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Stretch-Hooding Systems combine the protection of shrink wrap with the economy of stretch wrap for unit loads. Tubular film forms a hood at the top and creates a seal in order to help prevent water damage. Unit can also form sleeve if desired. Completely automatic operation with production up to 100 pallets per hour.
High-performance packaging equipment & inspection systems are our specialty. Packaging equipment offered includes cup & tray filling & sealing packaging machinery (inline and rotary); batch retort and sterilizing machines; can end converting system for making pull-tab, easy-open, peelable can ends.
Known for innovative yet simple packaging machinery, we produce vertical loading & continuous motion place packing systems for packing rigid containers of all shapes & sizes, plus simple & reliable shrink wrap packaging equipment. Our efficient conveyor design greatly improves line performance.
GGA has provided reliable equipment since 1963, offering full-service packaging machinery and solutions to various industries including: horizontal overwraps, horizontal and vertical wrapping systems, case-pallet-gaylord layer packing, vertical form fill seal machines and more. It’s wrapped your way with GGA.
Meeting the demands of customers for over 37 years, Visual Packaging Group is committed to producing innovative and reliable packaging machinery for numerous industries. We manufacture heat sealers, impulse type clamshell sealers, slitting/die cutting machines, vacuumformers and a variety of others.
OPTIMA USA is the North American representative of the Optima Group, a leading global manufacturer of filling & packaging machines for the paper hygiene, food, pharmaceutical, health & beauty and chemical industries. Sterile & non-sterile filling, freeze drying, combined production & packaging lines.
Packaging
machinery consists of equipment that is used
to wrap or bag various products and is used for packaging the majority
of bagged and capped items. Without this machinery, tamper evident bottlenecks
would be impossible to install and general bagging of a company’s
goods would be time consuming, labor intensive and costly for the company.
It is not uncommon to find packaging equipment capable of producing over
60 bagged products per minute. Even with ten human workers, a feat like
this would be extremely difficult, making packaging equipment a worthy
investment for any company that needs to package their own products or
those of others.
Packaging equipment manufacturers offer various types of products. Some
machinery is used to heat bagged material in order to create a seal.
Other devices, such as vacuum sealers, are designed to remove excess
air. These are especially useful for long term food preservation and
packing many items into a small area by eliminating the presence of air.
Another type of packaging equipment is a lid sealer, designed to quickly
and efficiently apply lids to containers. Every type of packaging machinery
has its own specified purpose. For example, packaging equipment manufacturers
create certain machines to be specifically used for filling bags, drums,
containers and pallets. For most industrial and factory work, utilizing
packaging equipment instead of human labor will pay for itself over a
short period because of time saved and operation ease.
Packaging equipment manufacturers supply a wide variety of industries
because today’s companies produce so much that needs to be packaged.
In the food industry, assorted items such as beef jerky, juice, seasoning,
crackers, cereal, confectionary items and cat and dog food all need to
be packaged in a unique way to attract target consumers. Electronic entertainment
items like computers and televisions need to be packaged, as do chemical
and manufacturing goods used in a variety of industries. The publishing
and printing industry is also wholly dependent on products being wrapped
and packed for shipment.
When considering packaging machinery, certain factors need to be taken
into account before purchase. First of all, consider what kind of product
needs to be packaged, for most packaging equipment is specifically made
to process different kinds of products, whether they be liquid, solid,
moist, powdery or of varying weights and sizes. Also, keep in mind the
kind of environment in which the packaging will be handled. Some machines
have options like trimmers that can be useful in packaging operations.
And of course, make sure that the bag material being used is appropriate
for the products being packaged to ensure the longest shelf life possible
for the product in question.
Air packers use
air pressure to blow materials into a bag through a fill spout. Air
packers are often used for efficient and quick filling of fine powders
like sand, cement, charcoal powder and laser toner.
Auger packers
use augers to “screw-feed” material into a bag through a
fill spout. Auger packers are used for fine and nonabrasive powders,
including flour, powdered sugar and dried milk products.
Bagging machines
are any of various devices that place an object inside a bag. The bag
is then sealed and readied for shipping.
Filling machine is an apparatus that is designed to fill containers with a designated amount of product.
Form, fill and sealers
(FFS) take a v-fold or flat material, form it into a container
or bag and then fill and seal it.
Heat sealer is a machine that uses heat to seal packaging.
Hot air sealers
are a type of continual motion bag sealer that uses hot air to heat
the container for sealing.
Impulse sealers
are devices that seal using heat. They are frequently small and
manually operated, and have a heating element that warms various materials
to create a seal when pressed against the heat source.
Laminating machines
are used to apply a thin film of lamination, which is used for its decorative
and protective characteristics. Laminating machines generally consist
of a heating element that heats lamination onto both sides of a document,
paper or pamphlet.
Packaging machinery refers to the equipment that is used wrap, seal, and box goods for transport.
Rotary sealers
are packaging machines that use continual motion to seal packages.
Shrink wrap machine are used in the packaging process to apply a plastic wrap layer around products.
Vacuum sealers
are devices that use vacuum pressure to suck out air that surrounds
bagged products. Vacuum sealers are convenient with products that spoil
more quickly in the presence of air.
Packaging Machinery Terms
Automatic (Fully-Automatic)
– Packaging equipment that is capable of functioning without the
intervention of an operator. Operators usually only involve themselves
with the replenishment of packaging components or containers.
Bags Per Minute (BPM) – The
number of units (bags, cartons, boxes, etc.) a machine can deliver within
a one minute period.
Bead Seal – Two edges of material
welded together without overlapping to create a seal along a narrow strip.
Casters – Wheels that are available
for most conveyors and sealers. They allow machinery to be easily portable
in times of cleanup and changeover.
Closure – Used in packaging
to close a container or package.
Consumable/Wear Parts – Parts
of packaging equipment that, because of wear and tear, need to be replaced
frequently.
Crimping – The mechanical deformation
of a material. This is typically used on metals.
Critical Sealing Parameters –
Three critical sealing parameters which directly contribute to the seal
quality when using a heat seal. These are temperature, pressure and dwell
time
Dwell Time – The time that a
bag being sealed shut is exposed to pressure and heat.
Emboss Coder – A mechanism that
encodes a date or lot code on a container or bag by pressing metal characters
upon it. Emboss coders deform the bags or containers rather than apply
ink to them.
Footprint – The floor space
that a piece of equipment occupies.
Gross Weight – The weight of
a product and the container it occupies.
Group Package – A group of products
that are ready to be processed by packaging machinery into bundles and
multi-packs.
Ink Coder – A mechanism that
codes bags or containers by pressing ink-coated characters against the
material.
Load Cell – A device used for
making precise measurements of an object’s mass.
Magazine – Part of the packaging
process that holds cartons, carton blanks, leaflets, labels, lids and
stackable containers.
Mandrel – A mechanical assembly
that is used to form a bag or carton.
Net Weight – The gross weight
of a packaged product minus the tare weight.
Shrinkwrapping – Process that provides
a 5-sided protection and unitization by forming a bag from a tubular
roll of thermoplastic, placing it loosely over the load and applying
heat, either using gas or electric, to shrink the film to the form of
the load.
Stretch-Hooding – A process,
more prevalent than stretchwrapping, that provides 5-sided protection
and unitization by forming a bag from a tubular roll of thermoplastic,
and stretches it over the entire load. The under pallet stretch function
provides more load stability by unitizing the load with the pallet.
Stretchwrapping – Process that
involves wrapping thermoplastic film tightly around a product.
Supported Materials – Materials
that cannot be melted but are heat sealable.
Tare Weight – The weight of
the bag or container alone.
Trimmer – Used to cut off excess
amounts of material after a packaging process has been completed.
