Toll Processing
Toll Processing and Services
Pilamec offers a comprehensive range of toll processing services for a wide variety of materials, including specialist and difficult substances. Our state-of-the-art facilities, equipped with advanced laboratory and testing equipment, ensure the highest quality and consistency in every process.
Our Services:
- Milling, Crushing, and Sieving
- White Powder Facility
- Dark Powder Facility
- Blending
- Kibbling
- Briquetting and Pelleting
- Drying
- Repackaging
- Pallet Storage
Milling, Crushing, Sieving
Pilamec's milling, crushing, and sieving capabilities enable us to reduce particle size to precise specifications. Our advanced equipment includes:
- Ball Mills Test, R&D and Production Volume Mills with Steel or Ceramic Liners. Ability to mill a diverse range of materials across all industries.
- Jaw Crushers for primary reduction of large-sized materials
- Roller Crushers
- Locker and Open Vibrating Sieves and Screens
- Ultrasonic Sieving for fine materials down to 20 microns.
- Jet Milling Micronises powders using high-velocity air and particle collision.
Blending
Our blending services ensure homogeneous mixing of powders and other materials. Our blending equipment includes:
- Vertical Ribbon Blenders: Efficiently blend powders and granules in a vertical vessel.
- Horizontal Ribbon Blenders: Thoroughly mix powders and granules in a horizontal trough.
- Sample Blending: Small-scale blending for product development and testing.
- Milling and Blending: Size reduction combined with homogenous material mixing.
Briquetting and Pelleting
Lab scale development work to Full Volume production, utilising a huge range of binders to supply agglomerated products across all industries.
- Roll Compactors
- Extrusion Pelletisers
- Hydraulic Briquetters
- Industrial Tablet Presses
- Granulating equipment
- Fully equipped test and development laboratory
Drying
Drying facilities for R&D quantities through to larger production volumes. All products considered for many industry types. Our drying equipment includes:
- Fluid bed dryers for efficient drying of heat-sensitive materials
- Spray dryers for rapid drying of liquid and slurry materials
- Rotary dryers for continuous drying of large volumes of materials
Repackaging and Storage
Pilamec provides flexible repackaging solutions to meet your specific requirements. Packaging includes:
- Big bags
- Steel or plastic drums
- Paper or woven sacks
- Bespoke packaging
- Short and Long term storage facilities available in a clean, dry environment.
Minerals, Metals and Materials
The Milling, Screening, Blending and Repackaging plants at Pilamec processes a diverse range of minerals, metals, and materials, many of which could be difficult to handle without the specialised expertise of the production operators.
Pilamec has gained a reputation for developing solutions to solve difficult and unusual processing problems through their experienced technical team. Projects have included:
Silicon Metal Powder
With extremely fine particle size distribution used in applications such as explosives through to medical equipment.
Milling & Sizing Ceramic By-Products
Milling and sizing ceramic by-products for reintroduction into customers' new product blends.
Granular/Powder Milling
Processing to granular/powder form, inorganic materials used in the Construction and Agricultural Industries.
Milling Ferro Alloys
Milling Ferro alloys to controlled particle sizing for use in for example the Automotive and Aerospace Industries.
Blending
Blending of materials either supplied by the customer or after size reduction can be performed to meet specific requirements.
Scrap Plate Glass
Milling scrap plate glass to powder form thus recycling what had been previously a scrap product.
Scrap Metals
Milling scrap metals to a form suitable for reintroduction into foundry melt charges.
Formula Creation & Packaging
Customer-specific product formulas are blended to specifically agreed percentage ratios. The blended product can then be packed into the agreed packaging.
Sieving
Sieving of contaminated products to remove unwanted debris
Toll processing, also known as toll manufacturing or contract processing, is a service where a company processes raw materials or semi-finished products for a customer. The customer provides the materials, and the processing company utilises its specialised equipment, facilities, and expertise to perform services like milling, sieving, blending, packaging, or other operations for a fee or toll.
Pilamec provides a comprehensive range of contract processing services, including particle size reduction (milling and crushing), sieving, blending, drying, briquetting, pelleting, custom repackaging, and raw material storage.
Toll manufacturing facilities process a diverse range of minerals, metals, chemicals, industrial materials, and many more. Common examples include silicon metal, ceramics, ferro alloys, inorganic materials, glass, and slags. The service is highly beneficial for handling specialist or difficult-to-process substances.
Advanced milling and screening equipment enables particle size reduction down to very low micron levels, dependent on the specific product type.
Industrial blending operations utilise horizontal ribbon blenders for thorough trough mixing, alongside smaller cone blenders designed for small lots and product R&D.
Yes. Toll processing can be used to process many types of industrial by-products via various operations into granular powder or blended formulations. This allows previously unusable scrap material to be reintroduced into new products and applications, reducing overall waste.
Processed materials can be packed into customer-specified packaging. Standard options include big bags, steel or plastic drums, and paper sacks.
Technical Support
From the beginning of any project, small or large, through to final processing and supply, Pilamec’s experienced technical team provides support and advice.
This consultation ensures that the finished product meets the customer’s specifications including size reduction; drying; pelletising; briquetting; blending; packaging; and traded powders.
