8 considerations when investing in a feed bagging system: As volumes grow, feed mills require more capacity and reliability from bagging equipment.

Feed mill efficiency and labor savings have increasingly prompted feed mills to invest in fully automated feed bagging systems.

“As feed mill volumes increase, companies want increased speed and capacity out of their feed bagging systems,” says Gerhard Steinmayr, executive manager of key accounts for Statec Binder. “Around the world, you’re seeing the move from semi-automatic systems to fully automated systems to keep up.”

What features should feed manufacturers looking for when shopping for a new bagging equipment?

Bagging system essentials

Feed mills considering a new bagging system are looking for cost-effective packing solutions, but there are additional features one should consider:

1. Flexibility

Bagging equipment versatility is a must.

“Bagging equipment should be flexible and scalable according the behavior of the formulations which have to be packed,” says Joe Natale, sales manager, animal feed and animal feed ingredients, PremierTech. “Packing material also is evolving, and therefore it is necessary to anticipate such kinds of evolutions.”

Enzo Fiorucci, Concetti senior packaging expert, agrees: “And with increasing need for traceability or ingredient declarations, automatic filling and closing lines need the flexibility to fit a wide range of coding systems, such...