Filling a bulk bag outdoors with the risk of rain, wind, or environmental dust ingress requires a solution halfway between a full opening and a narrow spout. This big bag with a top skirt – also called a skirt top bulk bag, FIBC with a skirt, or bag with an overcover – is manufactured by Maxtens from professional-grade woven polypropylene, with a 5:1 safety factor and an extended fabric top that allows the bag to be closed like a package once filled.
Key Benefits
- Wide opening with secure closure: The skirt unfolds upwards for filling like an open-mouth bag, and is tied or knotted at the end to close the bag against rain, wind, and dust.
- Loading versatility: Compatible with shovels, conveyor belts, wide hoppers, and bulky or irregular materials that won't fit through a narrow spout.
- Warehouse stability: Flat bottom that maintains the bag's cubic shape, facilitating stacking on pallets and organization in the yard.
- UV-treated virgin polypropylene: Fabric manufactured to resist Caribbean solar radiation, making it especially useful when the filled bag remains outdoors for several days before removal.
- Maxtens' meticulous manufacturing: Industrial stitching on handles, base, and skirt joint, the three tension points where an economical bag typically fails first.
Typical Applications and Uses
- Storage of aggregates, rubble, and biomass at open-air construction sites exposed to rain.
- Temporary storage of grains, seeds, and fertilizers in agricultural yards.
- Recycling of heterogeneous materials: light scrap metal, plastics, cardboard, plant biomass.
- Transport of moisture-sensitive products when an inner liner is not required.
Quality and Durability
The skirt is a critical area of the bag: if the joint with the main body is poorly stitched, it will tear with the first strong pull. Maxtens reinforces this seam with a double industrial pass, which distinguishes a premium bag from a generic one that lasts only one or two cycles. For operations where the filled bag needs to withstand unexpected rain, sea wind, or dust-laden environments, this format provides a solution without the need for an inner liner.
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| Material and construction | |
|---|---|
| Color | White fabric and black handles |
| Document pocket | Yes |
| Liner | No |
| Top opening type | Skirt/Duffel |
| Lifting loop type | Cross corner loops, 40 cm (16 in) free length |
| Base type | Flat base |
| Construction type | U-Panel |
| Dimensions and format | |
| Big bag dimensions | 90x90x110 cm (35.4x35.4x43.3 in) |
| Strength and performance | |
| Safe working load (SWL) | 1500 kg (3306.9 lb) |
| Safety factor (SF) | 5:1 |
| Durability and protection | |
| UV protection | Yes (high) |
| Presentation and packaging | |
| Presentation | Pack of 30 big bags |
Food grade| Package: Width | 110.0 cm (43.31 in) |
|---|---|
| Package: Height | 32.0 cm (12.6 in) |
| Package: Depth | 55.0 cm (21.65 in) |
| Package: Weight | 46.5 kg |
Official MAXTENS warranty
What's covered
Confirmed defect: replacement or refund of the amount paid.
What's not covered
Pago & Seguridad
