The Challenge
A customer in the flour industry reached out inquiring about a high-level palletizing system able to palletize bags coming from a high-throughput valve bag packer. The solution needed to be able to handle this high capacity while also maintaining food-grade & Haz-Loc standards, ensuring product integrity, and minimizing dust created in the production area.
The Solution
HAVER & BOECKER conducted a site visit to understand the layout of the facility and the existing processes in place. Following the visit, we then conducted an analysis on the bag sizes and materials being palletized at our testing facility in Conyers, GA. After this was done, the solution determined was our ARCUS 2500 High-Level Bag Palletizer.
At the start of the palletizing process, this food-grade palletizer integrates both a checkweigher and a metal detection station. Any bags identified as under/overweight or containing metal are automatically diverted to dedicated reject stations. Downstream from the two reject stations are two bag flatteners ensuring perfect brick shaped bags that fit neatly within the pallet dimensions. Additionally, at the palletizer infeed area there are bag centering rails to prevent a possible misalignment.
For enhanced operator safety, this food-grade bag palletizer is equipped with a Fortress key exchange system integrated across all access doors and the HMI. Color-coded, interlocked doors ensure that operators cannot enter the palletizing area while the system is in operation, an essential safety feature for high-throughput bag palletizing systems.
The bulk bag high-level palletizer incorporates a spillage trough at the end of the grouping belt to capture any potential spillage. This feature supports cleaner operation, improved hygiene, and compliance with food-grade packaging requirements—critical for flour bag palletizing environments.
This project reflects our ongoing success and extensive experience across the flour and food ingredient industries. It highlights our delivery of proven, industry-leading bagging and palletizing solutions that automate processes, promote safety, and improve overall operational efficiency.