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Keeping Food Clean with Bulk Bag Unloaders
Bulk bag unloaders have been used for many years as a way to
unload large bags of bulk material quickly and efficiently. Many industries use
these products, including mining, agriculture, and food manufacturing.
Today, some bulk bag unloader companies have created a new
design for bag unloading specifically for the food and pharmaceutical
processing and packaging industries. These unloaders comply with all
international and domestic sanitary standards.
What this means is that unloading bulk materials is safer
and cleaner than ever. This is done by leveraging integrated automation which
optimizes uptime availability in the food and pharmaceutical processing and
packaging centers. These machines use system-wide processing control,
communication, reporting, sensing, and monitoring all on a touch screen
computer. High speed Ethernet connections allow instant connections with UL
panels. This helps increase the efficiency of the unloader and prevent costly
mistakes.
The combination of the new design with the high-tech
computer enables factories to unload their bags in a sanitary environment
without the risk of contamination. This helps reduce steps in the manufacturing
process and can save the factory owner money and time.
Using this new form of bag unloader, it is possible for a
food manufacturing center to streamline their manufacturing process and cut
back significantly on costs. This is a benefit that most food and
pharmaceutical companies cannot afford to ignore.
Bulk Bag Unloaders
Bulk bag unloaders, also known as bulk bag dischargers, provide
efficient discharging of powders or other dry bulk materials from bags
that were used to provide storage or easy transport for otherwise
difficult-to-handle materials. Bulk bag unloaders are particularly
useful in instances where the bags were taken from storage, because
materials may have become tightly packed over time and much more
difficult to unload manually.
Frequently used for unloading materials such as polymers, cement, soda ash, magnesium oxide, powders, grains and hydrated lime, bulk bag unloaders offer dust-free material handling due to their enclosed, tubular design. Not only useful for a variety of materials, bulk bag unloaders can also be used with a wide range of bag sizes and styles including lined, unlined, polypropylene, mesh, wicketed, gusseted and perforated. At times, bulk bag unloaders may also be used for flexible containers. As a cost-effective and safe means of unloading bulk bags, bulk bag unloaders are often used in industries such as industrial, chemical and food processing, construction, commercial, foundry, mining and pharmaceutical.
Bulk bag unloaders are typically a fairly simple construction to which many accessories may be added depending on the requirements of the application. Bulk bag unloaders mainly consist of a frame, a hopper, bag support, typically suspension loops attached to the bags and an outlet chute. However, there are many different frame configurations for bulk bag unloaders, the most common of which include
fork lift-style and
chain hoist-style. Fork lift-style bulk bag unloaders have pockets that allow for a fork lift to easily load bulk bags into the bulk bag unloader. This type of bulk bag unloader is generally shorter than a chain hoist-style bulk bag unloader because it eliminates upper framework necessary to lift or position the bags. A chain hoist-style bulk bag unloader enables loading of the bags without a fork lift, integrating a pneumatic or electrically powered hoist that allows an operator to lift, position and support the bag for loading. A less common style of bulk bag unloader is crane-style. A crane-style bulk bag unloader uses a crane in much the same way that a fork lift would be operated to load bulk bags. All styles of bulk bag unloaders allow for efficient material discharge for further processing or a longer term mode of storage.
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