TBMA has appointed Lochtec as their representative in Denmark. With this extension of their agent network they are increasing their presence in Northern Europe. Lochtec ApS has extensive experience in the process industry and already represents leading European manufacturers of processing equipment. Ed Wisse, Managing Director TBMA Europe: “Thomas Locht is very familiar with the Danish food industry and process industry in general, so we feel our quality brand is a perfect match for the both of us.” Thomas Locht: “I am delighted that Lochtec is now the official representative of TBMA in Denmark. We will be promoting their highly regarded rotary valves and diverter valves, expertly manufactured by their skilled team in the Netherlands. I am genuinely excited to collaborate with TBMA and confident that together, we will form a strong and successful partnership. This collaboration allows us to expand our portfolio with yet another high-quality product, providing Danish customers across diverse industries - from minerals to food and pharma - with exceptional solutions. I am really looking forward to this new chapter.”

The diverter valve SDTD-C contains a completely stainless steel body and plug making it suitable not only for diverting, but also for converging A major producer of polypropylene and polyethylene granules needed diverter valves for conveying 48 up to 80 tons/hr, depending on the conveying distance. They preferred to use the SDTD diverter, due to its compact design. However, at some locations the diverters also needed to be able to converge to allow a line change in the event of a production line failure. A bit like train tracks, where trains can change tracks in either direction. Compact diverter valve SDTD plug diverters are well known for their clever, value engineered design: the compact, single pipe design allows a large pipe diameter in relation to the size of the diverter. The standard SDTD version, however, is only suitable for diverting. It consists of an LM25 aluminium grade body and plug, lined with a 316 stainless steel tube, creating a rim at the inlet. This is no problem when diverting, but it would lead to product build-up when the diverter is used for converging. Stainless steel body and…

TBMA Europe is a company with a lot of potential and I am looking forward to setting the course for the coming years. Ed Wisse has been appointed as successor to Bart Houben, current Managing Director and co-owner of TBMA Europe. With a background in mechanical engineering, proven track record in international sales, broad knowledge of the solids handling industry and extensive management experience, he has what it takes to lead TBMA Europe’s ongoing story. Bart Houben will stay in charge until the end of this year, allowing Ed Wisse to gradually work towards a takeover as Managing Director from 1 January 2024. From then on, Bart Houben will scale down his activities and focus on the sale of systems and projects. This way, he can also transfer of his decades of knowledge and experience to our account managers and project managers. Ed Wisse: “I really enjoy being part of the bulk solids handling community again and taking on the challenge to grow the TBMA brand and product range. It also offers a unique opportunity to use my previous experience in the field of rotary valves,…

After more than half a century as a family business, TBMA Europe continues under Belgian management. This way continuity is guaranteed and at TBMA and further growth is possible. For Bart Houben, until recently director/owner and son of the founder, continuity was key in the search for a suitable successor. He found the solution close to home with Wim van Parijs and Stefan Schumann of TBMA België. Continuity Two years ago, Bart Houben figured it was time to think about his future and that of TBMA. The continuity of TBMA Europe was key, both for the staff and for the customers. Since the founding of TBMA België in June 2000, there has been an excellent collaboration with co-owners Wim van Parijs and Stefan Schumann. Over the past 22 years, they have used their broad knowledge and experience in the bulk solids industry to grow TBMA België considerably. Therefore, it was a logical step to talk to them about the future of TBMA Europe. They were very interested in taking over the company and the first steps were already taken at the end of 2021. Perspective Wim van Parijs explains: ”Of course we really appreciated that Bart came to us.…

55 years ago, TBMA, Technical Bureau for Mechanisation and Automation was founded by the father of Bart Houben, our current managing director. Mr Houben started the company by importing the English Westinghouse Derion rotary valves and supplying pneumatic conveying systems. Over the years, TBMA has developed its own line of rotary valves and the product range has been expanded with, among other things, diverter valves, loading chutes, samplers, big-bag filling and discharging installations and the Galahad bag cutting / emptying machine. Also, in 2000, TBMA Belgie was founded by Bart Houben, Wim Van Parijs and Stefan Schumann. We thank all our customers, representatives and suppliers for their continuous cooperation and trust and are looking forward to the future with confidence.

TBMA recently delivered a big bag filling line including pallet dispenser and conical vibrating table to a large chemical producer in the southern part of the Netherlands. The installation will be used for the packaging of raw materials for cleaning products and is part of an extensive TBMA system. Safe and ergonomic The filling line is supplied with, among other things, an operator platform incorporating a gate that can tilt forwards up to 15°. The trombone hooks come forward automatically so that the operator can easily suspend the big-bag in the machine. The hooks are self-releasing: the filled big-bag is raised slightly so that the loops are tension-free, allowing the hooks to be rotated, after which the bag is removed. This construction provides a safe, ergonomic and operator-adjustable workplace. The inflatable seal on the filling head also ensures a dust-free connection during filling. Optimal filling Each suspended big-bag is inflated for optimal filling. The conical vibrating table then ensures that the corners of the bag are filled first, creating a balanced loading of the big bag. The vibration cycles vent and compact…

TBMA Europe BV and Bechtel GmbH partner up for the northern German bulk solids market Partner for further growth TBMA Europe is very pleased to introduce Bechtel GmbH as its new representative for the North German market. Bechtel is a renowned name in the German bulk solids industry and supplies parts for elevators, chain conveyors and screw conveyors. Customers from the postcode regions D-00000 to D-34000, D-40000 to D-53000 and D-60000 to D-62000 can now contact Bechtel for TBMA rotary valves and diverter valves. Bart Houben, Managing Director of TBMA Europe: ”TBMA has been active in Germany for decades. In order to grow, we were looking for a partner who knows and can proactively develop the market. We are very happy with the collaboration with Bechtel and are ready to together further market the TBMA products in Germany. We have been supplying high-end rotary and blow-through valves to the international solids handling industry for over 50 years and we now also have an interesting range of diverter valves. In addition, there is a great…

TBMA Belgium has supplied Campine with a bag dump cabinet with blow-through rotary valve, piping and Piab unit for the conveying of sticky products. Pre-testing in the TBMA test room showed that these products can be easily processed with vacuum conveying. Also, a smart solution was invented to prevent cross-contamination. Alternative for bag handling Campine in Beerse (Belgium) recycles industrial waste streams to make new raw materials. The company dismantles lead-based car batteries and is engaged in the recovery of metals. They also produce high-quality antimony trioxide as flame retardant synergist, raw material for pigments or catalyst for PET production. This makes the company a prominent player in the circular economy. Specifically for the plastic market, Campine produces masterbatches in which powdered additives are mixed in a carrier polymer. In this way, they relieve their customers when it comes to safe processing of dusty and ATEX-sensitive powders. To optimise their production process, Campine sought an alternative to pouring bags of additives directly into a gravimetric feeder. This refilling…

The TBMA Big-Bag filling units play a key role in the internal handling during the spice nut production, and in coating these traditional delicacies with chocolate. Billions of ‘pepernoten’ (spice nuts) roll out of the ovens of Van Delft Biscuits every year. New is the in-house process line for coating traditional delicacies with chocolate. The TBMA Big-Bag filling units play a key role in the internal handling during the spice nut production. Engineering to the millimeter For Van Delft Biscuits, TBMA has supplied two Big-Bag filling units for handling spice nuts. The challenge was to fit the Big-Bag filling installation into the reasonably compact factory hall where a new coating machine is located. The available height was 4400 mm. Ultimately, TBMA managed to engineer a filling machine in which the two-meter-high big bag can be filled and weighed suspended, while there is also room for the more than one-meter high metal detector and an elevator belt. Above it is even a 30 cm space left for the operator to clean the installation. Filling the Big-Bag suspended has the advantage that the bag can be stretched and is filled…

TBMA has developed a smart and safe rotary valve for production using chlorine gas: highly aggressive and dangerous to life. Titanium dioxide can be produced in several ways. One of the methods uses chlorine gas. This gas is highly aggressive and dangerous to life. A rotary valve for this process must therefore meet extremely high requirements. A challenge for which TBMA has developed a smart and safe solution. Even stainless steel AISI 316 is not resistant to the yellow-green, very aggressive chlorine gas (Cl2) that is used for the production of titanium dioxide (TiO2). The installation components must therefore be manufactured from an even higher quality material. This also applies to the high-end, flameproof H-AR350 drop-through rotary valve from TBMA in the process. It is made from a very special alloy of (among others) nickel, chrome, molybdenum and niobium. This material has excellent resistance to various corrosive media - including chlorine gas - and is resistant to high pressure. Pressure chamber The chlorine gas is not only aggressive but also extremely poisonous. A leak…

Larger sizes of drop-through rotary valves are supplied with an extra spindle for optimal safe and smooth (dis)assembly. Early 2021, we assembled this DG350 drop-through rotary valve with extra spindle. The standard construction of our DG350 valve is extremely rugged: the bare shaft valve weighs 500 kg. Given the considerable weight of the rotor, we supply sizes larger than 300 with an extra spindle for optimal safe and smooth (dis)assembly. TBMA DG Quick-Clean TBMA DG Quick-Clean drop-through and blow-through rotary valves are specially designed for processes where frequent cleaning and inspection are required. The self-seeking spline shaft allows quick and easy remounting of the rotor after cleaning. Thanks to the clearance-free suspension and fixed adjustment, damage to the rotor tips and/or inside of the valve during (dis)assembly is limited to a minimum. In addition, the shaft seal cannot be damaged, since the spindle with spline remains in place when the rotor is pulled out.

Automatic bag supply up to 1.000 bags per hour Bulk goods such as powders and granulates are still being packaged in 25 kg bags on a large scale, even when the market often demands otherwise. With the Galahad bag slitting and emptying machine one can easily repackage from bags to Big-Bags, octabins, bulk trucks or bulk storage. TBMA now also offers the Galahad extended with a robot for fully automatic feeding. Value Added Logistics Value Added Logistics (VAL) is the creation of higher added value in the logistics chain. In addition to transport, many transport companies also offer for example, the packaging, weighing and labelling of products. This is also the case in the bulk industry: dry bulk goods are often transported in bulk quantities. From plastic to titanium dioxide, from starch to sugar and from cement to carbon black. For a well-known logistics service provider in Marseille, mainly active in the (petro)chemical industry, TBMA has supplied an installation for fully automatic quick and direct loading of…

Full support to OEM`s and end-users Recently TBMA Europe BV and Erigo have come to an arrangement for the representation of TBMA in the Italian market. Paolo Chechi has established Erigo in 2000 and has since then specialized in explosion protection in the process industry. Later Erigo extended its portfolio with rotary valves and HRD systems. Bart Houben, Managing Director of TBMA Europe: “We want to expand our presence in the Italian market. We have done business with Erigo for some time now, and we are confident they are the right partner to accomplish this.” “We look forward to working with TBMA more closely, especially after the recent introduction of the new plug diverter valves. We are able to support both OEM’s and end-users in many ways, starting from risk-assessment to the installation and service of (small) systems. Our customers can be found in the food, animal feed, chemical, plastics, pharma, wood and aerospace industries. With the new diverters we can offer them a complete range…

Diverter valves or product flow distributors are an essential part in pneumatic and freefall conveying systems. TBMA can now offer its own plug diverter valves for the diverting and/or converging of powders and granules for pneumatic conveying systems. The DTD double channel plug diverter and the SDTD single channel plug diverter are suitable for applications in dilute or dense phase or vacuum pneumatic conveying systems in the food, feed, chemical, plastics, pharmaceutical and biomass industries. The smart, value engineered design ensures a smooth product flow and minimal switching time with as little product degradation as possible. The diverter valves are easy to inspect and clean by removing the cover on the non-drive side. There are no moving parts on the outside for maximum operator safety. The DTD is available in 7 sizes (50-200), while the SDTD is currently available in 4 sizes (150-300). Both types are optionally available with inflatable seals, suitable for…

Handle with care A fine collection of 16 rotary valves is ready for shipment to JT electric in the Faroe Islands. This well-known supplier for marine equipment is based in the heart of the harsh and demanding environment of the North Atlantic. They take advantage of this unique situation to make some of the world’s best products for the aquaculture industry. When designing their custom made feeding barges for fish farming, JT electric use TBMA rotary valves for the dosing and transport of the fish food. With the increasing growth of saltwater fish farms, the demand for automatic feeding systems is also increasing. The fragile expensive high-quality feed must end up in the water undamaged. Every single pellet must be handled gently to avoid breakage and crumbling. Therefore, the Tbma hgrd200 blow-through valves are equipped with an adapted rotor, ensuring that the product is transported and dosed with minimal damage. The valves give high value for money and are of a robust and reliable…

Ships that are loaded with cement can be unloaded dust-free using a pneumatic loading and unloading installation. Van Aalst Group specializes in both mobile self-unloaders and unloading systems that are installed on cement carriers. The installations are always equipped with TBMA loading chutes to ensure the dust-free transfer of product. Ship loads of cement can be transferred efficiently and dust- free into silos using a pneumatic loading and unloading facility. These facilities can be equipped with a loading chute that is able to fill bulk trucks and/or railcars. If a port only occasionally docks a cement-carrying ship, it will not necessarily be equipped with an onshore pneumatic unloading system with loading chute. In this situation, it is better if the vessel itself is equipped with an unloading installation. These vessels are especially useful as they can sail all over the world, and call at ports that lack the appropriate infrastructure for unloading cement. …

TBMA continue’s to develop and innovatie their products. Only then they can respond to the increasing demands on their products. For example, when rotary valves are used during production in an ATEX environment, where there is a risk of explosion. The results of the efforts are now rewarded with an ATEX certification for the H-GR valves. The TBMA H-GR valves are suitable for a much wider scope within the ATEX area. The blowing seals have recently become available as an autonomous security system for the substance class ST2. The H-GR X-1 can now be used as an autonomous security device under the following conditions; Suitable for dust class St2 (max. 300 Bar.m/s); o Internally suitable for zone 20, II 1D; o Explosion pressure resistant up to 10,5 Bar; o Flame secure in both directions; o Optional suitable for products with temperatures up to 180° C. o Certificates available for the D en DG execution (Demountable execution and demountable with guiding bars) o Executed…

New Loading shute by TBMA It’s a honor for TBMA to launch the new loading Shute, designated as the A-series, from Cimbria Bulk Equipment in the Netherlands and Belgium. The series is developed on request from some Cimbria dealers in order to meet market demands. The A-series combines the versatility and light construction of the standard series with the capacity and durability of the shiploading-series thus covering a gap between the two series. The new series will be an obvious choice in various situations as e.g. when stockpiling coal or wooden pellets in warehouses or for low demanding shiploading tasks. Cimbria believe that this new developed chute series will complete there product range and that the market possibilities will be even bigger in future time. The A-series is available in four models with following capacities: A400: 440m³/hour A500: 700m³/hour A650: 1200m³/hour A800: 1800m³/hour All models can be supplied in steel 37, AISI304 and in hardox, and are available…