Bulk Material Handling
The Engineers at Team Shick are uniquely qualified to handle and store all of your dry ingredients. Bulk Ingredient Handling / Bulk Material Handling is one of our core strengths.
Unloading and Storage - Transfer of ingredients from railcar, truck, bulk bag or sacks into a variety of storage vessels, including silos, use bins and hoppers.
Silo Inventory - Inventory systems provide a range of accuracy depending on specific inventory accuracy requirements. Methods include stain, ultrasonic, load cells, point level, and capacitance.
Conditioning (Drying/Cooling) - Due to climate changes and product sensitivity (moisture and temperature), Shick provides several convey air-conditioning options.
Sifting - Shick's various sifting solutions include rotary, deck and inline.
Scaling/Batching - Scaling solutions from major ingredients to minors and micros, Shick provides a variety of accurate scaling and batching options.
Vacuum/Pressure - Depending on the customer's process requirements, material characteristics, distance and other factors, Shick provides pneumatic conveying solutions using both vacuum, pressure and combined convey systems.
Dilute/Dense Phase - Shick provides a full range of pneumatic conveying solutions, including dilute (suspension flow) and dense (slug flow) phase, depending on the material's characteristics, distance and other factors.