Bulk Material Handling
Configure the line around the material, throughput and process
Encode material properties, capacity limits, construction requirements, and dependencies across feeders, screws, conveyors, elevators, hoppers, and dust connections.
The commercial question is not which screw feeder to sell. It is whether the complete line can move this material at the required throughput without bottlenecks or incompatible construction. Mercura CPQ runs manufacturer material profiles and capacity rules — not a universal materials database.
Configure the line around material and throughput
Material profiles drive capacity checks, flow aids, wear construction, and dust connections. Bottlenecks appear on the capacity chain before the quote leaves.
Material handling line configurator
Material profile → capacity chain → construction · manufacturer-defined rules
Manufacturer material profile
Illustrative profiles — Mercura does not ship a universal material database.
- Bulk density
- 550 kg/m³
- Flowability
- Poor
- Abrasion
- Low
- Dust
- High
- Moisture
- Illustrative
Illustrative Mercura configuration. Material values are manufacturer-style profiles for demo only — not a universal materials database.
Capacity chain
See the bottleneck before the quote leaves
Every machine has a capacity. The line is only as strong as the weakest link against target throughput.
- 01
Material profile
Density, flowability, abrasion, dust — manufacturer-defined.
- 02
Throughput target
Required t/h for the process duty.
- 03
Feeder / screw / conveyor
Each module shows its capacity state.
- 04
Elevator / transfer
Often the constraint — flagged in red when undersized.
- 05
Construction and dust
Wear liners and dust ports when the profile requires them.
- 06
Valid line + quote
BOM and price from the same configuration.
Material rules
Material properties become configuration rules
Illustrative manufacturer logic — not Mercura material-science defaults.
Flowability → hopper geometry
Poor-flow materials trigger bridging risk until a steeper hopper or agitator is selected.
Abrasion → construction
High-abrasion profiles reject unprotected carbon steel until wear protection is applied.
Dust → connections
High-dust profiles require a dust port. Additional regulatory review may be required — Mercura does not certify compliance.
Capabilities
System-level configuration for handling lines
Features that map to multi-machine lines, not single SKUs.
Parametric and modular configuration
Size modules against throughput and keep the line coherent as options change.
Rules, dependencies, constraints
Capacity gates, construction rules, and required connections on one configuration.
BOM and commercial output
Multi-level line BOM and pricing from the validated configuration.
Before / after
How the line quote used to work
Before
- Customer gives throughput and material
- Engineering checks density by hand
- Feeder sized, then conveyor, then elevator
- Construction reviewed separately
- Dust reviewed last
- BOM and quote prepared after the chain is rebuilt
With Mercura CPQ
- Material profile and throughput captured first
- Line modules sized under capacity rules
- Bottlenecks flagged on the capacity chain
- Construction and dust rules applied in the same flow
- Required connections added automatically
- Price and BOM generated from the valid line
Capabilities
What Mercura carries for material-handling lines
Capacity, material, and construction rules belong in the sales path — these capabilities encode them.
See your material-handling line configured in Mercura
Bring capacity tables, material profiles, and construction rules. We will model them as a guided line configuration your sales and applications teams can share.
Request a CPQ demo