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Food packaging is a highly competitive industry since after all food is a necessity to man. There are many different types of foods for example dry and wet which are packaged differently. You may have thought about how all this stuff is packaged or do manufacturers only stick to certain types of food for packaging? Well I'm here to tell you the answers to each.
Today, it is common for wet and dry foods to be handled with two similar machines yet fairly different. Dry products are handled by a machine called the auger filler machine and wet products typically deal with a rotary filler. Auger fillers are unique because they deal with non-free flowing granular products such as cereal or sprinkles. Auger fillers can handle high speeds and high torque applications and reduce needless waste during operation. They service automatic equipment capable of handling bags, pouches, cartons in operation with a conveyor system.
These machines are capable of precise, repeatable filling cycles. They operate by a fill signal that tells the drive to accelerate to a chosen speed, turn a select number of rotations and decelerate to a smooth stop. Due to this, it increases filling accuracy and reduces waste of costly products.
Decreasing Downtime with Less Auger Filler Parts
With advances in Servo technology, machines have been designed with 25 less parts then the traditional clutch/brake designs. This helps reduce time consuming maintenance and costly repairs/replacements.
Improving Productivity with an Auger Filler
Touchscreen technology is almost a part of our everyday lives reaching all the way to our pockets, in more ways than one. With a touch screen interface on an auger filler operators can make instant changes and have access to all fill parameters. It allows us to view diagnostics and adjust settings accordingly. We can also store different product formats for filling by name.
An Easy and Cost-Effective Upgrade to Existing Machinery
Instead of purchasing a new auger filling machine, you can save more money at a fraction of the cost by converting the existing clutch/brake system of the auger filler. These machines are still the same style they always been, the only difference is the motor and a few upgrades such as a touch screen. The upgraded is fairly simple and can be done by in house staff.
Thanks to the improvements of the technology, manufacturers can fill anything with only a couple machines. Typically these machines (auger fillers and rotary fillers) can be found under the same manufacturing roof as it makes a production line more flexible and profitable.
