Ingredient Feeding & Conveying

AIS Ingredient Feeding & Conveying Systems

Accurate, Hygienic & Easy-Clean Ingredient Handling from Intake to Process

A.I.S. Ingredient Feeding & Conveying Systems are engineered to deliver precise, repeatable dosing and reliable material transport for powders, granules, flakes, and bulk solids. Designed as fully integrated systems, AIS solutions ensure ingredients are delivered accurately, cleanly, and on time—from raw material intake to mixers, reactors, extruders, or packaging lines.

These systems are widely used in food & beverage, pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, chemical, plastics, battery materials, and mineral processing industries where consistency and compliance are mission-critical.

What Is Ingredient Feeding & Conveying?

Ingredient feeding and conveying systems manage how much material moves, when it moves, and how cleanly it gets there. AIS designs these systems to control:

• Feed rate accuracy
• Batch and continuous dosing
• Gentle or aggressive material handling
• Dust containment
• Hygiene and cleanability
• Seamless process integration

The result is predictable recipes, reduced waste, and operators who trust the equipment instead of babysitting it.

Feeding Technologies Offered by AIS

AIS selects feeding technology based on material behavior, accuracy requirements, and process demands.

Gravimetric Feeding (Weigh-Based)

• Loss-in-weight feeders for continuous accuracy
• Gain-in-weight batch feeding systems
• High-precision load cells
• Automated recipe and batch control

Ideal for critical ingredients, formulations, and regulated production.

Volumetric Feeding

• Screw feeders
• Belt or rotary feeders
• Cost-effective solutions for stable bulk density materials

Used where repeatability is sufficient without live weighing.

Conveying Methods Integrated with Feeding

AIS feeding systems are fully integrated with downstream conveying to ensure smooth, controlled material transfer.

Available conveying options include:

• Screw & auger conveyors (including Easy-Clean designs)
• Flexible screw conveyors
• Pneumatic conveying (vacuum or pressure)
• Mechanical conveyors and elevators
• Gravity-fed transitions with flow control

Transitions are engineered to prevent segregation, flooding, and dust escape.

Easy-Clean & Sanitary Design Options

Ingredient systems must be cleaned often—and quickly.

AIS offers Easy-Clean feeding & conveying options, including:

• Tool-less removable covers
• Quick-release clamps
• Pull-out screws and feeder internals
• Open-frame sanitary construction
• Smooth, crevice-free product contact surfaces

These features dramatically reduce cleaning time, support allergen control, and simplify GMP and food safety validation.

Integration with Upstream & Downstream Equipment

AIS ingredient feeding systems integrate seamlessly with:

• Bag dump stations
• Bulk bag unloaders
• Storage bins and silos
• Bulk material conditioners & dehumidifiers
• Mixers, blenders, mills, extruders, and reactors

Everything is engineered as one system, not a patchwork of parts hoping to cooperate.

Dust Control & Environmental Management

Accurate feeding is useless if dust is everywhere.

AIS integrates dust control directly into feeding and conveying systems:

• Local dust collection hoods
• Dust-tight feeder transitions
• Integrated filter receivers
• HEPA filtration where required
• Central dust collection system tie-ins

Clean air, clean product, clean audits.

ATEX & NFPA Compliance for Hazardous Areas

For combustible dusts and classified environments, AIS ingredient feeding & conveying systems can be designed in accordance with:

• ATEX Zones 20, 21, and 22
• NFPA standards including NFPA 652, 654, 61, 68, and 69

Available safety features include:

• Explosion-proof motors and controls
• Grounding and bonding provisions
• Anti-static components
• Pressure-rated and dust-tight construction
• Compatibility with explosion protection systems

Safety is engineered in—not bolted on later.

Typical Ingredients Handled

AIS ingredient feeding & conveying systems are used for:

Food ingredients, spices, sugars, proteins
Nutraceutical and supplement powders
Pharmaceutical APIs and excipients
Chemical powders and additives
Plastics resins and compounds
Battery and advanced energy materials
Minerals, pigments, and fillers

If it’s part of a recipe, AIS feeds it correctly.

Why AIS?

AIS designs ingredient feeding & conveying systems around accuracy, hygiene, cleanability, and reliability. By integrating Easy-Clean designs, precision feeding, and compliant safety features, AIS helps manufacturers reduce waste, speed changeovers, and maintain total process control.

When ingredients arrive exactly as intended, everything downstream behaves better.