There is no doubt that vertical bagging equipment can boost the sustainability of many businesses by lowering labor and material costs. But how can you be sure vertical bagging is the best option for your products; and how can you choose the best equipment and automated packaging machinery for your business?

Products That Benefit From Vertical Bagging

Vertical bagging equipment can be used to package a wide range of products from coffee and snack foods to fruit and vegetables. This form of automated packaging machinery is particularly well suited for bagging items that have irregular shapes, as well as those that are long and not very wide. It also works well with items that aren’t very stable and tend to roll. It is ideal for packing bits and pieces to be collated into some sort of a kit, including puzzle pieces, auto parts, and nuts, bolts, screws and so on; anything that isn’t grouped easily on a horizontal surface.

While horizontal bagging equipment forms a bag around products that are first laid flat on the film that is used to form the bag, vertical bagging equipment creates a bag around products.

Some Key Attributes of Vertical Bagging Equipment

Vertical bagging equipment may be fully automatic or semi-automatic. The type you choose will depend on the capabilities required of the semi- or automatic packaging machinery.

Control technology is key, so check whether vertical bagging equipment has:

• The latest programmable logic controllers (PLCs) that incorporate a central processing unit (CPU) and enable us to program automated packaging machinery.
• The best human machinery interface (HMI) devices that come in various forms to enable us to control the state of automated packaging machinery. The HMI controls all functions and parameters of the vertical bagging equipment, including the length of the bag, heater setting, and seal opening.
• The most up-to-date communications technology.

Most contemporary vertical bagging equipment has servomotors that control both the film feed and the seal assembly, and the entire operation is fast and precise. A coated seal bar that is heated constantly will help ensure that sealing of vertical bags is both odorless and smokeless, and will to ensure high-throughput.

Most good quality automated packaging machinery used for vertical bagging will provide a choice of options for closure of the bags, including those that are easy to open and those that are re-closable.

The greater the capacity for the automated packaging machinery used, the more room there will be for potential growth later down the track.

Vertical Bagging Equipment From Technik Packaging Machinery

Technik Packaging Machinery offers flexible packaging options, including nine types of vertical bagging equipment. These can be operated at virtually any output speed, producing any vertical bag style required, at a cost considerably lower than premade bags. The exact machine chosen will depend partly on what you are bagging, as well as the size and shape of the bags required, and closing requirements. Speed and budget are also important factors.

If you are in the market for vertical bagging equipment, don’t hesitate to call the specialist team at Technik for advice and pricing information.