Bulk-bag discharging system

Material Transfer’s Material Master bulk-bag discharging system lifts, loads, seals and discharges flexible, intermediate bulk containers of dried bulk materials. The unit features an electric chain hoist with motorized trolley, monorail system and energy-chain package. The device has a custom product discharge transition with integral Sure-Seal system for dust-tight discharge into a vibratory feeder with variable speed controls.

Material Transfer; 800-836-7068; www.materialtransfer.com

Wayne Labs has more than 30 years of editorial experience in industrial automation. He served as senior technical editor for I&CS/Control Solutions magazine for 18 years where he covered software, control system hardware and sensors/transmitters. Labs ran his own consulting business and contributed feature articles to Electronic Design, Control, Control Design, Industrial Networking and Food Engineering magazines. Before joining Food Engineering, he served as a senior technical editor for Omega Engineering Inc. Labs also worked in wireless systems and served as a field engineer for GE’s Mobile Communications Division and as a systems engineer for Bucks County Emergency Services. In addition to writing technical feature articles, Wayne covers FE’s Engineering R&D section.