Integrated Equipment
Columbia/Okura offers complete and professional services from initial line design, all the way through commissioning as well as after sales support
With 25 years of equipment design and system integration experience, we have the knowledge to offer the right solution for the job. We offer complete and professional services; from initial system design proposals through project start-up and commissioning, as well as after sales support. Our integrated lines offer an end-to-end solution for fully automated bagging and robotic palletizing line solutions from a single, US-based, OEM provider.
Our service offering includes integration of manual bagging machines, open-mouth bagging machines, valve bag fillers, air packers, impeller packers, and pallet dispensers.
Automatic Packaging
PRINCIPAC
Capacity: up to 2000 bags per hour
Bag Type: Pillow bag and gusseted bag
Filling Weight: 10 - 50 kg
Power Consumption: -10 kW

CERTOPAC
Capacity: up to 1500 bags per hour
Bag Type: PP, PE, and Paper
Filling Weight: 5 - 80 kg
Power Consumption: -9 kW

ACROPAC
Capacity: up to 600 bags per hour
Bag Type: PP, PE, and Paper
Filling Weight: 10 - 50 kg
Power Consumption: -5 kW

Fully Automatic High Speed Bagging Machines
Whether you are considering your first automated bagging machine or turnkey integrated bagging and palletizing line, make Columbia/Okura your first choice for a safe, low risk and proven integration partner.
Features
- Open mouth and form-fill-seal packaging equipment
- Proficiency in free flowing materials & powders
- Use with various bag materials & sizes
- Durable and compact designs
- Designed to minimize plant footprint
Palletizing Solutions
- Exclusive manufacturer & integrator of robotic palletizing systems
- Accurate bag placement & flexibility
- Low maintenance for increased uptime & high reliability
- Enhanced safety and ergonomics
- Custom engineered for each application

PRINCIPAC

CERTOPAC

ACROPAC
Our Partners

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Our Bagging Systems
Columbia/Okura is the exclusive distributor of Statec Binder automated bagging machines in America. Contact our team to learn more about high-performance, open-mouth, and form-fill-seal bagging and palletizing lines.

Bagging Solutions
By partnering with Columbia Machine, Inc Columbia/Okura can offer integrated bagging line solutions requiring valve bag packers.
Valve Bag
Our partner, Columbia Machine, Inc. manufactures different packers to meet specific needs depending on the material(s) to be packaged. Each packer is designed and manufactured to meet the demanding needs of our customers and the products they produce.
Air Packers
- Concrete
- Mortar Mix
- Mud Packing
- Sand
- Cat Litter
- Floor Absorbents
Impeller Packers
- Fertilizer
- Seed
- Non-Abrasive Pellets
- Granular Chemicals
- Granular Non-Abrasive Minerals
Model 201FF And 201PS Air Packers
20-110 lbs. ( 10-500kg)
Electronic or mechanical
4-12 bags per minute
± 2-8oz (57-226g)
230-660V, 3ph@60Hz
70psi clean air per cycle
Approx. 800 lbs. (363kg)
Model 401 Impeller Packer
20-110lbs (10-500kg)
Electronic or mechanical
4-12 bags per minute
± 2-8oz (57-226g)
7.5 HP TEFC
230-660V, 3ph@60Hz
70psi clean air per cycle
Approx. 950lbs. (431kg)
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Valve Bag Packers
Columbia/Okura supplies various packers to meet specific needs depending on the material(s) needing to be packaged.

Pallet Dispensers
Pallet dispensers are an integral part of most palletizing systems ensuring a pallet is always ready for a robotic palletizer to place products. Columbia/Okura's pallet dispensers are a great way to reduce labor and improve productivity in your palletizing systems. Our pallet dispensers are assembled in the USA by our partner Columbia Machine, Inc.
Pallet & Sheet Dispensers
Pallets and sheets are very important parts of the palletizing process. Pallets provide a solid surface that can be easily moved. Sheets help to stabilize the pallet load and protect the packaging during transit and storage.
Pallet Dispensers
- Striper-Style with Pallet Hopper
- Lift & Separate with Pallet Hopper
- Staging (Fork Style) Pallet Dispenser
Sheet Dispensers
- Floor-Level Slip Sheet Dispensers
- Floor-Level Tie & Cap Sheet Dispenser
- High-Level Sheet Dispenser
- Dual Hopper Sheet Dispenser
- Bulk Load Sheet Dispenser



Integrated Equipment FAQs
Bag-filling machines are designed to automatically fill bags with bulk solid products like granules, powder, flakes, and pellets. Bags are placed into a bag magazine where bags are automatically opened and sealed once filled, producing uniformly filled bags. These machines handle open-mouth bags for application between small 5kg bags to 80kg jumbo bags. These bag filling machines are integrated with palletizing equipment, including conveyors and accessories, to build pallets of uniformly filled bags for shipping and storage.
The most common style of bagging machines is designed to handle open-mouth PP, PE, and paper bags. Other styles of bagging machines are designed to handle pillow and gusseted style bags. Additionally, different style bag fillers are designed to handle form, fill and seal style bags as well as valve bag filling stations.
Typically, the main benefit of using integrated bagging equipment is to maximize throughput of bag filling in order to keep up with upstream equipment and downstream palletizing. Other benefits include:
- reduction of hard labor
- automating the strenuous task of manually lifting bags to filling spouts, the chance of injury is reduced
- allows employees can focus on other tasks
- reliable and consistent bag filling and sealing, allowing for better bag handling and quality control
- product hygiene and reduced product dust in the air as bagging takes place in an enclosed machine limiting employee exposure to the product
There are many factors to consider when choosing the right bagging equipment for you. One key element to consider is the type of bag and its size so it functions properly with the equipment and your product(s). Another factor to consider is whether factory floor space and ceiling height accommodate the height of funnel mounted on top. Perhaps the most important thing to consider though, is whether your production rate justifies the purchase of the equipment.
Automatic bagging equipment provides a number of benefits for production efficiency including:
- downtime greatly reduced because of the automating of bag opening, filling, sealing and transportation of sealed bags
- workers are not manually lifting the bags to the filling spout, therefore, more bags are filled and sealed while freeing up the worker to handle other tasks such as supplying the machine with unfilled bags.
- downtime is reduced because employees are less likely to become is reduced because employees are less likely to become injured or fatigued
Proper training of operators ensures that operators will be able to identify and diagnose protentional issues. Regular maintenance, service, repairs, and cleaning are paramount to the longevity and reliability of the bagging machine.
This varies depending on which product is run through the bagger. Dusty or abrasive products will require more cleaning and upkeep to ensure the system continues running at quoted rates for its lifespan.
Safety considerations begin at the design of the systems. Most bagging systems rely on an enclosed design that separates all the moving parts from the operators. Using safety door switches allows the system to immediately shut down whenever a door to the bagging area is opened. Additionally, guarding can set-up to fence off the equipment from high traffic areas of the facility, keeping both the equipment and employees safe.
While a single system can handle a huge variety of bags, for optimal reduction of downtime, it is often smart to always run the same product and bag when possible. When change-over is necessary, one need only adjust the bag magazine, bag guides, and filling spout to the appropriate dimensions for the new bag. It is also important to make sure upstream content is optimized to efficiently provide the bagger with consistent product to be bagged.
Integrated bagging machines have several configurations to allow for customized layout needs and every system is optimized to meet the specific production environment. Our Application Engineers have many years in specifying bagging machines and accessories. By evaluating the customers products and bags to find the machine that best suits the production needs of the customer.
We work closely with our customers to determine their unique requirements, and can demonstrate customer-provided samples on our equipment. Then we recommend the best overall bagging solution.
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Our Pallet Dispensers
Columbia/Okura's pallet dispensers are a great way to reduce labor and improve productivity in your palletizing systems.