TBMA 55 years Technical Bureau for Mechanisation and Automation

TBMA components have been used in the international process industry for more than half a century. From demanding hygienic to heavy industrial applications and from hi-end valves to dust locks. We also take care of the design and implementation of complete (pneumatic) conveying systems, so we thoroughly know the circumstances under which our rotary valves and diverters have to do their job. We are also happy to use our expertise for a special application or special implementation.

The TBMA Big-Bag filling units play a key role in the internal handling during the spice nut production, and in coating these traditional delicacies with chocolate. Billions of ‘pepernoten’ (spice nuts) roll out of the ovens of Van Delft Biscuits every year. New is the in-house process line for coating traditional delicacies with chocolate. The TBMA Big-Bag filling units play a key role in the internal handling during the spice nut production. Engineering to the millimeter For Van Delft Biscuits, TBMA has supplied two Big-Bag filling units for handling spice nuts. The challenge was to fit the Big-Bag filling installation into the reasonably compact factory hall where a new coating machine is located. The available height was 4400 mm. Ultimately, TBMA managed to engineer a filling machine in which the two-meter-high big bag can be filled and weighed suspended, while there is also room for the more than one-meter high metal detector and an elevator belt. Above it is even a 30 cm space left for the operator to clean the installation. Filling the Big-Bag suspended has the advantage that the bag can be stretched and is filled

TBMA Belgium has supplied Campine with a bag dump cabinet with blow-through rotary valve, piping and Piab unit for the conveying of sticky products. Pre-testing in the TBMA test room showed that these products can be easily processed with vacuum conveying. Also, a smart solution was invented to prevent cross-contamination. Alternative for bag handling Campine in Beerse (Belgium) recycles industrial waste streams to make new raw materials. The company dismantles lead-based car batteries and is engaged in the recovery of metals. They also produce high-quality antimony trioxide as flame retardant synergist, raw material for pigments or catalyst for PET production. This makes the company a prominent player in the circular economy. Specifically for the plastic market, Campine produces masterbatches in which powdered additives are mixed in a carrier polymer. In this way, they relieve their customers when it comes to safe processing of dusty and ATEX-sensitive powders. To optimise their production process, Campine sought an alternative to pouring bags of additives directly into a gravimetric feeder. This refilling

TBMA recently delivered a big bag filling line including pallet dispenser and conical vibrating table to a large chemical producer in the southern part of the Netherlands. The installation will be used for the packaging of raw materials for cleaning products and is part of an extensive TBMA system. Safe and ergonomic The filling line is supplied with, among other things, an operator platform incorporating a gate that can tilt forwards up to 15°. The trombone hooks come forward automatically so that the operator can easily suspend the big-bag in the machine. The hooks are self-releasing: the filled big-bag is raised slightly so that the loops are tension-free, allowing the hooks to be rotated, after which the bag is removed. This construction provides a safe, ergonomic and operator-adjustable workplace. The inflatable seal on the filling head also ensures a dust-free connection during filling. Optimal filling Each suspended big-bag is inflated for optimal filling. The conical vibrating table then ensures that the corners of the bag are filled first, creating a balanced loading of the big bag. The vibration cycles vent and compact

TBMA Europe BV and Bechtel GmbH partner up for the northern German bulk solids market Partner for further growth TBMA Europe is very pleased to introduce Bechtel GmbH as its new representative for the North German market. Bechtel is a renowned name in the German bulk solids industry and supplies parts for elevators, chain conveyors and screw conveyors. Customers from the postcode regions D-00000 to D-34000, D-40000 to D-53000 and D-60000 to D-62000 can now contact Bechtel for TBMA rotary valves and diverter valves. Bart Houben, Managing Director of TBMA Europe: ”TBMA has been active in Germany for decades. In order to grow, we were looking for a partner who knows and can proactively develop the market. We are very happy with the collaboration with Bechtel and are ready to together further market the TBMA products in Germany. We have been supplying high-end rotary and blow-through valves to the international solids handling industry for over 50 years and we now also have an interesting range of diverter valves. In addition, there is a great

Automatic bag supply up to 1.000 bags per hour Bulk goods such as powders and granulates are still being packaged in 25 kg bags on a large scale, even when the market often demands otherwise. With the Galahad bag slitting and emptying machine one can easily repackage from bags to Big-Bags, octabins, bulk trucks or bulk storage. TBMA now also offers the Galahad extended with a robot for fully automatic feeding. Value Added Logistics Value Added Logistics (VAL) is the creation of higher added value in the logistics chain. In addition to transport, many transport companies also offer for example, the packaging, weighing and labelling of products. This is also the case in the bulk industry: dry bulk goods are often transported in bulk quantities. From plastic to titanium dioxide, from starch to sugar and from cement to carbon black. For a well-known logistics service provider in Marseille, mainly active in the (petro)chemical industry, TBMA has supplied an installation for fully automatic quick and direct loading of