K-Tron, KSU, partners build bulk solids innovation center
Manhattan-based Kansas State University (KSU), together with K-Tron, the Salina Chamber of Commerce and the Salina, Kan., Economic Development Corp. as well as several other private companies, is planning a new facility in Salina that will benefit companies that design and utilize systems for bulk solids. Bulk solids are loose, dry commodities or ingredients such as sugar, starch, minerals, chemicals, pigments, fillers, plastic resin and recycled plastics.
The center will be used to study and increase the understanding of bulk solids materials handling and, in turn, enhancing the competitiveness of those businesses that use bulk solid materials or manufacture the systems that convey, store and dispense them, K-Tron says.