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Protecting both the product and the operator is of the utmost importance when it comes to the reliable automation of raw materials. This is confirmed not least by the stricter limits on permissible contamination levels established by lawmakers. Battery production involves numerous raw materials that may be toxic or respirable and pose a real danger to operating personnel. These include, for example, certain metals and chemical compounds used in battery cells. Still other raw materials are explosive, projectile-forming, dust-forming, or particularly sensitive to environmental influences. For each of these raw materials, it is essential to identify appropriate protective measures to make automated handling in battery production as safe as possible.

At AZO, we make no compromises in this area and develop products and systems that meet current standards and enable the automation of even the most challenging raw materials.

AZO Big Bag Discharge Station AGW

To minimize dust exposure during the emptying of big bags, we have developed a big bag emptying station with the AGW connection system. Thanks to this special design of the docking device and the additional use of a glovebox for opening the big bags, we have been able to minimize dust emissions during emptying and thus meet the criteria for use in areas subject to OEB 3 requirements. 
After emptying, the big bag is evacuated by removing the air from inside. The big bag can then be sealed via the glovebox before being removed from the station and folded by the operating personnel in accordance with disposal regulations.

Big-Bag-Entleerstation AGW mit Glovebox

AZO Bag Discharge Station OEB 3

To unload bagged materials while ensuring a high level of operator safety, we have developed the bag discharge station for use in OEB 3 areas. This bag feeding station combines the highest levels of operator and product protection. This is because the use of an airlock chamber and a glovebox not only protects the operating personnel from the raw materials but also protects the raw materials themselves from adverse environmental influences such as oxygen or humidity. 

The bags are transported via a roller conveyor into the airlock chamber, which is then flooded with nitrogen until the set threshold is reached. The operator can then open the bag via the glovebox using the integrated knife and empty it into the subsequent closed system. The empty bags are disposed of through an opening into the empty-bag compactor and compressed into a plastic bag. The full plastic bag can be replaced using a special containment solution without contaminating the surrounding area.

Sackaufgabestation OEB3

AZO Cyclone Screener Containment

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.

AZO Wirbelstrom-Siebmaschine Containment

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