Flexicon BULK-OUT bulk bag weigh batch unloading system

Flexicon’s BULK-OUT bulk bag weigh batch unloading system with manual dumping station and flexible screw conveyor automatically conveys weighed batches of contamination-sensitive materials to downstream processes and allows rapid sanitising.

The BFC model discharger frame is equipped with a cantilevered I-beam with electric hoist and trolley for positioning of bulk bags without the use of a forklift. A SPOUT-LOCK clamp ring atop a TELE-TUBE telescoping tube securely connects the clean side of the bag spout to the clean side of the equipment intake and maintains constant downward tension on the bag as it empties and elongates, promoting complete discharge from the bag.

At timed intervals, FLOW-FLEXER bag activators increasingly raise opposite bottom edges of the bag as it lightens, ultimately forming a steep V-shape that promotes complete discharge of free- and non-free-flowing materials from the bag.

A bag dump station with folding bag shelf allows manual dumping of minor additions into the hopper from handheld packaging and containers.

The hopper is vented to a BAG-VAC dust collection system that draws airborne dust from manual dumping activities away from the operator when the hopper lid is open. A FLEXI-FORCE lump breaker integral to the hopper reduces agglomerates and promotes the continuous flow of material into the charging adapter of the flexible screw conveyor.

Load cells supporting the entire system are linked to a PLC that stops the flexible screw conveyor once the system has lost a preset amount of weight.