Packaging Machines
Labelling, sleeving, wrapping, cartoning, palletizing and depalletizing at line speed.
Food Packaging Lines
Depalletizing to palletizing, balanced against the filler in the middle.
A packaging line is a chain of machines that can only run as fast as its slowest link, and that link is rarely the filler. Depalletizing at 500 to 1200 CPM, conveying at 15,000 to 36,000 BPH, labelling at 15,000 to 30,000 BPH, sleeving at 100 to 600 per minute, wrapping at 25 to 150 per minute, cartoning at 25 to 60 per minute and palletizing at 20 to 80 cartons per minute. Every speed is published so the chain can be balanced on paper.
Sector pain points
What Goes Wrong In This Sector
Manual Handling at Both Ends of the Line
Depalletizing empty containers and palletizing finished packs are where labour cost and handling injuries concentrate, and both have direct machine replacements.
Machines Whose Speeds Nobody Compared
Six machines with published speed ranges means the bottleneck is identified before a purchase order is raised, not after commissioning.
Packaging Material Cost per Pack
Film wrapping costs a fraction of a printed carton. On a water or soft drink line that difference is the largest available packaging saving.
Labels That Will Not Sit on a Shaped Bottle
A shrink sleeve conforms to a contoured container where a flat label cannot, which is why sleeving exists at all.
Line Stops From Cap and Label Faults
A published qualified capping rate of 99.9% is the figure that determines how often the line stops.
Empty Bottles Falling Over on a Belt
Air conveying carries light PET bottles by the neck, which is what keeps them stable at high speed.
What buyers need
What This Sector Actually Asks For
- Published speed ranges on every machine so the line can be balanced
- Accumulation between machines so a short stop does not empty the line
- Conveyor type matched to the container: air for empty PET, chain plate for filled
- Configuration choice on labelling and palletizing rather than one model
- Full-auto PLC control including pallet handling, not just stacking
- Quick changeover where the line runs several pack formats
Product groups
Groups That Serve This Sector
Dairy Processing Machinery
Tanks, separation, heat treatment and filling for every stage between the milking parlour and the pallet.
Fruit Processing Machines
Intake to aseptic bag: washing, sorting, destoning, pulping, pressing, drying and filling.
Retorts and Tunnel Sterilizers
Sterilising and pasteurising product after it is already sealed in its pack.
Rubber Seals and O-Rings
NBR HNBR EPDM FKM and FFKM, plus Y seals and the full AS568 size range.
Sheet Metal Fabrication
Cutting bending welding assembly and coating under one roof, from prototype to production.
Recommended products
Where Most Buyers In This Sector Start
How we work with you
From Enquiry To Repeat Supply
Start From the Filler's Sustained Output
Not the nameplate rating. Everything else is sized against what the filler actually achieves across a shift.
List Every Pack Format
Including promotional packs. Format count is what decides between a gantry and a robot palletizer.
Choose Conveying by Container State
Air conveying for empty PET, chain plate for filled containers, spiral where levels change.
Add Accumulation Deliberately
Accumulation length between machines is what stops a thirty second fault emptying the whole line.
Train Operators on Changeover
On a multi-format line, changeover time is where available capacity is won or lost.
Further reading
Guides For This Sector
Pasteurisation Versus UHT for Liquid Dairy
Three thermal profiles, three different machines and three different distribution models. Which one your plant needs is decided by shelf life and cold chain, not by capacity.
Selecting an O-Ring Material NBR EPDM FKM or FFKM
Almost every seal failure is a material selection error rather than a dimensional one. The fluid and the temperature decide the elastomer, and the size is the easy part.
Specifying a CIP System That Actually Cleans
A cleaning cycle that runs without flow cleans nothing and reports success. Conductivity monitoring, flow switches and return pump selection are what make CIP verifiable.
FAQ
Food Packaging Lines Questions
How do we identify our bottleneck?
Convert every machine's published speed into the same unit, packs per minute, and compare. The lowest figure is the line speed.
Which palletizer configuration suits us?
Gantry for high consistent throughput, vertical column where floor space is tight, robot where pack formats change frequently.
Cartons or film?
Film wrapping costs considerably less per pack. Use cartons where the printed surface serves a marketing purpose or the pack needs the protection.
Can machine speeds be matched to our line?
Yes. Working speed on each machine is built to your requirement within its published range.
What control systems are used?
PLC full-auto program control with frequency converter speed regulation on the palletizer and depalletizer.
Can we automate one stage at a time?
Yes. Every machine has a minimum order of one unit, so a line can be upgraded progressively.
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