Ishida,a technology company,has claimed that its iTPS snack packing system,which integrates both weighing and bag making technologies,provides higher efficiencies than those lines that utilise separate machines.
The snack packing system which combines the company's mulithead weighers with its Atlas bag maker not only cuts down wastage but also reduces the cost of maintenance and offers greater packaging speed,reported BakeryAndSnacks.com.
Ishida snacks packaging applications manager Kevin Ferris told the website that the system is unique as it is a combination of the machines and does not require much space as several other solutions which offer weighers and baggers separately.
Snacks have to be first put into the mulithead weigher,which is located at the top of the machine.The mulithead weigher provides the exact weight per pack and then the snacks comes out through a metal detector and a bag forms around the product.This not only provides higher speed but also reduces the wastage,Ferris added.
The machine enables the use of standard films that are used for snack packaging,such as OPP and polyethylene.
