-Sterling offers a complete system approach firmly focused on your specific requirements. We apply superior technology and innovative spirit in order to deliver the optimal solution. |
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| Automation |
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We offer solutions for batching systems, receiving systems, grinding systems, pelleting systems and loadout systems. |
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| Classification & Separation |
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Have applications that require sifting/scalping, screening or classifying? Our rotary sifters, vibratory screeners and air classifiers are customized to your specifications. |
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| Toll Processing |
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Prater-Sterling's decades of particle size reduction expertise allows us leverage our knowledge to ensure that our equipment perfectly matches your processes needs. |
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Products Per Industry |
| Air Classifiers |
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Prater-Sterling adjustable air classifiers are made in a variety of sizes and materials to service your dust-free material separation needs. |
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| Hammer Mills |
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Providing a uniform particle grind, Prater-Sterling's durable hammer mills can operate 24 hours a day and require very little maintenance. |
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| Airlocks |
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Our airlocks can handle a range of high temperatures and pressure differentials to ensure the appropriate metering of your materials. |
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| Sifters |
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Our versatile sifters eliminate dust problems, self-clean and require no maintenance. Prater-Sterling sifters are ideal for sifting, scalping and classifying. |
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| Classifier Mills |
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Prater-Sterling classifier mills provide the best of both worlds of grinding and classifying particles with uniform distribution and simple maintenance. |
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| Automation |
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We offer many diverse solutions for batching systems, weighing systems and process controls for dry and liquid materials (mechanical, pneumatic, grinding). |
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| Compactors |
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In need of transforming scrap into reusable product? Our compactors reduce waste and compact particles to reduce density and volume. |
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| Vibrating Screens |
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With one, two or three decks, our durable vibrating screens provide exact particles sizing and distribution smoothly, quietly and cost-effectively. |
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| Flake / Cake Breakers |
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Prater-Sterling lump breakers reduce larger materials into smaller granules economically and simply. Ideal for cookies, detergents, sugar, minerals, fertilizer, etc. |
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| Material/Ingredient Weighing Systems |
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Prater-Sterling weighing systems provide efficient, accurate batching and weighing controls for hundreds of inventoried materials and thousands of stored formulas. |
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| Fine Grinders |
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Our fine grinders have the high capacity to reduce heat sensitive particles to 200 mesh and provide better dust control. |
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| Control Panels Fabrication |
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Our Human-Machine-Interface Control (HMI), Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) and Motor Control Centers (MCC) provide customized system integrations for various applications. |
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