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What are FIBCs?
• Flexible Intermediate Bulk Container (FIBC), bulk bags, jumbo bags or simply big bags are large dimension-standardized, containers for storing, transporting, and handling dry, granular products and/or slurry material.
• FIBCs are amongst the most economical bags and ideal types of packaging for shipping and storing dry bulk products.
• They can be produced from either tubular or flat polypropylene (PP Woven fabrics.
• These fabrics can be either coated or uncoated and vary in weight depending on the requirements of the Safe Working Load (SWL) or Safety Factor (SF).
• FIBCs are filled and discharged, the finely ground product particles could cause a build-up of static electricity. Preventing an electrical surge is essential in handling the packaging of combustible materials.
Why choose FIBC bulk bags?
• Can carry up to 1000 times its own weight.
• Can lift from 500-2000 kg with SF 5:1 to 6:1
• Can be handled, transported, and stored without pallets due to integrated lifting loops.
• Tailor-made and can be customized as per the manufacturing process.
• The use of warehouse space as can be folded flat to take up a fraction of the space required for other industrial packages.
• Woven polypropylene properties (PP) allow easy product information printing on bags.
• Polypropylene bulk bags are cost-effective.
• Strong yet flexible and offers a low unit cost.
• Supplied in a variety of dimensions and filling, discharging and lifting facilities.
• Can be used for hazardous chemicals as specified in the UN Chapter 6.5 Recommendations.
• Does not require further packaging.
Types of FIBC bags
The styles and types of FIBC bags should be considered when choosing an FIBC to meet your product storage and transport applications:
Type A FIBC – No Electrostatic Protection
Type B FIBC – Surface Breakdown Voltage of <6kV
Type C FIBC – Electrically Conductive or Groundable
Type D FIBC – Static Dissipative
Within these FIBC bag types, you will find different styles to meet your bagging needs, including rectangular or four-panel bags, duffle top bags, and circular bulk bags.
For each bag style, the manner in which they are constructed will be similar, other than the type of material, size, and shape.
The making of a bulk bag begins with the feeding of polypropylene (PP) resin and other additives into an extruder to produce PP tapes that vary in thickness and width. The melted resin forms PP sheets that are stretched by rollers, then cut.
The tapes are then wound onto bobbins to start the weaving process which will create the FIBC fabric. The fabric weaving is performed on special looms to make either circular shaped bags or U-panels for the various other FIBC bag styles.
If the fabric is to be coated, the bags are vacuumed to release dust particles and passed through a static eliminator. A lamination process then applies a protective coating of polypropylene which will increase the bags resistance to moisture and sifting. Breathable fabric bags are left uncoated.
At this point, the bags are printed with an FDA approved printing ink, suitable for food contact. The ink that is used will dry quickly to eliminate smears or running.
Next, a computer program controls the precision cutting of the woven fabric from the rolls into the required sizes for the bag assembly process.
Finally, highly-trained employees complete the manufacturing process by sewing the fabric pieces together to create each bulk bag. All bags are sewn in an FDA approved clean room to maintain sanitation requirements. Filler cords are sewn into the seams and the bags will move on through different types of testing to pass UN regulations.