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K-Tron Process Group, a division of K-Tron International, Inc

Company Profile

K-tron

Contact Information

Contact: Shari Lake
Title: Marketing Manager
Phone: 800-233-1607

Location

K-Tron Process Group, a division of K-Tron International, Inc
Routes 55 and 553
Pitman NJ 08071
United States

Since its founding in 1964, K-Tron has defined the leading edge in feeding and bulk material handing. K-Tron International, Inc. is a publicly traded company headquartered in Pitman, New Jersey, with two divisions: the K-Tron Process Group and the Size Reduction Group. The K-Tron Process Group designs and produces high value solutions for feeding, pneumatic conveying and material handling systems and has become the preferred choice of processors around the world. In recent industry studies of Industrial Weighing Machinery, Frost & Sullivan named K-Tron the continuous weigh feeder company with #1 market share in both the United States and Europe. The K-Tron Process Group has more than 400 employees worldwide, with manufacturing facilities in the United States (New Jersey and Kansas), Switzerland Great Britain and China. K-Tron sells its ISO 9001 certified equipment through manufacturers’ reps in North America, Latin America, Asia and much of Europe, using direct sales offices in Germany, France and the U.K. The K-Tron Process Group serves a variety of process industries including plastics, food, pet food, chemical, pharmaceutical, detergents, personal care products and more. Technologies K-Tron holds numerous patents for weighing, control and material handling technology. The company’s continuing commitment to research and development assures processors that they can count on K-Tron to keep them at the top of the technology curve. K-Tron has earned a number of awards recognizing its new products and technology. Recent new product introductions have included the Bulk Solids Pump™ (BSP) feeder, the Micro Feeder MT12 , new KCM controls and the new feeder operator interface, K-Vision.

Articles

k-tron receivers

Pneumatic Conveying Vacuum Receivers

May 1, 2013

K-Tron vacuum sequencing central receivers are designed to high-quality standards for pneumatically conveying pellets, powders and granular materials for the bulk material handling industries.

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Powder-handling solutions for process industries

March 1, 2013
Development and design of powder-handling equipment and systems for the process industries present engineers with two problems. First, the world’s process industries are very diverse, ranging from petroleum and petrochemicals to fine chemicals, food and beverages, pharmaceuticals, plastics, pigments, detergents, fertilizers and more. Read More

Quick Change Feeder

May 2, 2012
K-Tron Quick Change Feeder (K2-ML-T35) with ActiFlow is specially designed for applications requiring the maximum possible material handling and changeover flexibility along with the convenience of fast cleaning. The feeder Read More

Online Pneumatic Conveying Components Catalog

April 13, 2011
New online catalog for pneumatic conveying components and accessories showcases the extensive range of pneumatic conveying products K-Tron offers and provides an easy-to-navigate format for users. The online catalog features Read More

Pharmaceutical Conveying, Feeding System on Display at INTERPHEX 2011

February 10, 2011
K-Tron will exhibit the latest sanitary feeding and pneumatic conveying equipment and systems in Booth 3637 at Interphex 2011, March 29-31, at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New Read More

Vibratory Loss-in-Weight Pharmaceutical Feeder for Gravimetric Feeding

January 11, 2011
Pharmaceutical feeder line has been expanded to include the K-PH-ML-D5-KV2, a vibratory loss-in-weight feeder designed for the low rate addition of difficult-flowing active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs). Typical applications include vibratory Read More

Video: ActiFlow Combats Bridges and Ratholes in Hoppers

September 23, 2010
The ActiFlow Smart Bulk Solids Activator reliably prevents bridging and rat-holing of cohesive bulk materials in stainless steel hoppers. ActiFlow is a non-product contact device, consisting of a patent-pending vibratory Read More

Pharmaceutical Loss-in-Weight Feeders at Interphex 2010

March 16, 2010
The activator is an innovative method to reliably prevent bridging and rat-holing of cohesive bulk materials in stainless steel hoppers without internal hopper agitation. The pharmaceutical design is a non-product Read More

Material flow aid prevents bridging or rat holing

February 20, 2009
The activator reliably prevents bridging and rat holing of cohesive bulk materials in stainless steel hoppers. It is a non-product contact device, consisting of a patent-pending vibratory drive and Read More

New microprocessor controller

June 4, 2008
Premier Pneumatics, Inc. introduces the new Series 4 Microprocessor Controller (Series 4 MPC) featuring a mode for refilling feeders from a powered gate mounted to the receiver outlet. The Series Read More

New low rate feeder to be introduced at K-Show

September 24, 2007
K-Tron will introduce a new Micro Cone low rate feeder at the K-Show in Düsseldorf, Germany, October 24-31. The K-Show (K for Kuntsoff-- the German word for Plastics) is the Read More

Pharmaceutical dispensary system offers contained, automated method of ingredient weighing and dosing

May 28, 2007
Pharmaceutical dispensary systems for the extremely accurate dispensing of active ingredients and excipients to IBCs offer a contained and completely automated method of ingredient weighing and dosing. Each ingredient to the Read More

New Products

K-Tron MT16 micro-ingredient feeder

Micro-ingredient Feeder

April 8, 2013
The interchangeable twin to single screw feed modules provides versatility to handle a broad range of materials from powders to granular materials. Read More
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