Solutions
Automatic bag emptying
machines
Emptying bags by hand is heavy, repetitive work, and finding people to do it keeps getting harder. A Depaq machine automates the process, emptying up to 1,100 bags an hour, shift after shift.
Bag emptying machines
Less manual handling
Frees your operators for higher-value work.
Up to 1,100 bags an hour
About 27.5 tonnes of granulate per hour.
Built for multi-shift use
A robust design for continuous production.
Why factories automate bag emptying
In many plants, raw materials arrive in 25 kg bags on pallets, and factory workers empty them by hand. The work is heavy and repetitive, increasingly limited by health and safety rules, and the people to do it are hard to find. Our bag emptying machines automate the entire job, opening and emptying bags at a steady pace and keeping product flowing to your line. For most factories, the machine pays for itself in just a few years.
Options to fit your line
Our bag emptying machines can be fitted with several options:
- Pallet conveyors to bring full pallets in
- An empty pallet stacker
- Automatic pneumatic conveying
- A raised version that empties the product into big bags or octabins
- Dust extraction
- An ATEX version for environments with a risk of dust explosions
- Empty bag handling
Need pallets moved further through your plant? See our transport systems.
How we work,
in five steps
Our process
Assessment and business case
Engineering
Build and assembly
Factory acceptance test (FAT)
Installation and service
The Depaq range
Depaq is our range of bag emptying machines. Choose a standardised model with a reduced lead time, or a custom machine configured for your capacity, raw materials and plant.
Designed and built in the Netherlands
Every Depaq is designed, built and tested at our factory in Rijen.
Service and maintenance
Keeping your machine running
Wherever your machine is running, our team is ready to support you. We offer planned maintenance with a service report. Every machine has a modem, so with your permission, our engineers can check the control system remotely and help your team find the right fix. And because we build with standard components wherever possible, spare parts are easy to buy locally.
Video
The Depaq at work
The Depaq in action
See how the machine empties a full pallet of bags.
From full pallet to empty bags
Bags cut open, emptied and collected automatically.
Built and tested in Rijen
Every machine is tested at our factory before it leaves.
‘We’re down-to-earth Dutch: no big words, just good machines.’
Wiebe van Terwisga, Managing Director
About ATS
ATS Dutch Machinery designs and builds machines you can rely on, day after day. Our team of engineers, builders and service technicians works under one roof in Rijen, the Netherlands. So you always deal directly with the people who design, build and service your machine, from the first drawing to every service visit.
Dutch engineering
Designed, built and tested at our factory in the Netherlands.
Installed worldwide
Our team installs and commissions every machine on site.
Service and maintenance
Planned maintenance and remote support, wherever your machine runs.
FAQ
Questions and answers
Answers to the most common questions we get. Have a different question? Our team is happy to help.
The Depaq C400 and C600 handle 400 and 600 bags of 25 kg an hour (10 and 15 t/h). The C1100 empties up to 1,100 bags an hour (27.5 t/h).
Yes. We build an ATEX version of the Depaq for environments with a risk of dust explosions, fitted with dust extraction.
Yes. Choose one of our three standard models, available with a reduced lead time, or a custom machine configured for your capacity, raw materials and plant.