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Milk powder packing Equipment

<h2>It is all about the right machinery for the job</h2>
One of the most commonly used machines for packaging milk powder is the powder packing machine. These machines are made of high-quality stainless steel. And use an auger filler to accurately measure the amount of powder that goes into each package. This ensures that the process is both consistent and reliable. The milk powder packaging line typically includes several machines that work together to fill and seal the packages. These machines include a feeder, which transports the powder products to the filling machine. As well as a powder filling machine, that accurately fills each package with the desired amount of powder.

<h2>Automatic or Semi Automatic Packaging, Which is best?</h2>
There are two main types of milk powder packing machines. These include semi-automatic and automatic. Semi-automatic machines require some manual input. For example, placing the empty package under the filling spout and removing the filled package. On the other hand, automatic machines, perform all the packaging tasks from <a href="https://making.com/technologies/filling">filling</a> to sealing the packages without any human intervention.

<span style="font-weight: 400">At last, you reached the final stage of processing your product - welcome to the packing world! Packing preserves and protects a product from damage, spoilage, and contamination while it makes its way from the production line to the consumer or further production. Depending on which industry your products belong to, the type of primary packaging equipment can change drastically. You need to pay careful attention to products with </span><span style="font-weight: 400">chemicals or hazardous substances since they can be potentially dangerous to human health. </span>

Packing

Basically, to make milk powder, you need to remove the water content from the liquid milk and turn it into powder. How to do it? After pasteurizing and homogenizing the milk, milk’s water content is removed through filtration, evaporation, and drying. You have then to cool and sieve it before filling the containers. Here's how you get milk powder.

Milk powder

The use of sachets and pouches for powdered or shredded dairy products is an increasingly popular format. Grated cheeses, powdered milk and similar products benefit from this form of packaging thanks to extended shelf life, reduced transportation and storage costs, and consumer convenience. For high volume production it’s not only important to have a robust filling and sealing solution, but for food use it’s vital that any equipment meets all necessary sanitary requirements.


<h2>Flat or stand up pouch packaging for products that require sanitary design</h2>
The Bossar B3700 HFFS machine has been specially designed to fill shredded cheese and powdered dairy products. It’s also suitable for non-dairy products that require a fully sanitary design.

Manufactured from titanium and stainless steel, the B3700 is not only easy to clean and sterilise, but also extremely robust.

Its suitability for a wide range of products is thanks to its ability to achieve “clean” and “ultraclean” levels during packaging by utilising laminar flow, U.V. lamps and/or hydrogen peroxide.

Variants are available for both flat and gusseted pouches, and the machine is able to fill pouches from 140mm x 140mm up to 185mm x 380mm, with fill volumes up to 2000cc.

Traditional and robust walking beam transport system allows continual production of up to 140 pouches per minute.

For maximum flexibility, zipper insertion into the pouch is available as an option, perfect for powdered or shredded dairy products.

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Dairy Packaging Machine

The side gusset pouch is a popular packaging solution for medium formats, particularly for granulated products such as coffee. It’s also ideal for many liquid applications. Given the requirements for a perfect seal when used with liquids, more expensive pre-made pouches are often preferred. A purpose-designed side-gusset forming machine that can use inexpensive reel films to produce perfect results for all content types is the ideal solution for increased value.


<h2>Pouch filling machine for coffee, fruit purees and yoghurts</h2>
The BVH Quattro Seal from Bossar was designed specifically to pack liquid, viscous and granulated products into a user-friendly single-serve format using economical film reels. BVH’s innovative design combines the best of both vertical and horizontal form fill and seal machines to deliver a lower cost pouch of equal quality to more costly ready-made alternatives.

The machine is capable of producing quattro seal pouches of between 90mm x 100mm to 180mm x 300mm, with volumes up to 2,000cc. Pouches can be formed with or without a block bottom, and all are capable of having top spouts inserted where required.

For maximum flexibility, the BVH offers rapid format change. Pouch length is adjusted via full servo motor control through the touchscreen interface, while pouch width is modified by the use of quick change forming collars.

Once the pouch has been formed vertically, a robust traditional walking beam transport system moves the pouches through the filling, valve insertion and final sealing elements horizontally. Strong grippers ensure a perfect fill and seal for the final product.

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Economical Pouch Packaging Machine

Packaging companies need to pay attention to personalization in shape and design in addition to the attention for the protection of products. The secondary packaging sector faces several challenges to meet customer and marketing demands and regulation standards that come with a large distribution. A good solution in end-of-line packaging is a wraparound case packer that can produce appealing packaging suitable for <em>various</em> configurations.


<h2>Effective wraparound solution for secondary packaging</h2>
The wraparound case packer CPWA from Senzani is a secondary packaging solution. This machine has a production speed of up to 36 cases per minute and can pack a wide range of products such as cartons, tubs, tetra bricks, and bags. Compared to standard case packaging, the wrap-around system ensures solid and firm packaging. In addition, a flat carton wraps the product for protection, providing tighter packaging than a regular box.

In the production process, the operator can easily load horizontal or vertical flat blank magazines with no production cycle interruptions. The picking group takes the flat cases from the magazine, which will then be positioned and folded into a U-shape. Quality control is provided to the folding process of inner and outer flaps, and in the end, the cases are closed with a hot-melt glue application, where during this step, photocells check if the cases are properly closed.

Additionally, changes to adjust for size or format are easily done without any additional tools; this simplifies the use of the machine for the operator.

Wraparound case packer

Packaging of food products, but especially those for babies, like infant formula, isn’t just about extending shelf life, it’s just as much about preventing it from going bad, exposing for example mould. This asks for very secure packaging parameters when sealing the product.


<h2>Seaming food products under modified atmosphere</h2>
The V-matic 127-3 by Swiss Can Machinery is a seaming machine that can seam cans, often filled with food products under a modified atmosphere. The seaming station that can evacuate, aerate and seam starts of by feeding the cans into the machine through a conveyor belt. The can is then placed into position in the vacuum-gassing chamber. To start the vacuum-gassing process, the chamber is hermetically closed so oxygen can be taken out of the can and nitrogen can be added in accordance with ratio the product demands. The whole chamber moves to the next station if the desired level of oxygen is reached. Only then is a lid added and the can seamed in a vacuum environment.

The sizes of the cans for this seeming machine can differ if they have a maximum diameter of 127 mm. The evacuating and aerating pressure is individually adjustable through a touch screen. The speed of the seaming rollers is independently adjustable.

Seaming machine for infant formula cans

Having separate equipment for different process steps like filling and closing, can put a brake on growing the volume of your production line. When expending your canned coffee business, having separate machines for each step can be time consuming.


<h2>Filling and seaming cans or jars with the same machine</h2>
The Matic 101 CFCGP by Swiss Can Machinery is a can and jar filling and closing machine for powdered products. The process of filling and closing the can or jar starts of by placing the jar on the conveyor belt, that will feed the filled vessel onto a turning table. The filling and dosing is done with a precise servo drive, the produce is fed via a horizontal auger with level control and a vibrator makes sure the powdered material in the cans doesn’t stick to anything else. Each can or jar is weighted separately and automatically before it is capped or seamed.

The jars are moved onto a screw capping device (caps are destacked at their own station) and discharged if not capped correctly. Cans move to the seaming station, where a spindle applies pressure so that the seaming rollers can seam the can in separate stages. The can or jar diameter must be between 50 and 100 mm.

Can filling equipment

Products packed in large bulk bags, such as FIBCs, require vacuum pressure and accurate oxygen or nitrogen content control. Modifying the atmosphere inside the packaging by lowering oxygen levels to 1% or less can protect the products from molds and other microorganisms, as well as insects and rodents, resulting in a prolonged product shelf life.


<h2>Creating an atmosphere with oxygen levels below 1% inside your bulk bags</h2>
The Vacuum and Gas Injection Machine, from Somsix, is a system used to create the optimum atmosphere conditions inside FIBCs or large bags during the packaging of bulk products. The unit allows the operator to create a vacuum and insert the necessary gases in a single cycle to increase productivity. The procedure is done by removing air from a sealed container before injecting essential gases like oxygen, nitrogen, or carbon dioxide into that container. It can also reduce oxygen levels in FIBCs down to 1% or lower in a very short time.

The system has an integrated leak test at the end of each cycle to automatically check for possible leaks in every bag. This feature prevents costly and time-consuming errors. The entire system is built based on food-grade standards guaranteeing hygienic operation.

Vacuum and Gas Injection System for FIBCs

When sealing large bags containing bulk products, a sealer must be reliable to keep the MAP safe in order to avoid products going to waste due to subpar sealing quality. Manual operation for sealing is still very common in the industry, but it is prone to error and inconsistent output. Automating the sealing process can minimize operator error and produce consistently secured sealing.


<h2>Automated complete sealing by single-button operation</h2>
The Automatic Spout Sealer, from Somsix, is a sealing system for large bags used in industrial applications. The system features automated, user-friendly controls where the sealing settings can be preset for a consistent output in every cycle. This method significantly reduces operator error over manual hand-operated sealers. The operator simply positions the spout in the seal mouth and presses one button to execute the sealing process, including the cooling necessary after heating for a complete and secured seal.

Automatic FIBC Sealing machine

Manufacturers requiring big bag packaging have specific sizes, shapes, and material requirements to ensure their products can be handled safely during transportation and storage. However, the FIBC manufacturing process is only sometimes considered sustainable since these big bags are made of polyethylene, which is difficult to recycle. An ideal solution would be working on preventing waste by producing custom-made big bags of the exact right sizes and shapes required by the manufacturer to save on excess offcuts and material costs and minimize production waste.
<h2>Preventing 10-20% of waste by producing big bags in custom shapes, sizes, and material</h2>
Masterpack Group, a leading expert in innovative packaging solutions for bulk materials, designed custom big bag containers used as packaging that provide increased protection, prolong product shelf life, and optimize storage space. FIBCs are available in different shapes, such as circular or U-shape. They can be equipped with specific liner materials like conductive, aluminum, anti-static, dissipative, metalized OPP, or whichever is best for your product. Liners also help protect products from oxygen, moisture, and other possible contaminants while providing safe filling and discharge. The FIBCs are hygienic, and the PE films used as liners are designed and fabricated according to the correct size, not cut to shape from a big tubular PE film. This method minimizes waste in the production of each liner.

Modified Atmosphere Big Bags

Large-volume producers of single-serve packs, such as sugar sticks, instant coffee, and instant soup, continuously pack different product sizes into cartons. Intelligent and flexible infeed systems are needed to ensure your products integrate smoothly into the carton line at higher speeds.


<h2>Pack stick packs or flow packs into cartons continuously</h2>
The VENTO Cartoner from Mpac is a carton packaging system with a smart infeed system suitable for single-serve products such as condiments or coffee and milk powders. The unit is made of hygienic stainless steel materials. It has an open design for easy visibility of product flow and quick access to the components in case of maintenance and cleaning.

The entire system is servo-driven and coupled directly to its components for minimum maintenance and long operating life. It is designed to operate 24/7, allowing maximum production yield, and is equipped with an advanced intelligent machine interface that provides information on machine status, maintenance, and changeover controls based on product application. The processes include carton erecting, loading, transportation, and closing. Changeover for different carton sizes and types can be done quickly and automatically.

High-speed Cartoner For Single-Serve Products

Fully automated robotic packing solutions enable larger-scale food producers to pack all their food shapes and sizes in a single line. Feed, check and pack your products at high speeds with full control and flexible configuration.


<h2>Smart intelligent carton packing for all food-grade products</h2>
The MAESTRO Cartoner, from Mpac, is an automatic carton packaging system for commercial products such as breakfast cereals, milk powder, coffee or food pouches. Controls for operation are done through an Intelligent Machine Interface where information on machine status and changeover procedures can be monitored. The system can accommodate a wide range of carton sizes and types, such as flip top cartons and windowless cartons. Smart flexible infeed systems help to feed different products in bags, pouches, or flow wraps into the cartoner automatically at higher speeds. The entire system is servo-driven and coupled directly to its components for minimal wear and longer operating life and is made of hygienic and durable stainless steel. The open frame design allows easy access for maintenance and good visibility of product flow during operation. Processes in the system include precise carton erecting, loading, transportation, and closing.

Intelligent Continuous Food Cartoner

Masterpack Group is a leading developer of high-end packaging solutions for big bags, and flexible intermediate bulk containers (FIBCs) used to protect, store and transport bulk and delicate goods worldwide.

Like superheroes, we all have our own personal kryptonite to face... but unfortunately, the dairy powder is burdened with more than just one adversary.

Temperature, humidity, light exposure, and oxygen are the four factors that can impact the quality of milk powder during storage and transportation, compromising its nutritional value, color, and flavor.

Big bags, also known as Flexible Intermediate Bulk Containers (FIBCs), can take on the challenge of adequately storing milk powder while maintaining its freshness and shelf life.


<h2>Safety First: The stringent regulation of milk powder in infant formula</h2>
We spoke with Tim De Winter, Managing Director of <a href="https://www.masterpackgroup.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Masterpack</a>, a Dutch company specializing in creating FIBCs in combination with Modified Atmosphere.

“<em>The implementation of BRC certifications and adherence to ISO 10,000 clean room standards is essential to minimize the risk of contamination and guarantee the safety and quality of milk powder throughout its journey</em>,” says Tim.

FIBCs come with a liner that protects milk powder from any type of contamination. The fabrics and materials used for the liner undergo migration tests to prevent harmful substances from entering the powder during transportation.

“<em>Our FIBCs are tested worldwide, including the EU, US, Japanese, and Chinese markets. By meeting the standards of these four major markets, we cover about 99% of the required tests. This means we can deliver to the rest of the world, including South America and Russia, where most tests are already covered</em>,” explains Tim.
<h2>Ensure the shelf life during long-distance travel</h2>
Milk powder is hygroscopic, meaning it readily absorbs moisture from its surroundings and is sensitive to temperature and oxygen.

“<em>Modified atmosphere big bags prevent powder degradation during long-distance transport. To preserve quality and prevent clumping, humidity must stay below 65%, while oxygen levels must be kept under 4% to maintain taste, flavor, texture, and prevent discoloration</em>” continues Tim.

FIBCs are equipped with a UV stabilizer that prevents the bag from breaking down when exposed to light.

“<em>Destination country determines the liner color – black or blue -  based on the country's sunlight exposure. It’s different if you ship your bag to the Middle East or the Netherlands</em>,” claims Tim.
<h2>Reducing food waste in transport by 50% with recyclable bags and oxygen monitoring</h2>
Masterpack leads the fight against food waste. With non-invasive sensor technology on the big bag, Masterpack monitors oxygen levels during transportation by protecting and preserving milk powder. This could reduce food waste by more than 50% in the supply chain, as 30-40% of all food generally goes to waste.

Big bags are also made of 100% recyclable polypropylene. The challenge, though, lies in the liner's recycling difficulty due to PA and EVOH layers.

“W<em>e are actively working on developing a greener liner. The concept involves removing the PA layer and utilizing PE while retaining the EVOH layer, which constitutes less than 5% of the material</em>,” concludes Tim.

This approach leads to the creation of a sustainable film. Be prepared because the market launch of sustainable film is just around the corner!

Preserve your milk powder during transportation. Big Bags: “Challenge accepted!”

Food

Milk can be consumed as a stand-alone product (whole, low-fat or skim) or can be the starting point for food industry products such as cheese, butter, yogurt, condensed milk, and ice cream. In order to process milk and other dairy products, you need specialized dairy production equipment which then encapsulates different processes such as pasteurization, homogenization, and fermentation.

Dairy

Our food chain starts in the soil, growing crops and livestock. But between the fields and the stores, there is a line of industrial food processing equipment. Processes may be as minimalistic as cleaning fruit and as complex as homogenizing milk alternatives made from pressed legumes. In each case, processing technology is an important link in the food production chain.

With the right processing machines, almonds, cashews, pine nuts, hemp, coconut, oat and soy can be processed into healthy plant-based milk. To produce it, grind the raw materials, screen, soak and mix them till you obtain a milky white liquid.

Plant-based milk

The building blocks of matter have driven the imagination of philosophers, scientists, and artists for millennia. But, for manufacturers, these elements have a more concrete existence as powders. Powder processing technology conditions these primary materials to create a vast range of products, from chemicals and foods to pharmaceuticals and ceramics.

Powder

Sugar is the fuel that drives photosynthesis in plants. The leafy organisms constantly convert water and carbon dioxide into glucose. But it takes manufacturers specialized sugar processing technology to extract the sweet crystals from them. Today, most sugar products are derived either from sugarcane or sugar beet.

Sugar

Mayonnaise is created by blending oil with eggs, and then flavoring with vinegar, mustard, herbs, and spices. The eggs are a natural emulsifier that creates a uniform mixture. Ingredients are pumped into mayonnaise manufacturing equipment. First, a dynamic mixer maintains the desired level of emulsification of the mixture, which then moves on to packaging and bottling once reaching a satisfactory consistency.

Mayonnaise 

Ketchup processing begins with tons of tomato paste that is mixed and heated together with sugar, vinegar, and spices in a cooking kettle. After cooking, any remaining fibers and particles are filtered out. Once it reaches the right viscosity, your tomato ketchup production process is finished and ready for packaging and transport.

Ketchup

White, black and brown seeds from the mustard plant are the key constituents of this colorful and classic condiment. The various mustard production technology includes a mixer that mixes the mustard seeds with a handful of other ingredients and a mill that finely grinds the seeds to impart their characteristic flavor.

Mustard

Mpac Group is an industry leader in packaging automation, cartoning, and case-packing technologies.

Its complexity begins with the term itself, which has no clear and precise definition in the industry. As Jan Verweijen and Frank Jeurissen from the Mpac Group explain, the big question is always: is it a sachet or a stick pack?

“What is what” is defined by the way it is sealed, not by its width or length. A stick pack is a product with three seals, one of which is in the middle, lengthwise. Instead, a sachet is a four-sided sealed product with no seal in the middle.

First introduced in Japan in the 70s to pack sugar, these single-use sticks are now used to pack everything you can think of. But what impact does your product have on the cartoning process?


<h2>The first step is to find the right balance.</h2>
Stick packs are first filled vertically; this means that all the product is on the bottom.

Before entering the stick packs into the cartons, you need to evenly divide the product over the left and the right side of the stick packs. This step is called equalization and it is done by horizontally shaking the product to redistribute the contents inside the sticks.

“<em>If the weight is not evenly distributed, all the stick packs will slide off toward one corner of the box leading to an unstable formation that can damage the sticks</em>.” Frank points out.

For mere mortals, powder is powder, but for the experts, coffee powder, for instance, has a different structure than cocoa powder.

“<em>Liquids do not need equalization as the fluids divide automatically.” </em>Jan explains.

In addition, the sticks must have a minimum size, usually around 80 or 90 millimeters, to be cartoned horizontally and the shorter the sticks, the more difficult to keep them stable.
<h2>On edge vs. random orientation - Which side do you stand on?</h2>
Premium single-use products, such as coffee or pharmaceuticals, are often packed with the brand name and description always facing the consumer.

“<em>When this is the case, we use a paddle conveyor that brings each stick pack on a single edge so that when pulled out of the box, the branded face is the first thing the consumer sees,</em>” says Jan.

Frank adds: “<em>In 90 percent of cases, manufacturers choose speed over where the stick pack is facing. With random orientation, you can easily speed up to 900 sticks per minute</em>”.

“<em>Our bomb bay system counts each stick individually and puts them together in the quantity the producer requires; then it drops the sticks into the bucket conveyor</em>.” continues Jan.

To prevent damage, the bomb bay system consists of multiple drop levels, and the sticks need to be always dropped at a limited height - no higher than 250 mm.

As every stick has two ends, cartoning single-serve packs may seem easy, but as Jan and Frank explained, the journey from equalization to orientation and bomb bay dropping is not exactly a piece of cake.

Unpacking the world of stick pack cartoning

Cosmetic

Pharmaceutical

With over one-third of the population consuming it daily in different forms, coffee is one of the most popular processed beverages worldwide. Not only serving as drinks, but coffee is also often regarded as a culture. Coffee manufacturing is a knowledge-intensive industry. Coffee beans from different regions will reveal different tastes, while the level of caffeine could also be different. When it comes to coffee bean processing, the range of roasts varies from light golden brown all the way to dark. The method of tasting coffee differs between countries, habits, and tools.

Coffee

According to a legend, Cleopatra soaked her sails in her perfume so that Mark Antony could smell her ships before they arrived. This is to say that, from soaps and shampoos to perfumes, conditioners and pomades, cosmetics have always been highly valued and used for their properties of aesthetic enhancement. Cosmetics are a broad class of topical agents applied for various purposes such as cleansing, protecting, beautifying, or otherwise altering your appearance. As a result, a wide array of processing equipment is used in the cosmetics industry.

Cosmetics

Eating is more than just nutrition, but we have found ways to increase the nourishing power of our foods. Nutraceuticals manufacturing, from vitamin C powder and probiotics to omega 3 oil, is a concentration of natural ingredients and health supplements that complement our diets. While dietary supplements are not quite haute cuisine, the process of extraction and purification is no less a blend of science and art.

Nutraceuticals

Sauces bring personality to a dish. From a spicy, dense Zhoug to a tangy, runny Suero, sauces add an extra dimension of flavor, texture, and mouthfeel. But developing recipes into industrial products with long shelf lives and consistent tastes is a complex process. Specialized sauce making equipment prepares and combines the ingredients into delicious, high-quality foods. The result is a sauce ready to elevate meals.

Sauce

<span style="font-weight: 400">Spice manufacturing is one of the world's oldest trading products. The word spice refers to any dried part of a plant other than the leaves and is used for seasoning and food coloring. Spices are made from dried barks, roots, berries, and twigs, while green leafy parts of plants are considered herbs. Well-known examples include cinnamon, chilies, star anise, ginger, garlic salt, turmeric, cumin, or pepper, as well as pre-mixed blends such as Masala, Five-Spice Powder, or Old Bay.</span>

Spices

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Milk powder packing Equipment

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Dairy Packaging Machine

Economical Pouch Packaging Machine

Wraparound case packer

Seaming machine for infant formula cans

Can filling equipment

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