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Two industry leaders in automated bagging and closing technology, Hamer, LLC and Fischbein

LLC have recently merged, bringing together almost 200 years of industrial bagging equipment design, manufacture and application knowledge. The new company, Hamer-Fischbein, combines the best of both company’s historic product lines into a single source full line equipment supplier.

Hamer-Fischbein offers a wide range of applications solutions, including:

Filling/Dosing EquipmentSince their introduction in 2008, the Hamer Model 600NW Net Weigh and Model 100GW Gross Weigh scales have been tindustry leaders. Easy to use, and easy to service, they are the most rugged designs available. Both models offer faster, more accurate weighments than any other design available.

Bag ConveyingFor over 7 years Hamer has been manufacturing highly robust, simple to apply bag conveyors for virtually any application. From knockdown/turning to upright bag handling conveyors integrated with bag sealers, the Hamer line offers economy, durability and flexibility for just about any bagging requirement.

Bag SealingFischbein, the world leader in Sewing, Heat Sealing and Pinch Bottom Closers has the most comprehensive line of sealing products for industrial bagging applications. From portable hand sewing to sewing systems, tape sew, pinch bottom closing and hot air and hot melt sealing, Fischbein offers market-leading, industrial grade sealing technology with more options than any other manufacturer.

Bagging AutomationHamer-Fischbein Form, Fill and Seal and Open Mouth bagging solutions are unsurpassed. With over 700 industrial form, fill and seal machines across N. America and over 20 years of Open Mouth bagging automation leadership, Hamer-Fischbein offers more practical solutions to large format bag producers than any other company.

Robotic Palletizing In 2015 Hamer emerged as the volume and technology leader in Robotic Palletizing solutions. All Hamer palletizers feature simple, easy to maintain designs, high quality, rugged industrial conveyors, state of the art electronics and our proprietary EasyPic™ operator software. From simple low speed, semi-automatic to very high speed fully automatic palletizers, Hamer offers the best built, easiest to use solution available.

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Customer Service – Our PassionYour relationship with Hamer-Fischbein begins when your equipment arrives, and lasts for the life of your packaging line. If your bagging line is down, your revenue has stopped. Every member of our team knows the importance of responding immediately to any and all of your needs. We’re not perfect, but we try each and every day to get better and better. We are committed to working hard to be the best service company in the business.

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Accuracy Due to the intrinsically high value of the catalysts, CRICC needed a bagging system that would consistently achieve high accuracies of +/- 3 to 4/100ths of one pound on 50 pound weights. While the CRICC production rates would normally require a simplex scale, a duplex scale was chosen to allow more scale processing time, ensuring extremely high bag weight accuracy.

Dust Collection The ceramic carrier pieces are impregnated with a precious metal catalyst. Due to the high value of these metals and the desire to minimize dust in the workplace, dust reclamation was a critical requirement. Hamer-Fischbein’s dust collection capture points inside the scale housing and at the bag fill spout (full bag top hooding) were critical elements in achieving this objective. This included providing air extraction hooding over the bag air evacuation section of the line; in addition to an air wash system which cleans dust from the bag inlet prior to sealing on the hot air bag sealer.

Air Evacuation The catalysts are packaged in a polyethylene bag that must be fully sealed without air exhaust holes. Since this product is shipped worldwide, CRICC needed to ensure that sealed bags had minimal trapped air after being sealed. This facilitates consistent bag palletizing and ensures that bags on the bottom of a full pallet will not break during transit. To accomplish this requirement, we developed a simple method of extracting air from the filled bag as they exit the automated bagger.

In addition to cost control on their high value product, CRI’s packaging line has seen numerous benefits. The feed-back that we have received from the customer indicates that the system has reduced the labor required to package an order by about 50%, and has substantially reduced operator exposure to dust.

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED Accuracy, Dust Collection and Air Evacuation

The 3560 Bag ProTM provides an air extraction hood over the bag air evacuation section of the line, and an air wash system which cleans dust from the bag inlet prior to sealing on the hot air bag sealer.

CRI Catalyst Company (CRICC) is part of CRI/Criterion Inc., the global catalyst technology company of the Shell Group. CRICC is dedicated to providing a broad customer base with effective and cost-efficient catalysts and technologies. The catalysts are manufactured on a ceramic carrier and impregnated with precious metals before being delivered to their customers worldwide.

In 2014, CRICC contacted Hamer-Fischbein about replacing their older vertical form-fill and seal bagging system. After completing an in-depth evaluation process, CRICC purchased a fully automated open mouth bagging line. The equipment included a net weigh scale, a 3560 Bag Pro™ automated bagging system, a HAS 300 hot air sealer and a robotic palletizer.

The CRICC team had three important objectives to be achieved with the purchase of the new automated bagging system: 1) increase fill accuracy; 2) improve dust collection to facilitate a cleaner, safer work-place and 3) produce a completely sealed polyethylene non-vented bag that could easily be palletized and shipped to customers around the globe. Through the team’s collaborative efforts, all three of these important objectives were achieved.

Having joined the company in 2007, Mike leads our Technical and Customer Service Team at the Statesville, NC plant. His previous 25 years of management experience in the textile industry have transferred nicely to the “Made in the U.S.A.” manufacturing setting where Fischbein bag closing systems are made. Mike enjoys working at Hamer-Fischbein because of its people. “Our people are the strength of our company. From engineering to shipping, our team is devoted, knowledgeable, and committed to meeting our customers needs each and every day.”

Since his arrival, substantial efforts have been put into increasing field service capabilities by adding new employees and formalizing product training. The goal has always been to provide immediate support and response to any customer’s technical or service need. This investment pays dividends to the customer by ensuring that fast, competent service support is always available. In addition, it has given the technical service team the opportunity to grow and expand their abilities as well!

In the coming year, Mike will be developing standard training protocols and classes structured toward distributor service employees. “I’m excited to expand the efforts we’ve made internally and create new training and support opportunities for our Distributor partners.”

Mike and his wife Gail make their home in Denver, NC. In his time away from work, Mike enjoys working on community events with his church. As a hobby, he enjoys metal fabrication and welding projects.

Meet Mike Huss After Market Sales & Service Manager

Pinch Bag SealingPBC 6000 The PBC 6000 is the industry workhorse in pinch bag sealing. This heavy duty sealer produces a sift resistant closure which makes it the perfect sealer for a wide array of products from food additives and pet food, to pesticides and fertilizers in pinch style paper bags. A high-speed, direct drive system provides greater production on automated lines, sealing up to 35 bags per minute with 16” wide bags. A patented breakaway design eliminates costly downtime caused by bag jams, while allowing easier access for cleaning and service.

PBC 7500The Fischbein PBC 7500 is a new state-of-the-art-sealer designed specifically to seal pre-glued, pinch style laminated woven polypropylene bags, in addition to standard pre-glued, multi-wall pinch style paper bags. Research and development for the PBC 7500 was based on 20 years of pinch bag closing technology. Able to handle up to 25 bags per minute with 16” wide bags, this high integrity sealer redefines speed, temperature and compression in an innovative design which allows us to offer this cutting edge technology in polywoven laminate sealing.

Hot Air Sealing Replaces Band Sealers in Side Gusset Poly!The Fischbein HAS 300 hot air sealer is the only hot air solution technology available for sealing polyethylene pillow type and side gusseted bags. Effectively seals 60 feet per minute and material up to 9 mil in thickness. Tired of replacing bands? The HAS 300 is less expensive to maintain than band sealers, which can incur high band replacement costs and downtime to replace or clean bands. Originally designed for the chemical bagging industry, this bag closer is ideal for securely sealing bags containing high value products. New options for the HAS 300 include a wash down, all stainless steel, NEMA 4X machine as well as the corrosion resistant model for use with products such as salt, ice melt, or certain chemicals.

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EVERYTHING in Bagging EquipmentTM ..... Pg. 1

“Mission Accomplished” at CRI Catalyst Company .............................. Pg. 2

Pinch Bag Sealing: PBC 6000 and PBC 7500 ............................... Pg. 3

Hot Air Sealing Replaces Band Sealers in Side Gusset Poly .............. Pg. 3

Meet Mike Huss ............................................... Pg. 3

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