摘要 |
A mobile apparatus for making booms or bags containing filler is mounted on a truck and includes: a roll of flexible material; guide rollers and a support surface for providing a horizontal elongate sheet of material from the roll, the sheet having side edges; a hopper and conduit for depositing filler onto the sheet; a heavy duty sewing machine for attaching together the side edges of the sheet; blades for cutting the material to form a boom or bag having open ends; a stapler for closing the open ends; and a moveable conveyor for depositing the boom or bag. A method for making booms or bags containing filler, includes the steps of: providing a substantially horizontal elongate sheet of flexible material, the sheet having side edges; depositing filler onto the sheet; attaching together the side edges of the sheet; cutting the material to form a boom or bag having open ends; closing the first and second open ends; and depositing the boom or bag.
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