Apparatus and method for filling an open container

A packaging system comprising:

• at least one open container intended to be filled with bulk material;
• at least one packaging machine having at least one filling spout for filling open containers with bulk material;
• wherein a compacting device with a poker compactor that can be inserted into the open container is provided;
• the poker compactor comprising an outer wall and being suitable to be inserted into an open container to cause the outer wall to contact the bulk material and to degas and compact the bulk material in the open container;
• the outer wall of the poker compactor is at least partially formed by a gas-permeable, outer suction wall of a suction device;
• the poker compactor comprises a vibration exciter to support degassing the bulk material by way of a vibrating motion of the poker compactor generated by the vibration exciter;
• the vibration exciter is radially surrounded by a tube device;
• and the suction wall surrounds the tube device at least in sections.