Automatic moulding and wrapping for butter and margarine
Looking to reduce packaging waste and increase dosing precision? This solution ensures gentle handling and precise moulding of pasty products, significantly cutting material consumption and enhancing production efficiency.
Moulds and Wraps Pasty Products Efficiently
The ECOPACK F1000 and F1500 moulding and wrapping machines from IMA Group offer an efficient solution for forming and packaging pasty products. These fully automatic machines excel in handling delicate butter, margarine, and cheese products while minimizing material usage with end-side folding techniques. With a nominal output of up to 150 packets per minute and dosing accuracy of s=0.4 grams, the ECOPACK series ensures precise portioning. Designed for continuous operation, they seamlessly integrate with production lines via direct feed from processing plants. Featuring energy-efficient motors that reduce consumption by 30%, the machines support sustainable production. Constructed with non-corrosive, food-grade materials, they come with options for CIP cleaning, ensuring compliance with stringent hygiene standards. Customizable and PLC-controlled, these machines are engineered for reliability and longevity.
Benefits
- Minimizes wrapping material usage by up to 30%, reducing production costs.
- Ensures high dosing accuracy, leading to consistent product quality and less waste.
- Enhances energy efficiency, decreasing power consumption by 10-30%.
- Integrates easily into existing production lines, facilitating seamless operations.
- Constructed with durable, food-grade materials for compliance and long-term reliability.
- Applications
- Pasty products,Butter,Margarine
- End products
- Margarine blocks,Processed cheese portions,Herbal butter portions,Butter sticks,Flavored margarine packets
- Steps before
- Dosing,Pressing,Direct feed from the process plant
- Steps after
- Cartoning,Case packing,Palletizing
- Input ingredients
- butter,margarine,pasty products,feeding augers
- Output ingredients
- wrapped consumer portion,cartoned portions,end-side folding bricks
- Market info
- IMA is known for its expertise in manufacturing automated packaging machines and solutions, particularly for the pharmaceutical, cosmetics, food, tea, and coffee industries, offering innovative, high-quality equipment and comprehensive customer service.
- Nominal output
- Up to 125 packets/min
- Nominal output (Model F1500)
- Up to 150 packets/min
- Dosing range
- 50 – 500 g
- Filling accuracy
- Better than s=0.4 for Qn < 100 g
- Dosing accuracy
- s=0.4 g for Qn=100 g
- Wrapping material consumption
- Reduction up to 30%
- Wrapping material
- Parchment,aluminum laminated foil,plastic coated papers
- End-side folding
- Yes
- Production plant
- IMA Benhil
- Main drive
- Servo-driven
- Moulding wheel
- Intermittent driven
- Control system
- PLC by Allen Bradley
- Automation
- Fully automatic
- Energy efficiency
- Power saving between 10 – 30%
- Additional equipment
- CIP cleaning,butter embossing,electrical weight adjustment
- Working mechanism
- Fully automatic moulding and wrapping
- Integrated steps
- Moulding,dosing,wrapping,and end-side folding
- Automation level
- PLC with touch screen operating panel
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Inline Continuous
- CIP/SIP
- CIP cleaning available
- Energy efficiency
- Power saving between 10 – 30%
- Changeover time
- Not specified
- Corrosive resistance (e.g. acids)
- Non-corrosive,food-grade materials
- Folding method
- End-side folding
- Wrap material types
- Parchment,aluminum laminated foil,plastic coated papers
- Product feed method
- Direct feed from the process plant,through with feeding augers
- Control panel type
- Touch screen operating panel
- Drive system
- Servo-driven main drive,intermittent driven moulding wheel
- Control panel type
- Touch screen
- Machine integration
- In-line with other MULTIPACK machines
- Folding style
- End-side folding for bricks
- Special Equipment
- CIP cleaning,butter embossing,electrical weight adjustment
- Equipment drive type
- Servo-driven main drive