NBE integrated bulk material handling system

NBE has introduced an automated bulk material handling and packaging system built on the NBE integrated construction and controls infrastructure.

The complete process sequence, including pallet/base supply, slipsheet pick and placement, bulk material infeed, packaged contents isolated densification, weighing, and finished-package accumulation conveyance, operates on paired, process-specific structural framework chassis with all automation and control functions centralised on a single, menu-driven HMI to enable standardised and system-wide data reporting. The integrated construction provides the basis for reduced total cost of ownership, relative to the common systems integration concept of bolt-together, divergent ‘islands’ of equipment.

The slipsheet dispenser magazine can hold up to 1100 kg of sheet. Sensors and automated controls guide the dispenser lift carriage along horizontal and vertical flanged cam rollers to provide highly accurate pick and place of up to 30 slipsheets per hour. The bulk bag filling stage of this bulk packaging system uses a cantilevered fill head/bag hanger carriage design with pneumatic actions to bring the fill head and rear bag hooks to well within the operator’s reach - eliminating the need for the operator to step or lean into the equipment.

The 8 GPM hydraulic lift carriage easily and safely lifts bag capacities up to 2000 kg. The hang-weigh system provides valid, accurate and repeatable weighing of the bulk bags to an accuracy of ±0.05% of bag weight, and the bulk bag densification platform uses 3 g of high-speed, low-intensity vibration to settle material in the bag to a dense, stable and safe load.