High-speed packaging system for long-cut pasta
Achieve seamless high-speed packaging with enhanced accuracy and minimized product loss, thanks to an advanced system featuring double dosing units and artificial intelligence for consistent long-cut pasta operations.

Packs and Weighs Long-Cut Pasta Efficiently
The GEA H-Packer SO Plus, engineered by renowned industrial manufacturer GEA, revolutionizes the packaging of long-cut pasta products. Featuring a unique combination of a double dosing unit and continuous motion packaging, it ensures uninterrupted processing and high throughput for products like spaghetti and lasagna sheets. Its advanced artificial intelligence system optimizes weighing precision and reduces breakage, crucial for consistent quality control. The machine’s dual brushless motorized reel holder enhances film management, allowing seamless integration with existing lines and making it ideal for pasta manufacturers aiming to minimize product loss and line disruptions. Automated operations, controlled via a Siemens PLC, provide user-friendly interaction and sophisticated data exchange, supporting remote monitoring and enhancing production oversight. The system is designed for robustness, equipped with patented safety and sealing systems that guarantee package integrity while reducing maintenance frequency. With capabilities to adapt to varying operational demands, it meets industry standards for efficiency and reliability, offering a comprehensive solution for modern food packaging facilities.
Benefits
- Increases production capacity with continuous, high-speed packaging.
- Minimizes product breakage for consistent quality and reduced waste.
- Enhances ease of integration and control with a centralized Siemens PLC system.
- Reduces film waste and enhances package appearance with optimized film management.
- Improves operational safety and reliability with advanced safety features and diagnostics.
- Applications
- Snacks,Long-cut pasta,Breakfast cereals,Pasta
- End products
- Spaghetti,Fettuccine,Lasagna sheets,Bucatini,Tagliatelle,Linguine
- Steps before
- Pasta production,Pasta shaping,Initial weighing
- Steps after
- Final packaging,Labeling,Distribution
- Input ingredients
- long-cut pasta,paper film,rough pasta shapes
- Output ingredients
- packaged long-cut pasta,sealed packages,rejected packages
- Market info
- GEA is known for its expertise in engineering innovative and sustainable equipment and solutions, focusing on sectors such as food, beverages, pharmaceuticals, and energy, with a reputation for quality, efficiency, and advanced technological applications in industrial processing.
- Speed
- High-speed
- Capacity
- Continuous motion
- Automation
- PLC-controlled
- Dosing type
- Double doser system
- Filling accuracy
- High precision with AI
- Film management
- Optimized for paper
- Film tension control
- Brushless motorized reel holder
- Sealing method
- Stripping sealing jaw
- Electronic architecture
- Siemens PLC
- Safety features
- Coded sensors,drop-box
- User interface
- Customizable HMI panel
- LED visibility
- LED lighting for quick visibility
- Automation level
- Manual / PLC / HMI Integrated
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Continuous
- Changeover time
- Automatic
- Cleaning method
- Not specified
- Energy efficiency
- Optimized via AI
- Safety standards
- LED lighting and coded sensors
- Weighing precision
- AI-optimized
- Film management
- Optimized film feeding
- Cleanability
- Easy to clean surfaces
- Suited for pasta residues
- Corrosive resistance (e.g. acids)
- High
- Designed for food processing environments
- Density/particle size
- Optimized for long-cut pasta
- Particle size varies
- Machine footprint
- Compact design
- Control panel type
- Customizable HMI
- Reel holder type
- Double brushless motorized
- Film feeding method
- Optimized film feeding
- Control panel type
- HMI with customizable operator interface
- Reel holder type
- Double brushless motorized with tension control
- Lighting system
- LED for quick visibility of malfunctions
- Operator interface
- Customizable
- Safety features
- Coded sensors,drop-box for discarded packages
- Sealing mechanism
- Patented stripper-gripper system