Accessories
There are many accessories PSI offers with our auger packers that help to make any bag filling operation as easy and efficient as possible. The purpose for all of these accessories is to customize each machine to fit the wide range of different products that can be filled into a bag. Here we outline the most important additions. For a complete list of all accessories, please feel free to call us!
RA5 Hopper- This hopper is used for products that maintain normal bridging characteristics. It uses a ribbon agitator in combination with rotary paddles to provide uniform delivery to the auger. View Drawing
RA7 Hopper- The RA7 Hopper is built with a rugged design and meant to handle products with extreme bridging characteristics. It employs one ribbon agitator and one ribbon/rotary paddle agitator to maintain a continuous and steady flow of the product is delivered to the auger. View Drawing
“V” Hopper- Mainly used for free-flowing products that don’t require influence on its way to the auger, doesn’t use an agitator or rotary paddles like the other hoppers offered. View Drawing
Inspection Door- All of the hoppers PSI offers come equipped with an inspection door and safety switch meant for easy cleaning and inspection. The door can be installed on either the left or the right side to provide flexibility depending on your setup in your packing operation. The safety switch is a precaution that prevents the packer from starting while the door is open.
Air Operated Bag Clamp- This unique feature removes the need for a manual activation of a “Start” button as well as guess work with proper placement of the bag on the spout. The Air Operated Bag Clamp is activated when an empty bag is placed on the spout to ensure a constant, correct bag placement. After the bag clamp is activated, the filling cycle automatically starts.
Tilting Bag Ejector- This feature is an automatic discharge of filled bags from the packer onto a Take-Away conveyor after the bag has reached its final weight.
Manually Operated Drum Filling Attachment- The attachment is an easy way to transform a valve bag packer into a dust free drum filling operation. The attachment can be supplied in numerous different sizes desirable for operations where occasional filling of drums is required. View Drawing
Open Mouth Bag Filling Attachment- The attachment is used when you have the need to fill open mouth bags rather than valve bags with sticky, hard to handle, dusty products. PSI offers it as either a manual or air operated semi-automatic design with 20”, 28”, 33”, or 40” round spout depending on bag dimensions. View Drawing
Vibrating Roller Rack Assembly- Used to support the open-mouth bag, pail, or drum during the filling operation as well as compact and densify the product to make sure that each container is filled properly. View Drawing
Model 1500 Bag Settler- Designed to distribute and settle product in the bag as it is being filled. The settler is balanced as to not influence the scale system during filling. Using the bag settler reduces the angle of repose to reduce product back pressure between spout and auger to improve weight accuracy. The tightly packed bags save warehouse space by making smaller, easier to handle bags. View Drawing, View Brochure
Casters with Lift and Lock Assembly- Makes the portability of an auger packer painless by allowing the operator to lift and lock or release the unit by use of a foot lever to move the system to its desired location.
Continuously Welded and Polished Surfaces- Typically used for food grade applications when cross contamination of different products present a problem or when bagging “sticky” materials.
Vertical Discharge Bag Chair- Helps with removal of filled bags by “pushing” the bag off the fill spout and the chair that supports the bottom of the bag during filling is pivoted downward to allow the filled bag to gently slide onto a take-away conveyor. Once on the conveyor, the bag is oriented lengthwise with the “butt-end” leading for downstream travel.
Heat Treated and Hard Faced Feed System- Used for the mitigation of affects of highly abrasive products on the critical wear areas of the packer.
