Vertical form fill sealer for high-speed packaging
Achieve consistent, high-speed packaging with flexible bag styles, perfect for diverse snacking and confectionery needs, ensuring minimal downtime and efficient labeling for comprehensive production solutions.

Packs and Seals Snacks and Confectionery
The GEA SmartPacker CX250-H by GEA is a high-speed vertical bagger designed to tackle a wide range of packaging requirements for the food, confectionery, and snack industries. Specially engineered for versatility, it efficiently packs and seals diverse pouch styles and bag weights up to 3 kg, maintaining quality and speed with up to 200 bags per minute.
Utilizing a continuous high-speed operation, it integrates seamlessly into packaging lines with its PLC-controlled functions and real-time monitoring capability. Ideal for soft and hard candies, savory snacks, nuts, dried fruits, and more, the SmartPacker allows you to maintain precise bag length and quality with minimal waste, thanks to its advanced product-in-seal detection and durable forming set.
With 98% proven uptime and low maintenance requirements, the machine features quick menu adjustments and recipe management for reproducible settings. Supported by GEA’s extensive 60 years of experience in vertical bagging, optional modules like the GEA TiroLabel and GEA CostFox enhance labeling accuracy and performance monitoring for optimal operational efficiency. Designed for easy cleaning with a small footprint, the CX250-H is customizable to meet specific production needs, ensuring reliability and cost-effective performance.
Benefits
- Enhances packaging efficiency with a seamless high-speed operation, achieving up to 200 bags per minute.
- Minimizes waste and maintains product quality with advanced product-in-seal detection.
- Increases production uptime to over 98%, reducing overall downtime and maintenance costs.
- Offers versatile packaging solutions for multiple product types and bag styles, ensuring excellent product presentation.
- Facilitates quick adjustments and reliable performance with user-friendly recipe management and quick-change options.
- Applications
- Dried fruit,Snacks,Confectionery,Savory snacks,Nuts,Hard candy,Soft candy
- End products
- Gummy bears,Granola bars,Roasted almonds,Trail mix,Jelly beans,Potato chips,Dried mango slices,Mixed nuts,Lollipops,Fruit gummies
- Steps before
- Product Preparation,Ingredient Mixing,Weighing Ingredients
- Steps after
- Labelling,Product Distribution,Shelf Placement,Sealing
- Input ingredients
- soft candy,hard candy,savory snacks,dried fruit,nuts
- Output ingredients
- pillow bags,block bottom bags,gusset bags,easy doy styles
- 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.
- Bag width (min./max.)
- 70/250 mm
- Maximum bag weight
- 3 kg
- Maximum speed
- up to 200 bags/min
- Equipment dimensions H x W x D
- 2020x1130x2185 mm
- Product-in-seal detection
- Automatic double-bag creation
- Uptime
- Over 98%
- Bag enhancement options
- Labelling,printing,euro hole,re-closability
- Bag type
- Pillow,block bottom,gusset,easy doy
- Automation level
- PLC / Integrated Touchscreen
- Changeover time
- Fast due to quick menu and easy-access design
- Bag style flexibility
- Pillow / Block Bottom / Gusset / Easy Doy
- Product-in-seal detection
- Automatic with double-bag creation
- High-speed operation
- Up to 200 bags/min
- Uptime reliability
- Over 98% proven uptime
- Energy efficiency
- High,with minimal downtime and waste
- Quick adjustments
- Enabled by quick menu
- Cleaning method
- Easy maintenance design
- Film changeover
- Fast due to easy-access design
- Abrasion resistance
- High
- Cleanability
- Easy to clean
- Corrosive resistance (e.g. acids)
- Resistance to acids
- Density/particle size
- Variable densities supported
- Bag weight range
- up to 3 kg
- Machine footprint
- 2020x1130x2185 mm
- Bag width (min./max.)
- 70/250 mm
- Maximum bag weight
- 3 kg
- Bag styles
- Pillow,block bottom,gusset,easy doy
- Bag type
- Pillow / Block bottom / Gusset / Easy Doy
- Bag enhancement options
- Labelling / Printing / Euro hole / Re-closability
- Control panel type
- Quick menu for fast adjustments
- Integration Possibilities
- GEA TiroLabel / GEA CostFox
- Forming set
- Reinforced with fiberglass,less wear and tear