Success in food packaging comes down to the ability to match quality service with speed and efficiency. Much of that happens at the filling stage. A solid process and a quality liquid filling machine can make a huge difference for both supplier and customer.
Here are a few examples of liquid food packaging technology that have improved how food manufacturers serve the customer.
Carousel Fillers
Carousel fillers essentially revolutionized how liquid and viscous food products are packaged and distributed. The difference is largely in flexibility and speed — here’s how:
Traditionally, liquid filling machines have been linear. They more closely resembled assembly line production. This setup — while efficient — also has its limits. For example, configuring it and adjusting formats was a bit of a chore. By comparison, a carousel filler opens a world of flexibility by allowing the user to more quickly change formats and packing styles. Bottles, cups and containers of different size can be swapped far more quickly.
Additionally, these types of liquid filling machines are made to be more accessible on all sides. That design allows you to more closely monitor what’s happening so that you can make adjustments and perform maintenance as needed.
Container Blowing Machines
Container blowing machines have helped to make liquid food packaging smarter, safer and more efficient. The idea is to create lightweight containers with smaller bottle necks. Some are especially designed for making thin-walled containers better suited for distributing to consumers.
Some container blowing machines have been specifically designed to rotate preformed containers at just the right time during the heating process so that the container is perfectly uniform. It also reduces the likelihood of product jams during the actual filling process.
You’ll find this type of liquid food packaging technology used for manufacturing dairy products, bottled water, cold coffee drinks and other consumer beverages.
Loading and Unloading
Both the loading and unloading steps of liquid product packaging are essential to efficiency. A favorite option among many food manufacturers is loading arms. This is perhaps one area in food packaging where options have exploded in recent years. A liquid packaging facility can be customized to use single-arm fixed reach, supported and unsupported boom arms, scissor arms and more.
A combination of the right technologies like the ones mentioned above can significantly improve efficiency and boost profits — a boon to distributor and customer, alike.
Source
https://www.foodonline.com/doc/bosch-liquid-viscous-food-packaging-technologies-0001
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