Bulk Bag Unloading Systems

Unloading bulk bags often requires the customization of the unloading system. e.g., surge hopper, dust collection, magnet, airlock, weighing system, etc. Bulk bag unloading systems come in many “colors” and finding the supply partner that can custom engineer bulk bag unloading systems to meet your specific objectives is key to your success. Whether the baking of bread or other food products, feed production, pet food manufacturing, rubber compounding or other industrial applications, custom engineering of FIBC unloading systems is needed.

Sterling Systems & Controls has a full staff of mechanical, electrical and software engineers with decades of technical and application expertise. The Sterling Systems customized FIBC unloading systems can include bulk bag discharging, using a variety of bag sizes, handling single or multiple bags, including an accumulator and material weighing and batch dispensing, being standalone or integrated into an automatic ingredient and recipe batching system, and incorporate the controls required for automatic operation.

FIBC bag unloading systems, including weighing, can be combined with various turnkey solutions for conveying/transporting or dispensing the batch. These carefully selected solutions are used to convey/transport the product to the use points, such as a day bin or mixer. Typical conveying systems include pneumatic & mechanical conveyors. Totes are commonly used where cross-contamination or product degradation is a concern; solid surface and flexible totes are used. Various bulk bag unloading and weighing systems installation configurations are possible, including allowing the system to be mounted through a floor, or on a floor with legs.

Sterling Systems & Controls, Inc. has 50 years of experience providing efficient solutions for custom bag unloading systems, as well as material weighing, batching and process controls.  For more information contact Sterling Systems & Controls.