Bulk Bag Design With Pass-Through Forklift Tine Sleeves and Method of Use

A method for handling a bag, comprising:

• transporting the bag with a hoisting machine from a storage area to a dispensing unit;
• lowering, by the hoisting machine, the bag into the dispensing unit;
• piercing the bag with a piercing lance by inserting the piercing lance through a port of the dispensing unit and further through a portion of the bag;
• extracting material held within the bag through the piercing lance.

A method for handling a bag, comprising:

• engaging the bag with a hoisting machine, via hoisting operator, by inserting a hoist-member of the hoisting machine through at least one through-hole formed in an upper portion of the bag to lift the bag with the hoist-member of the hoisting machine and suspend the bag from the hoist-member without the hoisting operator interrupting operation of the hoisting machine to rig the bag to the hoist machine and without rigging by a rigging operator for the engaging;
• transporting the bag, by the hoisting machine, to a dispensing unit;
• lowering, by the hoisting machine, the bag into the dispensing unit;
• disengaging the bag from the hoisting machine, via the hoisting operator, by extracting the hoist-member of the hoisting machine from the at least one through-hole without the hoisting operator interrupting operation of the hoisting machine and without activity by the rigging operator for the disengaging;
• piercing the bag with a piercing object by inserting the piercing object through both a port of the dispensing unit and a sidewall or base of the bag;
• and,
• extracting material held within the bag.

A method for handling a bag, comprising:

• engaging the bag with a forklift, via a forklift operator, by inserting at least one forklift tine of the forklift through at least one through-hole formed in an upper portion of the bag to lift the bag with the at least one forklift tine of the forklift and suspend the bag from the at least one forklift tine without the forklift operator interrupting operation of the forklift to rig the bag to the forklift and without rigging by a rigging operator for the engaging;
• transporting the bag, by the forklift, to a dispensing unit;
• lowering, by the forklift, the bag into the dispensing unit;
• disengaging the bag from the forklift, via the forklift operator, by extracting the least one forklift tine of the forklift from the at least one through-hole without the forklift operator interrupting operation of the forklift and without activity by the rigging operator for the disengaging;
• piercing the bag with a piercing object by inserting the piercing object through a port of the dispensing unit and further into a cavity of the bag;
• and,
• extracting material held within the bag.