Flexicon bulk bag filler with metal detection

Flexicon has released a stainless steel, sanitary bulk bag filler that detects and separates metal as it fills bulk bags by weight, dust free.

The filler frame is a Twin-Centrepost design that maximises strength, reduces cost and improves accessibility to bag hooks. It is equipped with an integral metal detector/separator that detects metal in the free-fall stream of material entering the filler, and then ejects it through a chute that discharges into a removable drum at the rear of the unit.

The filler also incorporates: fill head height adjustment to accept all popular bag sizes; an inflatable cuff forming a high-integrity seal to the bag inlet spout; a blower to remove bag creases prior to filling; load cells for filling by weight; a vent port for dust-free air displacement during filling; pneumatically retractable bag hooks; and an automated vibratory deaeration/densification system to maximise capacity and stabilise the bag for storage and shipment.

It is constructed of 316 stainless steel, finished to sanitary standards and configured with full-length forklifting tubes allowing it to be moved throughout the plant. It can be integrated with optional conveyor feed systems including Flexicon flexible screw conveyors, Flexi-Disc tubular cable conveyors and Pneumati-Con dilute-phase pneumatic conveying systems, as well as existing plant conveyors or overhead storage vessels.