AZO, Osterburken, Germany, has introduced a modular filling station which allows gravimetric filling of products in small to medium-size batches. The focus here is on easy cleaning, a high level of versatility and fast retooling to accommodate different small containers like tubs, drums, boxes with inliners, bags and sacks.  The base station can be supplemented with a DA-type cyclone screener, which may be used simultaneously for dosing, and/or with metal detectors for final inspection of the product. Various sack sealing modules are also available. The filling heads for docking the most diverse receptacles without generating dust range from inflatable rings to inflatable collars and foam ring seals. 

Actual dosing accuracy depends on the size of the dosing unit and the flow properties of the bulk material. Typical values here are +/- 10g to +/- 50g within a 50kg weighing range. www.azo.de 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AZO’s base station with integrated weighing capability for filling smaller containers; an inflatable ring (right) ensures dustfree docking of bags