Luxme International launches new automated bag slitter
Luxme International has launched an automated, food-grade bag slitter in response to dairy industry demands for enclosed, hygienic, dust-free solutions for opening bags of bulk foods.
Luxme’s Food Grade MiniLux Automatic Bag Slitter’s sanitary design includes multiple access points for easy cleanability to ensure allergens and pathogens do not make their way into the food chain. The bag slitter also features a number of FDA-approved components to ensure the safe processing of dairy products.
The MiniLux is an all-in-one conveying, slitting, emptying, integral dust filtering and empty bag compaction unit, which is set to improve operator health and safety, reduce the risk of cross contamination and cut waste.
It is capable of opening up to six 25kg bags per minute, including plastic and kraft paper bags with or without multi-ply plastic inner liners, making it well-suited for the automatic opening of products such as milk, whey, and lactose powders, etc.
By enclosing dust emissions, the MiniLux helps to safeguard dairy workers from occupational asthma (the most common work-related lung disease in the US) when handling bulk foods.
The MiniLux’s sanitary design ensures allergens and pathogens do not make their way into the food chain.
The MiniLux also helps avoid the danger of cross-contamination with its ability to control dust emissions and provide good accessibility to machinery components.
In addition, automating the bag opening and emptying operation reduces costs and waste. Luxme’s optional upgrade of a recovery tumbler – which opens, rotates and tumbles empty bags numerous times to release any remaining product – helps make the MiniLux even more cost effective, ensuring 99.9% efficiency depending upon the free-flowing characteristics of the product.
To find out more, visit: luxme.com/products/automatic-bag-slitter-minilux/