GlobalSpec has asked its users about the latest design trends and features related to Packaging Machines. They have also shared their product applications and tips on how to buy and use these products.
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What are some of the applications you have used packaging machines for?
22 answers
We are using heat shrink wrapping machines, vacuum pack sealing machine, bottle pouch sealing machines, dixi packaging machine, labeling & printing machines, & strip binding machines.
~Imran K, Technical Support, Lahore, Pakistan
Packing Medical Devices into blisters, through a Multivac packing system. Packing them, later, in strong corrugated cardboard boxes.
~Orlando C, Chairman, Felgueiras, Portugal
Pack the products in good condition where cost is min also. Easy to handle. Safe to transport. Bear the dead load of Stack.
~Engineering, Process/Production, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Wrapping,bundling and overwrapping soap bars
Shrink wrapping consumer goods
Form, fill and sealing liquids and pastes
~Engineering, Consulting, Guayaquil, Ecuador
Tube filling machines
Cartoning of tubes,blisters,bottles,strips..etc.
Bundling of all above products.
~Chirag Naithani, Marketing/Sales, Mumbai, India
Our machines are used to create packaging materials on site to protect products during shipment.
~Marketing/Sales, Redwood City, CA
Bagging, Case Packing, Bundling, Palletizing, Robotics, Pallet Wrapping, Conveying
~Marketing/Sales, Norcross, GA
Blisters, shrink wraps, shrink sleeves, cartons, bundles
~Engineer, Burlington, NC
Packaging of all our products- food for consumer use
~Haakon Aas, Engineer, Kongsvinger, Norway
Case Sealers, Case Erectors, Strapping Equipment
~Engineering, Process/Production, East Butler, PA
Food, medical accessories, electronic parts
~Ediel Spalonsi, Planning Director, Sao Paulo-SP, Brazil
Coil strapping & Plastic wrapping machines
~Maintenance/Facilities Management, Hastings, Australia
Cartoning
Filling
VFFS
HFFS etc....
~Miroljub T, General Management, Cuprija, SERBIA
Cartoning
case packaging
overwrapping
~Bill B, Marketing/Sales, Fairfield, NJ
Cartoning
Case Packing
Palletizing
~Terry Zarnowski, Marketing/Sales, Brewerton, NY
For liquid and powder filling mat.
~Sheth.Nikunj. N, Factory Manager-Technical., Baroda., India.
Packaging parts for resale
~Marketing/Sales, Phoenix, AZ
Packaging food
~Victor Ayala, Manufacturer, Los mochis, Mexico
Private labels
~Papirio V, Quality Control, Agropoli (SA), Italy
Bag filling
~Tom H, Engineer, Brownwood, TX
Aerosols
~Engineering, Consulting, Cairo 11361, Egypt
Beverage
~Research & Development, Parma, Italy
Please share with us any “non-standard” applications that packaging machines have been used for.
3 answers
What we actually need is something adaptable to new sizes, more often than not we mean medical devices such as surgical gowns, operation kits (custom packed trays) made with non woven fabrics, but often containing syringes, lancets and other items (duly packed previously).
~Orlando C, Chairman, Felgueiras, Portugal
Ours is a trailer-mounted, fully automatic sandbag filling machine used at the site of a flood.
~Tom H, Engineer, Brownwood, TX
Closing cartons
~Engineer, Burlington, NC
Do you know of any disastrous mistakes that occurred due to the incorrect usage of a packaging machine?
5 answers
High automatization levels help in avoid disastrous mistakes. When photocells and other devices are broken or manual operations are in progress the attention of operators must be at the top of levels.
~Papirio V, Quality Control, Agropoli (SA), Italy
Loss of production on a product launch. Happens way too often.
~Bill B, Marketing/Sales, Fairfield, NJ
Improper specifications
~Terry Zarnowski, Marketing/Sales, Brewerton, NY
None I know of.
~Marketing/Sales, Redwood City, CA
Many of them
~Miroljub T, General Management, Cuprija, SERBIA
