New Packaging Equipment: November 2022
Flexible packaging equipment—vertical and horizontal form/fill/seal, flow wrapping, pouches, film, and roll stock—has evolved to the point where it can handle a wide range of packaging shapes and sizes to meet the demands of consumers and retailers.
Company: ALLIEDFLEX Technologies, Inc.
Website: www.alliedflex.com
Equipment Snapshot: ALLIEDFLEX Technologies Inc’s VELTEKO VFFS machines can accommodate a single-serve size through the largest club store size. Its VELTEKO Versatile 360 can accommodate pillow, quad seal, and standup/zipper all on the same machine platform with a five- to 45-minute changeover between package formats.
Company: Viking Masec Packaging Technologies
Website: www.vikingmasek.com
Equipment Snapshot: Viking Masek Packaging Technologies offers the M250 Bag in Bag packaging machine, which combines the bagging capabilities of its M250 with the ability to place small bags inside a larger overwrap bag. Running up to 100 cycles per minute, bags measuring 70 mm by 80 mm are rapidly packed into the main bag in sizes up to 200 mm by 250 mm. The pillow-style vertical form/fill/seal bags can be made with a hole or euro slot for hanging on display racks.
Company: Effytec USA
Website: www.effytecusa.com
Equipment Snapshot: Effytec USA, De Pere, WI, has introduced the HB 20 Horizontal Pouch Machine, an intermittent machine designed to meet the challenges of the horizontal form/fill/seal pouch market. The HB 20 can be configured for a variety of package formats including flat sachets, stand-up pouches, and pouches with spouts, zippers, and straws.
Company: Campbell Wrapper Corp.
Website: www.campbellwrapper.com
Equipment Snapshot: Campbell Wrapper Corp. has introduced a high-speed automatic feeder and flow wrapper that is capable of flow wrapping granola/energy bars at speeds up to 800 ppm as well as small chocolates at speeds up to 1,200 ppm. It can package granola bars, energy bars, chocolates, snack cakes, hard and soft cookies, and a variety of crackers.
Company: Reiser
Website: www.reiser.com
Equipment Snapshot: Reiser has made improvements to its horizontal form/fill/seal lines with changeover systems that reduce hand and tool impact, and film protection regarding back-spray or up-spray from wash-downs.
Company: Rovema North America
Website: www.rovema-na.com
Equipment Snapshot: Rovema North America offers the BVI 260 Intermittent Motion vertical form/fill/seal machine, which ensures economical packaging and safe handling of coarse, granulated, or powdery products, the company reports. The wide size range and “suit-to-application” add-on modules enable the machine to pack and produce a variety of products and bag styles. For increased efficiency and reduced maintenance, a Sense & Seal function avoids product inclusion in the cross seal and protects jaws. Also, vacuum draw-down belts promote safe handling of materials.
Company: Triangle Packaging Machinery Co.
Website: www.trianglepackage.com
Equipment Snapshot: Triangle Package Machinery Co. offers the X-Series vertical form/fill/seal baggers in intermittent and continuous motion versions. Features include quick, toolless changeover; accessible, easy-to-clean designs; ultrasonic sealing; and integrated zipper applicators. The Model XYRJ—the latest addition to the X-Series line—features an easily rotatable sealing jaw that allows users to run a wide variety of bag styles, including pillow, gusseted, three-sided seal bags, and stand-up pouches. The machine is suitable for packaging snacks, nuts, and grains, among other applications.
Company: Volpak, a Coesia company
Website: www.volpak.com/en
Equipment Snapshot: Volpak, a Coesia company, manufactures horizontal form/fill/seal machines. The company has introduced a continuous motion SC+ poucher for snacks and bakery products, which offers a large production capacity for medium- and large-sized pouches.
Company: R.A Jones Group
Website: www.rajones.com/en
Equipment Snapshot: R.A Jones Group offers two machines for pouch creation to meet bakery and snack producer needs. The Pouch King PCU-2000 forms and fills a variety of pouch styles from roll web materials at 4,000 linear inches per minute in the standard high-speed size or 7,000 linear inches per minute in the high-speed format. The PCU-2000 features high throughput and reliability for 24/7 operation, patented sealing technology, multiple component filling approaches, and complete cutting, collating, and integrated cartoning systems.