Feige Filling is the accredited company for manufaturer’s initial calibration

From the 4th quarter of 2010 Feige Filling’s own service technicians are able to carry out the manufacturer’s initial calibration for Feige weigh scales.

As from today, immediately after the machine’s test run, the CE-calibration of non-automatic scales and fully automatic scales of brand new Feige Filling machines and completed weigh scale refits can be done in a quick and uncomplicated way by specially trained accredited Feige Filling personnel!

The final customer has the advantage that no additional personnel have to attend the calibration and the arrangement and coordination with the local W & M authority (Standards Department) is avoided. This saves time and costs.
Feige Filling takes over the full responsibility for the organisation and performance of the CE-calibration.
At the same time there can be scheduled further services, as e.g. inspection, maintenance, training or installation of spare parts without incurring the costs of another visit.
The legal basis for the „manufacturer’s initial calibration“ is a specified „EC-calibration“ for non-automatic scales and fully automatic scales. The basis of the procedure for the initial circulation of scales in Europe are the EC-directives:

1. Directive 2009/23/CE, regulates the putting into circulation of „non-automatic scales(NSW)“.
   The transition period has already expired since 2002.  

2. Directive 2004/22/CE, regulates the putting into circulation „fully automatic scales (SWA). This directive is often designated as “MID”.
(MID = Measuring Instruments Directive)
The transition period for this directive ends in 2016!

By the resolution of the Council (93/456/EEC) the manufacturer himself can perform the CE-calibration as per “module D” for the initial circulation of the scales in Europe.
After the successful manufacturer’s initial calibration Feige will declare CE conformity and filling operation can start.

Do you need more information? Please contact us!
Our specialist Mr. Rüdiger Schwartz is always at your disposal to answer your questions.
Please call him on +49 4531 8909-272 or e-mail Schwartz@feige.com.

Feige Filling ab sofort autorisiert zur Hersteller-Ersteichung

Feige Filling bietet seit Beginn des 4. Quartal 2010 die Durchführung der Hersteller-Ersteichung für Feige-Waagen durch ihre Feige-Servicetechniker an!

Ab sofort kann die EG-Eichung von NSW- und SWA- Waagen unkompliziert und unmit-telbar im Anschluss an den Probebetrieb von Feige Neuanlagen und abgeschlossenen Waagenumbauten durch speziell ausgebildete Eichbeauftragte der Feige Filling durchgeführt werden.

Der große Vorteil für den Endkunden liegt darin, dass kein zusätzliches Personal zur Eichung mehr benötigt wird und die Abstimmung und Koordination mit der lokalen benannten Stelle (Eichbehörde) entfällt. Das spart Zeit und Geld!
Feige Filling übernimmt vollständig die Verantwortung für die Organisation und Durchführung der EG-Eichung!
Gleichzeitig können dann auch weitere Dienstleistungen eingeplant werden, wie z.B. Inspektion, Wartung, Schulung oder der Einbau von Ersatzteilen, wodurch eine erneute An- und Abreise ebenfalls eingespart werden kann.
Rechtsgrundlage für die „Hersteller-Ersteichung“ ist eine erforderliche „EG-Eichung“ für NSW- und SWA- Waagen. Grundlage des Verfahrens für das erstmalige in Verkehr bringen von Waagen in Europa sind die EG-Richtlinien:

1. Richtlinie 2009/23/EG, regelt das in Verkehr bringen von „nichtselbsttätigen Waagen (NSW)“.
Die Übergangsfrist ist bereits seit 2002 abgelaufen und gilt somit uneingeschränkt in der EU.
2. Richtlinie 2004/22/EG, regelt das in Verkehr bringen von „selbsttätigen Waagen (SWA)“. Diese Richtlinie wird auch oft als „MID“ bezeichnet.
(MID = Measuring Instruments Directive)
Die Übergangsfrist für diese Richtlinie endet 2016!

Durch den Beschluss des Rates (93/456/EWG) kann der Hersteller nach „Modul D“ die EG-Eichung für das erstmalige in Verkehrbringen der Waagen in Europa selbst durchführen!
Nach erfolgreich durchgeführter Hersteller-Ersteichung wird von Feige die CE Konformität erklärt und der Abfüllbetrieb kann starten.

Wünschen Sie noch weitere Informationen? So sprechen Sie uns bitte an!
Unser Mitarbeiter Herr Rüdiger Schwartz steht Ihnen zur Beantwortung Ihrer Fragen gern zur Verfügung unter Tel. +49 4531 8909 -272 oder e-mail schwartz@feige.com

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.

Feige verpackt Fertigputz in Plastiksäcke

Dem Trend entsprechend stellte man bei JUB Überlegungen an, Fertigputz in Plastiksäcke abzufüllen. Ökonomische und ökologische Vorteile für Hersteller und Verbraucher erleichterten die Entscheidung für den Sack. So benötigt man weniger Ladevolumen und spart Rohstoffe gegenüber der Verpackung in herkömmliche Eimer.

Seit 2003 hat Feige Filling 6 Abfüllanlagen zur Verpackung von Farben und Putzen bei Jub in Slowenien und Serbien geliefert. Dieses Mal überzeugte die integrierte Bauweise und der geringe Installationsaufwand der halbautomatischen Sackfüll- und Verschließmaschine Typ 4.

Nachdem der Bediener einen offenen Sack in die Sackhaltevorrichtung gelegt hat, braucht er nur noch die Starttaste zu drücken. Der Sack wird während der Befüllung sicher gehalten und stützt sich auf den Sackstuhl ab. Präzise, eichgenau befüllt im Grob- und Feinstrom wird der Sack aus dem Füller entnommen und mit dem Schweißgerät verschlossen.

Ein wichtiges Detail, auf das auch bei diesem günstigen Füller nicht verzichtet wurde, sind totraumfreie Füllventile mit selbstnachstellender Dichtbuchse in Schnellwechsel-Füllventilaufnahmen für einen sekundenschnellen Produktwechsel und effiziente Reinigung. Für die Abfüllung von 30 kg Putz werden oben offene Polyethylen-Säcke verwendet, die zusätzlich verstärkt sind.
Pro Stunde können hier bis zu 150 Säcke befüllt werden!

Als geballte Technologiekompetenz bewies sich einmal mehr die Haver & Boecker Gruppe. Nicht nur Mischer von der Tochtergesellschaft Sommer GmbH & Co. KG sind bei JUB im vorbereitenden Prozess im Einsatz. Es wurden auch alle Komponenten um das Handling des Sackes vom Füll- bis zum Versiegelungsprozess von der Haver & Boecker Maschinenfabrik bezogen.

Feige Filling and Sommer offer turnkey solutions for the Paint and Lacquer Industry

In 2003 Feige joined the Haver & Boecker Technology Group. Gerhard Feige, the founder of company Feige, sold his shares to Haver & Boecker.
Since then business has continued to grow. Our market position has been further strengthened. Since 2009 the Haver & Boecker Techology Group holds a stake in Sommer Maschinen- & Anlagenbau.
We offer an all around concept including mixing and producing of colours as well as filling and packing to our customers.
The world-wide leading producers of vessels and mixers on the one hand and machines for the filling of liquid and pasty products on the other hand do not only offer turnkey solutions, but also the respective around the clock service concerning the After Sales activities.
Both companies are globally represented by either their subsidiaries or highly skilled local agents.
Feige and Sommer are always one step ahead when it comes to innovations and as trend-setters offer all possibilities:

• Customized solutions
• Revolutionarily fast
• Perfectly mixed
• Mobile
• Plug & Fill
• High-class robotics (RobotFiller)

Laboratory mixing units and manual filling systems are available for customer’s test runs.

During the last years and decades a number of joint customers already successfully realized their projects with Feige and Sommer. This interface now merged. Continuous developments guarantee a high efficiency of the entire process to our customer.
Feige and Sommer attach great importance to explosion-proof areas, focusing on ATEX conformity of the filling systems themselves as well as the peripheral equipment. All systems are subject to the strict quality management of the certification according to EN ISO 9001.

Not only the customized engineering, also the economic system of standard components, construction groups and control conceptions indicates Feige and Sommer as attractive partner for medium and large sized enterprises in the chemical and pharmaceutical industry, petro-chemical industry, building material, paint and lacquer industry, food processing, construction materials industry, logistics and packing industry. A global network of subsidiaries and our agencies in France, Brazil, USA, Spain, Poland, China, India and Singapore focus their utmost attention on our customers, always guided by our head offices in Bad Oldesloe and Düsseldorf.

Feige Filling ACHEMA 2009

Pallet filling machine with reliable bunghole location

For almost 20 years Feige has been fitting its liquid filling equipment for liquid and pasty products with patented camera system. For fully automatic filling the camera system automatically locates the bungholes of the containers on the pallet. Any type of container can automatically be filled – ranging from the 20 l can up to the 1000 l IBC. Many years of experience with different fields of application helped the Feige engineers to continuously develop the camera system which has always been adapted to the latest state-of-the-art in sensor and image processing technology.

This development of the patented camera system is incorporated in the innovative Feige pallet filler type 37. Thus, this machine is the first automatic pallet filler offering the proven “Plug & Fill” concept.

“Plug & Fill“ is the Feige concept to integrate all components of the electric and pneumatic control into the machine and to set the machine into operation directly after mains supply and compressed air have been connected. In this way, extensive installation and commissioning work on site can be omitted.

The positions of the filling openings – from 20 l to 1000 l IBC - are automatically located by a camera system and the pallet filler automatically fills the containers one after the other and approved for verification. Of course, the development of the previous Feige system recognises whether the containers are open or closed. And the camera system will not be influenced by dirt, labels or water stains on the container head. This makes the system most suited to several fields of application, even in hazardous area and will lead to remarkable increase in productivity. The camera system is also suited to remote maintenance. Feige is able to configure new container types or particular applications for the customer – worldwide and cost-effective.

Thus, the filling experts at Feige use a well-proven system with highest pixel resolution providing exact and safe positioning of tools during filling.

The innovative “Plug & Fill“ pallet filler type 37 offers a sophisticated, quick and safe matrix technology to fill most different types of containers. A fork lift truck places a pallet with the empty and open containers on a pit scale platform. After the START button is pressed the full image camera system identifies the coordinates of the filling openings. The three positioning systems (for x-, y- and z-axis of the filler) automatically position the filling unit to the calculated coordinates and filling is started. The operator will only be prompted to change the pallet. Thus, the system offers highest productivity in production.

The construction and the construction dimension of the automatic pallet filler even enable the filling of several layers and the filling of incomplete pallets.

As usual, the innovative Feige pallet filler is a gravimetric system where filling is controlled by the well-proven Feige weigh scale.