New bag dumping station for Flexicon
Flexicon has unveiled a new manual dumping station that collects dust created during manual dumping from food bags, boxes, pails and other containers, and gently conveys the material at any angle over both short and long distances.
The unit with Flexi-Disc tubular cable conveyor features a high velocity vacuum fan that draws airborne dust from the operator’s atmosphere onto cartridge filters, Flexicon explains.
Automatic reverse pulse filter cleaning, it adds, allows continued, efficient operation; timer activated solenoid valves release short blasts of compressed plant air inside the filters causing dust build up on out filter surfaces to fall into the hopper.
Filters are accessed by removing the interior baffle, and replaced using quick disconnect fittings. The conveyor moves material using high strength polymer discs affixed to a stainless steel or galvanised cable, that slide fragile materials within smooth stainless steel tubing, gently, quietly and dust free, horizontally, vertically or at any incline. The discs and cable are driven by a wheel at one end of the circuit and put under tension by a wheel at the other end, and fully evacuate the conveyor of material.
The modular system can have single or multiple inlets and outlets, and convey over short distances or hundreds of metres.
Flexicon says the system is suitable for manual dumping and conveying of food products that are prone to breakage or degradation, including snack foods.