SBB - Big Bag Emptying Station (Raw Materials)
The GEA big-bag emptying station is a system appropriately sized to lift and empty big-bags containing any type of product.
The station is primarily composed of a painted carbon steel structure equipped with an electric hoist to lift the big-bags. An operator can handle and empty any big-bag without a forklift. The machine is designed to function in conditions of total safety in compliance with statutory workplace health and safety regulations. The system can be equipped with a stainless steel hopper to convey the discharged product. If the hopper is required to perform an accumulator function, it can be equipped with an extraction belt or a vibrating extractor to discharge the contents.
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Key Features
• The silos are completely flat inside and free of joint profiles
• Each cell is autonomous and self-supporting
• Different sizes and capacities to suit available space
• Walls made of: Food safe plastic laminated birch plywood panels on both sides / stainless-steel sheet
• Product level probe
• Inspection walkways in non-slip walkable aluminum sheet suitable
• Belt cleaning system equipped with collector tray (optional)
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