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MIXING, WEIGHING & CONVEYING AUTOMATIC BAG PLACING FOR ANIMAL FEED
RMGroup’s BP-600 automatic bag placer system is boosting employee productivity at animal feed specialist W.E. Jameson & Son
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MGroup has supplied one of its new automatic bag placer systems, the BP- 600, to North Yorkshire-based animal feed specialist, W.E. Jameson & Son. The equipment includes an automatic bag stitching unit, label application and an ABB robot palletiser.
Jameson supplies animal feed to farmers throughout Yorkshire and the North of England. They offer compounds and blends for dairy, beef and sheep farmers, supplying a range of feeds including soya, rapeseed meal, brewers grains, molasses and fodder beet. Looking to improve staffing levels at their mill and having seen a BP-600 in operation, the manufacturer placed an order with RMGroup for the BP-600 and ABB palletising robot.
Replacing manual operations Delivering an efficient and cost-effective method of automatically placing sacks/bags onto the bagging unit, the BP-600 replaces existing manual operations, thereby
maximising bag-filling production efficiencies. Previous bag presentation issues are eradicated with a consistent flow of bags to the filling head.
Small footprint
The system provides speeds of up to 10 bags per minute and its small footprint means that the configured layout enabled installation in the space provided, without impairing the customer’s ability to fulfil production demands. Designed to accept sacks up to 950mm in length, the bag placer comprises a suction cup vacuum system to pick up bags before being transported on a chain belt, then opened to allow paddle arms to present to the filling head. In this configuration, the
ADDED SHEAR HELPS DE-AGGLOMERATE DRY BULK MATERIALS
A new Model HD-2.5-5-SSI Sanitary Paddle Blender from Munson Machinery provides added shear to de-agglomerate dry bulk solids, pastes, slurries and/or emulsions of low- to medium-density materials in batches up to 0.71 m3
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Fabricated from #304 stainless steel, it features a stationary U-shaped vessel with a flat cover, bottom discharge valve, and horizontal flange-mounted agitator that can be removed vertically for rapid sanitising and maintenance, conserving floor space. A 7.45 kW wash-down duty motor drives the agitator shaft assembly configured with 16 radial arms and short-length paddles that move material in smaller zones over shorter distances with greater cutting action than possible with ribbon-style agitators. Additional shear is provided by four independently-powered intensifiers, each driven by a 3.73 kW wash-down duty motor.
The combined action of paddles and agitators effectively blends solids with solids, and solids with low or high percentages of liquids to produce smooth pastes or slurries. One-piece welded construction, heavy- gauge walls and reinforced end panels, allow paddles to pass within 1.6 to 3.2 mm of the vessel wall, minimising the amount of residual material requiring removal prior to cleaning.
Munson horizontal stationary blenders are equipped as standard with hinged and gasketed cover sections, and removable grating with safety interlocks.
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system is designed to fill up to 25 kg bags of animal feed in woven polypropylene or paper bags that need to be stitched, however, it can also accept plastic pre- made bags.
“This was a new piece to replace our old bagging plant, enabling us to release staff to do other jobs in the mill,” said Jameson’s Bob Prisk. “We also have plans to add the grass seed plant to the line and fully make use of the robot palletiser to stack the bags once filled. We’ll definitely look to use RMGroup again for future investments.”
Starter system
RMGroup’s sales director, Ed Pugh, added: “The BP-600 is an efficient, stand-alone unit, that can be integrated with an existing bag- filler, or combined with a palletiser as part of a full system. Essentially it’s a starter system for those looking to automate their manual bag-placing process, which in turn helps increase staff productivity, as is the case with W.E. Jameson.”
RMGroup
www.rmgroupuk.com
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