Case Studies: Bulk Material Handling Equipment & Systems

Success Stories for I-2/BPST Customers
Case Study 1  •  Case Study 2  •  Case Study 3  •  Case Study 4  •  Case Study 5   •  Case Study 6
Case Study 7   •  Case Study 8   •  Case Study 9   •  Case Study 10

Case Study 5

New Waste Food To Organic Fertilizer Plant Buys All Process Equipment from I-2/BPST

In 2009, Converted Organics built a new waste food to organic fertilizer plant in Woodbridge, NJ. The organic fertilizer is sold at premium price for golf courses around the tri-state area. The chemical components in standard fertilizer kill the animals living among the golf courses. Thus, the demand for organic fertilizers is high with regard to turf building.

Since, 2005 a group of investors worked with I-2/BPST engineers to select proper equipment appropriate for the plant. I-2/BPST has supplied various clarifier tanks, Nedco Infeed Conveyors, Witte Fluid Bed Dryer, KWS vertical Screw Conveyors, Metalfab Feeders, Scott Continuous Blender, Fox Eductor Pneumatic Conveying Systems, Dust Collectors, Spiroflow Aero-Mechanical Conveyor and Express Scale Packaging units. The Converted Organics plant produces dry fertilizer at a rate of 5 tons/hr.

Case Study 6

Firmenich Awards I-2/BPST $5 Million+ for Complete New Caps Project

Firmenich is an European top notch flavoring manufacturing company in NJ, they awarded a $5m+ order to I-2/BPST, Inc. to provide a complete dry flavor handling IBC System, Spiroflow’s Aeromechanical Conveying system, and Nedco’s finished product packaging system.

Firmenich ordered Custom Powdered System’s container blending IBC (Intermediate Bulk Container) automated wash system to handle dry flavor in their new plant of Newark, NJ. Due to the fragile nature of the finished product, the presence of an explosive volatile, and required and complex conveying distances, a Spiroflow Aeromechanical Conveying System was selected to convey the finished product. Nedco’s complete finished Product Packaging System included automated carton forming equipment, belt conveyors, pouch filler, cardboard box filling, Bunting Metal Detecting System, an automated carton closer, taping machines and a Tawi vacuum pelletizing system.

Case Study 7

Sara Lee Installed Spiroflow Aeromechanical Conveyor System

To meet high production capacity and to reduce labor costs, Sara-Lee is automating their plant operations. The old process was to fill out the portable bins and manually move them over to the packaging units.

The central engineering group at I-2/BPST worked closely with Sara Lee to develop a complex Aero-Mechanical conveying network system that could be used throughout the plant to convery flavored coffee from various packaging unit throughout the plant.

Since Sara-Lee could not tolerate product segregation or
degradation there was extensive testing performed proving that the Aero-Mechanical conveyor can handle Sara Lee’s product gently, and that The Spiroflow Aero-Mechanical System does not segregate of the flavored coffee mix nor causes product degradation.

The complex conveyor system has been in operation for several months and it reduces product handling time and cost, resulting in a considerably increased production efficiency.

Case Study 8

I-2/BPST Inc. Offers Safe Products for Comax Customers

Comax Flavor Company purchased a Bunting Magnet and Metal Detector Combination System. They installed them under each ribbon blender to meet HACCP regulations. I-2/BPST provided large Rare Earth Grate Magnets on top of the ribbon blender (3ft by 4ft) bag dump stations. The operator dumps all ingredients through these magnets and the mixed finished product goes through the Bunting Inline Metal Detector unit before packaging. The combination of grate magnets at the inlet and the metal detection unit at the outlet requires minimum head room and provides safe products for Comax customers.

Comax also had problems with their air mixers which were too low in power and taking too long to mix. For thick flavors, the mixers would not work at all.

I-2/BPST proposed a 6HP heavy duty air motor with 1.5” thick shaft and its proprietary high flow double mixing propellers to solve the problem.