Bulk Material Handling

Move, process, and package dry bulk materials efficiently and with ease.

We offer a wide range of bulk material handling solutions including silos, screw conveyors, metering bins, drag chain conveyors, bucket elevators, and more to help your operation run smoothly and profitably.

Bulk Bag Unloaders

Metalfab Bulk Bag Unloaders are designed and engineered to provide a dependable, low cost means for emptying a wide variety of powders and other difficult to handle dry bulk materials. Metalfab manufactures units for heavier bags, larger bags, or smaller bags.

To assure discharge of product, the ruggedly built 48″ sq. pyramidal shaped Unloader is mounted on wear-resistant rubber isolators that eliminate any transmission of vibration to the support stand or surroundings. Solidly mounted to the Bulk Bag Unloader is a time-tested, field-proven, Metalfab Vibrator. This Vibrator can be adjusted to provide varying levels of vibration, as needed, to discharge product from the bag.

Features/Benefits

  • Rugged, Durable Construction: field proven over hundreds of applications with virtually no downtime
  • Forklift or Hoist Rack Models: accept any size or style bags and loads whether using a forklift or overhead hoist
  • Reliable Integral Vibrator: induces the product to flow and is isolated from the frame by wear resistant, rubber bushings
  • Thick Inlet Seal: seals the bag to prevent dust particles from escaping
  • Simple One-Man Operation: empties up to 4,000 lbs. Of bulk material where and when you need it.
  • Versatile Design: accommodates other Metalfab downstream feeders, bin activators, Convey-All™ FSC-Flexible Screw Conveyors, VTC-Vibratory Screw Conveyors, Posibins™, and hoppers

Silos

Each storage application is unique and requires a system designed in accordance with the customer’s specifications. Our silos can be provided in various configuration from fully skirted to leg-supported to gusset supported and in configurations of up to 16 ft. in diameter and heights over 100 ft.

Welded

With optional single, multiple, or chisel cones, divided wall, level sensors, access doors, straight or spiral stairs, ladders, walkways, and/or platforms, if you can think it, we can build it!

All silos and blenders can be one-piece construction, available in carbon steel, stainless steel, or aluminum, thus minimizing field assembly and installation time.

Bolted

Bolted flat panel construction from AST Storage, an industry leader and storage tank manufacturer, offers unique characteristics to ease installation, reduces startup time, and increases onsite safety – all the while providing a superior quality storage product.

The epoxy powder coating process offered by AST Storage is state-of-the-art, resulting in outstanding coverage and assuring long-lasting service in the field. AST Standard SherCoatTM powder coating is electrostatically applied and thermally cured, all within a factory-controlled climate, ensuring extremely low emissions for environmentally sound production.

Screw Conveyors

Nordstrong Equipment Limited offers the most comprehensive line of screw conveyor assemblies and components available anywhere. With over 100 years’ experience in the principles, practices and challenges of handling a wide variety of materials, we design and manufacture your conveyors to meet specific design parameters and applications. Screw Conveyors have been used throughout the world for moving product in numerous industries and under an extensive range of operating conditions.

Archimedes principle was simple, however in today’s market its application can be a challenge. We can fabricate from an extensive range of materials (mild steel, stainless steels, abrasion resistant plates, hard surfacing materials and ceramic coatings). Please use the information provided as a guide only as many alternatives are available.

Screw Metering Bins

Nordstrong Equipment Limited designs and manufactures single and multiple auger Live Bottom Bin assemblies to remove product evenly at a given rate. Live bottom bins are designed to provide positive discharge of materials from storage into a process. Systems are engineered to your specific parameters to handle a wide selection of materials such as wood chips, sawdust, grains, sugar and many other free flowing materials.

We can fabricate both bins and augers from an extensive range of materials (mild steel, stainless steels, abrasion resistant plates, hard surfacing materials and ceramic coatings). Please use the information provided as a guide only as many alternatives are available.

Drag Conveyors

Nordstrong’s industrial drag chain conveyors are engineered to suit a wide range of purposes. They are individually designed to suit our customer’s specific needs for equipment that operates reliably in demanding environments. We strive to always apply best practices to find solutions for your conveying requirements.

Industrial Bucket Elevators

Nordstrong Equipment Limited’s industrial bucket elevators are the “gold standard” for several large multinational companies. Their reputation for dependable purpose built chain and belt bucket elevators is second to none. The design includes a variety of parameters such as, bucket profile, material handled, material density, design capacity and service factor.

To achieve the best in material handling we offer the characteristic design features of “Centrifugal” and “Continuous” style elevators for specific applications, along with our empirical design knowledge.