This importer and processor of whole and ground spices produce a range of over 400 products for retail and wholesale trade. They use conventional plastic IBCs in a batch process for manufacturing.
TRS needed to expand its existing packaging capabilities and add the packaging of spices blended into various “curry powders.” Being cohesive, these blended spices would be extremely difficult to discharge from their conventional IBCs and therefore they needed a solution.
ISL proposed that the IBCs be filled directly from the spice mills and blenders. This introduced flexibility into the system allowing them time to do QA before moving the approved product to the appropriate packaging line. The ISL discharge station would also allow them to pack various size containers from the same IBC to the desired amount. Four ISL discharge stations were positioned directly above the packaging machines utilizing reliable gravity feed and removing auxiliary conveyors that reduce reliability and increase cleaning.
The Client chose ISL over the competition because:
1. ISL allowed them the economy of engineering the solution themselves.
2. The oils within spices attack elastomers and the ISL design is much easier to monitor and repair.
3. The ISL System is more effective at discharging these highly cohesive materials.
TRA now has a total of six Discharge Stations, five being standard IBC system Discharge Stations, one being a Basic
IBC Discharge Station.