Bulk Solids Innovation centre to rise in Kansas

SALINA, Kansas, USA - Kansas State University is planning a new facility in Salina, Kansas, that will benefit companies that design and utilise systems for bulk solids, such as loose, dry commodities or such ingredients as sugar, starch, minerals, chemicals, pigments, fillers, plastic resin and recycled plastics.

The centre will be used to study and increase the understanding of bulk solids materials handling, in turn enhancing the competitiveness of those businesses that use bulk solid materials or manufacture the systems that convey, store and dispense them. Unlike liquids and gases, the science of dry bulk solids is not thoroughly understood.

Primary partners in the projected $3.5 million, 13,000-square-foot facility are Kansas State University, the Salina Chamber of Commerce, Salina Economic Development Corporation and several private companies. The facility will be called the Kansas State University Bulk Solids Innovation Center.

The university will be the key tenant in the centre with various offices and research suites for permanent and visiting researchers, companies and other users. Two local companies, K-Tron and Vortex Valves, will be initial anchor tenants, conducting both their own research as well as collaborative research with the university.

The building will include open and enclosed lab areas to allow for collaborative and proprietary research projects by the building's tenants. The open area will also allow for the more exploratory/open access research conducted by university investigators and students. It may be used as an open innovation center where the university and industry can work together on projects.

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