Flexicon Corporation

Bulk Bag Weigh Batching System integrates tubular cable conveyor.
Communication Systems & Equipment

Bulk Bag Weigh Batching System integrates tubular cable conveyor.

Automated Bulk Bag Weigh Batching System meters ingredients into FLEXI-DISCÂ-® Tubular Cable Conveyor, whichÂ- transports, dust-free,Â- batches ofÂ- specified weight to processing equipment. While BULK-OUTÂ-® BFC Series Discharger has cantilevered I-beam with electric hoist and trolley forÂ- forklift-free loading/unloading, FLOW-FLEXERÂ-® Activators foster continuous,...

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Bulk Bag Unloader has flexible screw conveyor.
Material Handling & Storage

Bulk Bag Unloader has flexible screw conveyor.

Single-Trip Bulk Bag Unloader conveys material at any angle to downstream processing, storage, or packaging equipment. Product features 4-bladed bag-piercing knife that cuts bag bottom from seam-to-seam after single-use bulk bags are lowered with forklift or plant hoist. Bag bottom self-seals against gasket affixed to rim of unit's hopper, and material discharges through hole in center of gasket....

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Sanitary Bag Dump Station offers tool-free maintenance.
Material Handling & Storage

Sanitary Bag Dump Station offers tool-free maintenance.

All-stainless Sanitary Bag Dump Station for pneumatic conveying systems collects dust created during manual dumping of bulk materials from bags, boxes, drums, and other containers and allows tool-free wash down. High velocity vacuum fan draws airborne dust from operator's atmosphere onto 2 cartridge filters, which are accessed by removing interior baffle, and replaced using quick-disconnect...

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Bulk Bag Conditioning System is integral to unloader.
Material Handling & Storage

Bulk Bag Conditioning System is integral to unloader.

Bulk Bag Conditioner-Unloader System loosens bulk solid material solidified during storage and shipment, allowing material to discharge through bag spout. While integral configuration of conditioner eliminates time, labor, and equipment needed for separate loading of bulk bags into standalone conditioner, design also minimizes floor space requirements. System employs 2 hydraulic rams with...

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Packaging Products & Equipment

Weigh Batching System offers bulk bag-to-bin operation.

Featuring stainless steel contact surfaces, Weigh Batching System discharges material from bulk bags, de-lumps product, and feeds it gravimetrically into rigid bins. Bulk-bag-to-hopper interface consists of manual Spout-LockÂ-® clamp ring at top of pneumatically actuated Tele-TubeÂ-® telescoping tube. Pneumatically actuated Power-CincherÂ-® flow control valve cinches bag spout...

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Material Handling & Storage

Rotating Drum/Bulk Bag Filler Plays Role in Quality of Surfactant Packaging at BASF

WASHINGTON, NJ -- Chemicals producer BASF Corp. recently upgraded the packaging of surfactants with two key additions to its manufacturing plant. One was a purpose-built room designed for greater cleanliness and control in loading surfactants in drums or bulk bags prior to shipping. The other was installation of a rotating drum and bulk bag filler from Flexicon Corp., Bethlehem, PA, that...

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Material Handling & Storage

Flexible Screw Conveyor meets 3-A sanitary standards.

Suited for use with contamination-sensitive materials, 3-A sanitary conveyor employs flexible inner screw as only moving part contacting material. Screw self-centers as it rotates, producing gentle rolling action that prevents separation of blended materials. Coupling design, positioned beyond point at which material exits discharge spout, minimizes potential for contamination. Standard and...

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Material Processing

Batching/Blending System offers in-line operation.

Pneumatic batching system consists of bulk bag dischargers mounted on load cells that allow loss-of-weight batching. System controller starts and stops rotary airlock valve to weigh ingredients. Minor, pre-weighed ingredients are added at manual dumping station, and dilute-phase vacuum conveyor line terminates at filter receiver that accumulates batch, then discharges it through slide gate valve...

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Material Handling & Storage

Manual Dumping Station suits pneumatic conveyors.

Mounted on frames with boom and casters for in-plant mobility, Manual Dumping Station collects dust created during manual dumping of powder and bulk solid materials from bags, drums, and other containers. Hopper is configured with non-flow-through pick-up adapter for introducing material into vacuum pneumatic conveyor lines. Vacuum fan draws airborne dust from operator's atmosphere onto 2...

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Company News

Dumping from Safety Cages Eliminated with Flexible Screw Conveyors

Bethlehem, PA – SMK Nutra Makers, a formulator and contract manufacturer of dietary supplements and nutritional products, improved production of a protein shake sports drink by switching from manual dumping of a powdered chocolate mix from an elevated safety cage, to dumping of the mix at floor level into mobile flexible screw conveyors. Previously, operators in a safety cage were raised by a...

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Company News

FLEXICON GRANTED WAIVER AS SUPPLIER TO ESSENTIAL INDUSTRIES

BETHLEHEM, PA—Flexicon Corporation has been granted a waiver by the State of Pennsylvania to continue operating during the COVID-19 outbreak due to its role in the supply chain for life-sustaining businesses, it was announced by David Gill, president. “We successfully demonstrated that numerous Flexicon U.S. customers operate in essential industries, and rely on our equipment and parts to...

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Flexicon Launches French Language Website

BETHLEHEM, PA - Flexicon has launched a new 223-page French language website, www.flexicon.fr detailing the company's bulk handling equipment and systems utilized across industries that fill, discharge, weigh batch or convey bulk solid materials. “The new website improves online access to information on Flexicon equipment and engineered systems by our French-language customers and prospects in...

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Flexicon Opens Jakarta Location

SINGAPORE—Flexicon Singapore Pte Ltd has opened a new office in Jakarta, Indonesia, to provide factory-direct sales and applications engineering services throughout Southeast Asia, it was announced by Greg Slack, Vice President Global Sales, Flexicon Corporation. The new location will be headed by Irwan Gunawan, Regional Sales Manager, who holds a degree in Mechatronic Engineering from the...

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Flexible Screw Conveyor Quick-Ship Program

BETHLEHEM, PA––Flexible screw conveyors in popular sizes are now available for shipment in two-to-five days as ready-to-assemble packages with Flexicon’s Quick-Ship Program, the company announced. Conveyor tubes and screws offered through the program are supplied in any length from 10 to 40 ft. (3 to 12 m), in diameters from 2.625 to 4.5 in. (67 to 115 mm) OD. Also included as standard are...

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Bulk Bag Weigh Batching System integrates tubular cable conveyor.
Communication Systems & Equipment

Bulk Bag Weigh Batching System integrates tubular cable conveyor.

Automated Bulk Bag Weigh Batching System meters ingredients into FLEXI-DISCÂ-® Tubular Cable Conveyor, whichÂ- transports, dust-free,Â- batches ofÂ- specified weight to processing equipment. While BULK-OUTÂ-® BFC Series Discharger has cantilevered I-beam with electric hoist and trolley forÂ- forklift-free loading/unloading, FLOW-FLEXERÂ-® Activators foster continuous,...

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Company News

Flexicon Launches 250-Page Spanish Website

BETHLEHEM, PA - Flexicon has launched an all-new 250-page Spanish language website covering the company's full line of bulk handling equipment from stand-alone units to integrated plant-wide systems. The new site, www.flexicon.es, coincides with the 2015 opening of the company office in Barcelona, Spain, and the three-year anniversary of its office opening in Santiago, Chile. The company also...

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Company News

Flexicon Marks 40th Year with 91,000 SQ FT Expansion

BETHLEHEM, PA, USAÂ- – Flexicon marked its 40 year anniversary with completion of the 91,000 sq ft (8,500 m2) building envelope that doubles the size of its US headquarters, it was announced by David Gill, president. “With walls, roof and floor now complete, and mechanical systems underway, we are on track to fully occupy the space by March of this year,” says Gill. The new facility...

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Flexicon to Double U.S. Headquarters

Bethlehem, PA –Â- Flexicon Corporation has broken ground for an expansion that will double the size of its US headquarters, it was announced by President/CEO David Gill. We built the current 91,000 sq ft (8,500 m2) facility in 2001 on an over-sized site owned by Flexicon that had acres of additional prime real estate beyond what was needed for the 2001 building, with the intention of...

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Bulk Bag Unloader has flexible screw conveyor.
Material Handling & Storage

Bulk Bag Unloader has flexible screw conveyor.

Single-Trip Bulk Bag Unloader conveys material at any angle to downstream processing, storage, or packaging equipment. Product features 4-bladed bag-piercing knife that cuts bag bottom from seam-to-seam after single-use bulk bags are lowered with forklift or plant hoist. Bag bottom self-seals against gasket affixed to rim of unit's hopper, and material discharges through hole in center of gasket....

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