Bulk bag discharger with safety cage
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new BULK-OUT® Model BFF Bulk
Bag Discharger features a steel
safety cage to prevent contact
with moving parts during operation and
automated unloading of bulk bags. The
enclosure features externally-mounted
controls and full height doors with an
Intrinsically Safe Relay (ISR) that halts
operation when the door is open.
The discharger is equipped with top-
mounted receiving cups and a removable
bag-lifting frame for forklift loading of
bulk bags. Z-CLIP™ strap holders at the
frame extremities allow rapid, secure
insertion and removal of bag straps. bag empties to eliminate creases, folds or
bulges that could hinder material flow.
A manual SPOUT-LOCK™ clamp ring
positioned atop a pneumatically-actuated
TELE-TUBE™ telescoping tube provides
quick, dust-tight connections between
the bag spout and hopper, and maintains
downward tension on the spout as the The universal flanged outlet of the
hopper allows connection of a rotary
airlock or charging adapter to feed
optional pneumatic or mechanical
conveyors, or other downstream
equipment.
Additional flow promotion is afforded
by FLOW-FLEXER™ bag activators that
raise and lower opposite bottom sides
of the bag at timed intervals, loosening
compacted material and directing it into
the discharge spout. As the bag lightens,
the stroke of the bag activators increases,
raising the bag bottom into a steep “V”
shape, while top-mounted POP-TOP™
extension devices elongate the entire
bag, promoting total discharge with no
manual intervention.
This unit is constructed of carbon
steel with durable industrial
finish, with stainless steel material
contact surfaces, or in all-stainless
steel finished to food, dairy or
pharmaceutical standards.
The company also manufacture bulk
bag conditioners, bulk bag fillers,
flexible screw conveyors, tubular
cable conveyors, pneumatic conveying
systems, bag dump stations, drum/
box/container tippers, weigh batching
and blending systems, and engineered
plant-wide bulk handling systems with
automated controls.
For information contact Flexicon
Europe Ltd, +44 (0)1227 374710
[email protected]
www.flexicon.co.uk