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WONDERBATCH THE TOTAL SOLUTION FOR YOUR BULK MATERIAL HANDLING AND INTELLIGENT BATCHING SYSTEMS Nol-Tec Group is present in three continents and through the years has built a well-know reputation for Bulk Handling and Air Pollution Control. Nol-Tec Europe is an international firm dealing with pneumatic conveying system for granular and friable products. In addition to Pneumatic Conveying and blending, Nol-Tec has gained proficiency in Mechanical Conveying, Weighing, Dosing and Automation systems, as well as in Air Cleaning and Emission Mitigation systems. Nol-Tec offers several solutions for raw materials storage and recovery, from silo to battery of storage silos, big and bulk bag unloaders, with innovative and customized options as electronic weighing and dosing, bulk bags automatic closure and integrated pneumatic conveying. WONDERBATCH® The Wonderbatch® concept is the result of NolTec’s engineering knowledge, and truly listening to our customers’ specific requirements. The revolutionary in-line formulation concept is realized through the combination of using intermediate bulk
the products when opening the big bags, so that this procedure can be completed outside of the batching housing. • Inventory: all the big bags are weighted and traced when loaded into the discharging stations. • Time Saving: fast change of big bags on the discharge station and reduced cleaning time. • Cost Saving: totally automated process. Only one qualified operator needed in the batching area, responsible for monitoring and emergency activities. The tests carried out at the Nol-Tec Europe and SIAD Research Centre showed a time saving of 40% compared to traditional systems. Typical Applications: Bakery - Ice Cream / Cakes Colorants - Additives Formulation - Food - Thè, caffe ', cocoa - Dairy products - Aromas and flavors - Feed - Spices - Health Food Typical Wonderbatch® System The Wonderbatch® system uses the technology of M510 and M513 Stations for the storage and distribution of products. The M513 and IBC are positioned on the unloading and dosing station with cone valve M510, to flexibly compose any kind of batch. Typical Advantages are: • No contamination • Short cleaning times • Accuracy of dosage directly from Bulk Bags • Control and traceability
containers (IBC), flexible bulk containers (FBC), minor and micro innovative feeders, and different mixing and packing equipment in an extremely simple and fast way. As a result of this new approach to design, Nol-Tec has made executing industrial recipes easier, safely reducing or eliminating cross–contamination and allergens, and has developed a system that can handle the Halal-Kosher process as well. Indeed, thanks to its smart technology, the Wonderbatch® concept guarantees the correct composition of recipes through the entire production process. The main advantages of Wonderbatch® are: • Flexibility in Storage and Formulation: Wonderbatch® is designed for day bins, IBC-FBC, 25kg bags. • Modularity: easy expansion of the system with reasonable investments. • Innovation: a new concept with patented and proven solutions. • Safety: no chain hoists, no operator contact with
DOSING AND MIXING Through years of experience, Nol-Tec Europe developed a particular and unique dosing control system: each ingredient is dosed with a double control, slow/fast, with an automatic dosing system of the value of the dosing set-up. The mixing is realized with a last generation mixer, BLENDER M244 (in ATEX, DAIRY, GMP version), that, without mechanical parts, uses the air force to obtain product mixings with different bulk density and particle size. During the blending cycle, compressed air pulses gently lift the materials upward and outward in a continuous circular motion until the blending target is achieved. Key benefits of Nol-Tec Blender: • Quick, gentle blending • Ultimate control of blend cycle • Clean operation • Low maintenance
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• Uses standard plant compressed air • Available USDA Dairy 3A approved unit • Temperature and Oxygen Control Concentration Control System DENSE PHASE SYSTEM AND BULK BAGS FILLING/BAGGING Nol-Tec Dense Phase Pneumatic Conveying uses a reduced quantity of compressed air to transport big quantity of product, trough the use of the AIR ASSIST™, strategically positioned along the convey pipeline, in which the air is injected creating short and regular sludges of product. Furthermore, Nol-Tec Europe has patented an evolution of the EconoMizer or Air Mizer technology, that makes the system extremely flexible and secure against clogging, allowing low speed convey for fragile, abrasive and/or blended products, and energy savings of up to 30%. Peculiarities: • Low speed convey • Decrease of pipes and components abrasion • Reduced degradation of conveyed product • Conveying of premix with reduced segregation of components • Restart of convey with pipe full of product (nonpurging concept) • Reduced air consumption The Dense Phase system is particularly effective for the conveying of product in Bulk Bags filling or Bagging machine, preserving the bulk density stable and/or the blending degree and/or the integrity of the product. The Bulk Bag loader M502 is suitable in this regards as it is equipped with a weighing system that allows a semi-automatic work cycle and precision of the Bulk Bag loading. Ugo Vivone, Corporate Technical Emanuele Fratto, Sales Coordinator Specialist - Wonderbatch sales@nol-teceurope.com