Flexicon demonstrates how there’s more than one kind of conditioner for haircare
French producer Fareva are leaders in the formulation, production and filling of cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, food and home care products. There facilities are world-wide and one such production centre is the subsidiary, Fillcare Ltd., with a production plant in Pontyclun, Mid Glamorgan. Fillcare, as a third party manufacturer, specialises in shampoos, hair conditioners and skincare products.
Recently they invested in a pneumatic, vacuum, bulk materials transfer system to move raw materials from bulk bags into the manufacturing vessel. This allowed them to scale up from 25kg bags to bulk bags with all the benefits of improved manual handling and productivity. However, one particular fatty alcohol in the form of wax flakes, which was common to most formulations, presented troublesome flow characteristics as well as compacting problems.
The non-free-flowing wax flakes, with an angle of repose of 60 degrees and above, were inclined to degrade, pack, cake or smear, even bridge and cavitate as well as solidify. These characteristics clearly rendered the flow activation devices designed into the materials handling system less effective and presented major problems, sufficient to stop production regularly while blockages were cleared.
The material transfer problem, however, was soon resolved when they consulted bulk solids handling specialists Flexicon (Europe) Ltd. who had recently designed and commissioned a dedicated bulk bag conditioner to add to their portfolio of equipment accessories and was intended to sit upstream of the third party’s bulk transfer system.
The conditioner’s two hydraulic rams with specially-contoured end plates press opposing sides of bulk bags to loosen bulk, solid material that has solidified during storage and shipment, enabling bulk bag unloaders to discharge such material through bag spouts. It is especially intended for bulk bags containing classic materials prone to solidifying to the point at which pneumatically-actuated flow promotion accessories, integral to bulk bag dischargers, are inefficient or completely ineffective.
An optional, hydraulically-actuated, variable-height turntable allows in-frame bag rotation and conditioning of bulk bags at varying heights. The number and pressure of hydraulic ram actuations, the height of the turntable and the number of 90-degree rotations are user-adjustable.
The system controller and hydraulic pump can be mounted on the exterior of the safety cage or remotely.
The conditioner is fully enclosed on all four sides for operator safety and includes full-height doors that are interlocked to prevent operation of the system when the doors are open.
Available as a stand alone unit as supplied to Fillcare Ltd. the conditioner can also be an integral component of a bulk bag discharger and can accommodate bulk bags of all popular sizes and requires only an electrical power connection for operation.
Photo: The combined action of a hydraulically-actuated, variable-height turntable and two hydraulic rams with specially-contoured end plates presses opposing sides of bulk bags at varying heights to loosen compacted material (Ram Safety Guards removed to show detail).
Bulk Bag Conditioner at Fillcare Ltd.
Flexicon demonstrates how there’s more than one kind of conditioner for haircare
French producer Fareva are leaders in the formulation, production and filling of cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, food and home care products. There facilities are world-wide and one such production centre is the subsidiary, Fillcare Ltd., with a production plant in Pontyclun, Mid Glamorgan. Fillcare, as a third party manufacturer, specialises in shampoos, hair conditioners and skincare products.
Recently they invested in a pneumatic, vacuum, bulk materials transfer system to move raw materials from bulk bags into the manufacturing vessel. This allowed them to scale up from 25kg bags to bulk bags with all the benefits of improved manual handling and productivity. However, one particular fatty alcohol in the form of wax flakes, which was common to most formulations, presented troublesome flow characteristics as well as compacting problems.
The non-free-flowing wax flakes, with an angle of repose of 60 degrees and above, were inclined to degrade, pack, cake or smear, even bridge and cavitate as well as solidify. These characteristics clearly rendered the flow activation devices designed into the materials handling system less effective and presented major problems, sufficient to stop production regularly while blockages were cleared.
The material transfer problem, however, was soon resolved when they consulted bulk solids handling specialists Flexicon (Europe) Ltd. who had recently designed and commissioned a dedicated bulk bag conditioner to add to their portfolio of equipment accessories and was intended to sit upstream of the third party’s bulk transfer system.
The conditioner’s two hydraulic rams with specially-contoured end plates press opposing sides of bulk bags to loosen bulk, solid material that has solidified during storage and shipment, enabling bulk bag unloaders to discharge such material through bag spouts. It is especially intended for bulk bags containing classic materials prone to solidifying to the point at which pneumatically-actuated flow promotion accessories, integral to bulk bag dischargers, are inefficient or completely ineffective.
An optional, hydraulically-actuated, variable-height turntable allows in-frame bag rotation and conditioning of bulk bags at varying heights. The number and pressure of hydraulic ram actuations, the height of the turntable and the number of 90-degree rotations are user-adjustable.
The system controller and hydraulic pump can be mounted on the exterior of the safety cage or remotely.
The conditioner is fully enclosed on all four sides for operator safety and includes full-height doors that are interlocked to prevent operation of the system when the doors are open.
Available as a stand alone unit as supplied to Fillcare Ltd. the conditioner can also be an integral component of a bulk bag discharger and can accommodate bulk bags of all popular sizes and requires only an electrical power connection for operation.
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Photo: The combined action of a hydraulically-actuated, variable-height turntable and two hydraulic rams with specially-contoured end plates presses opposing sides of bulk bags at varying heights to loosen compacted material (Ram Safety Guards removed to show detail).
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