Automatic bag slitting and emptying for powders
Streamline your powder-processing operations by seamlessly integrating bag slitting and emptying. Ensure product integrity and operator safety with an enclosed, high-hygiene environment, minimizing contamination and manual labor.

Processes and Empties Powdered Product Bags
The GEA HYGiTip Bag Emptying System, developed by GEA Group, offers a robust solution for processing powdered products in food, dairy, beverage, and pharmaceutical industries. This fully automatic system specializes in safely conditioning, cutting, and emptying 20-25 kg bags, ensuring efficient discharge of products like infant formula, protein powder, and spice blends up to an impressive 8 metric tonnes per hour.
Operating in a fully enclosed, hygienic environment, the HYGiTip minimizes contamination risk and improves operator safety. By incorporating a positive grip mechanism and automated liner cutting, the system maintains product integrity during processing. The stainless steel construction ensures durability and easy maintenance, meeting industry hygiene standards.
Equipped with integrated powder handling capabilities, it seamlessly links with upstream and downstream processes like de-palletizing, sterilization, and dust collection, offering a comprehensive automated handling solution. Its design supports waste stream separation, allowing for efficient recycling of packaging materials. Minimal manual intervention is required, limited to daily cleaning, resulting in reduced labor costs and enhanced operating efficiency, making it a valuable asset for modern production lines.
Benefits
- Enhances product safety with fully enclosed processing environment.
- Lowers labor costs through minimal operator intervention.
- Increases operational efficiency with continuous processing capability.
- Mitigates contamination risks using automated bag conditioning and cutting.
- Promotes sustainable waste management with packaging separation for recycling.
- Applications
- Food powders,Powdered food,Multi-wall paper bags,Dairy products,Polyethylene bag products
- End products
- Baking mixes,Powdered milk,Spice blends,Cocoa powder,Infant formula,Protein powder,Flour mixes,Instant coffee
- Steps before
- Depalletizing,Outer Stripping,Sterilization
- Steps after
- Powder Handling,Dust Collection,Waste Management
- Input ingredients
- 20-25 kg polyethylene bags,multi-wall paper bags,pillow type bags with integral polyethylene pouch,powdered food products,dairy powders
- Output ingredients
- discharged powdered food,recycled kraft bags,plastic inner bag processed,powdered dairy products
- Market info
- GEA is known for its expertise in engineering innovative and sustainable equipment and solutions, focusing on sectors such as food, beverages, pharmaceuticals, and energy, with a reputation for quality, efficiency, and advanced technological applications in industrial processing.
- Automation
- Fully automatic
- Bag type
- Multi-wall paper bags with polyethylene liner
- Capacity
- 8 metric tonnes/hr
- Discharge rate
- 8 tonnes/hr
- Emptying method
- Automatic bag conditioning and cutting
- Powder recovery efficiency
- 99.9%
- Bag size
- 20-25 kg
- Material handling
- Pillow type bags with polyethylene pouch
- Construction material
- Stainless steel
- Automation level
- Fully automated with PLC control
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Continuous
- Changeover time
- Minimal
- CIP/SIP
- Daily cleaning recommended
- Cleaning method
- Manual for daily maintenance
- Air incorporation control
- Enclosed environment
- Safety interventions
- No operator intervention required during operation
- Energy efficiency
- Optimized for continuous operation
- Product recovery rate
- 99.9%
- Biological compatibility
- Yes
- Cleanability
- Stainless steel suitable for CIP
- Corrosive resistance (e.g. acids)
- Stainless steel 316
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Machine footprint
- Compact
- Material Construction
- Stainless steel
- Discharge method
- Automatic tipping
- Bag size
- 20-25 kg
- Bag type compatibility
- Multi-wall paper bags
- Control panel type
- PLC / User Interface
- Integration possibilities
- Compatible with existing systems / Modular integration
- Discharge method
- Automatic / Continuous