Ingredient Batching Systems, London, UK, has introduced a modular pod system for conveying free-flowing powders or granular ingredients. The pod is a self-contained, batch weighing and metering system that delivers dry powder ingredients directly into a vacuum conveying line and from there to the user’s process, at low cost and with high accuracy. The system is especially suitable for food and pharmaceutical industries where a product may consist of several different ingredients which previously needed to be hand-dosed. This new system can comprise just one pod or any number of pods linked together via a common vacuum conveying line and a central controller.  
 

Product is loaded on to each pod from FIBCs or sacks. The amount of ingredient required is keyed into the central controller or preselected via a recipe control system which allows a highly accurate batch to drop into the conveying line and be transferred to the process. As this is a sealed system, there is no dust pollution risk. Managing director Tim Stewardson, who devised the system, said: “The pod system was originally designed for a client who had specific needs and constraints on the space available, for accurate ingredient delivery in their new factory. We ran a number of tests which proved a level of accuracy and consistency beyond expectations and realised that we had a system that could work well in a number of different industries. The original system is working as well as it did when it was first commissioned and we have recently been awarded some repeat projects.” www.ingredientbatchingsystems.com 

 

 

Part of the modular pod system from Ingredient Batching Systems