Focus on hygienic packaging

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Hygiene will be a key focus for Bosch Packaging Technology FachPack, Nuremberg, Germany, September 24 to 26. In addition to launching innovative secondary packaging technology, Bosch will showcase technology designed to maximise product safety for manufacturers. These include a state-of-the-art vertical bagger platform and the Pack 301 IN inverted horizontal flow wrapper, which is on display in Europe for the first time, as well as a fully-integrated coffee packaging solution.

The flow wrapper is presented with the new product distribution system, a modular direct-depositing pullnose station, able to gently handle a wide variety of products and designed for easy cleaning and maintenance. All machines have been developed to facilitate integration with existing Bosch technology, enabling manufacturers to source all of their packaging line equipment from a single supplier. Optimising line performance and efficiency will also be a core topic for Bosch at the show, with exhibiting its service concept Preventive Maintenance.

Developed for the packaging of soft, sticky, flexible or difficult-to-handle products, the Pack 301 IN inverted horizontal flow wrapper transports the packaging film from below, while the product is fed directly from the feeding system onto the film. This prevents pushing the product over a steel plate, which eliminates a potential source of contamination, enhancing hygiene and product safety. Removable covers and catch pans below the finwheel assembly and on the infeed give manufacturers the benefit of easy cleaning.

Transportation of the product on top of the packaging film from the forming shoulder to the cross-sealing unit minimizes jams, leading to reduced downtime and therefore enhances efficiency. The modular film backstand, which can be placed in various positions relative to the infeed and wrapper, allows to set up the machine according to product specific requirements, resulting in high efficiency and an optimised film path, lowering pack rejection rate. The machine can be easily adjusted to accommodate different product heights, which decreases downtime during product changeovers.

Bosch will also exhibit its fully-integrated coffee packaging solution at FachPack 2013, featuring several advanced technologies specially designed to maintain long product shelf life and efficient production. The core of the integrated packaging line is the modular vertical form, fill and seal machine PME 4001 for high-quality bags. The bags are filled with an inert gas flush through the FVS auger filler. The auger filler’s high filling precision, low residual oxygen rates, and gentle product handling result in low product rejects and waste. The valve applicator CVA 2000 VIS ensures reliable and accurate application of inside aroma protection valves, which upholds the coffee quality for consumer satisfaction. The integrated coffee packaging platform also includes the high-precision KWI 6000 checkweigher to measure pack weight and to adjust over- and underfilling of the product by tendency-regulation with the auger filler.

The technologies will be on display at Bosch’s booth 305, hall 4A of the Exhibition Centre, Nuremberg, September 24 to 26.

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