NEWS & UPDATES
We deliver material handling solutions across many different industries. Read about the latest of these togetther with the news and developments at Genesis and our manufacturing partners.
What feeder for easily broken products?
If maintaining the shape and size of the product being fed through your process is important then choosing the right feeder will require careful consideration. For example, if you have a food product such as a crisp that needs flavouring to be added to it, you don’t want to crush the crisp as it is…
What feeder for Fibreglass?
Feeding fibreglass accurately into your process can be something of a challenge. The material itself comes in many different forms, long strands, short strands, fairly free flowing, very poor flowing, and friable; fibreglass has them all. Here’s an overview of what you need to consider about feeding fibreglass… The length of the strands and the…
Are your hoppers suffering from hammer rash?
We’ve all seen the dents in the sides of hoppers that hold poor flowing materials. Often those holding recycled plastics and other materials are the worst offenders as frustrated operators knock “gently” on the sides of the vessel to get the material flowing again. We think we’ve found a cure… The Genesis PROP-FLOW has been…
Volumetric Feeder vs Gravimetric Feeder
One of the most common questions we get asked by those new to feeding raw materials is “what is the difference between a volumetric and a gravimetric feeder?” If you read this short overview, we will explain the pros and cons of each approach. Volumetric Feeding As the name suggests, a volumetric feeder works based…
What feeder for? Masterbatch.
The short answer is more of less any gravimetric feeder configuration may be used for masterbatch but typically it will be a single or twin screw feeder and sometimes a vibratory or rotating tube device. Masterbatch is often the most critical and expensive ingredient in the end product “recipe” and accurate control is crucial. A…
Brabender Technologie and Kubota Corporation to move forward together
Duisburg, June 20, 2022 – Effective June 16, 2022, Kubota Corporation acquired all shares in Brabender Technologie GmbH & Co. KG and made it a wholly owned subsidiary of Kubota Holdings Europe B.V. The consummation of the transaction is envisaged for early August 2022. Japan’s Kubota Corporation, with its mature technological knowledge, operates in a wide…
What Feeder for Flour?
Flour is one of the most widely used materials in the food industry and can be handled by a variety of volumetric and gravimetric feeders. But what’s the right one for your application? Let’s take a look at the main factors to consider. What type of flour? Generally flour is a reasonably free flowing powder…
Twin Screw Feeders 101
What is a Twin Screw Feeder? Genesis Process Solutions offer a range of Brabender Technologie twin screw feeders specifically designed for feeding materials at a very wide feed rate range. With rates of 50g per hour all the way up to 10 tonnes per hour, and screw sizes ranging from 12mm to 100mm in diameter,…
Understanding the Food Industry
SIEVING Sieving raw materials as they are fed into a process is a common process design requirement for Genesis and our partners Farleygreene. Minor ingredients often arrive is sacks or big bags and as these are emptied a sieve can remove any contaminants before they enter the downstream production process. Similarly, sieving or lump removal…
Turnkey Materials Handling Systems
Genesis has the in-house capability to offer manufacturers full turnkey systems if they do not have their own in-house project engineering capability or they prefer to have one supplier responsible for the whole materials handling package. As industry experts, we are able to design, build and install full systems. Examples include bakery ingredients systems, feeding…
Flexible Hygienic Design-compliant food feeding systems
At this year’s Anuga FoodTec Brabender will be featuring their high-precision feeders suitable for any raw material used in the food industry. Here are details of what you will be able to see on their stand. Anuga FoodTec will revert to an in-person trade fair and is set to open its doors from April 26 to…
Feeders for the Food Industry
Brabender gravimetric and volumetric feeders offer food producers a huge range of options to accurately feed a wide variety ingredients on their food production lines. This video gives you a brief overview of these options: Typical issues in product selection include: Not damaging the product being fed Easy clean, hygienic design Reliable, accurate feeding with…