Silica Sand - Form Fill Seal

Bathgate Silica Sand is a member of the Bathgate Group of companies. Their high quality silica sand is quarried, processed and distributed as mixing and surfacing products from their base in Cheshire, UK. https://bathgategroup.co.uk

Rising fuel costs and environmental issues were the principal reasons for the decision by Bathgate Silica Sand to replace their old bagging plant at Congleton with a state-of-the-art plant in Arclid, Cheshire. The plant eliminates the need for transportation to Congleton, reducing the operation's carbon footprint.

Bathgate Silica Sand asked Webster Griffin to supply a versatile Form Fill Seal (FFS) line for bagging their kiln dried sand/top dressing/grits/moist sand/wet sand products into small gusseted/pillow bags of 10kg, 20kg and 30kg and gusseted/pillow Big Bags of 500kg to 1500kg.

Bathgate Silica Sand wanted to increase their output with a 360 degree solution for their new production system, this presented a range of challenges including:

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