FULLY AUTOMATIC PACKAGING
LINE FOR POLYMER

In 2013, to this point, an unprecedented project in the country’s petrochemical industry began in Azerbaijan: SOCAR Polymer. The reason for the project was to strengthen the petrochemical industry of the country and thus, production facilities for polypropylene (PP) and high-density polyethylene (HDPE) developed in the Sumgayit Chemical Industrial Park (SCIP). The yearly output of the plants is 184,000 tons of PP and 120,000 tons of HDPE. For the packaging of the PP granulate and the subsequent palletizing of the filled bags, a strong partner was sought.

Because of the long reference list of STATEC BINDER in the petrochemical industry, the decision was made in favor of the Austrian company. In 2017, the production of two packaging lines, consisting of the FFS bagging machine SYSTEM-T, the high-level palletizer PRINCIPAL-H, and the Big Bag filling station began. “Because SOCAR Polymer has a high output in its product manufacturing, our machines were also required to deliver a correspondingly high performance. The SYSTEM-T can easily achieve the required output of 2,000 bags per hour. With its high performance, the PRINCIPAL-H is the perfect complement to the FFS packaging machine, “explains Markus Wolfmajer, Division Manager Sales at STATEC BINDER.

The SYSTEM-T combines high-quality packaging from a PE tube with high production capacity and is therefore ideal to be used in the petrochemistry. The SYSTEM-T as well as the high-level palletizer PRINCIPAL-H were able to be used in the standard design for SOCAR Polymer. Since the plant was also newly constructed, the scheduling of the machine was simple.

Due to the fact that the PP granules are also packed in big bags, STATEC BINDER further delivered a Big Bag filling station with gross weighing. The Big Bag filling station packs the PP granules in 1000 kg and 1250 kg big bags. Depending on the filling weight, a capacity of 50 big bags per hour or 40 big bags per hour is achieved. The Big Bag filling station with gross weighing was chosen because the construction is a lot smaller than a Big Bag filling station with net weighing and very high performance was not required.

He further explains: “In regards to the high level of safety I would like to mention that there is a large number of safety barriers which are immediately stopping the lines in case of unsafe situations and therefore protect employees for the safe completion of work. There is given also a high level of safety when it comes to maintenance. Furthermore, the ease of maintenance results in less loss of time. The high durability of spare parts enables cost savings as well as time and manpower savings. This results also in a minimum of production stoppages, a decreased equipment downtime, and a reduced number of major repairs.”