Packaging Your Product in Bulk Bags?
Do You Need A Bag Liner?
Bag liners form a dry, clean and protective barrier between your product and the container interior. A liner can insure a contamination free transport & storage system for dry bulk commodities in the food, pharmaceutical, chemical and mineral industries. Though bag liners won't protect your product from bag damage caused by forklifts or other rough handling, these conditions may warrant a bag liner.
- Food-grade products, or a very light powdery product.
- Products that draw moisture or need moisture protection.
- Products having clean storage, sanitary or shipping requirements, or contamination concerns.
- A product susceptible to oxygen transfer.
- A product whose small micron size easily slips through polypropylene bags.
- When your product's temperature will damage the bulk bag.
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Word Associations
Test Your Cognitive Skills
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Words heard together (such as salt and pepper) or words that have something in common (such as nurse and doctor) are often connected or associated in the brain. Once you hear one, the other is often activated.
The brain teaser below aims to stimulate those associations between words. So what are you waiting for? Read the pairs of words below and find a third word connected or associated with the other two.
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1. LOCK — PIANO
2. SHIP — CARD
3. TREE — CAR
4. SCHOOL — EYE
5. PILLOW — COURT
6. RIVER — MONEY
7. BED — PAPER
8. ARMY — WATER
9. TENNIS — NOISE
10. EGYPTIAN — MOTHER
11. SMOKER — PLUMBER
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You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.
– Dr. Seuss
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What To Consider When Selecting Bagging and Packaging Equipment
When selecting equipment for your packaging process, ask yourself the following four questions:
What Are My Products Characteristics?
To achieve consistent results, you need to select the best feeding device. The four metering devices commonly used in bagging equipment are gravity, screws, belt feeders and vibratory feeders. Your product's flow characteristics will determine which metering device is best for your process.
What Is My Performance Criteria?
Decide if accuracy or feed rate is your main concern. If speed is your primary focus, you may have to sacrifice some accuracy, and vice versa.
How Do I Insure Operator Safety?
When selecting equipment designed for your process, make sure it is suitable and safe for use. Consider:
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Ease of operation: Simple, straightforward operation is best. Complex procedures increase operator error.
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Machine Safety: Though equipment manufacturers are well schooled in machine safety and regulations, ask if the machine guarding is fitted and adequate. Do fixed guards require tools for removal, making it harder for a harried employee to remove or disable guards and expose themselves to hazards? Review safety aspects and functions for the machine, as well as cleaning and maintenance requirements.
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Electrical Enclosures: Is the enclosure locked? Are all enclosures fitted with electrical warning signs? Are the enclosures free from debris and other foreign objects?
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Operators: Involve your staff in the process. Train them on the proper procedures and make sure they understand that following them is for their own protection as well as for the integrity of the equipment.
What Style of Packaging Do I Need?
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Form-Fill-Seal (FFS) packaging equipment forms a bag from from a roll of film, fills it with product and seals it closed. Both horizontal and vertical machines are available. Packing size, packing speed and material characteristics help determine which is best suited for your process.
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Preformed Containers use packaging equipment to fill a specified amount of product into a pre-made container. Examples include valve bags, open mouth bags, drums, boxes and intermediate bulk containers (IBC's).
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Chantland's Model AP2300 Automatic Bag Placing & Filling System during a shop test and start-up at end user's facility. The AP2300 is designed to automatically place and fill paper, plastic and poly-woven open-mouth bags with free-flowing dry solids and powder materials. It can be integrated into existing packaging lines to automate current manual operations. |
Chantland MHS offers a line of bagging machines that simultaneously fill and weigh super sacks, gaylord boxes or drums with dry bulk materials. Their designs maximize packaging rates while maintaining consistent, accurate weighing results.
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FIBC (Flexible Intermediate Bulk Container) Filling Systems use electronic load cell technology to maintain accurate weighing results. Models run the gamut from basic non-weigh designs to advanced, semi-automatic designs.
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Open Mouth Bag Fillers Gravity, pneumatic, auger, impeller, vibratory and belt feed models utilize balance scale beam and electronic load-cell technology to meter dry products such as fine powders, granular materials, chunks and pieces in a controllable, predictable fashion.
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AccelPac is open mouthed bag filling designed primarily for powder and granular products. Modular, rugged, easily maintained, quick change overs, ease of operation and accurate.
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Valve Bags include many models, depending on your products characteristics - impeller fillers for high bulk density powders, plug stack fillers for dry abrasive products, compaction baggers that fill by volume rather than weight, gravity fillers for high density and free-flowing products to name a few.
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Contact your TEC Engineer anytime with questions or to arrange a plant visit.
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