Specialty Equipment Corporation

1221 Adkins RdHouston, TX 77055

Automatic Palletized Drum Filler

Automatic Palletized Drum Filler

Product Details: Item No. 1294

Model: ADF-5540

Capacity: 4 drums with or without a pallet

Container: 30 to 55-gallon steel, fiber, or poly drums & up to 550 gallon totes

Rate: 4 drums every 5 minutes or 48 drums per hour depending on the viscosity of the liquid

Material: Carbon or stainless steel construction all wetted parts use 316 stainless steel

This patented fully automatic palletized drum filler, model ADF-5540, can fill steel, plastic, or fiber, 55-gallon drums, with or without a pallet. It is designed to find the bung opening, position the lance over the opening, automatically fill to the desired weight, and repeat for all containers on the pallet all without operator intervention. Optionally, it can remove and replace the bungs, and dust caps. The tested fill rate of water is four drums every four to five minutes, which allows for the load driving in and out of the filling station.

Camera/sensor to locate the bung of each drum
Filling lance and drip pan assembly
The lance carriage moves in/out & left/right automatically
Optional automatic bung removal/ replacement tool
Optional dust cap placement & crimping
An option is available to fill IBC/totes with automatic removal and replacement of lids as well.

Operation

This automatic four drum filling machine, model ADF-5540, is a top and sub-surface filler to fill four, 55-gallon drums with or without a pallet.

A load of four drums is conveyed into the filling station and stops by photo eye.
A camera/sensor device automatically moves over the load to locate each bung
A bung removal tool is used to remove the bung from each drum
Each bung is held until the drum is filled then it’s replaced with the same drum
The boom and lance carriage move into position to start the fill cycle
Each drum is automatically tarred to zero weight before filling
When liquid reaches the lance tip the machine shifts into fast fill cycle
Near the top, it shifts to slow speed to top of the drum and minimize foaming
When filled to the designated weight, the lance retracts to his home position
The bung is automatically replaced onto the filled drum
The bung removal and filling cycle is repeated for all subsequent empty drums
When all containers are filled, the load will drive out allowing a new load to enter
The tested cycle rate, with water, is four drums / five minutes, or 48 drums/hour

This automatic four drum filler, model ADF-5540, is a top and sub-surface filling machine for 55 gallon drums, with or without a pallet.

Subsurface filling for foaming products
Lance and all other wetted parts are 316 stainless steel
Two full-port ball valves control any product hammering
Scale is 5,000 lb. capacity platform type
Controller is an Allen Bradley PLC with a 250 product menu
Touch screen is an Allen Bradley color panel view
Filler has three-speed filling cycle; slow/fast/shot, if needed
Fume box for vapor collection with an air operated drip pan & UHMW wiper rings
Air cylinder raises and lowers the filling lance
Heavy duty brakes for boom position locking
NTEP approved scale and weight meter
NEMA 4 standard enclosure, others optional
Camera/sensor is used to locate the bung of each drum
Special, air-operated bung removal/replacement tool
Air cylinder moves the lance carriage in/out & left/right on an arc
Air-operated dusts cap placement tool
Ethernet communications port for interface with Drum Filler In The Cloud
Will automatically zero the tare weights before each drum fill cycle
Operator troubleshooting interface with prompts
Automatic abort if lance is not properly aligned with the bung opening
The tested cycle rate, with water, is four drums / five minutes, or 48 drums/hour