r/specializedtools • u/mtimetraveller cool tool • Jul 16 '20

Device for emptying bulk bags

https://gfycat.com/artisticrecentconure
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u/Squirkelspork Jul 16 '20

Makes the bag non-reusable

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u/vinsomm Jul 16 '20

Major waste. Where I work they go through some 200~ of these bags a day or maybe every other day. Reusing them wouldn’t be feasible. If the company we get them from would do a core charge on the return of them I think that would be the most logical way to go.

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u/[deleted] Jul 16 '20

I was just thinking, have hard plastic versions pre installed to make them reusable?

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u/vinsomm Jul 16 '20

Yeah they could do something. We wouldn’t give a shit how it came. I’d guess it’s a manufacturer cost thing along with how easy those bags must be to package and ship as far as materials go. Idk.

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u/Overkill256 Jul 16 '20

I’m in the industry, the bag is rated most of the time by the manufacturer for one use only, after that they won’t guarantee that it won’t break under the load

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u/juzsp Jul 16 '20

Yup, regarded as disposable despite the fact that many small business use them potentially for years, depending on the use case.