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Designing Bagging Lines To Meet Requirements
Designing Bagging Lines To Meet Requirements
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Bagging Feature
As the first and only in the world, Ehcolo is now supplying its palletisers with servo control and kinetic energy recovery system,
which collect all the motors braking energy for re-use, so we can supply the first ”green” palletiser.
SACK-FILLING SYSTEMS
to meet requirements DESIGN,
DEVELOPMENT
Specifying and designing bagging lines for the food processing industry PALLETISING SYSTEMS AND MANUFACTURE
CUSTOM-MADE PACKAGING SYSTEMS
A for low-fat dehydrated milk to wet sand
bagging line in a production plant In the grain-based food sector, bags are One key requirement is high operating
is closely tied to the associat- made almost exclusively of paper, woven reliability and maximum flexibility.
ed production and distribu- plastic or textiles. A large number of suit- Due to the complexity of a bagging line, in plastic or paper sacks
tion processes, including the upstream able bag and bag closure types are available, the individual components must be of high from tubular film to pre-made sacks
and downstream logistics. This may such as stitching with the optional addition quality and carefully matched in order to
have an impact on the availability of of tape-bound closures or a folding device; ensure high operating reliability and maxi-
with or without gussets
the entire production plant and must gluing; or sealing. Each method has its specific mum availability. from 1 to 50 kg
therefore be taken into account in advantages and disadvantages. Today, automatic bag attachers and bag by weight or volume
evaluating and designing the line. But whatever bag and closure type is chosen, transfer and spreading units are normally
this decision will always have an impact on the part of the standard equipment of bagging from 100 to 2500 sacks per hour
To achieve the best possible perform- entire bagging line and its design. In addition, the lines. If the proper bag materials are used, with any closure
ance, it is essential that the production bag materials used in fully automatic bagging lines an automatic bag attacher will be capable of
management and distribution department must meet higher quality requirements. processing woven plastic bags as well as the
palletised in any pattern
cooperate closely in defining the basic con- paper bags commonly applied. with water-resistant stretchhood
cept of such a line. Operating reliability A bag transfer and spreading unit trans-
The ”bag” as a container for packing and automation fers the bag from the bagging spout and
foods offers various benefits. In the design and specification of a bag- feeds it automatically to the bag closing
It allows an attractive presentation of the ging line, it is essential to satisfy the specific system. Both automatic units increase the
ARODO BVBA, Hoge Mauw 740, 2370 Arendonk Belgium
product, is a significant advertising medium plant requirements. But a number of funda- throughput capacity and reduce the man-
power requirement. Both units can be inte-
Tel. +32 14 67 23 32, Fax, +32 14 67 17 60
and reflects the quality of the product it mental requirements must always be met by
contains. bagging lines in food applications. grated either with a single-bag packer or in a www.arodo.com
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