Feige fills ready-mixed mortar into plastic bags

Following the trend, JUB thought about filling ready-mixed mortar into plastic bags. Economical and ecological advantages for the producer and the customer made the decision for the bag easier. Compared with the packing in conventional pails, less storage capacity is required and raw materials are saved.
Since 2003 Feige Filling has delivered 6 filling machines for the filling of paints and mortars to JUB in Slovenia and Serbia. This time the compact design of the semiautomatic bag filling and sealing machine type 4 and the minimal installation work required were the persuading factors.
After the operator has placed an open bag into the bag holding device he only needs to press the start button. The bag is held securely during filling and is supported by the bag support. After precise W&M approved filling in coarse and fine fill the bag is removed from the filler and sealed with a sealing unit.
Even for the cost-effective bag filler one important feature of Feige filling machines is not missing: Filling valves with minimum dead space and self-adjusting sealing, with quick connectors for quick change of product and efficient cleaning. For the filling of 30kg of mortar open polyethylene bags are used which have been enforced additionally. Up to 150 bags can be filled per hour.
Once again the Haver & Boecker Group has proven to be a cumulative technology competence. Not only are agitators from the subsidiary Sommer GmbH & Co. KG being used in the preparation processes. But all components for the handling of the bag from the filling to the sealing process were also acquired from the Haver & Boecker Maschinenfabrik.

Liquidus made by Feige for automatic filling of liquid and pasty products in plastic bags

HAVER & BOECKER and FEIGE FILLING, the leading manufacturers of filling machines for bulk material and liquid and pasty products respectively, have succeeded in developing a fully automatic machine for now filling pasty products into plastic bags as well.

The "Liquidus" made by Feige sets the benchmark in automatic filling of liquid and pasty products in plastic bags.

Already last year, the semi automatic "BagFiller" has been launched in market. The positive experiences which have been made with this type of filler have lead to the development of the "Liquidus", in co-operation with the parent company Haver & Boecker. The "Liquidus" is an automatic filling machine which enables the filling via filling valve of up to 640 plastic bags/h (25 kg each) with pasty products.

This enormous output is feasible thanks to the well proven Feige product control providing high speed and clean filling appropriate for verification.

The scale software controls the product flow and thus the degree of opening of the filling valve. The instantaneous weight is continuously measured during filling and subtracted from the target weight (product flow). A control algorithm uses these values to achieve the exact fill weight.

When filling is completed, the remaining air in the bag is extracted to prevent the product from getting into contact with the surrounding air before the bag is closed.

The proven Haver & Boecker FFS machine is the component which produces and handles the bags. Through the co-operation with the parent company the filling process has been harmonised.

Due to the integrated design, comprising all components from bag production to bag out-feed in one equipment, the "Liquidus" can be set into operation with least installation work. Once the product line for supply and return and compressed air is connected and power supply is put on, the new bag filler can straight be used.

This filler reveals remarkably new possibilities for the filling technology as filling in plastic bags is an attractive alternative for the user referring to economic and environmental aspects.

Up to now the building industry has used pails to bring their products (ready-mixed plaster, paints, adhesives, etc.) to the customer on site. Bags, however, are much smaller when the product is used up and can easier be disposed of. Thus, the waste material is clearly less.

Compared to an empty pail, another environmental benefit is the easier transport of the empty bag roll from the packaging material manufacturer to the building material manufacturer. And the roll of empty bags requires much less shipping volume. Furthermore, the production of a bag needs less raw material. This is an aspect both the filling company and the consumer will benefit from as the prices go down.

This new way of packaging is certainly a milestone in environment protection, leading at the same time to reduced costs.

In short, the "Liquidus" made by Feige Filling revolutionises the fully automatic filling of liquid and pasty products.