The packaging machine is designed to organize a continuous packaging cycle using a volumetric method of dosing free-flowing products (sugar, salt, pepper, instant coffee and 3 in 1, tea) and packing them into portioned 3- or 4-seam packaging of the “sachet” type (sachet package) made of polymer films (polypropylene, duplex, triplex, laminated paper, nylon, filter paper).

The equipment consists of a horizontal packaging machine and a volumetric pendulum dispenser.

The packaging machine operates in a horizontal position, which structurally allows for noting different sizes of sachet packages, as well as dosing products at a minimum distance of dose dispensing into the package, which allows for the most accurate dose volume.

Characteristics.

* The performance of the equipment depends on the dose volume, the properties of the product being dosed, the properties of the packaging material and the length of the package.

** To ensure the operation of the pneumatic drives of this packaging machine, a compressor is required (not included in the standard package).

Description of work.

The storage bin, fixed on the shaft, oscillates horizontally with the help of a pneumatic drive. As a result of such oscillating movements, the neck of the bin moves like a “pendulum”, from one dosing cavity to another and back. When the neck of the bin reaches the dosing cavity, the packaged product is poured through the neck of the storage bin into such a cavity, after which the neck moves to fill the opposite dosing cavity. Upon receiving a signal from the control unit, the filled cavity opens, pouring its contents into the receiving funnel and then into the tube, which directs the product into the formed sachet package, using a special unit. After dispensing a measured dose of the packaged product, the electronic control unit of the filling machine sends a command to the pneumatic drive, which returns the neck of the bin back, filling the emptied dosing cavity with the next portion of the packaged product, and activates the sealing unit of the packer. The sealing unit operates with the help of a constant maintained temperature of the surface of the sealing pads and seals all the seams of the filled sachet package with the “Euroche” type of seam.

At the moment of sealing the sachet package, the horizontal displacement of the film pulling unit occurs, by the length of the package set by the sensor or controller. Since the film pulling unit does not stop during the horizontal stroke, it facilitates the unwinding of the reel and the folding of the packaging material, through the sachet package former.

While the pulling unit has reached the extreme point, the filled sachet package is separated by cutting the packaging film with a mechanical knife. At this time, the control unit gives a command to open another filled dosing cavity and pour its contents into a new sachet package, unclamps the heating sealing pads and moves them to seal the next sachet package. The separated package falls on the floor, into a special container (box) or onto a discharge conveyor.

Additionally, a microcontroller is installed in the control unit of the packaging machine, which monitors emergency situations in the operation of the automatic packer and volumetric dispenser: end or break of the roll of packaging material, pinching of the portion, etc.

Peculiarities.

The filling machine of the “sachet” series, model AF-35-SGO, is optimal for filling small free-flowing products, capable of uniformly and quickly filling measuring containers (salt, pepper, sugar, tea, granulated and freeze-dried coffee, 3-in-1 coffee), as well as packaging them in polymeric materials (polypropylene, duplex, triplex, laminated paper, laminated nylon, filter paper).

The use of this filling machine in operation allows you to get a 3- or 4-seam package in the form of a square or rectangular bag (sachet bag, sachet, sachet bag, Sachet), used in many catering establishments (cafes, restaurants, gas stations).

This horizontal packaging machine, using the volumetric dosing method in its work, is not universal and has limitations on changing the volume of products packed, but the advantage is the ability to use bags of different sizes, specified in the technical specifications.

The horizontal packaging machine is located indoors and requires floor placement. The unit has limitations on the width of the packaging film used and the height of the formed sachet packaging, specified in the technical specifications. It is possible to manufacture a packaging machine with individual parameters.

The packaging machine is available in models AF-35-SG3O, AF-35-SG4O. They differ from each other in the number of vertical seams on the package: in AF-35-SG3O – 3 seams, and in AF-35-SG4O – 4 vertical sealed seams.

Equipment.

Standard equipment:
Volumetric pendulum dispenser with a storage bin;
Former of 3- or 4-seam “sachet” packaging;
Automatic packaging feed system along the length and along the “photo mark”;
Unit for sealing longitudinal and transverse packaging seams;
Unit for putting the date on the packaging seam (day, month, year “XX XX XX”);
Electronic control unit with light indication and monitoring of emergency situations.

Additional equipment:
Receiving storage bin (100 liters);
Thermal printer (from 6 characters, at any point of the package);
System for monitoring the length of the package by the pattern on the film;
Package cutting unit;
“Euro-cut” unit on the seam of the package;
Protective casing;
Compressor.

Equipment:
Electric drives – STM (Italy);
BU – MiKra (Ukraine);
Frequency converters – INVT, HYUNDAI (Korea);
Bearings – CX (Poland);
Units in contact with the product – steel 304.

Possibilities: 1200 packs/hour.

Type of packaging: sachet bag.

Products: bulk products.