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Skin Packaging Machines
Skin packaging machines effectively preserve food products’ quality and freshness, protecting them from moisture loss or contamination while improving visual appeal for consumers. Skin packaging machines protect meats, smoked foods, and seafood from freezer burn while keeping their optimal temperatures for consumption.
Skin packaging machines first apply a heat seal dispersion substance to a skimboard, ensuring that the plastic film will adhere securely. After loading the product onto it, this skimboard is placed into a clamp frame where its frame is raised above a heated surface where the plastic film is drawn over it until its warmth causes it to form around them and instantly bond with them.
Skin packaging creates a rugged, plastic pouch that offers excellent protection from environmental hazards and contaminants, and its clear plastic allows consumers to inspect products quickly before purchase. Furthermore, its transparent nature enables graphics and any additional details consumers need about an item to be printed directly onto its surface. Compared with more conventional methods like modified atmosphere packaging (MAP), skin packaging offers significant cost-cutting potential by using less material while eliminating costly trays or paperboard containers.
Though skin packaging machines offer many advantages, there can also be drawbacks. Time can be wasted cutting or extracting products from their packaging. At the same time, some items don’t fit conveniently – this is often an issue when dealing with fish, meats, hardware, and other small consumer goods that don’t easily fit. When this occurs, a different packaging solution might be required instead.
Vertical Bagging Machines
Vertical bagging machines, commonly called VFFS machines (vertical form fill seal), are packaging machines that utilize flat film to help form and fill bags before sealing them before shipping. There are numerous sizes and configurations of VFFS machines to meet any product need; all three work by creating bags from the flat film, filling them with products from your product, then sealing the bags closed for shipment.
A typical VFFS machine begins by loading a roll of flat packaging film onto an unwind axle or similar device, where it will then pass through a forming collar and filled tube where guides form its edges into an overlapping or fin seal before heated jaws press together and seal off its top; depending on product and manufacturer.
During the bagging process, a multi-head weighing system accurately pre-measures each product into an accurate portion before dropping it into a bag using a servo-driven system and being lowered onto its sealed tube end using a conveyor. A sensor will detect leakage in case this occurs before being resealed with a tamper-proof zipper added and its label printed if found.
Traditional manual packaging machines often require an inventory of different-sized bags to work effectively; in contrast, VFFS machines use one roll of film to produce multiple sizes, helping reduce storage space and overall costs. They are generally easy to operate, and training time for new employees is minimal compared to manual machines; combined with savings on labor and material costs alone, a VFFS machine often pays for itself within two years, making this high-efficiency packaging machine affordable to even small businesses.
Blister Packaging Machines
Blister packaging machines are great solutions for packaging pharmaceutical goods of various kinds. Operating at high speeds, these machines create an airtight seal that makes it difficult for young children to open while marking individual doses with individual labels and providing extra security by adding a tamper-proof layer – ideal for hospitals and pharmacies alike.
A blister packing machine employs thermoforming technology to form plastic films with pockets or cavities for products like tablets, capsules, soft gels, and vials. A foil seal coating is then applied and heat welded onto it for airtight sealing; additionally, this machine can print a label including information about its contents and batch numbers on every blister pack created.
The blister packaging machine can be set to produce single or multiple packs in various sizes, with child-resistant packs as an option. Furthermore, its detection of empty cavities enables it to stop filling them; in addition, its trimming station cuts individual blister cards off to eliminate pre-form inventory and cut costs significantly.
Tabletop blister packing machines can also be helpful when producing smaller batches of pharmaceuticals, which may benefit departments involved with clinical trials, stability studies, or specialty drugs. Furthermore, using such machines allows departments to run tests without interrupting production; table top machines have production rates capable of producing several hundred packs simultaneously, giving departments enough time for tests without interruptions to show.
Flat-forming blister machines provide another method of blister packaging. These machines can produce various blisters, from thermo and cold forming for complex shapes to plug-assist deep forming for ampoule/vial blisters and hang-hole blisters for consumer products. It has materials like PVC, PVDC, COC, and cold-form alu foil as well as is highly flexible as customer demands change quickly; in addition, several automation options such as automatic card feeder, product feed as well as cutting sealing and printing comes standard on these machines.
Die Cutting Machines
Die-cutting machines make short work of creating stylish products quickly and affordably from various materials such as metals, paper, plastic, fabric, and wood. Each material possesses different properties that determine the optimal process, machine configuration, and die design for cutting them. This technology enables businesses to quickly create stylish products without sacrificing quality or affordability.
Utilizing the appropriate die cutters for your project can drastically decrease the time and frustration spent trying to cut or shape something yourself while helping avoid costly errors that could cause your product to look less than ideal or even be compromised by mistakes made without appropriate equipment.
Consider using a flatbed die cutter if your project requires complex cuts or shapes. These devices apply pressure vertically onto the cut material, making it ideal for thicker products that need multiple passes through the machine. Rotary die cutters use rolling cylinders instead, providing more options when cutting thinner materials with higher order volumes.
At Crafter’s Companion’s Gemini hybrid die-cutting and embossing machine, one of its greatest assets is its embossing capability. Follow your machine’s manual for creating the appropriate sandwich: transparent plate at the bottom, metal shim or magnetic mat (depending on desired pressure level), die, and material to cut/emboss.
Die-cut machines offer a more accessible, quicker way to create die cuts if time and manual effort are limited and may offer reduced stress on joints with arthritis or joint issues. Additionally, their portable design may make for less tedious operation in terms of portability compared to hand-cranked versions.
