Filling bulk bags with animal feed or seeds can range from a semi-automatic to a fully automated process. These types of bulk bag filling machines are designed to fill an open spout or duffel top bulk bag with granular, free-flowing, or semi-free flowing materials like corn, grains, nuts, rice, fertilizer, salt, dry sand, plastic pellets, and more.
Animal feed or seeds can be fed into the bulk bag filling machine using slide gates, auger conveyors, or rotary air locks depending on the system requirements.
When a fill cycle starts, the bag is loaded and weighed at the same time. Once the target fill weight is reached, the product flow to the bulk bag automatically stops. Filled bulk bags can be manually removed from the machine or automatically conveyed to an accumulation zone where forklifts retrieve the filled bulk bags for storage or shipping.
Semi-Automatic Bulk Bag Filling Process
1. An operator hangs an empty bulk bag on the bulk bag filling station’s arms and secures the bag’s inlet sleeve to the filling head which inflates on the inside of the sleeve to minimize dust.
2. The operator presses the start button, and the empty bag is pre-inflated to remove any folds or creases.
3. The digital weigh scale automatically zeroes itself and activates the feeding device which could be a slide gate on a hopper, auger conveyor, or rotary air lock.
4. The filling process starts, and animal feed falls by gravity into the empty bulk bag.
5. When a target weight is reached, the digital platform scale signals to the feeding device to stop automatically.
6. The operator removes the sleeve from the filling head and detaches the bag lifting straps from the arms.
7. A forklift is used to remove the filled bulk bag from the machine for storage or shipping.
Automated Bulk Bag Filling Systems
These types of bulk bag loaders are incorporated into an automated filling system that usually consists of bulk bag filling equipment, vibrating platforms, conveyors, slip sheet and pallet dispensers, stretch wrappers, and more. They can also include a robotic forklift that moves the filled bags to a warehouse for storage and shipping.
Automated bulk bag filling systems fill bags at a rate of 1-20+ bulk bags per hour depending on the number of fillers, material flow characteristics, etc.
1. Basic Low Cost Bulk Bag Filling Frame
The most basic and low cost bulk bag filling equipment that we sell consists of a heavy-duty structural steel support frame. It has 2 adjustable arms to accommodate different heights of bulk bags. This type of frame is mostly for duffel top bags that have a very large opening at the top. Animal feed, seeds, or other free-flowing products are discharged directly into the bag from a hopper or tractor with shovel. Pallets will rest directly on the lower part of the frame and will be used to retrieve the full bulk bags when filling is completed.
How much does a bulk bag filling frame cost?
Prices for this type of engineered bulk bag filling equipment range from $4,995 to $10,995 for the frame with hopper.
Optionally, you can add a vibrating table / densification deck, spout top bag clamps, all stainless steel construction, and a spread base that allows removal of the full bag and pallet using a pallet jack. You can also add a platform scale below the filler to manually read out the fill weight during filling.
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2. Spout Top Bulk Bag Filling Equipment
A step up from just the frame would be the bulk bag filler that includes a heavy-duty structural steel support frame with adjustable arms and a spout top with a dual pipe fill head with inflation spout seal. These types of bulk bag filling machines are used for dust tight filling of bags with feed or seed. They are also ideal for volumetric filling of spout top bulk bags.
How much does this type of bulk bag filling equipment cost?
Prices for spout top bulk bag filling equipment with an inflation spout seal start at around $8,995 and go up with options added.
Optionally, you can add a vibrating table / densification deck, platform scale, or pallet deck only, slide gate valves, bag air inflation for lined bulk bags, load cells integrated into the frame base, and more.
3. Spout Top Bulk Bag Filling with Digital Scale Control
This type of bulk bag filling machine is a scale based gain-in-weight bulk bag loader. It includes a heavy-duty structural steel support frame with adjustable arms, a spout top with a dual pipe fill head with inflation spout seal, and an integrated scale and scale controller. These types of bulk bag filling machines are integrated with hoppers and conveyors.
How much does this type of bulk bag filling equipment cost?
Prices for spout top bulk bag filling equipment with integrated scale controls start at $22,990. Add a slide gate for $4,845 or a vibrating table / densification deck with a 1,500 lb. force vibrator for $3,690.
Additional options include dual filler arrangements, vibrating table / densification decks, cartridge filter system for pre-inflating bulk bags with liners, infeed hoppers, all stainless steel construction, automatic pallet dispensers, and more.
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4. Automated Bulk Bag Filling with Auto Bag Discharge
This type of bulk bag filling equipment is used to automatically fill bulk bags with feed and seed or other types of free-flowing, granular products.
The bulk bag filler is built with a heavy-duty steel frame, a stainless steel dual-pipe fill spout, and integrated load cells. It automates the process of hanging, filling, ejecting, and accumulating bulk bags quickly and accurately. The load cells and scale controller enable precise filling in both bulk and dribble modes using a valve or conveyor to reach the target weight. A compressed air bladder seals the bag spout to the machine and automatically releases it when the desired weight is reached. The rotating carriage and loop latches make it easy and ergonomic for the operator to attach the bag. Connecting the fill head to a dust collection system, filter, or filter sock ensures a dust-free filling process.
How much does automated bulk bag filling cost?
Price quotes for automate bulk bag filling are generated on a case-by-case basis due to the large number of technical requirements.
Options include vibrating table / densification decks, cartridge filter system for pre-inflating bulk bags with liners, infeed hoppers, all stainless steel construction, automatic pallet feeders, slip sheet feeders, automatic stretch wrappers, and more.
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