Importance of Bulk Material Engineering
Importance of Bulk Material Engineering
If you’re asking the question ‘What is Bulk Material Handling?’ you’re likely new to process manufacturing or looking to solve a current need in your production process. Either way, we can help. At Indpro we’ve been helping customers with their bulk material handling needs for over 16 years. So we’d like to share a few insights with you.
In our academics, we do not find any subject which educates us about bulk solids and their handlings. Bulk material handling is an engineering field that’s centred on the design of equipment used for the handling of dry materials. Bulk materials are those dry materials that are powdery, granular, or lumpy, and are stored in heaps. In many of the enquiries which we receive, the client is not aware of how to handle his bulk solid. Indpro not only provides a solution to his needs but also provides sufficient knowledge about handling his material. Handling of Bulk Material includes conveying, blending, dust extracting, weighing & bagging as well as storing.
The term ‘bulk material handling’ generally refers to the engineering involved in designing mechanical equipment to handle and process bulk materials. Powders, granules, flakes, or pellets are supplied and delivered in a variety of different containers. These are typically bulk bags (often called big bags, FIBCs, or super sacks), boxes, and rigid bins.
Bulk material handling is an essential part of all industries that process dry bulk ingredients. Process industries include the manufacturing of food, beverage, pet food, animal feed, tobacco, chemical, agricultural chemical, polymer, plastic, rubber, ceramic, cosmetic, electronics, consumer home products, mining, mineral, powdered metal, paint, pigment, coating, paper, textile, and recycling industries all utilize dry bulk materials. Buying in bulk saves money. Quite literally thousands of materials are bought or sold in bulk. These vary from food ingredients, chemical powders, and pharmaceutical powders to plastic pellets or flakes.
Every bulk material handling system we designed is completed only after carefully analyzing your material. After all, system performance is highly dependent on the material just like a car performs only as well as its driver does. Have you come across a material handling system that was promised to work but did not because of a lack of knowledge and experience about the material by the supplier? Think Indpro.
How Bulk Material Handling impacts in our everyday lives? :
Our day to day life needs is once handled as bulk materials. You will be surprised to know about the wide applicability of this subject and how it impacts you. Let’s start one by one.
- Wheat/Maida required in biscuits.
- Powder/Granules to make energy drinks.
- Granulated sugar and dextrose bulk solids handling systems.
- Low pressure continuous dense phase conveying systems for the nut industry (peanuts, almonds, pecans, etc.).
- Flour, grit, and grain handling systems for cereal production.
- Flour sifting, storage, and mixer transfer systems.
- Corn receiving, cleaning, storage, transfer, and scaling systems.
- Green coffee bean unloading, cleaning & storage.
- Citric acid, dextrose, sugar and starch handling for candy plants.
- Feeding cellulose in cheese processing to reduce sticking.
- Feeding vitamins into cereal for FDA compliance.
- Feeding flour into continuous dough manufacturing.
- Feeding seasonings into enrobes for coating snacks.
- Feeding powdered sugars and other dry components into confections.
- Malt, grit, and grain handling systems for breweries.
- Plastic compounding for manufacturing of Pen, Chairs, tables, etc.
- Polyester production for the manufacturing of clothes.
- Plastic granulation and plastic film recycling.
A mixture of ingredients is fed into the tablet press at one end, and tablets of a consistent shape and size emerge at the other. However, this process is not isolated. Before reaching the tablet press, the ingredients must be measured, dispensed, and blended, and once the tablets have been made, they then need to be packaged into bottles or blister packs containing the correct number of units. Materials handling refers to how materials are fed from one part of the overall manufacturing process to another.
Supplying Your Bulk Materials in Bulk Containers :
If you supply your material in bulk, you will need bulk filling equipment at the end of your process to fill bulk bags, boxes, drums, or totes. Bulk material filling equipment is extremely beneficial to processors as they can be used to fill multiple types of bulk containers, minimize manual handling, and supply a secure, easy, controllable, and dust-free method of filling. Filling stations can be customized to suit the height and access requirements along with potentially hazardous areas. Packaging machines are designed not only to provide a dust-free and accurate method of weighing and filling but also for a safe storage or transport. The packaging is equally important in the Bulk solids handling system. Many a time’s material needs to be packed for further processing. For the packing purpose, we can use Automatic & Semi-Automatic Bagging Machines. Bulk Materials can be packed using these bagging machines for further processing or storing.
Of course, there are many other types of bulk material handling equipment such as hoppers, bag or sack dump stations, storage silos, bin activators, screeners, bulk bag conditioners, control systems, and more.
About Us
Indpro Engineering Systems Pvt. Ltd. is one of the leading organizations offering a wide range of services for bulk solids handling projects. Our services include Project Engineering, Consultancy & Manufacturing of Pneumatic Conveying Systems, Grain Handling Systems, Air Pollution Control, and Material Handling Systems. Established in 2004, Indpro Engineering Systems Pvt. Ltd. bring you to a ‘Single Point Solution’ in bulk solids handling packages right from raw material intake to the packaging of your finished goods. We offer the ‘Turnkey’ solutions to the industry. We serve to a wide spectrum of industries including Food, Chemical, Petrochemicals, Plastic, and Minerals.
Of course, there are many other types of bulk material handling equipment such as hoppers, bag or sack dump stations, storage silos, bin activators, screeners, bulk bag conditioners, control systems, and more.
Our Product Verticals:
- Pneumatic Conveying Systems
- Grain Handling Systems
- Specialized Industrial Air Filtration Systems
- Dust Extraction Systems / Product Recovery Systems
- Bulk Solids Handling Systems & System Components
- Standard Products
We cater to a wide spectrum of industries.
- Distilleries
- Breweries
- Plastics and Polymers
- Food Grains
- Chemicals
- Minerals
- Petroleum
- Oil and Natural Gas
- Fertilizers
- Paints
