Bulk Bag Weigh Batch System with Pneumatic and Flexible Screw Conveyors Brochure

USA FLEXICON CORPORATION 2400 Emrick Blvd.Bethlehem, PA 18020-8006 USATel: 1 888 FLEXICON(1 888 353 9426)Tel: +1 610 814 2400Fax: +1 610 814 0600E-mail: sales@flexicon.com Web: www.flexicon.comUKFLEXICON (EUROPE) LIMITED89 Lower Herne RoadHerne, Herne BayKent CT6 7PH UKTel: +44 (0)1227 374710Fax: +44 (0)1227 365821E-mail: sales@flexicon.co.uk Web: www.flexicon.co.ukAUSTRALIAFLEXICON CORPORATION(AUSTRALIA) PTY LIMITED78 Westgate StreetWacol, QLD 4076AustraliaTel: +61 (0)7 3879 4180Fax: +61 (0)7 3879 4183E-mail: sales@flexicon.com.auWeb: www.flexicon.com.auSOUTH AFRICAFLEXICON AFRICA (PTY) LTD.PO Box 10450Linton GrangePort Elizabeth 6015South AfricaTel: +27 (0)41 453 1871 Fax: +27 (0)41 453 1670 E-mail: sales@flexicon.co.za Web: www.flexicon.co.zaProductConfigurationwww.flexicon.com®Bulk Bag Weigh Batch System withPneumatic and Flexible Screw ConveyorsQ-0893Bulk Bag Weigh Batch System withPneumatic and Flexible Screw ConveyorsBulk Bag Weigh Batch System with Pneumatic andFlexible Screw ConveyorsFeeds and weighs ingredients, and transportspre-weighed batchesFeeds ingredients to a central weigh hoppermechanically, and transports weighed batchespneumaticallyThis automated Bulk Bag Weigh Batching System from Flexicon feedsingredients to a central weigh hopper at mezzanine level using fourflexible screw conveyors, and transports pre-weighed batches to adownstream blender using a pneumatic conveying system.The BFC Series bulk bag dischargers feature a cantilevered I-beamwith electric hoist and trolley to raise and position bulk bags without theuse of a forklift. The units are equipped with FLOW-FLEXER® bagactivators that raise and lower opposite bottom edges of the bag attimed intervals, loosening compacted materials and promoting materialflow into the discharge spout. As the bag lightens, the stroke of the bagactivators increases, raising the bottom of the bag into a steep "V"shape, promoting total evacuation of material from the bag with nomanual intervention.Each discharger is equipped with a surge hopper discharging into anenclosed Flexicon flexible screw conveyor. A system controller startsand stops each conveyor to weigh ingredients in sequence, first at highfeed rate for rapid filling, then at dribble feed rate, stopping materialflow once the accurate batch weight has been discharged. Systemsoftware allows mid-batch bag changes and automaticallycompensates for material-in-flight by stopping the conveyor in advanceof attaining final batch weights.The controller then activates a rotary airlock valve to discharge thepre-weighed batch into a pneumatic conveyor line terminating at aFlexicon filter receiver positioned above a ribbon blender (not shown).System components are available constructed of carbon steel withdurable industrial finish, or stainless steel finished to industrial food,dairy or pharmaceutical standards.