Big-Bag Emptying Station for Bulk Powder Handling
When raw materials are delivered in FIBCs instead of tankers, you still want them to feed your process like a silo. A big-bag emptying station bridges this gap with automated discharge and dosing.
Empties big bags into automated dosing systems
Agriflex’s big-bag emptying station is an automated handling point for raw materials that are not supplied in bulk but arrive in sacks or big bags on pallets. Once the FIBC is placed on the supporting frame, the station allows controlled discharge into a hopper and onward conveying, so you can pick and dose the material just like from a silo
The system can be equipped with stretching and vibration features to support complete emptying, along with dust-tight connections to upstream or downstream piping. Integrated weighing or loss-in-weight dosing options let you feed mixers and kneaders with accurate, repeatable quantities of flour, sugar, salt or blends.
By automating big-bag discharge, you reduce forklift movements, manual cutting and lifting, and dust exposure. The station is particularly suited to specialty flours, minor ingredients and materials for which silo storage is not economical but process integration is still required.
Benefits
- — Automates big-bag discharge into silos or dosing lines
- — Supports accurate dosing with optional weighing systems
- — Minimises dust and product spillage during unloading
- — Reduces manual handling and forklift interventions
- — Ideal for specialty flours, sugars and blends in FIBCs