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B ULK D ISTRIBUTOR
Industrial Packaging
July/August 2019
Fluid-Bag, Teamster raise the bar
A
Finnish and a Swedish company claim to be raising the
bar for handling liquid products in the automotive
industry.
Fluid-Bag, based in Finland and Swedish fi rm Teamster are
launching a new co-operation for the transport, handling and
automated application of high-viscosity products.
Fluid-Bag manufactures fl exible 1,000- and 900-litre containers
that can be emptied effi ciently using its discharge rollers. Teamster
completes the Fluid-Bag set-up by providing the necessary
automation solutions to connect the Fluid-Bag system to robot cells
and integrate the system into the manufacturer’s production line.
A new demo hub has been set up at Teamster’s facility in
Gothenburg showing Fluid-Bag’s containers and how they are fi lled
and discharged. Teamster also demonstrates how the Fluid-Bag
system can be integrated with a robot cell, for example, for applying
liquid sound deadening to a car body. The Fluid-Bag system can be
used in several manufacturing stages, such as body in white,
painting and assembly, for a variety of products including adhesives,
sealants, sealers, wax materials and liquid sound deadening
products.
The main advantages
include: reduced material
consumption thanks to the
effi cient discharge method,
reducing residue to 15kg
instead of 40-50kg using
steel totes; improved
logistics as after discharge,
seven empty Fluid-Bag
pallets that held 7,000
litres take up the same
space as only one
1,000-litre steel tote;
reduced waste as the user
only pays for the disposal
of 15kg compared to 40-
50kg; reduced changeover
A Fluid-Bag in the automatic discharge roller
The Teamster-Fluid-Bag showroom
time with fast, clean and easy to switch containers making no need
for cleaning or changing of expensive O-rings; reduced cleaning and
maintenance as the Fluid-Bag inner liner is made for single use; and
improved quality with no large open surface exposed to air.
“We are jointly looking forward to inviting individuals and groups
within the automotive sector, including trucks and buses, general
industry and suppliers within the OEM industry, to come and visit
the Demo Hub in Gothenburg. Typically, we can offer a half-day
seminar where we provide information about the technology and
estimate the cost for such a setup,” said Ulf Mill, managing director
at Teamster.
“We strongly believe this is state-of-the-art in terms of material
handling solutions of the future, in combination with an industry
solution for material distribution at the OEM,” added Peter Larsson,
executive senior advisor at Fluid-Bag.
www.teamster.se
www.fl uid-bag.com
Thanks to Fluid-
Bag’s discharge
method residue is
reduced to 15kg
instead of 40-50kg
using steel totes