A processing system for bulk material comprises a processing device for the bulk material, at least one bulk material storage container for storing the bulk material, a bulk material dosing device connected to the at least one bulk material storage container for dosed discharge of the bulk material from the bulk material storage container, a bulk material downcomer connected to the bulk material dosing device for conveying the bulk material into the processing device, at least one additive feed for feeding an additive, an additive dosing device connected to the at least one additive feed for dosed discharge of the additive from the additive feed, and an additive downcomer connected to the additive dosing device for conveying the additive into the processing device, wherein the bulk material downcomer directly connects the bulk material dosing device to the processing device.

Method and apparatus for drying granular resin material by drawing vacuum over heating resin material in a vessel, while periodically purging the vessel with the material therein with dry air and bathing the vacuum dried material with dry air until furnished to a processing machine.

The method of filling a weighing container (10) for plastics granulate (12), wherein the granulate is dropped from a supply tube (26) into the weighing container (10) via a shutter (22), wherein the weighing container (10) is closed-off on the top side by a wall having a conical part (16) that reaches directly up the shutter (22), and in that the weighing container is filled with granulate up to the level of the shutter (22).

In a material supply device for supplying a material to a plasticizing unit that plasticizes the material to generate a plasticized material, the material supply device includes: a housing having an inlet through which the material is fed into the plasticizing unit, and configured to accommodate the material; and a supply mechanism provided in the housing, positioned above the inlet, and configured to intermittently supply the material to the inlet. The housing has an inclined wall that defines an accommodation space for the material above the supply mechanism and is inclined such that a volume of the accommodation space is reduced downward, and the supply mechanism at least partially overlaps the inclined wall when viewed from a vertical direction.

Method and apparatus for drying granular resin material by drawing vacuum over heating resin material in a vessel, while periodically purging the vessel with the material therein with dry air and bathing the vacuum dried material with dry air until furnished to a processing machine.

The method of filling a weighing container (10) for plastics granulate (12), wherein the granulate is dropped from a supply tube (26) into the weighing container (10) via a shutter (22), wherein the weighing container (10) is closed-off on the top side by a wall having a conical part (16) that reaches directly up the shutter (22), and in that the weighing container is filled with granulate up to the level of the shutter (22).