Efficient Powder Handling with IBCs: Cleaner, Smarter, and More Reliable

IBCs enable closed powder transfer, dramatically reducing airborne dust and improving worker safety. This is especially critical in industries handling toxic, potent, or allergenic powders.

Each IBC is dedicated to a specific batch or recipe. This eliminates the risk of cross-contamination, which is vital in regulated environments like pharmaceuticals and food production.

Powder blends can segregate when transferred via pneumatic conveyors or gravity chutes. Coen Valve IBCs maintain blend uniformity from the mixer to the point of use, ensuring product quality and consistency.

IBCs operate in a batch-based, decoupled manufacturing system. This allows for quick changeovers between recipes with minimal cleaning, reducing downtime and improving throughput.

Since the product remains inside the IBC, there's less contact with transfer lines or equipment, which means less cleaning between batches — saving time, water, and cleaning agents.

Cone Valve IBCs promote mass flow discharge, preventing common flow issues like bridging, rat-holing, or inconsistent dosing. They handle even cohesive or poor-flowing powders with ease.

IBC systems are modular by nature. You can scale operations by adding more IBCs, discharge stations, or automation without overhauling the entire process — ideal for growing manufacturers.

With IBC systems, blending, storage, and discharge run in parallel, so one IBC operates while another is prepared—eliminating cleaning delays and ensuring continuous, high-throughput production.

Each IBC can be barcoded or RFID-tagged for full traceability, supporting batch control, inventory tracking, and compliance with regulations like GMP or FDA.

IBCs support parallel processing — multiple recipes can run at the same time using separate IBCs. This is ideal for contract manufacturers or facilities with high product variety.

Stainless steel IBCs and associated handling equipment are designed for easy cleaning, sanitary operation, and regulatory compliance, making them ideal for cleanroom environments.

Cone Valve IBC systems ensure consistent, clean, safe powder flow—whether working with free-flowing granules or sticky, cohesive powders.