Device for handling bulk container bags filled with powdered or granular material

Is placed on the bag (1) a square 6 formed of four tubes (11, 12, 13, 14) whose cross members (9) formed by the ends are engaged in the belts (2, 3, 4, 5) of the bag . One can engage in two parallel tubes (11,13) (12,14) of a fork truck and handling the bag (1) without the risk of overthrow, without the driver down from his vehicle, and without assistance of another person. Provided with an annular attachment (17, 18) forming bag trough carrier, which can be snapped onto the inner faces of the tubes (11, 12, 13, 14) so ​​that it is registered in the square (6), one of the major applications of the device of the invention is the automation of emptying and filling of flexible containers (1).