Valve Bag Fillers
Air Packers
Primarily used for granule and coarse products but are also used for certain fine products. They can be used for materials weighing between 20 lbs/cu. ft and over 100 lbs/cu. ft.
Applications: Sand, dry mix concrete, mortars, absorbent, granular minerals, fertilizer, animal feed, and salt.
Available Styles:
- Plug stack design
- Fluo design — common for dry mix concrete and mortars
- Force-flow with butterfly valve — for powders and non-abrasive products
Impeller Packers
Dry material impeller pump bag fillers. Most used for bagging cement and powder minerals or non-sanded building products.
Requirements: Constant head of material and non-abrasive materials.
Configuration: Available as single spout or in multiples of three or more depending on production requirements.
Auger Packers
Literally a screw feeding material into a bag. Most common on non-abrasive material and can be used for powder as well as coarse materials.
Applications: Flour, seed, animal feed, and non-sanded grouts.
Common to All Valve Bag Fillers:
- Mechanical Scale Weighing: Less maintenance, faster production, generally less accurate than electronic
- Electronic Weighing Systems: More accurate but slower in bag filling and higher in price
- All three types require correct feed hopper to get optimum rates and weight accuracy
- Correct bag sizing and construction are different for each style
- All three available in SS contact
Open Mouth Bag Fillers
Mechanical and Electronic Scales
Open mouth scales are available with either mechanical or electronic weighing. Material and bag weight will determine speed and accuracy.
Production Rate: Single scale can do 6 to 12 bags per minute.
Net Weigh Scales: Extremely accurate but at a much higher price.
Duplex Scales
Designed for high production and can exceed 20 bags per minute. Most are electronic and weight accuracy is very good.
Auger Open Mouth Bag Fillers
Modified auger packers common for pail filling and specialty products.
Belt Fed Scales
For difficult flowing material that requires controlled feeding into bag and stop feeding between bag cycles.
Applications: Variety of minerals, animal feed, and agricultural products.
Vibrating Feeder
Primarily used where controlled feed is required because of size and flow characteristics.
Example Application: Decorative rock.
Bag Closing Machines
Sewing Systems
Most common in agricultural markets. From handheld to inline belt feed with label attachments.
Pinch Bottom Closers
Fold and seal paper bag for positive closed bags. Used for retail products and food grade products.
Heat Sealers
For closing plastic bags. Manual units to inline conveyor fed high speed closers. Some available with optional double seal to guarantee positively closed bag.
Bulk Bag (FIBC) Fillers
A large selection of bag fillers for filling different products including minerals, sand, cement, building products, mortars, and food grade material.
Bag Weights
500 lb to 3,000 lb bags
Production Rate
Up to 25+ bags per hour
Options
- Pallet infeed and full pallet discharge
- Bulk and dribble weighing
- Manual to high-speed models
We can recommend bulk bag suppliers.
Bag Handling Conveyors
- Takeaway from bagging station
- Bag turners
- Bag conditioners
- Bag flattening/elevating conveyors
- Pacing conveyors
- Checkweigher conveyor systems
- Bag reject conveyors
- Powered belt conveyors
- Powered roller conveyors
- Gravity roller conveyors
- Manual palletizing conveyors
- Pallet conveyors — empty and full
Engineering is available to layout entire system.
Bag Palletizers
Robotic Palletizers
Both new and rebuilt with a new equipment warranty.
High Level Palletizers
Production Range: 500 bags/hour to 3,500 bags/hour
Capabilities can include:
- Overlapping
- Layer squaring
- Layer compression
Engineering is available to layout entire system.