THE IDEA

Packs under vacuum, in flexible packages, food products that are actually packed in conventional packs (cans and glass jars).

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The range
We have designed and manufactured a complete range of fill and seal machines under vacuum for flexible package containing creamy, liquid, semi-liquid or chunks foods, dosed from 0.1 up to 5 kg.

The flexibility
The machine has been engineered to fill foods product at a temperature from +4 up to +90 °C

The versatility
The machine can pack any pillow or stand-up, premade pouch. The pouches are made of multi-layer film, suitable for further thermal treatment: pasteurization or sterilization. It is also possible to fill and seal, under vacuum, food in a modified atmosphere or at normal pressure.

The simplicity
The machine, compact and functional in design, consists of: the under-vacuum sealing section including the pouch handling unit and the special sealing technology in vacuum chamber; and the filling section, where special valves and devices to transfer inside the pouch the product in chunks are available .
The machine is also equipped with the automatic supplying unit of the pre-made pouches to the filling section.

THE HYGIENIC FILLING

The machine performs the entire working cycle inside the vacuum-filling chamber assuring:

  • packaging of the product in the completely sealed and hygienic chamber;
  • automatic and effective cleaning and sanification;
  • avoidance of any liquid spillage occurring in machines with separated section (spillages that could cause the wrong sealing of the pouches);
  • increasing of the filling speed, even with delicate product;
  • adjustment of the vacuum grade.

TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANTAGES

  • Improvements of the organoleptic qualities of the product: thanks to the pouches reduced thickness and the vacuum filling, the heat penetration is optimized, therefore the heat treatment time is reduced to the minimum.
  • Possibility to customize the container according to the final market.
  • Reduction of the containers dimensions optimising the pack-store space and reducing the volume of the waste after the pouch utilization helping the disposal.
  • Easing of the empty container handling.
  • Saving the sterilization costs.
  • Avoid any accident to the operator, while opening or handling the container.
  • The under-vacuum filling technology preserves the organoleptic pecularity of the product reducing the oxidation, thanks to the minimization of the cooking effect and improving the product colour.
  • The adjustable operator interface allows an easy manual/automatic control of the machine. It displays, in real time, the processing parameters and the alarm in progress. It suggests the solution using the powerful online help.