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SPECIALIST FOR HIGH-PERFORMANCE BAGGING AND PALLETISING SYSTEMS
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by Stefanie Reifbaeck, Statec Binder, GmbH
he Austrian company Statec Binder is dedicated to providing its customers with perfect solutions for bagging and palletising free-flowing bulk goods. Flexibility is therefore an essential aspect for the company itself and for the development of the machines. With 40 years of experience, Statec Binder is now a technology leader in the area of high-performance open-mouth bagging and has successfully installed more than 1,300 machines worldwide.
Extensive product portfolio
Whether it’s plastic pellets, rice, grain, flour, sugar, animal feed, pet food or fertiliser, the product range offers top-quality customer-focused solutions for any industry. The Principac, Certopac, Acropac and Circupac open mouth bagging systems are designed for polyethylene (PE), woven polypropylene (PP) and paper bags with a filling weight of 5-50kg. The high-performance segment is rounded off by the System-T FFS (form-fill-seal) machine used to produce bags from tubular reel, and the System-F vertical FFS machine for producing bags from flat film. The palletising of bags and boxes of any type is made possible, thanks to the fully automatic Principal high-level palletising system, as well as the Principal-R high-performance robot palletiser. Manual and semi-automatic bagging systems, big bag stations, net weighers and the latest bag closing-systems round
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off the extensive product portfolio of Statec Binder. The high quality standard of Statec Binder’s machines, which is valued by its customers, is achieved by using only the best components from well-known suppliers, by the extensive use of stainless steel and by ensuring that the machines have a sturdy design.
High-performance bagging carousel for bagging flour and powdered products
The Circupac bagging carousel, developed by the Austrian company, simplifies the filling of flour and powdered products. Up to 1,200 bags can be filled per hour. The reasons for this are, on the one hand, the continuously rotating carousel and the extended filling time through six filling stations. On the other hand, the constant compression of the product by special vibration plates, as well as the fully automatic bag separation, placement, filling and closing, ensure a smooth process and a well-filled bag. The special feature of the machine, however, is the continuously rotating carousel: All components are precisely matched to each other so that the entire process can be carried out, without a startstop system, and a maximum output of up to 1,200 bags per hour can be achieved. The Circupac is ideal for filling prefabricated pillow and gusset bags made of woven PP, PE or paper with a filling weight of 10-50kg. The bagging process itself is still very simple, but effective. Vacuum suction cups pick up the bags one by one from the magazine and transport them to the pick up station. The bag is then moved to the filling spout, opened, placed and fixed in position. In the meantime, the product is dosed and weighed by a Statec Binder high-performance net weigher and poured through an intermediate funnel into the bag fixed on the spout. Then, the carousel moves the bag to the next station and the next filling spout is ready for a new bag. A total of six filling stations can be installed in the carousel. The product is compressed by a vibration plate, while the bag moves continuously, from station to station. At the end of the carousel, the filled bag is gripped by two gripper arms and positioned on the outfeed conveyor. From there the bag is transported into the bag closing unit. Depending on the bag material and type, the filled bags are either sewn, sealed or hotglued.