Caking powders in your big bags: what solution?

The use of big bags in industrial processes can sometimes cause flow problems.

Some powders stored for a long time may have a tendency to compact and deaerate. When the operator opens the big bag chute on the emptying station, the stored powder does not flow! Palamatic has developed several solutions to remedy these flow issues and caking problems.

The SmashR® massage cage is the big bag preparation stand specially designed to cut  fragment and break the caking powders stored in big bags. SmashR® " The ultimate big bag crusher " ensures, by means of two push rods articulated by a hydraulic unit, a penetration into the heart of the big bag. The big bag crushing solution on an upstream big bag preparation stand makes it possible to use the equipment at all of your big bag emptying stations.

The experience acquired by Palamatic in big bags guarantees deagglomeration of all types of powders: big bag of milk powder, big bag of oxide, big bag of sugar, big bag of carbonate, etc.

The Palamatic big bag crusher is available in several options: ATEX version, automatic loading of big bags, confined big bag crusher and high big bag crusher. Contact our technical services to book a crushing / fracturing test of your big bags!

For the big bags already on the big bag emptying stand, Palamatic has been developing for more than 30 years a set of pneumatic paddles that masssage the sides of the big bag. The number of massage jacks varies from 2 to 6 depending on the powders processed. Cylinders positioned in the lower part make it possible to break the product bridge, and the pneumatic cylinders positioned in the upper part make it possible to break the agglomeration.

This pneumatic big bag massager solution can be added to existing big bag stations. Do not hesitate to contact our sales department to study this flow solution.

Vibrating big bags is a possible solution to improve flowability. However, this vibration can have the opposite effect if not properly designed and implemented! Vibrating the bottom of the big bag by installing an electric vibrator on the supporting tray of the big bag station requires preliminary precautions. The big bag emptying structure must be compatible with the forces generated by this vibration. The powder handled must be dry in order to avoid settling and the risk of amplifying the agglomeration of the material.

The Palamatic test station integrates all the powder unclogging solutions. We encourage you to visit with our test operators to select the crumbling solution best suited to your process needs.