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KWS

Bulk Material Handling Equipment for Conveying, Feeding, Elevating, and Flow Control

 

Improve Material Flow | Increase Reliability | Reduce Downtime

We help identify and implement the right KWS Manufacturing solution for bulk material conveying, screw feeding, bucket elevating, drag conveying, slide gates, live bottoms, hoppers, bins, and custom engineered material handling systems. From food ingredients and chemicals to cement, aggregates, agriculture, mining, wastewater, recycling, and other dry bulk materials, KWS equipment helps manufacturers improve material flow, increase production efficiency, and maximize process reliability.

Get a KWS Equipment Recommendation
Screw Conveyors • Screw Feeders • Bucket Elevators • Vertical Screw Conveyors • Live Bottom Feeders • Slide Gates • Hoppers • Bins • Silos

If you are dealing with any of the following, we should talk

- Bulk material conveying problems causing plugging, spillage, or downtime
- Need screw conveyors, screw feeders, bucket elevators, or drag conveyors
- Inconsistent feeding from hoppers, bins, silos, or process equipment
- Difficult materials that are abrasive, sluggish, sticky, dusty, or hard to handle
- Need custom slide gates, live bottoms, hoppers, bins, or silos
- Existing conveyors require replacement parts, upgrades, or engineered redesign


KWS bulk material handling equipment for screw conveying, feeding, elevating, metering, and process integration

KWS Manufacturing designs and manufactures bulk material handling equipment including shafted screw conveyors, shaftless screw conveyors, screw feeders, live bottoms, bucket elevators, vertical screw conveyors, drag conveyors, slide gates, hoppers, bins, silos, and custom engineered systems.

KWS equipment is used across food processing, chemicals, agriculture, cement, minerals, mining, wastewater, recycling, power, pulp and paper, and other industrial applications where reliable conveying and controlled material flow are critical.

We help review your material characteristics, bulk density, capacity, duty cycle, layout, inlet and discharge requirements, abrasion level, moisture content, temperature, and downstream process so the right KWS solution can be considered.

Bulk material handling performs best when material properties, flow behaviour, capacity, equipment layout, and downstream process requirements are reviewed together.

A complete KWS equipment review can include

1. Material review
Powder, granule, flake, pellet, sludge, biosolids, cement, minerals, food ingredient, bulk density, moisture, abrasiveness, temperature, and flowability
2. Process objective
Conveying, feeding, metering, elevating, discharging, storage, cooling, heating, mixing, or controlled flow from hoppers, bins, and silos
3. Equipment selection
Shafted screw conveyor, shaftless screw conveyor, screw feeder, live bottom, bucket elevator, drag conveyor, vertical screw conveyor, slide gate, or complete system
4. System integration review
Inlet design, discharge points, layout constraints, drive selection, wear protection, dust control, maintenance access, controls, and installation requirements

Every recommendation is based on your actual material, required capacity, process layout, duty cycle, and operating goals.

KWS Manufacturing Product Line

 

Not sure which KWS solution fits your process?

Tell us your material, bulk density, capacity, conveying distance, inlet condition, discharge points, duty cycle, layout, and process objective.
We’ll help determine whether KWS equipment is a fit.

Request a KWS Equipment Review

Why companies work with Rate Technology Systems

- Canadian support for KWS screw conveyors, screw feeders, bucket elevators, drag conveyors, and slide gates
- Experience reviewing dry bulk conveying, feeding, metering, elevating, and material flow applications
- Recommendations based on material characteristics, capacity, layout, duty cycle, and downstream process needs
- Practical guidance for new systems, retrofits, replacement screws, parts, upgrades, and process improvements
- Ability to review hoppers, bins, silos, discharge points, conveying paths, wear protection, and integration requirements
- Support for food, chemical, agriculture, cement, minerals, mining, wastewater, recycling, power, and industrial applications

We help identify the right KWS equipment so your team can improve conveying reliability, feed control, uptime, material flow, and overall process performance.

Bulk material handling as part of a complete processing system

Understand the material
Bulk density, particle size, moisture, temperature, abrasiveness, corrosiveness, flowability, bridging tendency, and dust characteristics
Define the process objective
Conveying, feeding, metering, elevating, storage, discharging, cooling, heating, blending, or complete system integration
Select the proper equipment
Screw conveyor, screw feeder, live bottom, bucket elevator, drag conveyor, vertical screw conveyor, slide gate, hopper, bin, or silo
Optimize system performance
Improve uptime, reduce plugging, control feed rate, reduce dust, manage wear, improve cleanability, and simplify maintenance

Conveying and feeding performance depends on matching the equipment to the material, capacity requirement, process layout, and full operating environment.

Strong applications for Canadian manufacturers and processors

KWS equipment is a strong fit where reliable conveying, controlled feeding, vertical elevating, flow control, and dry bulk system performance are critical.

Food Processing

Conveying and feeding support for dry ingredients, powders, grains, sugar, spices, flour, meals, and other food products.

Chemicals

Screw conveying, feeding, elevating, and flow control support for powders, additives, resins, specialty chemicals, and dry chemical materials.

Cement, Minerals & Mining

Heavy-duty conveying and metering support for cement, aggregates, minerals, abrasive materials, and industrial dry bulk solids.

Agriculture

Bulk handling support for grains, seeds, meals, fertilizer products, feed ingredients, and agricultural processing applications.

Wastewater & Environmental

Shaftless conveying, load-out, dewatered biosolids, grit handling, and difficult-to-convey environmental materials.

Power, Pulp & Paper

Conveying and processing support for ash, biomass, lime, sludge, wood products, and other plant materials.

Recycling

Bulk material handling support for recycled products, byproducts, alternative fuels, regrind, and industrial material streams.

Flow Control Applications

Slide gates, diverter gates, discharge control, hopper outlets, bin discharge, and controlled material routing.

System Upgrades

Replace worn screws, improve conveyor design, reduce maintenance, increase capacity, and improve overall conveying reliability.

Built around reliable conveying, feeding, and bulk material flow

KWS equipment helps processors convey, feed, elevate, meter, store, discharge, and control bulk materials with greater reliability, consistency, and uptime.

Get a KWS Equipment Recommendation

Tell us about your material, bulk density, particle size, moisture content, abrasiveness, temperature, required capacity, conveying distance, elevation, inlet condition, discharge points, duty cycle, and process objective, and we’ll help recommend the right KWS equipment approach.

No obligation. We will simply review your application and provide practical guidance within 24 hours.

Let’s improve your bulk material handling process

Contact Ryan - ryan@ratetechnology.com - or request a review to learn how KWS equipment can support screw conveying, feeding, elevating, flow control, slide gates, hoppers, bins, silos, replacement parts, and complete bulk material handling systems.

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