IBS - Bulk Handling Pty Ltd

About Us

Leveraging over 40 years of specialist industry experience across the full range of Bulk Materials Handling engineering solutions, IBS can provide the following total service offering:

Systems & Solutions:Review, Design, Create
Engineering:Consulting & Troubleshooting; Drafting & 3D Modelling
Equipment:Standard & Custom
Project Management:Full EPCM from Concept to Commissioning
Spares & Maintenance:Preventative Maintenance Plans; Full range of competitively priced, quality spare parts

Our lead engineers have designed and delivered equipment and solutions to some of Australia’s biggest companies across the last 40 years, and have extensive experience in the following industries:

Mining & Resources
Cement & Building Products
Food
Chemical & Industrial
Waste & Environment

Engineering Services

IBS offers quality, economical and efficient Engineering Design and Drafting Services, utilizing our Australian and Offshore teams of highly qualified engineers & detailers who specialize in 3D Modelling, structural steel modelling, detailing, connection design and plate work.

Savings

We can provide significant cost savings for projects, because of the wide gap that exists between personnel costs in in Australia and offshore – this potentially results in more than 50% cost reduction to you. This pricing flexibility allows our clients the freedom and creativity in managing their budget and helps to increase profit margins.

On Time, On Budget

Our offshore structure means that we can be working on your project around the clock, significantly reducing project lead time. Moreover, if any urgent design changes are made at the end of the day in Australia, it can be addressed and back on your desk the following morning. This enables you to concentrate on your core engineering, leaving the details to us.

Our capabilities range from our main business of bulk material handling equipment such as belt conveyors, stackers, screw conveyors, hoppers, chutes, and also extend to support structures, industrial plants and ancillary structures including stairways, hand rails and walkways.

Our engineering design is headed and controlled from our Australian offices, with our support teams and drafting personnel located in both Australia, India and Thailand. Our people utilize the latest CAD software, enabling fast, accurate and efficient production of mechanical and structural drawings fully compliant with Australian and International standards.

Our services include:

Preparation of layout and plot plan
State of the Art 3D modelling utilising latest software
General Arrangement drawings
Structural shop drawings
Bill of materials
Erection drawings
As-built documentation
Equipment design
Preparation of Specifications/data sheets
Isometric drawings
Rendering

Typical Workflow:

Client Specification

3D Model

IBS GA and Detail Drawings for Fabrication

Engineering

Leveraging over 120 years of combined experience, IBS professional engineers can work with you from concept to reality. Whether it is a new project or finding solutions to your existing business challenges, IBS can help increase your production revenue.

IBS has acquired “Enginuity Group”: A highly respected and experienced business whose activities earned them an excellent reputation in large scale conveying systems for the mining industry. This acquisition opens a new specialized service in the IBS Group to enhance our existing Engineering Services.

IBS continues to deliver optimum project outcomes which are flexible and innovative from concept, feasibility and project execution to installation and commissioning or anywhere in between.

Our range of services includes:

Feasibility Studies – Investigate conceptual design alternatives & budget costing’s
Design – Concept through to detailed design + full drafting service
Site Reviews and Audits – Process efficiency reviews & inspections of existing equipment
Structural Audits of existing plants
Trobleshooting – Identify and rectify specific issues

Our range of services includes :

Mining and Resources
Food and Beverage
Chemical and Industrial
Waste and Recycling
Cement and Quarrying

Click here to download the IBS Engineering Services Brochure.

Project Management

Project management can run in conjunction with our engineering services, or run side by side with your people. Leveraging our ISO9001 certified quality systems we can provide the following services :

Manage sub contractors

IBS has a network of sub-contractors for fabrication, civil works, electrical and structural throughout Australia and Asia. Our project engineers have many years’ experience working with sub-contractors to ensure the equipment is built to your speci cations.

Procurement

The selection of equipment
Ensure conformity of parts to reduce overall pricing
Negotiate with suppliers to improve costs
Manage suppliers to ensure adherence to speci cations
Various terms and costing models can be employed to suit your project

Scheduling and document control

IBS has full time staff dedicated to document control and scheduling. Through our quality control systems,we can ensure that your project runs on time and on budget.

Site relocation

IBS can inspect your existing plant with a view to relocating. We can manage sub-contractors including cranage, mechanical and electrical contractors to ensure your equipment is moved with a minimum amount of disruption to your existing operation and get your relocated plant productive.

Industry

Mining Industry

Leveraging over 40 years of experience, IBS can work with you from concept to reality.

IBS provides a complete range of bulk materials handling systems and equipment specifically designed for the mining industry. We also offer engineering services to inspect and audit existing systems to remove bottlenecks, improve product flow and analyse processes achieve better throughputs and reduce downtime.

We can tailor a solution to your specic requirements, built from a combination of our standard products of :

Overland Conveyors
Fixed and Mobile Trippers
Skyline and Slewing Stackers
Screw Conveyors
Belt Conveyors
Bucket Elevators
Weighing Systems
Bag Loading and Unloading

IBS will assess and evaluate applications and materials of construction to ensure our solutions meet yourrequirements and budget.

Pike River Coal Mine Spoil Conveyor
Worsley Alumina Coneyor Gantry
Worlsey Alumina Coal and Biomass Tripper

Food Industry

Leveraging over 40 years of experience, IBS will identify, rectify and improve your systems and processes.

We can tailor a solution to your specific requirements, built from a combination of our standard products of :

Mixers – Ploughshear, Z-Arm, Ribbon
Pneumatic Conveying
Screw Conveyors
Belt Conveyors
Silos c/w Loading and Unloading Options
Bucket Elevators
Weighing and Batching Systems
Bag Loading and Unloading

IBS is acutely aware of the need for clean and hygienic design. We can incorporate CIP systems or allow for manual cleanout with quick knockdown and tool less access. All equipment can be hot or cold jacketed as required.

Polished Twin Screw Conveyor
Cadbury Z-Arm Mixer
Joy Foods Bucket Elevator
Nestle / Uncle Toby’s Z-Arm Mixer

Chemical & Industrial Industry

Leveraging over 40 years of experience, IBS Bulk Handling will identify, rectify and improve your systems and processes.

IBS provides a complete range of bulk materials handling systems and equipment specifically designed for chemical & industrial Application. We also offer engineering services to inspect and audit existing systems to remove bottlenecks, improve product flow, analyse existing batching times and sequences to achieve better throughputs.

We can tailor a solution to your specific requirements, built from a combination of our standard products:

Screw Conveyors
Pneumatic Conveying – Lean Phase and Dense Phase
Belt Conveyors
Silos c/w Loading and Unloading Options
Bucket Elevators
En Masse Conveyors
Pipe Chain Conveyors
Mixers – Ploughshear, Z-Arm, Ribbon
Weighing and Batching Systems
Bag Loading and Unloading

IBS will assess and evaluate applications and materials of construction to ensure our solutions meet your requirements and budget.

Goro Nickel Hydroxide Conveyors
Tronox TiO2 Twin Screw Conveyor
ADI Propellant Handling System
Pipe Chain Conveyor

Waste Industry

Leveraging over 40 years of experience, IBS will identify, rectify and improve your systems and processes

IBS provides a complete range of bulk materials handling systems and equipment specifically designed for the waste industry. We also offer engineering services to inspect and audit existing systems to more efficiently size and sort materials, remove bottlenecks and improve product flow.

We can tailor a solution to your specific requirements, built from a combination of our standard products specially adapted for:

Material Recovery Facilities
Waste Paper and Plastics
Boiler Feed Systems for Alternative Fuel
Contaminated Soil Handling
Scrap Metal

IBS has worked with major waste and recycling companies such as Transpacific Industries and Visy Recycling.

Cement & Building Products Industry

Leveraging over 40 years of experience, IBS Bulk Handling can work with you from concept to reality.

IBS provides a complete range of bulk materials handling systems and equipment specifically designed for Cement & Building Products Industries. We also offer engineering services to inspect and audit existing systems to remove bottlenecks, improve product flow and analyse processes achieve better throughputs and reduce downtime

We can tailor a solution to your specific requirements, built from a combination of our standard products of:

Storage Systems, including Bolted Silos, with full loading and unloading solutions
Pneumatic Conveying – Dilute and Dense Phase
Airslides, and Silo Discharge Aids
Fixed and Mobile Trippers
En-Masse Drag Chain Conveyors
Slewing Stackers
Screw Conveyors
Belt Conveyors
Hoppers and Feeders
Bucket Elevators
Truck Loading Facilities
Weighing Systems
Bag Loading and Unloading
Crushing and Grinding Plants

We have considerable experience in handling all types of materials:

Cement
Lime
Gypsum
Flyash
Aggregates and Sand

Power Generation Industry

IBS can provide complete fuel storage, transport and handling systems from mine pit or port to boiler feed, including stockpile, reclaiming and storage systems on site.

We can handle your material whether it be:

Coal
Woodchips
Sawdust
Biomass
Bagasse
Other organic materials

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Overland conveyors
Scraper reclaimers
Yard conveyors
Screw feeders
Plough feeders
Flyash handling to remove bed ash from boilers
Truck/Rail unloading
Coal slurrying and pumping systems
Stackers – with either travelling or fixed trippers
Bunker reclaimers – chain, belt and live floor
En masse drag chain conveyors
Storage systems including silos, geodesic domes
Screening and milling systems – gyratory, jaw, and cone crushers and hammermills

Conveying Systems

IBS specialise in the design and supply of long centre, high capacity overland conveyors. We have the capability to design in both curved and straight flight. Our designs have been used in all bulk materials applications including Iron Ore, Coal, Bauxite and Wood chip.

Our involvement and experience with overland belt conveyors and industrial belt conveyors starts with concept feasibility design, conveyor and structure detail design, through manufacturing and ongoing project management to installation and commissioning.

Our belt conveyor packages, which can also include marshalling cabinets and electrical switchgear offer a total design and manufacturing package utilising many years of combined experience, and are the best choice in solids handling for mining, resources and process industries.

IBS belt conveyors are designed to AS1755 for safety requirements and comply with all other relevant Australian Standards and/or international equivalent standards.

Additionally, IBS are expert in designing and providing Stockpiling Systems, including Skyline Stacking Systems, Fixed Slewing Stackers and Long Travelling Rail Mounted Stackers.

For a large range of stockpile capacities and shapes, ranging from small kidney shaped surge piles served by tyre mounted slewing stackers through to longitudinal stockpiles of large cross sectional areas. We also handle all associated plant including feed conveyors, train loading conveyors, and surge bins.

IBS Process & Pneumatic Solutions

The IBS team has a combined experience of over 70 years in Process Systems and Pneumatic Conveying.We provide complete, efficient and reliable end-to-end solutions to assist with your bulk materials handling needs.

Combined with IBS’s total range of Bulk Materials Handling Systems and Equipment we can truly offer a complete end to end solution.

The IBS Process System Range includes:

Mixing
Weighing & Batching
Sizing (Screening & Crushing)
Bag Loading & Unloading

The IBS Pneumatic Conveying Range Includes:

Our aim is to utilise our range of pneumatic conveying systems to improve product flow and eliminate plant bottlenecks while economically and efficiently conveying material throughout our client’s facility. Whether it is loading or unloading silos and bags, batching material into a process or simply moving material from A to B, IBS has the system to do the job.

At IBS we are acutely aware of geographical problems that face our clients around the world, such as high humidity and condensation. If not taken into account, these factors can render a pneumatic conveying system inoperable. Where necessary, IBS incorporates de-humidification and air chilling to ensure a robust and trouble free system.

Equipment

IBS make a range of reliable equipment that comes with an extended warranty on all parts and labour and can be designed, installed and commissioned at any site across the Asia-Pacific region.

Our standard range of bulk materials handling equipment includes :

Modular Belt Conveyors
Bucket Elevators
Screw Conveyors
Mixers & Conditioners
En Masse ‘Drag Chain’ Conveyor
Lump Breakers & Pin Crushers
Trommels
Pipe Chain Conveyors
Silos & Storage

At IBS we do not cut corners – our equipment is designed to be trouble free and low maintenance whilist also ensuring that it can handle the toughest of materials. Power needs, shafts and bearings are all designed for surge capacities with high service factors ensuring maximum performance and life andminimum downtime.

Our equipment has been successfully installed in a wide range of applications and capacities, handling a wide range of throughput capacities, conveying at high temperatures, and handling materials that are high wear, abrasive, large lumpy, sticky non-flowing, as well as free flowing powders and granules.

Whether your application requires a heavy-duty high capacity machine or an industrial process machine for your factory, IBS has the experience to supply the right equipment for your application: either from our standard range, or specifically designed for more specialised applications.

Spare Parts

IBS can provide a broad range of quality standard and custom-designed bulk materials handling spare parts. Our spare parts service can be tailored to meet your required lead-times (both critical & periodic), operating schedules and budget.

Our standard range includes:

Chain Replacement
Pulleys & Pulley Design
Idlers
Belts
Buckets
Sprockets
Manganese Wear Rail
Pipe Conveyor Scrapers

For IBS supplied equipment, we can provide a full inventory spare parts. These will include shafts, sprockets, and other fabricated items. If you have any specific spare parts requirements, we can also provide custom spare parts for other equipment by sourcing from local and overseas suppliers or design and fabricate as required.

IBS are Chain Replacement specialists, and can provide drop forged chain and conveyor links manufactured using highest quality chain links with in-house state of the art robotic welding of flights.

Our Chain types include:

Drop-forged Conveyor Chain (142V and 142Z) and Flight Attachments
Bushed-roller Conveyor Chain (K and F attachment)
Bucket Elevator Chain
Drag Chain
Deep Link and Deep Side Plate Conveyor Chain

InfoTrak System

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A Mobile App. is also available, and provides for quick and easy data and event capture in the field enabling the InfoTrak system to unlock the profit
and efciency your plant can provide.

IBS has partnered with InfoTrack to offer a complete system to manage the operational health and maintenance of your plant, including :

Planning inspections
Silos & Storage
Recording condition data
Evaluating, interpreting and recommending corrective actions
Forecasting and alerting future maintenance requirements

InfoTrack is a system designed to help you realise the full potential of your plant & equipment.

InfoTrak’s Dashboard provides customers with a complete summary view of all plant showing overall condition as well as maintenance due. Drill-down to display individual component details, such as uid analysis results, screens, thermography or vibration results, and sensor feeds. The data is then summarised on a Plant Health Report.

Data Feeds from sensors mounted on the plant can be received into the system, passed though pre-set limits, with alerts or warnings being automatically generated to key users. All history is maintained on a database and available for interpretation and action recommendation, enabling better maintenance response and thus maximising the life span of your equipment.

Other Features of the InfoTrack System include :

Maintenance Planner : Overview of all maintenance & inspection activities by day, week or month;
TrakAlerts : Email reminders of maintenance events due, overdue or un-actioned;
Backlogs Register : Maintenance issues are prioritised and completed at the most opportune time;
Inspections : Complete checklist, analysis against pre-set limits, calculation of wear, maintenance forecasting;
Component Management : Each component can be individually managed and tracked;
Preventative Maintenance : Regular scheduled maintenance can be automatically forecasted by the system;
Documents & Images : These can be included to assist technicians to complete each task and record comments.

About Us

Leveraging over 40 years of specialist industry experience across the full range of Bulk Materials Handling engineering solutions, IBS can provide the following total service offering: