This conveyor bag-dump station is mobile
A new sanitary, mobile tilt-down flexible screw conveyor with integral bag-dump station and compactor (photo) allows the transfer of material manually dumped from handheld bags into elevated process equipment, and the disposal of empty bags, dust-free. Mounted on a mobile frame with locking casters and a fold-down step, the bag-dump station is secured to the floor hopper with quick-release clamps, and features a gasketed bag-disposal chute through the side wall of the hopper hood, allowing the operator to pass empty bags directly into the bag compactor. Dust generated from both dumping and compaction is drawn onto the system’s two cartridge filters. An automatic reverse-pulse filter cleaning system releases short blasts of compressed air inside the filters at timed intervals. This causes any dust built up on the outer surfaces to fall into the hopper, conserving useable product. — Flexicon Corp., Bethlehem, Pa.