Bag-break station Erie offers its new bag-break station as an ergonomic alternative to having operators lift and move bags weighing 20-100 pounds. At the bag-break station, operators open bulk bags; an integrated materials-handling unit then moves the material to large bulk bags, mixers or other downstream equipment. Though the standard station comes with Erie's new FlexMAX flexible screw conveyor, units can be customized to be used with other equipment for materials-handling. The stations are available in stainless steel or epoxy-painted carbon steel and feature dust-collection stations with self-cleaning filters. Lump breakers, rotary electric vibrators and pneumatic aeration pads are available as options.
What's new? The station, which hit the market recently, and has already been adopted by manufacturers within the plastics industry.
Benefits Safer, more efficient handling of heavy loads.
Erie Technical Systems Inc., Erie, Pa., 814-899-2103, www.bulkfilling.com
