General Kinematics Bulk Material Handling Equipment

General Kinematics combines innovative technologies with production process insight and creativity to deliver engineered solutions that enhance your production processes... and provide our customers a competitive advantage. General Kinematics has the expertise and knowledge to respond to your objectives for efficient, dependable processing packages for the processing bulk materials. GK solutions can heat, cool, coat, convey, feed, elevate, agglomerate, grind, and more, all while reducing energy consumption, maintenance, and downtime.

About Bulk Material Handling:

Bulk material handling Industry

The bulk material handling Industry has come a long way in streamlining, optimizing and organizing the process of material handling. Industrial material handling has improved in three areas:

Increased efficiency to lower costs
Increased safety to lower accident rates
Increased capacity to lower the amount of space needed for the equipment

These improvements have occurred throughout the process of moving, storing and protecting bulk materials. The investment needed to purchase bulk material handling equipment has decreased, while return on investment and sustainability has increased.

Bulk Material Processing

When it comes to moving bulk materials there are many options. Forklifts and pallet jacks help move containers from one end of a warehouse to another. These are efficient alternatives for large items or ones already packed but what about bulk material that is smaller? What is the best way to move these materials? As well as sort it and process it?

Vibrating Equipment Processing

GK Vibrating bulk material handling equipment is the best solution for this need. GK's vibrating equipment is able to process bulk material quickly and efficiently, yet it is compact, rugged and safe.

This type of industrial bulk material handling equipment uses vibrations to move loose material through a feeder, tube, crushing mechanism, or along a conveyor. There is a drive unit attached to the machine that creates a vibrating action to move the material along in the process.

Types of Vibrating Equipment systems

There are different types of vibrating equipment. The type best suited for your business needs depend on several factors, including type of material processed, the rate you need the material to move along the conveyor, and the process you want to use during the bulk material handling.

Conveyor Systems

Conveyors work well for large amounts of small items such as coal, sand, ores, food, pharmaceuticals, recycling materials or scrap. The types of organizations that need conveyor systems include:

Recycling Plants
Foundries
Scrap Yards
Mining Companies
Food Companies
Chemical manufacturers

These companies need bulk material handling equipment that can crush, sort, feed, and convey material throughout the organization without large investments in money or space.

What to look for in Conveyors

When looking for the best system to convey and process raw materials, the best types of systems have the same attributes:

They need to be efficient enough to process large volumes of material
They need to be compact enough to take the least amount of space possible
They need to be durable to handle less than ideal conditions
They need to be sustainable for the environment and the organization

Which one is best for you?

Steps that you need to take to determine the right vibrating equipment include:

Determining the composition of the material you want to move: Denser material and large material needs a larger feeder system while finer materials can use a smaller feeder and perhaps need a trough added to sift particles.
The ton per hour capacity you need to move: The faster you need to move the material and the heavier it is the stronger the system needs to be.

The more you understand the needs your company has in terms of bulk material handling equipment, the more able you are to find the best processing system to suit those needs. It is important to find a bulk material handling company that is customer service oriented and an industry leader to make sure the company you chose can help you with the best equipment at the best price.