REQUIREMENTS
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To replace manual filling of herbs into bags (followed by putting a bag into a box)
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To replace the existing packaging machine forming pillow bags - by a new machine forming gusseted bags (more suitable for inserting into boxes)
CHALLENGE
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During manual packaging the customer presses manually the bag contect before sealing
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It is not possible to make the box (the bag) bigger
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Column height of most bulky product is 260mm
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Required column height of a standing bag = 140mm
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Required column height for forming a top seal = 100mm
DELIVERED SOLUTION
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Create and close equipment US 100
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Using working stations for pressing product in a bag before top sealing
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3 stages of pressing:
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Under the weigher (in general it enables dosing in more steps with pressing)
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following stations for product pressing and product level fixation
PACKING MODE EXAMPLE
Product - sage
Dosing in 2 steps with pressing under the weigher + lowering of product level in following pressing stations
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Height of free-flowing product = 260mm
- ½ dose 130mm after pressing under the weigher → 80mm -
Complete dose after 2nd pressing → 110 – 120mm
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Complete dose after 3rd pressing → 90 – 100mm
