Best 18 Machines for Packaging Industry

Choosing the right packaging machinery guarantees efficiency, hygiene and overall cost savings. However, at any instance, you must choose the right packaging machine that matches your product requirements.

Whether your industry produces liquid, powder, paste or any special product, there is always a packaging machinery for you. Today, we are going to explore the top 18 best packaging machines that may fit your production line. 

Filling & Portioning Machines 

• Piston Filling Machines

Piston filling machines have accuracy in packaging of viscous liquids. The piston is used to separate and inject specific amounts of liquids into bottles. These machines are ideal to the industries processing oils, sauces and creams as they give a vast range of viscosities and guaranteeing consistent fills and minimum wastage.

• Auger-type Powder Filling Machines

Auger type powder filling machines are made with the aim of precise and effective packaging of powder. They are also used to very accurately measure and dispense powders into containers by use of a rotating auger. These machines are ideal in food, drug and chemical processes where portion control and handling of powders is vital.

• Multi-head Weighers

Multi-head weighers are needed in case of handling complicated products. These are multiple weighing head machines that serve to weigh and portion products in very short times. These are often applied in food manufacturing e.g. nuts, grains and snacks and they are fast and accurate when it comes to filling.

Form-Fill-Seal Systems (Primary Packaging)

• Vertical Form-Fill-Seal (VFFS) Machines

Vertical Form Fill Seal machines (VFFS) make packages through the formation of a tube on the film, product is filled in the tube and finally sealed. They are best suited to granules, powders and liquids. The VFFS are very adaptable and provide quick and efficient packaging of numerous products in the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries.

• Horizontal Form-Fill-Seal (HFFS) Machines 

Horizontal Form Fill Seal machines (HFFS) are systems that seal and form packets in a horizontal direction. The machines are appropriate to be used in packaging of delicate items or those with uneven shapes. They are often applied to wrap items such as candy, baked items, electronics. HFFS machines have a fast setting-up and are efficient.

Pre-made Pouch & Specialty Bagging 

• Pre-made Pouch Bagging Machines

Pre-made pouches bagging machines provide rapid and adaptable packaging of goods where product demands ready-to-use pouches. These machines can accommodate large levels of pouch sizes and shapes and thus they are perfectly effective to be used in an industry such as snack food, pharmaceuticals as well as pet care. They are able to automate the packaging operations and they are more efficient.

• Sachet / Stick Pack Machines

The sachet and stick pack packages are manufactured using single-serve packaging machines. Such machines are ideal with products such as sauce, powder and personal care items. The layering offers good inventory stock with less cost mode of packaging smaller amount of goods to be utilized making it more convenient to them.

Wrapping & Sealing Solutions

• Flow Wrapping Machines

Flow wrapping machines offer a fast speed packaging process in lots of various goods. These types of machines cover products in a continuous form of film and therefore, they avoid products that are incomplete such as snacks, confectionary and pharmaceuticals. The packaged samples have safety and convenience.

• Shrink Wrapping Machines

Shrink wrapping machines involve the use of heat that shrinks a plastic film surrounding the goods till they are tight and offer protection. Examples of products where these machines are normally applied are food packaging, pharmaceuticals and consumer goods. This is because shrink wrapping ensures that products are secured during transportation and they are not contaminated.

• Skin Packing / Blister Forming Machines

Skin packing and blister machine which is also used to package and cover delicate products in plastic or foil coverings. These are machines that make a vacuum-sealed package, which are usually applied in electronics, hardware and pharmaceuticals. They serve a safe packaging and display the product.

Cartoning, Case Packing & Boxing

• Wrap-around Case Packers

Wrap-around case packers pack and seal cartons around products. Packing of goods such as cans, bottles and jars among others are normally done in these machines. Their packaging is consistent and faster and are used when many products need to be taken through the production process.

• Side-loading Case Packers

Side-loading case packers have the purpose of having the product put into the cases on the side, which is efficient in the case of sensitive products or bulkier products. These are very commonly applied in the food industry, beverage industry, and household commodities where heavy-duty machines are required.

• Tray Sealers

Tray sealers represent a simple and effective mechanism of sealing containers, usually of food products. They are machines that assemble a combination of heat and pressure to seal the tray with a secure and tamper-evident seal and guarantee that the set product is fresh and safe.

Secondary Packaging & Stabilizing

• Bundler / Strapping Machines

Bundler and strapping equipment is a machine that holds several products in bundles ready to be shipped. They are extensively employed in the packaging of heavy loads and bottles, cans, and boxes can be easily packed in them and their stability during transportation is easily maintained.

• Palletizers (Robotic & Traditional)

Palletizers enable products to be placed in pallets to ease their transportation. Robotic palletizers are high-speed automation but manual stacking is slow but reliable. These two types increase operating efficiency through minimization of manual labor.

Labeling & Inspection

• Labeling Machines 

Labeling machines are used to add labels to containers or packaging, or goods to ensure that goods represent brand requirements and regulatory requirements. These are fast-labeling machines that are versatile signatures to accommodate the various types and size of the labels all along a variety of industries.

• Check-weighers & Metal Detectors 

Metal detectors and check weighers can assure the product safety and quality. Check weighers ensure that every package has the right quantity whereas metal detectors detect any foreign metal contaminants. Food and pharmaceutical industries can never do without these machines.

Digital & Automated Integration

• Smart Packaging & Pick-and-Place Robots

Smart packing incorporates automated packaging production. Pick and place robots also allow efficient reduction in packaging costs since they quickly put products into their containers to operate automatically, thus saving the labor costs. Such innovations help in the ease of operations in industries.

How to Choose the Right Packaging Machines

The packaging machines you select should be based on the type of your product, the volume that you are producing and the kind of material you are packaging. Consider the speed, flexibility and the level of automation that is required to make sure that the machines that you specify do fit your needs. Talk with manufacturers or automation specialists to develop the most appropriate solution to your operation. To find out more on this, consider JOCHAMP packaging machine options.

Conclusion

The proper packaging machinery is very essential in enhancing the efficiency of the production process and attain high-quality products. Whether it comes to filling and sealing, labeling and inspection, the selection of the right packing machine can make your operation efficient, less expensive, and produce better products. Contact JOCHAMP to discover the right packaging solution to your needs.