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10 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT VERTICAL FORM FILL SEAL MACHINE AND SANITATION

August 1, 2019

Since 1923 – primarily for customers in the food industry -- Triangle understands sanitation requirements as a manufacturer of vertical form fill seal machines and packaging equipment. Since 2010, we’ve offered our X-Series vertical form fill seal machine in three levels of sanitation: stainless steel, stainless steel washdown, and USDA/3-A models. Many of our customers – particularly those in the produce, meat, poultry, and seafood markets – require the highest levels of sanitation available. It was these forward-thinking customers that we turned to long before FSMA was passed to find out how we could further improve the X-Series bagger to meet their...

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July 10, 2019

VFFS baggers: Improving Production and Efficiency with Ultrasonic Sealing Triangle Package Machinery Company (Triangle) is a third-generation, Chicago- based manufacturer of vffs baggers (vertical form fill seal), combination weighers, tray loaders and horizontal cartoning/bag in box systems. In business for 95 years, the company has built its reputation in building durable, rugged solutions that not only stand the test of time but are continuously evolving with new technologies to help make its customers more efficient and more productive. This is done by offering state of the art sanitation, quick and easy changeover features and constantly improving technology such as Ultrasonic sealing.With most...

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PPi Technologies releases redesigned Duplex Pouch Bagger

April 17, 2019

PPi Technologies and Leepack recently released a redesigned version of their market-leading Duplex Bagger for premade stand-up pouches. New features to make faster and easier changeovers have been added to a proven design, making this machine more versatile than ever.  Unique features like gripper width adjustment from the HMI, positive zipper opening device and servo-driven bottom gusset opening are only a few of the features of the bagger.  All mechanical adjustments are referenced in the HMI and dial indicators facilitates repeatable set-ups. The PSG LEE Duplex Bagger is a great solutions for manufacturers and co-packers of dry and liquid products.  Indeed, with...

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Turnkey Bagging & Palletizing Lines for Animal Feed

January 10, 2019

6 things you need to expect when you purchase your next animal feed bagging machinery   This case study focus on a recent project for the supply of an AUTOMATIC WEIGHING, FILLING, CLOSING AND PALLETISING installation, designed for the handling of Animal feed consisting of wheat, corn, barley and other whole grain. This customer is bagging products into 25Kg open mouth bags of various dimensions and material, and they want to keep the door open to run different size bags in the future. For free-flowing products, they want to achieve a minimum speed of 550 bags per hour, and for more challenging products,...

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Pretzel’s Inc. – From disaster to startup in record time

June 1, 2018

When asked to flash back to June 4, 2016, William “Chip” Mann II replied, “Let’s not,” rolling his eyes while shaking his head. That’s the day when he received a text at 6:20 a.m. from Pretzels, Inc.’s plant supervisor in Canonsburg, Pa., that simply said, “We have a fire. Everybody is out of the building.” Mr. Mann, who serves as co-chief executive officer along with longtime friend Steve Huggins of the Bluffton, Ind.-based snack producer, eventually took some solace that the Canonsburg disaster could have been much worse. “The fire happened very fast, but everyone was safe and got out quickly, and...

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Turnkey bagging & palletizing lines for pet food

May 28, 2018

6 things you need to expect when you purchase your next pet food machinery   This post will focus on a recent project where a pet food manufacturer was looking to fill, seal and palletize premade bags ranging from 5 kg to 25 kg. This customer is packing its own pet food brands, as well as co-packing for others in a variety of bag sizes, bag materials and closure types.  In addition to quality food, the consumers are expecting convenient packaging with features such as carrying handles, zippers to reclose the bags and flat bottoms to make sure the bags stand up when open, but...

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Automation & Flexible Packaging Seminar 2018

March 16, 2018

ENGLISH BELOW Groupe Link Pack et son partenaire PPi Technologies Group tiendront la 4è édition de leur séminaire technique "Automation & Flexible Packaging" le 3 mai 2018 au Palais des Congrès de Montréal. Si vous considérez emballer vos produits alimentaires dans des sachets, stick packs, sacs stand-up ou d'autres types de sacs, ce séminaire vous donnera le poul du marché, autant pour le matériel d'emballage que pour les équipements.  Des professionnels de l'industrie seront sur place pour des discussions individuelles en marge du séminaire. Groupe Link Pack offre des solutions clé en main pour l'emballage en sachets, sacs et sacs grands formats.  Nous intégrons des...

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Link Pack Manufacturing Partners at Anuga FoodTec 2018

March 14, 2018

As the leading global trade fair, Anuga FoodTec is the most important driving force of the international food and beverage industry again. It is the only trade fair in the world that covers all aspects of food production. The industry presents its innovations and technological visions at Anuga FoodTec – from processing, filling and packaging technology to packaging materials, ingredients, food safety and the entire range of innovations from all the areas associated with food production. It provides every solution for every food industry! While our company will not be exhibiting at Anuga FoodTec, we will support our OEM Partners by welcoming visitors from...

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Stick Pack Machines – Process & Operation

February 5, 2018

Discover how Stick Pack Machinery operates and enhances your production process. This innovative technology enables your business to enter the market with convenient, single-serve portions that are highly attractive to today's consumers....

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Forage and turf seed processor invest in Concetti automated bagging and palletizing system

February 2, 2018

Concetti supplies packing line to seed supplier Germinal GB is a leading supplier of forage and amenity seeds to the wholesale agricultural trade and the amenity sector in the UK.  Germinal is a seventh-generation family owned and operated business, originally formed  in 1825. The new Concetti line is intended to produce weighments of between 5Kg and 25Kg into open mouth flat plastified bags of various sizes at a minimum rate of 500 bags per hour. Plastified bags are laminated paper with an internal PP coating. These are then closed by plain sewing.  The Concetti line begins with a small product feed hopper...

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