Packing Machine FAQ

Five things: (1) the product and its form — powder, granule, liquid or solid; (2) weight or volume per pack; (3) required speed in packs per minute or per day; (4) pack type and size — sachet, stick, pillow bag, gusset bag, premade zipper pouch, bottle; and (5) your voltage (e.g. 220 V 1-phase or 380/415/440 V 3-phase, 50/60 Hz). Photos of a sample pack help a lot.

Yes. Send product samples and film or pouches; we run them on the machine and send you a video and the finished packs, free of charge.

Standard is 220 V or 380 V, 50 Hz. We build to your local supply — for example 110 V 60 Hz (USA), 220 V 60 Hz, 415 V 50 Hz (Europe/Australia) or 440 V 60 Hz — at no or little extra cost.

Standard machines ship in about 20–35 working days after deposit; complete lines and custom projects in about 35–60 days.

Typically 30 % T/T deposit and 70 % balance before shipment after you approve the factory acceptance test (FAT) video. L/C at sight is accepted for larger orders.

Yes. Every machine is tested with your product before shipment and comes with an English manual, wiring diagram and video guides. Our engineers can travel to your factory for installation, commissioning and operator training; the buyer covers air tickets, visa, accommodation and the engineer's daily allowance. Remote video support is always free.

18 months on the machine (wear parts excluded), with lifetime technical support. A set of wear parts is shipped with every machine and spare parts are kept in stock for fast dispatch.

Machines are built to CE requirements on request. They are built with food-grade SUS304 (or SUS316L) contact parts and branded electrical components.

We supply customers in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Southeast Asia and South Asia. Ask us for reference videos of machines running in your region.

Each lane runs 25–40 cuts per minute, so output = lanes × speed. A 4-lane FL-M500 makes about 100–160 sachets/min; a 10-lane FL-M700 about 250–400; a 16-lane FL-M980 up to about 640 sachets/min, depending on the powder and the fill weight.

Free-flowing and non-free-flowing powders such as milk powder, coffee, protein, flour, seasoning and medicinal powder. Auger (screw) dosing is used; a stirrer and screw size are matched to your powder's flowability and fill weight. Send us a sample for a free test.

4-side seal gives a flat square sachet sealed on all four edges (premium look, common for seasoning and medicine); 3-side seal is similar with one fold edge; back seal (stick pack) has a long vertical seam and is typical for coffee, sugar and supplement sticks.

Heat-sealable laminated film such as PET/PE, PET/AL/PE, OPP/CPP or paper/PE. Film thickness and the maximum film width depend on the model (500, 700 or 980 mm).

Typical stick packs hold 1–50 g (or ml). The fill range depends on stick width and length; tell us your target weight and stick size and we will select the screw, cup or pump.

No — the dosing system differs. Powder uses auger screws, granules use volumetric cups and liquids use pumps. The bag-forming mainframe is the same, so we configure the doser for your product.

One operator can run the machine: loading film, refilling the hopper (or using an automatic feeder) and checking output.

At 25–40 bags/min one machine produces roughly 12,000–19,000 sachets per 8-hour shift. If you need more, a 2–4 lane machine multiplies output with one operator.

Yes, 0.8 MPa air at about 0.8 m³/min. We can supply a matched screw air compressor.

A 10-head weigher suits most snacks up to about 60 weighments/min. A 14-head weigher is faster and more accurate, recommended for high-speed lines or expensive products such as nuts and dried fruit.

Yes. Dimpled or Teflon-coated buckets and an inclined or gentle-drop VFFS are used for sticky, fragile or frozen foods such as dumplings.

Usually 3–7 days on site including test running and operator training. Remote video commissioning is also available.

Choose by bag width: the film width ≈ (bag width + 10 mm) × 2. For a 200 mm wide bag you need ~420 mm film, so the FL-V420 or FL-V520. Larger 5–25 kg bags need the FL-V730 or FL-V900.

Linear weighers are economical for free-flowing, uniform granules (sugar, rice, beans) at moderate speed. Multihead weighers are faster and better for irregular products like chips and candy.

Typically ±1 % for fill weights above 100 g and about ±1–2 g below 100 g, depending on powder density and flowability.

Yes. We add a dust-suction port, anti-drip auger and closed hopper; for very fine powder we recommend a vacuum feeder.

Yes, with a large-bore piston pump and rotary valve. Tell us the maximum particle size.

Anti-drip nozzles, liquid-stopping clamps and extended sealing jaws with temperature PID control prevent product contaminating the seal area.

VFFS makes bags from roll film and has the lowest packaging cost per bag. Premade pouch machines use printed pouches (zipper, flat-bottom, spout) for a premium retail look and fast size changeover. Many customers start with VFFS for bulk and use premade for retail lines.

Yes. The machine opens the zipper and the pouch mouth with suction cups and a zipper-opening device, then fills and seals below the zipper.

The rotary vacuum premade machine evacuates air before sealing — used for pickles, meat, rice bricks and other products that need extended shelf life.

Upper-film (standard) suits products in trays or with a defined top/bottom. Lower-film (back-pull) suits soft, sticky or irregular products like noodles, vegetables and bread, because the product lies on the film rather than on a belt.

Yes. An automatic sorting/feeding line receives products from your oven, cooling or moulding line, aligns them and feeds the wrapper — single-layer or stacked.

Yes. Send bottle and cap samples or drawings; we design change parts for each size and can include several sets.

No, these piston fillers are for still (non-gas) liquids and pastes.

Yes, with change parts for each jar and a recipe on the weigher; changeover takes 15–30 minutes.

Semi-automatic (operator hangs the bag) is economical for up to about 5,000 bags per day or limited floor space. Fully automatic (automatic bag placing) suits 10,000+ bags per day and needs only one operator.

Typical payback is 6–10 months for semi-automatic lines and 12–18 months for fully automatic lines, depending on local labour costs.

If you sell by weight in the EU, UK, USA or Gulf markets, a check weigher is strongly recommended to reject under-weight packs and document compliance.