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A new FLEXICON® Mobile Bag Dumping Station with glove box, bag compactor and flexible screw conveyor transfers material manually dumped from hand-held sacks into elevated process equipment or storage vessels across multiple plant locations dust free. The system isolates bulk material from the operator and plant environment throughout opening, dumping and compaction of bags, and the conveying of material downstream.
The self-contained system’s frame is equipped with locking wheel casters, ensuring stability during heavy load transfers while allowing the unit to be easily rolled into storage or for cleaning when not in use.
Using built-in rubber gloves, operators retrieve bags through a hinged door on the hood’s sidewall, placing them onto a grate for opening and emptying without direct skin contact. Emptied bags are then passed through a second hinged door on the opposite sidewall into the integrated bag compactor, streamlining disposal.
The dust collector maintains negative pressure within the enclosure, and a dual-cartridge filtration system captures dust generated during dumping, bag disposal, and compaction. Filters are easily accessible via a removable interior baffle and feature quick-disconnect fittings for fast replacement.
The high-capacity cylinder on the bag compactor can compress up to 80 bags into a removable bin. Safety interlocks on the compactor’s main door and the flapper door linking it to the dust hood prevent operation unless the door is securely closed.
Material flows from the hopper into the charging adapter of the screw conveyor. A stainless-steel screw with a specialized geometry effectively handles both free- and non-free-flowing bulk materials, including those prone to packing, caking, smearing, seizing, or fluidizing—without causing blend separation.
