Bale Opening Machines for Fibre Bales

Overview

Throughout the years Entecon Industries Ltd has manufactured many Automatic Bag Slitters for different types of food manufacturers.

A solid bale fibre manufacturer contacted us with a project to convert our ASO to be able to cope with their bales.

This was a significant challenge as the fibre acted in a completely different way than the powder product we are used to.

The objective is to remove the plastic wrapper effectively, separating this from the fibre product while reducing the cost per KG for manufacture.

Project

Entecon has produced a concept ASO Automatic Sack Opener 300ML (longer modified version of our standard ASO) to cope with the bales of fibre (3 different core sizes) with no physical adjustments between batches. The machine is to the customers configurations including using Allen Bradley Rockwell components and SMC / Norgren Pneumatics to ensure smooth integration and minimal spares holdings.

The ASO-Bale means that the client no longer needs 2 operators in full PPE to manually slit the bags containing a carcinogenic product - saving on time, costs and optimizing safety. This high capacity, repeatable automated solution removes the plastic into a separate waste stream.

Therefore, the saving on the cost per KG as per the original objective is achieved.

Version of the fibre bale

Objectives

The client and Entecon developed the design criteria which includes:

Improving the material handling process and contain dust / removing operators from the manual process and reducing risk

Enhancing throughput and meeting the production capacity

Reducing manual labour and associated risks

Ensuring compatibility with client's existing production line

For more information on Bale Opening Machines for Fibre Bales talk to Entecon Industries Ltd