The new Smartvac for food packaging solutions is here

It makes customized tray-shapes on film by heating and extending. Later, your products will be filled and sealed. Our ‘thermoforming’ mechanism take just a few seconds in one cycle to heat and form the film into customized shape which does not require extra tray or container. They can save your cost and time with greater convenience in your production. Add an answer to this item.

It is a method of packaging that removes air or any other gas before sealing. It can secure better hygiene and shelf-life of your products by removing impurities along with air. Decomposition of food or organic body begins with activated bacteria inside and they need oxygen in air to proliferate. Add an answer to this item.

Possible. A buyer can choose an option to fill a designated gas for example nitrogen.

For perfect answer, we need data in detail and drawings of your products. However, our hint is as follow “In major food-processors’ factories in Australia, our machines are packaging various products from cheese sticks in pencil size to unsliced roll of intestine sausage.” Possible. A buyer can choose an option to fill a designated gas for example nitrogen.

Dear customer, our machines can deal with variation of your design by substitution of ‘formers’ in the forming die “within its permission”. As far as the new product design does not exceed the capable size of the die, you only have to order additional formers to replace and, if needed, technical support from us. However, before you order new formers, we need exact and detailed drawing of your design to calculate. 

The determination of shelf life on a product would be up to certificated research institute or the manufacturer’s own laboratory. 

Our thermoforming vacuum packaging machines have a minute gradation of vacuity control which helps our customers to find the optimal vacuum degree to protect the shape of products after experiment. 

Vacuum degree control itself is very simple – inputting digits on touchscreen in gradation of vacuity. Beside the operator’s discretion, we search and set the optimal vacuum degree with samples provided by our customers during customized manufacturing. Once optimal vacuum value is set, we recommend our customers to keep it fixed as possible before they alter production. 

Rigid packaging is our offer for your solution.

Normally thermoforming packaging has adhesive property, however, there are some exceptions.
Among our machines, SmartVAC Basic line  and SmartVac performance line, these two models are capable of ‘rigid thermoforming packaging’ for paid option.

Our thermoforming rigid packaging machine makes trays instantly by itself.
In another words, with our machine, your production line does not need premade trays. In addition, customers can also select optional functions like MAP (or gas-flushing) and/or liquid packaging. Also our developed peripherals of CWL labeller and/or liquid-filler also can be combined. Thus our customers can enjoy significantly streamlined packaging solution with one place of order on us.

This kind of dual capability needs more specialized manufacture. From thermoforming to sealing, rigid packaging has to work with hard and thick film (300~1000 micron of PP or PET film). By contrast, the flexible packaging requires thin and soft film enough to shrink and stick to the products. For one set of machine to operate on these two incompatible conditions, we have to go on an additionally specialized customization.

Basically, our machines can cope with every normal thermoforming film as long as their qualities meet proper requirements. Every film may have a minor difference in optimal thermoforming condition for each own material quality and thickness. However, all films for thermoforming packaging should comply with the normal thermoforming conditions. We do not differentiate film manufacturers as long as their products’ specifications comply with universal standards. 

Of course. Customized manufacture is our policy. We are ready to fulfill the customer’s different requirement including designated sort of film made by a certain manufacturer. With samples and information provided, we will examine, counsel and manufacture in optimal performance for the specific requirements. 

We recommend our customers to make designs on top film because bottom film has to undergo thermoforming to deform into cavity to contain the products. First, we need basic information from customers such as the dimension of unit product, etc. so that we could examine the adequate film size along with the production amount in one cycle. We advise our customers to observe our guideline especially ‘eyemark’ on the pattern-designing. 

If the film is qualified for retorting or scalding, our packaging machines are capable. They will produce perfectly sealed packs not to leak in the boiling water. Also, MFG-and-EXP-date marks will remain vivid during the process with our ‘Multi-printer’ and its special ink ribbon. 

It is up to ‘film’ to thermoform. It will be OK if the film is qualified for radio wave safety. 

Mostly positive. However, we need to classify the diverse situations and answer as follow.

1) In case, just packaging dimension (the shape of packs) changes with the same product.

Its formers have to be altered along with the altered dimension. ‘Formers’ are metallic patterns in the module of ‘forming die’ to thermoform film into designed cavity. The packaging dimension shall not exceed the spatial accommodation of ‘forming die’.

In the fixed size of the die, if the unit pack becomes bigger, the output number of one cycle will decrease whereas the unit pack becomes smaller, the number will increase accordingly.

In case of bulk packaging, if the buyer needs to differentiate the volume of products, we can give a solution with one machine to alter packaging volume in two grades, for example, between 1kg and 2kg. The principle is adjustment of thermoforming depth with the same width and length. In this case of dual volume of bulk packaging line with one set of our machine, operators can manipulate so simply and easily to change the production every morning and afternoon.

2) In case, the packaging dimension (the shape of pack) is same and the product changes.

If you change only product with the same shape of packs, thermoforming packaging machines would not need modification. However, you may have to search for new optimal vacuum degree to set for the new product.

3) In case, the phase of the product changes, for example, from dry and solid products to liquid.

The conversion of packaging mode is possible but it is hard and expensive job. It is better for customers to make the confirmed decision on the mode of packaging – normal vacuum, modified atmosphere, liquid, flexible or rigid, etc. before placing an order. It is up to ‘film’ to thermoform. It will be OK if the film is qualified for radio wave safety. 

We offer ‘advance gas-flushing’. Namely, in advance of vacuum sealing, it exchanges natural air with preservation gas. Thus the remnant inside would be still preservation gas which restrain bacterial and fungal proliferation. This is how to take advantages of vacuum packaging with prolonged shelf life. A German-famous food-processor adopted this method on their premium cheese stick (in singular packs to convenience store channels.) 

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