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.