The 3 advantages of using a big bag crusher

The Palamatic big bag conditioner is the ideal solution to ensure the discharging of all your big bags taken in mass. If your materials are agglomerated in big bag bags or if the flow is extremely difficult, the advantages of the hydraulic crusher big bag will convince you!

The increasing use of raw materials in big bags in factories obliges manufacturers to equip themselves with efficient solutions for discharging big bags.

Some products pose major problems during emptying because of their bulkiness. Sugar big bags, wax big bags, flake big bags or even wet product big bags generally have a high mass setting.

When you place a big bag on an emptying station and after opening the sleeve, the product does not flow, it is extremely difficult to correct this problem safely.

When this situation occurs, production operators have to take actions that are often perilous to trigger the flow. The operator, using a bar, tries to break the clods or, using the electric hoist, shakes the big bag... These operations can lead to incidents and, in some cases, serious accidents.

Emptying a caked big bag wastes time and may even lead to a supply failure. The operator in charge of the manoeuvre finds himself in a delicate situation since the open big bag is engaged on the emptying station. It is therefore difficult to remove it. Some Palamatic big bag discharging stations integrate pneumatic cylinders and vibrating plate solutions to help with the flow. When the product is heavily massed, the vibration or pneumatic massage options are not powerful enough to reliably unblock the situation. Upstream use of the hydraulic big bag crusher is the only solution for de-caking big bags.

Also, some forklift drivers may endanger their safety by breaking, hitting or massaging the big bag by shaking it, hitting it against a wall or post. This can cause the big bag to tip over, puncture the big bag or even damage the wall or post used as an anvil! The Palamatic solution of the big bag crusher is the right solution to these dangerous situations.

The installation of a big bag crusher stand in the factory allows the mutualisation of the installation to all big bag emptying stations. Some big bag opening structures integrate autonomous big bag massaging solutions. When several emptying stations are required on the production site, the investment in an on-board massage system can quickly become expensive. Implementing a hydraulic big bag conditioner station makes it possible to integrate all types of big bag emptying stations without specific extraction aid options.

In addition, the performance of the big bag conditioner station is unmatched by on-board emptying station solutions.

The comparison in figures :

• A big bag crusher develops 60 tons against 3 tons for on-board massagers.
• The stroke of the massage arms of the hydraulic massage cage offers a 30% higher penetration stroke VS the pneumatic massagers of the dumping station.

The massage of the big bags on the hydraulic crushing cage offers a dynamic massage which ensures a crushing of the big bag on all the height and on the 4 faces thanks to the use of the rotating lifting table. The big bag crumbling is controlled by an automatic cycle and programmed to break up the mass on all 4 sides of the big bag and over the entire height. The pneumatic big bag massagers installed directly on the emptying stations are fixed and therefore cannot massage the entire big bag.

Integrating a big bag crusher/hydraulic massage cage on your production site is the guarantee to extract all the products packed in big bags without risk for the operators.

The big bag crusher is a standard machine designed to be self contained and easily integrated into your production facility. The crushing pressure is 60 tons but Palamatic engineers have designed the system to have no dynamic force resultant on the structure's legs. Thus, this big bag conditioner can be installed directly on your floor or platform without any modification. Your massage cage only needs an electrical connection to ensure the crushing cycles of your big bags!

The big bag crushing station can be moved according to the option chosen in order to position it as close as possible to the big bag emptying stations.

Breaking up the big bags in a dedicated area or at a service provider's is now possible with Palamatic's hydraulic massage solution.

For your big bags taken in mass in an extreme way, a specific cycle is integrated offering a stronger penetration and intensity. Palamatic's extensive knowledge of powder handling has enabled us to design the most efficient crushing station for all your products in a wide range of industries.

To sum up, here are the advantages of the Palamatic big bags conditioners:

• Hydraulic massage on all 4 sides of the big bag
• Massage over the entire height of the big bag
• 60 tons of crushing pressure
• Standard automatic cycle
• Specific automatic cycle for extremely hard products
• Independent crumbling cage for your production process
• Suitable for all types of big bags
• ATEX version available
• Numerous options available: confinement of the massage cage, movable cage, loading by electric big bag hoist, autonomous loading by motorised roller conveyor, etc.
   

Contact one of our experts for a study on the implementation of a big bag conditioner in your production workshop or consult our dedicated article on the selection of your big bag filling system.