Packaging Machinery

Packaging machinery is used to package products or components. This product area includes equipment that forms, fills, seals, wraps, cleans and packages at different levels of automation.  Packaging machinery also includes related machinery for sorting, counting, and accumulating. There are many different package types. Examples include: aerosol containers, bags and pouches, blister packs, bottles and jars, cartons and boxes, cans, capsules, cartridges, cases, cups and trays, drums, kegs and pails, pallets and intermediate bulk containers (IBC), tubes, and vials. Closing methods for packaging machinery can use caps and lids, cork, glue, heat seals, nails or staples, tamper-evident or tamper-resistant tape, tuck and fold techniques, and wrapping paper. Applications for packaging machinery include: automotive, chemical and petrochemical, cosmetics and perfumery, electronics and semiconductor, food and food service, garment, household product, medical, military, music, video and software, pharmaceutical, stationary, and tobacco. 

There are many different types of packaging machinery. Suppliers that provide integration services can help customers integrate new equipment into existing production lines, or help setup equipment and train employees. Common packaging machinery types include: accumulators, batching machinery, bagging machinery, bander machinery or sleever machinery, box making machinery, bundling machinery, capping machinery, cartooning machinery, and closing machinery. Accumulators gather goods or items for processing. Batching machines prepare material for processing or packaging. Bagging machines place product in a bag, pouch or sack. Banding machines and sleeving machines secure products together with a band or sleeve. Box making machines build boxes from cardboard. Bundling machines form goods into piles for subsequent banding or wrapping. Capping machines place, snap, or screw caps onto containers. Cartoning machines create cartons or boxes from cardboard. Closing machines are designed to close packages with a tying wire, narrow metal strap or tape around the neck of the bag; by placing a lid on a can or drum; and closing a box or other type of package. 

Manual, semi-automatic, and automatic packaging machinery is commonly available. Product types include: cleaning machinery and sterilizing machinery, collating machinery, combining machinery, counting machinery, decorating machinery, erecting machinery, filling machinery and packer machinery, forming machinery, and inspection machinery. Form, fill and seal machinery is also available. Cleaning machines sanitize containers or packaging devices. Collating machines package or assemble product in proper numerical or logical order. Combining machines form containers into a single line for subsequent filling operations. Counting machines count products before, during or after a process. Decorating machines decorate packages. Erecting machines build packages such as cartons or boxes. Filling machines and packer machines fill bags, bottles, and cans with a predetermined volume of product. Forming machines are used to form containers or packages. Inspection machines review products for blemishes, leaks, consistency or types. 

Suppliers of packaging machinery also provide: palletizers, de-palletizers, pallet dispensers, unloading machinery, sealing machinery, shrink machinery, strapping machinery and banding machinery, sorting machinery, tape dispensers, vacuum chambers, and wrapping machinery. Palletizers and de-palletizers place and remove goods on pallets in an orderly fashion. Pallet dispensers hold a number of pallets and dispense them on demand. Unloading machines remove product or goods from packaging. Sealing machines close and seal an individual package, or provide a continuous seal. Shrink machines apply heat to shrink a plastic wrapper around a product. Strapping machines and banding machines strap or band product. Sorting machines are used to divide groups of dissimilar products into the proper order. Tape dispensers are devices that hold a roll of tape for easy dispensing.  Vacuum chamber machines package a product under vacuum. Wrapping machines range from small manual hand stretch wrappers to sophisticated automated wrapping stations. Other types of packaging machinery are also available.

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