Standard & Custom Metal Fabrication for Bulk Handling, Filling, and Packaging Solutions
Bulk material handling demands contamination control, flow consistency, and reliability of components that undergo high usage and continuous cycling. Pneumatic conveying systems, funnel-to-conveyor transitions, packaging line feed points, filling and dosing lines, pellet handling and plastics compounding, food grade bulk ingredient handling, agricultural grain and seed processing, cement and mineral processing, and pharmaceutical powder transfer are industries and equipment that TMS bulk handling has supported for decades.
TMS builds a standard line of conical funnels and cones that are primarily used to feed material into another operation. With in-house tooling and technology, TMS standard funnels and cones are built in a variety of sizes and volumes, to be high quality, economical, and on the shelf ready to ship when you are ready to order. Secondary operations make full customizations easy for a variety of bulk handling needs including adding inlets, outlets, sanitary fittings, or side ports. Large capacity conical funnels that don’t match standard sizes can be built-to-print, if available sizes do not suffice. Regularly formed materials include Stainless Steels 304, 309, and 316, Copper alloys, and Steel Alloys.
Custom funnels and cones can be designed within minutes on the Custom Product Configurator.
Heavy Agricultural Processing & Production Equipment
Bucket elevators, heavy-gauge funnels, transition cones, cylinders for conveyors, fertilizer and chemical handling, recycled material sorting and transfer systems, seed or grain handling equipment, or auger systems components are formed on the larger equipment at TMS. Standard products are formed from 14-gauge stainless steel, and when the application demands thicker and heavy-gauge wall thickness, higher-strength alloys, or tighter dimensional tolerances, TMS has the experience and equipment to fabricate to specific requirements. Heavy industrial filling, packaging, or processing components experience impact loading, abrasion, and constant product flow, demanding that parts hold their integrity and shape over long or repeat production cycles without premature wear or failure.
Pneumatic Conveying Equipment
Bulk material handling demands more than a funnel that fits. TMS builds a standard line of conical funnels and cones that are primarily used to feed material into another operation. With in-house tooling and technology, TMS standard funnels and cones are built to be high quality, economical and on the shelf. Flow consistency, contamination control, and components that have to perform reliably under continuous cycling are requirements that typically come with bulk handling equipment. Pneumatic conveying systems, screw conveyor systems, belt conveyor feed points, gravity feed chutes, plastics compounding, powder blending and mixing, granule and pellet discharge outlets, cyclone separator inlets and outlets, and pellet handling, and vacuum conveying systems benefit form TMS standard or build-to-print funnels, cones, and custom cylinders.
Secondary operations make customizations easy for a variety of bulk handling needs including adding inlets, outlets, sanitary fittings, or side ports. Large capacity conical funnels that don’t match standard sizes can be built-to-print, if available sizes do not suffice. Regularly formed materials include Stainless Steels 304, 309, and 316, Copper alloys, and Steel Alloys.
Custom funnels and cones can be designed within minutes on the Custom Product Configurator.
Packaging and Filling Equipment
Filling and production equipment depends on consistent, uninterrupted material flow, starting with the conical funnel where the flow breaks down. On automatic filling lines, a poorly formed conical transition causes uneven fill weights and dosing errors that back up an entire line. TMS seamless stainless steel funnels eliminate the seam welds and surface irregularities that disrupt flow and create contamination points. On volumetric and gravimetric dosing equipment, dimensional accuracy is critical and an imperfection or irregularity with tolerances can result in inconsistent measurements downstream.Â
TMS builds to print with the tight tolerances dosing equipment demands. For bag filling and packaging machines, material bridging inside a welded cone is one of the most common causes of unplanned downtime. TMS seamless funnels remove the internal edges where dry bulk solids and powders tend to hang up and bridge, or stick. On drum and tote filling stations, where components see repeated handling and cleaning cycles, the durability and corrosion resistance of 304 and 316 stainless steel keeps equipment running longer between replacements. And for powder blending and mixing systems, where sanitary construction is a compliance requirement and not just a preference, TMS polished interior finishes meet the surface standards that food, pharmaceutical, and nutraceutical producers require.
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