The protection of product and operator is of paramount importance when it comes to the reliable automation of raw materials. This is confirmed not least by the legislator's increased limits for permissible contamination values. Numerous raw materials are used in battery production that can be toxic or respirable and pose a real risk to operating personnel. These include, for example, certain metals and chemical compounds used in battery cells. Other raw materials are explosive, explosive, dusty or particularly sensitive to environmental influences. Suitable protective measures must be found for each of these raw materials in order to make automated handling in battery production as safe as possible.
At AZO, we make no compromises here and develop products and systems that meet the latest standards and enable even the most critical raw materials to be automated.
We have developed a big bag emptying station with an AGW connection system to minimise dust pollution when emptying big bags. Thanks to this special design of the docking device and the additional use of a glovebox to open the big bags, we were able to minimise dust emissions during emptying and thus meet the criteria for use in areas with OEB 3 requirements.
After emptying, the big bag is evacuated by removing the air volume from the inside. The big bag can then be sealed by the glovebox before it is moved out of the station and folded by the operating personnel for disposal.
We have developed the bag loading station for use in OEB 3 areas for emptying bagged goods in compliance with special operator protection. This bag loading station combines maximum operator and product protection. The use of an airlock chamber and a glovebox not only protects the operating personnel from the raw materials, but also the raw materials themselves from unfavourable environmental influences such as oxygen or humidity.
The bags are transported via a roller conveyor into the lock chamber, which is then flooded with nitrogen until the set limit value is reached. The operator can then open the bag via the glovebox using the integrated knife and empty it into the downstream closed system. The empty bags are disposed of via an opening in the empty bag compactor and pressed into a film bag. The full film bag can be replaced using a special containment solution without contaminating the environment.
The screening machine DA ... Vario Containment is particularly suitable for use in areas with very high requirements regarding the released residual dust content. The screening machine is equipped with film liners that allow both the screen basket and the dosing screw to be replaced under containment conditions. This makes the machine suitable for screening toxic raw materials in the pharmaceutical industry as well as in other industrial applications. With this extension, we have taken our tried-and-tested DA eddy current screening machine technology to the next level in order to offer you the best possible operator protection even when screening critical raw materials.
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