The Volkmann Mini RNT is designed to reduce manual bag handling for improved worker safety.

The company has launched a new mobile screw conveyor for low-ceiling facilities.

We wanted to learn more about automating material transfer and what food processors need to know to use it most effectively. Here, we sit down with Forrester to find out how food processors can assess their material transfer system and determine if automation is right for them.

The company integrates dust-free 25kg bag fillers into processes for packaging infant formulas, nutritional mixes and other dry bulk food and dairy powders. 

Bulk bag unloading system has scale hoppers at each station that discharge ingredients per recipe into one of two convey lines delivering to 4 receiving stations.  

This month, we cover dry processing equipment including conveying systems and material handling solutions.

Surge hopper allows for material to collect and flow through a metal detector, ensuring contaminant-free filling. 

Unit allows filling of bulk bags or drums in limited headroom areas, and loading/unloading of pallets using a pallet jack. 

The CTE bulk bag filler has a patented coned densification table for bag stability and can be customized to integrate foil or plastic bag liners, which—following a nitrogen purge and heat-sealing process—can extend stored product life.