Food & Drink Process & Packaging Issue 23 2019 | Página 6

Moving Powders With Ease For more than 22 years, Trantec Solids Handling Ltd have been designing and manufacturing powder dosing equipment for a huge variety of different customers and industries. Since 1997, the year in which the company manufactured the first Volumetric Metering Screw Feeder, the name Trantec has come to stand for innovation in bulk solids handling technology and equipment supply. If a customer has a particular requirement for a product that may have, for example, poor flow characteristics, we can modify or configure our screw feeders if necessary – although the likelihood is that we will have experience of that product or very similar and have a solution without the need for costly modifications. We design and manufacture a range of metering screw feeders that are modular in design, offer easy-clean features and quick release mechanisms. In short, whatever your material we will have a metering screw feeder that can handle it. In order to stay in tune with the market and ahead of the competition we are constantly looking at ways of improving our products. Every metering feeder that we manufacture can achieve optimum performance and accuracy. Working in conjunction with many Food Processing, Packaging, and Pharma/Medical sectors we have developed feeders that are equipped with unique features that allow processing of fine powders and large particles (harsh materials). Manufactured using grade 316 stainless steel, our metering feeders offer excellent levels of corrosion and chemical resistance. Equipped with a sanitary finish we use EC and FDA approved materials of construction with crevice free internal welds and various finishes including mirror polished. Our metering feeders offer a wide range of feed rates – from 20 grams to 20 tonnes per hour. Control options include loss in weight, gain in weight and gravimetric based systems. 6 FDPP - www.fdpp.co.uk Trantec’s metering screw feeders also Quick release features can be included incorporate specially designed PTFE across all Trantec Screw Feeders which based shaft seals allowing Trantec allow almost total dismantling, without feeders to withstand aggressive the use of any tools by even novice environments, high temperatures and operators in less than five minutes. dry running that traditional seals cannot Trantec have taken this principle one withstand. These cartridge type seals are stage further by having interchangeable manufactured in house using advanced parts that have been pre-cleaned and CNC machine tools and are designed to prepared away from the production area. be easily replaced by operators without Specialised trolleys carry the parts to the using tools. production area where operators can strip Food Processing and Pharmaceutical industries strive to reduce the risk down and rebuild a feeder in around five minutes. of product contamination. Gaskets In keeping with Trantec’s policy of and other elastomer seals are a continual development, new and particular concern during cleaning or improved features are already under test dismantling of machinery. Trantec to offer better accuracy of powder dosing, now fit metal detectable blue silicone quick dismantling and easy cleaning elastomers throughout their metering and maximum reliability. Trantec offer feeder machines. Custom made blue a comprehensive test and evaluation metal detectable elastomers can be service. We can bring test equipment to manufactured in-house using the latest your site for trials, conduct in-house tests 3D printing and casting techniques to at our works and video the results or you meet specific customer requirements. are welcome to visit and observe the Minimising down time takes centre trials personally. stage with Trantec’s Powder dosing For more information about Trantec’s equipment. We have worked closely with metering screw feeders and other our customers to design features which products, please call 01282 777566 produce fast turnarounds for equipment or visit our website at cleansing and allergen control methods. www.trantec.net. Alternatively, you can email us at [email protected]