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Solids Handling & Processing

Segregation, Degradation and Caking of Bulk Materials and Powders

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Do your bulk materials de-blend or suffer damage during transportation around the plant or during discharge?

Maybe you are experiencing the solidifying of bulk powders or materials during storage?

Yes? Then you may wish to join us on the specially designed one day course in Kent to learn how to avoid these situations and prevent future occurrences….

Segregation, Degradation and Caking of Bulk Materials in Storage and Transport; 26 September 2013 at the University of Greenwich Medway campus in Kent.

Discover

  • Why a well mixed blend becomes a variable one due to separation in handling; (segregation)
  • Why materials suffer damage during conveying from one part of the process to another; (degradation)
  • Why free flowing powders can become solid lumps during transport; (caking)

For details/booking on these courses and services provided by the Wolfson Centre for Bulk Solids Handling Technology please visit www.bulksolids.com or contact wolfson-enquiries@gre.ac.uk; 020 8331 8646

The Wolfson Centre

The Wolfson Centre for Bulk Solids Handling Technology

About us

Our Mission: To help industry to get it's powders and bulk materials to behave in the way they need them to!

Our Services:

  • Consultancy
  • Research
  • Short Courses

Our Clients:

Industries involved in the processing of powders, particulates and other bulk solids materials from across the spectrum including (but not limited to) food and drink, pharmaceuticals, minerals, renewable energy, chemicals, plastics, recycling, metals, household goods, paper, cosmetics, textiles and rubber.

Ranging from small local companies to international conglomerates.

Our industrial-scale pilot plant is available to test a processing step, or mock up a whole handling process or logistics chain, at full scale or near full scale. This can be used to find and solve the problems off-line, then when you transfer the same process or material to your own or your customers' plant, you can be confident it will work!

Our Experts have over one hundred man-years of experience in solving bulk materials handling problems. Along with a team of Researchers they concentrate on nothing else but the needs of Industry – and are at your disposal.

Our location offers excellent transport links within the UK and EU enabling us to provide a prompt and flexible response to site visit requests and client meetings.

Contact us for advice – don't pick up a hammer – pick up the phone. +44 (0) 20 8331 8646

Where we supply to

Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, South America, North America

Industries we supply to

Automation, Chemicals, Consultants, Components Electronics, Energy and Power, Food and Beverage, Glass Ceramics Cement, Metals and Minerals, OEM, Paper and Pulp, Pharmaceutical Cosmetics Toiletries, Plastics and Rubber, Recycling, Textiles, Tobacco, Water and Wastewater

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