1. General

Mechanical handling of bulk products is ubiquitous in virtually all industrial sectors that use products in this form. It plays a major role in the following sectors: chemicals, iron and steel, cement, food processing, foundries, paper mills, quarries, waste incineration... These sectors are varied and very different, and the methods and equipment used will also be very different, selected judiciously on a case-by-case basis.

Let's start with the advantages of mechanical handling:

• to facilitate continuous production ;

• improve working conditions by reducing the arduousness of manual tasks;

• staff safety ;

• provide access to automated handling circuits;

• improve production volumes to reduce...