Van Beek, Drunen, the Netherlands, has introduced a new design of bag compactor which allows empty bags to be handled economically, efficiently and in an environmentally friendly manner. The empty bags fall down a short chute on to a short screw in a pipe. The screw pushes the bags through the pipe. The pressure of the screw compresses the bags by about two thirds. An endless bag is clamped round the end of the pipe, into which the screw pushes the finely compressed bags.

 

The endless bag sits in a protective cage. “This is to prevent people putting their hands in the screw”, explained Roel Kneepkens, sales engineer at Van Beek. Once the bag is full, the operator opens the protective cage. “The cage has a safety switch that is incorporated in the control circuit of the screw motor, so as soon as someone opens the cage, the motor stops. With the cage open and the motor switched off the operator can cut off the endless bag safely, as if it were a sausage, and then pull a new piece of bag over the tube. As soon as the operator closes the cage again the pressing process continues effortlessly". The screw has a 30mm clearance from the wall and never jams because of the powerful SEW motor. The bag compactor, which has many advantages over the traditional hydraulic press or baling press, can accommodate plastic bags, jute sacks, cardboard bags and combinations of these. Stainless steel and ATEX versions are available. www.van-beek.nl 

 

 

The bag compactor is available in stationary or mobile versions