Automated food packaging equipment is a great way to increase the speed of your production line without hiring more workers. These machines can also reduce worker safety risks and product quality issues.
Stickpack and sachet packaging machines are ideal for powdered or granular products, while cap inspection machines ensure that your caps are properly sealed. Other types of automated machinery include multihead weighing systems and conveyors.
Horizontal Form Fill Seal Machine
Form fill seal machines shape packages that can contain various kinds of foods based on pre-measured measurements. The packaging materials are then sealed to retain the products’ freshness. The machines can also print dates, codes, and graphics on the finished product. The most common type of form-fill-seal machine is a Horizontal Film Form Fill Seal Machine (HFFS).
This equipment can produce a variety of different pouch shapes and sizes. It can also form a center or side spout, and it can use die cut spouts to create unique bag designs. HFFS machines are ideal for packaging bulky items like pizza, fruits, and biscuits.
The HFFS machine starts with a roll of film. It then moves the film through a forming plough, which creates the pouch shape. Next, the HFFS machine seals the bottom and two sides of the pouch with hot sealing bars.
The finished product can be discharged into a conveyor system or into a box. This type of packaging is ideal for a wide range of food and drink products, from soups to salad dressing. It’s especially good for liquid and dense foods that require high hygiene standards. The sachets produced by this type of packaging are highly attractive and can enhance a product’s brand image.
Food Packaging Solutions
Many food products require a great deal of packaging and handling during their journey from manufacturing units to storage and distribution facilities, grocery stores or consumers. This process involves several steps and a variety of conditions that can affect the integrity of the product and its quality. For this reason, choosing the right protective packaging for your product is important. The packaging should be able to withstand the distance the shipment has to travel, the means of transportation and the temperature it has to endure.
The packaging related HFW drivers and solutions were sorted into 30 packaging functions/categories and 28 food categories using an inductive approach to coding (Lindh may dong goi thach et al, 2016b). Duplicate packaging solutions for the same food/brand were merged.
The most common HFW packaging solutions are ‘date labels’ and’shelf-life-extension’ in both the EMPs and PRs. In the PRs, ‘apportionment’ is also a popular solution. These are followed by ‘easy-to-open’, ‘easy-to-read’ and ‘portion information’. Other functionalities, such as ‘easy-to-serve’ and’smart packaging’ are rarely mentioned in both publications. They could be considered for future development as the need for these HFW packaging solutions grows.
Automatic Food Wrapping Machine
If your business is looking to save time and reduce direct labor hours, the automatic food wrapping machine might be the solution for you. These machines eliminate the need for manual handling of your products by using a conveyor system to deliver each load to the wrapping machine. The machine will then automatically stretch and seal the load, cut and weigh the tail, and transport it to a staging area for pickup.
With the help of automatic sensing technology, these systems can create custom pouches to fit each item’s shape and size. They also feature vacuum sealing technology to extend product shelf life. These seals prevent dangerous outside elements, such as bacteria, from contaminating the product.
Another advantage of these systems is that they can work at a faster pace than human laborers. Human workers are prone to error, which can slow down production. However, automated systems can repeat their tasks without any errors, reducing downtime and maintaining your business’s production level.
A rotary ring automatic stretch wrapper can also help your business save on film costs with its pre-stretch gear setting. This system uses only the amount of film needed, according to each pallet’s dimensions, preventing wasted stretch film. It’s also one of the fastest on the market, allowing for up to 100 pallets per hour.