Pouch Packaging Machines for Dried Fruit

Pouch packaging machines for dried fruit

Efficient, gentle, and precise

Dried fruits are available in a wide variety of types and forms. In addition to single-variety fruit, mixtures or mixtures with nuts are also often packaged. Primary packaging plays a key role, particularly in product protection and shelf life. Packaging in pouches, which is as economical as possible, is important here.

Our machine solutions achieve maximum product protection and -shelf life combined with unique efficiency and pouch quality. We aim to produce perfect pouches at the lowest possible unit costs and reliably over the entire service lifetime of the machine.

Highlights

Product shelf life

Long product shelf life by low residual oxygen

Machine performance

High machine output and filling weight range

Machine lifetime

Long machine lifetime for more than 25 years

Product protection

High product protection for less product breakage

Processability of mono-materials

All of our new machines can process recyclable mono-materials as standard. Thanks to innovative unwinding and sealing technology, newer and thinner films/ papers can be processed at the same quality and speed.

Efficient filling of dried fruit

"When filling dried fruits, it is important that they do not clump together and fall cleanly in order to be filled precisely."

Nils Hembach, Sales Manager

Precise and efficient packaging of dried fruit

Efficient and controlled filling

via smart discharge management of the multihead weigher

In combination with multihead weighers, our machines achieve maximum cycle outputs with high filling quantities. With the help of smart discharge management, our machine waits for small delays in the multihead weigher and ensures more filled and sealable pouches. To ensure the necessary product flow and prevent the dried fruits from clumping together, smooth and non-slip materials are usually used for parts that come into contact with the product.

Long product service life

thanks to minimal residual oxygen levels in the pouch

To ensure that the high-quality fruits retain their aroma and the shelf life is maximized, the residual oxygen value in the pouch must be reduced to a minimum. We achieve this with our complex product protection gassing.

Variety and flexibility

in terms of filling quantity, pouch type, and filling product

In combination with our pouch packaging machines, single-serve units with small filling quantities, such as 100 grams, or larger quantities, such as 1,000 grams, can easily be packed in stand-up pouches with zipper. For larger filling quantities from around 500 grams, filling can be divided between two filling stations so that high cycle outputs can still be achieved. Product mixes or product combinations are also possible.

Packing dried fruit with innovative technology

High speeds and output rates

Produce on our pouch packaging machines at consistently high speed, even with high filling volumes. Depending on the dosage, output rates from 60 to 210 pouches per minute are recommended. Single (simplex) to triple (triplex) machines are used in the dried fruit sector.

Quick and easy format changes significantly reduce the downtimes of our machines and ensure higher output and machine availability.

Easy to clean

The stainless-steel design of our machine and special seals enable wet cleaning of the entire system so that cleaning processes with cleaning agents and water can be carried out as usual.

Durable machine design

The environmental conditions that affect the packaging and filling of dried fruits can be very demanding for the packaging machine. For this reason, our pouch packaging machine is made of stainless steel to protect it from moisture and corrosion. Special seals could also be used here.

Pouch packaging and dosing technology from a single source

We rely on decades of experience in the filling and packaging of dried fruits. With our pouch packaging machines and the matching multihead weighers, we offer you the perfect combination of first-class pouch packaging technology and coordinated dosing technology from a single source.

Premium pouch quality

"Our packaging machines have always stood for premium pouch quality. In addition to the horizontal processing method, our innovative sealing technology ensures high-quality and sophisticated sealing seams."

Olaf Clemens, Owner / CEO

High-quality products deserve premium pouch quality

The essence of designing a pouch

Stand-up bottom

An additional fold in the packaging material creates a pouch's stand-up base. This very stable base construction enables the pouch to stand independently on a flat surface. In addition to the primary function of being able to stand on its own, the stand-up bottom and the resulting bottom fold give the pouch a higher filling volume than a flat pouch. The bottom shape can usually be round, as in doypacks, or trapezoidal, as in deltapacks.

Zipper

A so-called zipper reclosure is often used to make the pouch reclosable. This zipper consists of two plastic lips that can be pressed together, pulled apart, and sealed into the top area of the pouch. This makes it possible to reclose the pouch after it has been opened for the first time and maintain the filling product's freshness to a certain extent.

Tear opening notch

the consumer to tear open the pouch without tools and consume the contents. The tear-opening notch is usually designed as an incision or punched-out arrowhead.

Side sealing seam

The side sealing seam is the two sealed pouch edges and closes it in this area. The side sealing seam requires exceptional quality and strength. Its width can be freely selected according to the length of the pouch. Depending on the contents, filling quantity, and size, the pouch must be able to withstand various pressures and sealing requirements. Optical and functional sealing patterns, such as cross and ripple patterns, can also be created in the sealing seam.

Top sealing seam

A top sealing seam permanently closes the pouch after filling. The side sealing seam requires exceptional quality and strength. Depending on the contents, filling quantity, and size, the pouch must be able to withstand various pressures and tightness requirements. In addition to the technical requirements, wider top sealing seams are often produced to give the pouch a corresponding appearance. Additional functions like hanging devices (euro hole or round hole) are integrated into the top seam.

Sealing seam quality

Sealing seam quality is one of a pouch core criteria. It must meet a wide range of quality and functional criteria. Thanks to our innovative and high-quality sealing technology, our machines can guarantee consistently high sealing seam strength over the long term. This also applies to different packaging materials and mono-materials.

Processability of mono-materials

All of our new machines can process recyclable mono-materials as standard. Thanks to innovative unwinding and sealing technology, new and thinner films and papers can be processed at the same quality and speed.

Filling level

To minimize packaging material and costs, but also from a sustainability perspective, keeping the space between the product fill level and the top seam as small as possible is essential. Some technical processes, such as tightening before head sealing, require a certain amount of space in the headspace of the pouch. Headspace steaming, intended to counteract possible pouch inflation, also requires a certain amount of free space in the head area of the pouch. We are happy to help with the optimum design of the pouch dimensions depending on the intended filling quantity and filling level.

Hanger hole

The hanger hole is primarily used for easy placement on the shelf at the point of sale. The pouches with a (Euro) hole are pushed onto the shelf bars. The choice of hanger hole is up to you and is realized via a separate punch in the pouch packaging machine.

Overview of all pouch details

Overview of common pouch details

Details that really matter

Stand-up bottom

An additional fold in the packaging material creates a pouch's stand-up base. This very stable base construction enables the pouch to stand independently on a flat surface. In addition to the primary function of being able to stand on its own, the stand-up bottom and the resulting bottom fold give the pouch a higher filling volume than a flat pouch. The bottom shape can usually be round, as in doypacks, or trapezoidal, as in deltapacks.
Zipper

A so-called zipper reclosure is often used to make the pouch reclosable. This zipper consists of two plastic lips that can be pressed together, pulled apart, and sealed into the top area of the pouch. This makes it possible to reclose the pouch after it has been opened for the first time and maintain the filling product's freshness to a certain extent.
Tear opening notch

the consumer to tear open the pouch without tools and consume the contents. The tear-opening notch is usually designed as an incision or punched-out arrowhead.
Side sealing seam

The side sealing seam is the two sealed pouch edges and closes it in this area. The side sealing seam requires exceptional quality and strength. Its width can be freely selected according to the length of the pouch. Depending on the contents, filling quantity, and size, the pouch must be able to withstand various pressures and sealing requirements. Optical and functional sealing patterns, such as cross and ripple patterns, can also be created in the sealing seam.
Top sealing seam

A top sealing seam permanently closes the pouch after filling. The side sealing seam requires exceptional quality and strength. Depending on the contents, filling quantity, and size, the pouch must be able to withstand various pressures and tightness requirements. In addition to the technical requirements, wider top sealing seams are often produced to give the pouch a corresponding appearance. Additional functions like hanging devices (euro hole or round hole) are integrated into the top seam.
Sealing seam quality

Sealing seam quality is one of a pouch core criteria. It must meet a wide range of quality and functional criteria. Thanks to our innovative and high-quality sealing technology, our machines can guarantee consistently high sealing seam strength over the long term. This also applies to different packaging materials and mono-materials.
Processability of mono-materials

All of our new machines can process recyclable mono-materials as standard. Thanks to innovative unwinding and sealing technology, new and thinner films and papers can be processed at the same quality and speed.
Filling level

To minimize packaging material and costs, but also from a sustainability perspective, keeping the space between the product fill level and the top seam as small as possible is essential. Some technical processes, such as tightening before head sealing, require a certain amount of space in the headspace of the pouch. Headspace steaming, intended to counteract possible pouch inflation, also requires a certain amount of free space in the head area of the pouch. We are happy to help with the optimum design of the pouch dimensions depending on the intended filling quantity and filling level.
Hanger hole

The hanger hole is primarily used for easy placement on the shelf at the point of sale. The pouches with a (Euro) hole are pushed onto the shelf bars. The choice of hanger hole is up to you and is realized via a separate punch in the pouch packaging machine.