Packing unit
Packing unit ( 1 ) with a packing machine ( 2 ) for filling bulk materials ( 3 ) in open sacks with a sack suspension device ( 7 ), for suspending the open sacks at a filling nozzle ( 8 - 10 ) of a product supply device ( 11, 13 ) and filling the same with at least one bulk material. The sack suspension device is provided with at least two selectable product supply devices. The at least two product supply devices and the sack suspension device are movable relative to each other in order to select a product supply device and to suspend a sack by means of the sack suspension device at the filling nozzle of the selected product supply device and to fill bulk material in the open sack by means of the corresponding filling nozzle.
1. A packaging system having a packaging machine for filling bulk materials into open bags and a sack attachment device for attaching the open bags to a filling port of a product feeding device and filling with at least one bulk material, characterized in that at least two selectable product feeding devices are assigned to the sack attachment device and the at least two product feeding devices and the sack attachment device are positioned movable relative to one another to select a product feeding device and by means of the sack attachment device to attach a sack to the filling port of the selected product feeding device and to fill bulk materials into the open sack by means of the associated filling port; wherein the packaging machine is traversable from at least one first product feeding device provided with a filling port to at least one second product feeding device provided with a filling port.
2. The packaging system according to claim 1 wherein the packaging machine is equipped with a blown sheet reservoir, a bag forming device, the sack attachment device, and in particular also with a bag discharging device.
3. The packaging system according to claim 1 wherein the packaging machine is equipped with a bag picking device for picking preformed bags.
4. The packaging system according to claim 1 wherein the product feeding device comprises a filling channel and said filling port.
5. The packaging system according to claim 1 wherein a gross weighing machine is assigned at least to the filling port of one product feeding device.
6. The packaging system according to claim 1 wherein at least one product feeding device is provided with clamping devices to retain an open bag to be filled at the filling port during filling.
7. The packaging system according to claim 1 wherein at least one product feeding device comprises a net weighing machine and an acceleration line is mounted downstream of the net weighing machine.
8. The packaging system according to claim 1 wherein at least one product feeding device is provided stationary at a silo.
9. The packaging system according to claim 1 wherein the packaging machine comprises doors which are closed during filling and are open while the packaging machine is traversing from the first product feeding device to the second product feeding device.
10. The packaging system according to claim 1 wherein at least one product feeding device comprises a filling valve and/or wherein at least one vibrating device is provided and/or at least one separate sealing station is or are provided.