Big bag emptying station for bulk product handling
Streamline your bulk material handling with a station designed to efficiently lift, empty, and convey powders and granules, minimizing manual intervention and ensuring product integrity throughout the process.
Lifts and Empties Bulk Bags
The SBB – Big Bag Emptying Station offers an efficient solution for industries such as food, beverage, and chemicals. Featuring a robust painted carbon steel structure with an electric hoist, it facilitates the lifting and emptying of big bags without requiring a forklift, enhancing operational safety. The station accommodates customized options like stainless steel hoppers and extraction systems, ensuring seamless integration into existing production lines. Designed for flexibility, it supports manual or semi-automated operations and efficiently conveys products such as powdered milk, detergent, and pharmaceutical excipients. Optional load cells provide precise weighing, while dust extraction solutions promote a clean working environment, meeting stringent health and safety regulations. This equipment is ideal for producers seeking to optimize material handling and improve overall efficiency.
Benefits
- Enhances material handling efficiency by eliminating the need for forklifts during big bag emptying.
- Promotes worker safety with a design compliant with health and safety regulations.
- Customizable hopper options ensure compatibility with various production line setups.
- Improves product handling versatility with features like optional load cells and dust extraction systems.
- Supports environmental and safety standards with dust control and optional stainless steel construction.
- Applications
- Food, Chemicals, Personal care, Marine, Gas, Detergents, Energy, Pet food, Beverage, Oil, Environment, Spices, Minerals, New food, Dairy, Pharmaceuticals
- End products
- Detergent powder, Powdered milk, Cosmetic powders, Protein powders, Granulated sugar, Fruit juice concentrate, Cake mix, Flour, Crude oil additives, Animal feed pellets, Seasoning blends, Pharmaceutical excipients, Fertilizer granules, Mineral salts
- Steps before
- Product Preparation, Bag Filling
- Steps after
- Product Conveyancing, Storage, Packaging
- Input ingredients
- big bags, bulk materials, container contents, raw products
- Output ingredients
- discharged product, empty big bags, accumulated materials, conveyed materials
- 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.
- Structure Material
- Painted carbon steel
- Handling Method
- Electric hoist
- Operation Type
- Manual
- Optional Equipment
- Stainless steel hopper
- Safety Compliance
- Health and safety regulations
- Weighing System
- Load cells (optional)
- Dust Control
- Dust extraction system (optional)
- Vibration Assistance
- Bag shaker (optional)
- Bag Closure
- Bag closure system
- Product Accumulation
- Accumulation for bag emptying (optional)
- Automation level
- Manual / PLC / SCADA
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Batch
- CIP/SIP
- CIP available
- Cleaning method
- Manual
- Dust management
- Dust extraction system (optional)
- Handling technology
- Electric hoist and bag shaker
- Single operator capability
- Yes
- Safety compliance
- Compliant with health and safety regulations
- Load management
- Load cells for bag weighing (optional)
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Frame material
- Painted carbon steel
- Hoist type
- Electric hoist
- Hopper material
- Stainless steel
- Operator requirement
- Single operator
- Hopper Material
- Stainless steel / Painted carbon steel
- Discharge Method
- Accumulation with extraction belt or vibrating extractor
- Load Cells
- Optional for bag weighing
- Dust Extraction System
- Optional
- Bag Shaker
- Optional
- Bag Closure System
- Optional