Flexicon BULK-OUT low-profile bulk bag discharger

Flexicon’s updated series of BULK-OUT half-frame bulk bag dischargers features frames of variable heights and offsets to fit restricted areas previously utilised for the dumping of smaller containers such as sacks, pails, drums, boxes and bins.

The low-profile dischargers are engineered to straddle downstream blenders, feeders, tanks or other equipment in areas with limited headroom, restricted floor space and/or obstacles that would preclude the use of conventional discharger frames.

Lacking an upper frame, the discharger provides overhead space for the suspending of bulk bags using a forklift or plant hoist. It can also be configured to support new or existing bulk bag lifting frames that can be connected to bags at floor level and then forklifted onto the half frame within centimetres of the ceiling.

The bag-to-discharger interface consists of a SPOUT-LOCK clamp ring positioned atop a pneumatically actuated TELE-TUBE telescoping tube, allowing dust-tight connections.

The high-integrity, dust-tight seal between bag spout and clamp ring enables full-open discharge from bag spouts of all popular diameters, eliminating the need for iris valves.

The discharger is also equipped with FLOW-FLEXER bag activators that raise and lower opposite bottom edges of the bag at timed intervals, loosening compacted materials and promoting material flow through the bag discharge spout.

Product contact surfaces are of stainless steel, with frame construction of carbon steel, or stainless steel finished to industrial, food, dairy or pharmaceutical standards.