PREMIER TECH CHRONOS BAGGING MACHINE The FFS Series Horizontal Form Fill and Seal (FFS) Bagging Machines from Premier Tech Chronos are fully automatic systems which make their own bags from rolls of pre-printed, center-folded polyethylene film (U film). They are intended to package a wide range of loose fill materials such as wood pellets in bags ranging from 4.5 to 100 quarts (5 to 110 liters). It is equipped with a pneumatic closing mechanism on bag top drive belts providing many operating advantages such as greater safety, easy access to sealer components and over fill bag detection. It is a proven technology providing constant production rates of up to 35 bags per minute. There is only one control panel for all electrical components. Premier Tech Chronos offers a wide range of bag options: top patch handle, bottom patch handle, bottom patch, die cut handle, etc. These form fill and seal baggers can be integrated upstream from either a weighing or a volumetric feeding system, and downstream from conveying and palletizing systems. WILDCAT TROMMEL SCREEN Vermeer introduced a newly enhanced trommel screen that puts more control in the hands of the operator and more power to produce a quality end product. The TR521 trommel screen by Wildcat, a Vermeer Company, is now available with a Tier 4i engine and additional features designed to process mulch, compost and pre-screen green waste material with high moisture content. Operation is intuitive with the Vermeer ACS control system. The TR521 can be controlled through either the Vermeer DP10 display, which is mounted on the machine’s control panel, or with a handheld transceiver remote. This allows the operator to have complete control of the trommel whether standing nearby or operating from the loader. A new feature on the TR521 is quick-change screens, which are designed for quicker and simpler screen changes. This is especially important when processing a wide range of materials that require different screen sizes.