July 7, 2015

2 Min Read
Inside the Bulk Solids Innovation Center - First Floor

Besides the full scale test lab, there are other components to the first floor of the Kansas State University Bulk Solids Innovation Center. The first floor contains laboratory spaceand a blower room, while the outside features a silo and dust collector for the facility.

Room #

Description

Supplier

Purpose

103

Conference/Room

 

Factory automation control room can be used to monitor and control the full scale systems from a remote location. Also serves as a conference room with a screen for presentations.

103

Control Hardware

Controls and computer server for automation monitoring, data acquisition, instrument communications, and server.

103

Control Room Concept & Programming

Design and programming of the controls automation, monitoring, data acquisition, and communications concept.

107

Lab Manager's Office

 

 

116

Future Laboratory for KSU and its Research Sponsors

 

Possible uses include measurement of material properties; new tests and computer modeling to predict actual behavior; improving flow properties of a company’s particular material; system design recommendations; improving blending performance; reducing degradation; improving air usage control; reducing energy costs to convey material; making gravity flow more reliable; designing equipment to match a material’s requirements.

117

Shared Instrumentation Lab (Products Below)

 

Includes apparatus and instruments for industry standard tests such as bulk density measurement, particle size distribution, and flow property analysis.

117

Powder Flow Tester

The PFT measures powder properties, including flowability, wall friction, bulk density, time consolidated flow function.

117

Particle Size Analyzer

Mikro Air Jet Sieve measures particle size and size distribution ranging from 20 to 4,750 microns.

117

Powder Characteristics Tester

The PT-X measures powder properties, including angle of repose, cohesion, compressibility, aerated and packed density, uniformity, dispersibility.

118

Coperion K-Tron Lab

 

Instrumentation and bench scale tests for measuring and predicting material properties.

119

Researcher Office/Cubicles

 

 

121

Full Scale Laboratory

 

Equipment and controls for measurement of actual bulk solids behaviors including storage, conveying, gravity flow, blending, segregation, degradation, dust collection, safety, and air pollution control.

122

Storage and maintenance room

 

Storage of parts, tool room.

123

Blower and motor control room

 

This room holds equipment that can be loud or hot, and motor controls.

Click here to for an inside look of the second floor of the Kansas State University Bulk Solids Innovation Center.

Sign up for the Powder & Bulk Solids Weekly newsletter.

You May Also Like