Food Processing Machinery

Can be defined as "the set of methods and techniques used to transform raw ingredients into food for consumption by
humans or animals".
Common food processing techniques include :-
Removal of unwanted outer layers, such as potato peeling or the skinning of peaches

Brine mixing & storage equipment

Chopping or slicing e.g. diced carrots.
Mincing and macerating
Liquefaction, such as to produce fruit juice
Fermentation e.g. in beer breweries
Emulsification
Cooking, such as boiling, broiling, frying, steaming or grilling
Deep frying
Baking
Mixing
Addition of gas such as air entrainment for bread or gasification of soft drinks
Proofing
Spray drying
Pasteurisation

When designing processes for the food industry the following performance parameters may be taken into account:

Hygiene, e.g. measured by number of micro-organisms per ml of finished product

Energy consumption, measured e.g. by "ton of steam per ton of sugar produced"
Minimization of waste, measured e.g. by "percentage of peeling loss during the peeling of potatoes'
Labour used, measured e.g. by "number of working hours per ton of finished product"
Minimisation of cleaning stops measured e.g. by "number of hours between cleaning stops"

Baking & Bakery Equipment

Bakery equipment can be purchased off the shelf as there are many manufacturers of the equipment.
However, special equipment can also be commissioned for market driven projects to enhance existing
products of for a new brand launch.

The term Bakery Equipment covers a large spectrum of equipment and below demonstrates the range.

Bread slicers, Depositors, Dividers, Dough brakes, Doughnut equipment, Fondant equipment, Glazing
machines, Hot plates, Mixers, Moulders, Oven band lubricating machines, Oven loaders/unloaders,
Ovens, Pastry equipment, Pie and tart machines, Provers, Retarder provers, Retarders, Spraying
machines, Tin greasing machines
Cookers and Ovens

There are two types of cookers; continuous and batch. There are various types to cover various industries
such as Electrical Heated Steam Jacketed Kettles, Oil Jacketed Kettles, Ham Boilers, Gas Kettles With
Stirrers, Brat Pans, Rice Cookers, Convection Ovens, Deck Ovens, Rotary Ovens, Continuous Fryers,
Smoking & Steam Cookers.

The Different Types of Tablet Packing Machines

A wide variety of tablet packaging machines are available from different manufacturers. This article
describes the main types, categorized as follows:

1. Strip Packing Machine

High Speed Tablet Strip Packing Machine
Automatic/Soft Double Al Strip Packing Machine
Automatic Al/Al packing machine and foil strip packing machine
 High Quality Tablet Strip Packing Machine
Rotary Type Tablet Strip Packing Machine
2. Blister Packaging Machines
Automatic Strip Blister Packing Machine
PVC Blister Packaging of Tablets
Self-checking Moulding Aluminum Blister Packing Machine
LFA High Quality Blister Strip Packing Machine
3. Aluminium foil packaging machine
Double-side Aluminium Foil Packing Machine
4. LFA Automatic Tablet Counting Machine
5. Automatic Pouch Packing Machine
6. Vertical tablet packing machinery
7. Economical Tablet Packaging Equipment
8. Fill & Sealing Machine
Pedal Type
Pneumatic type
9. Automatic Tablet Packaging Machine
10. Inline heat sealing machine

Features and Applications of Tablet Packaging Machines

Strip Packaging Machine
A high-speed machine that is ideal for different products such as tablets, dragees or capsules. Machines
are robust and well constructed and generally provide high quality by using accurate temperature control,
and the ability to exert variable pressure on the sealing rollers.

A strip packaging machine is ideal for coating heat sealable films such as polymer-coated aluminum foil,
cellophone and polymer-coated paper. Important features of the machine are:

Availability of Standard interchangeable parts

Cutting arrangement are adjustable
Quick and easy change of parts for application with different product types
Precise knurling (sealing rollers)
Smooth, silent operation
Compact minimal floor space
Robust and corrosion resistant coating

(a) High Speed Tablet Strip a fully automatic workhorse machine, commonly used for packaging huge
quantities of products, can be installed with pin hole device, easily adjustable film feeding system,
adjustable conveyor table. It can meet the needs of different products

Contains plated Teflon which is heat resistant and leads to excellent sealing, without any issues
caused by the of the film melting and causing local air pollution.
Can be assembled for either horizontal or vertical feed and is easy to configure for both.
Waste film is collected automatically
Packaging with different sizes of products is also easy as it is simple to adjust the oprating
conditions. Not necessary to manually exchange the packaging moulds.
APID controller is used for setting operating parameters such as temperature, which are set and
recorded digitally.
Sealing temperature is extremely accurate and easy to set.
Cutter has protective function to avoid any damage to the products
The machine has a safe glass cover, protecting the operator
Machine can be attached to the production line for automatic production
(b) Automatic/Soft Double Aluminium Strip Packing Machine ideal for products that need packaging
between two sheets of aluminum foil, such as candies, foodstuff, tablets and pills. The equipment is able
to operate without llight, and therefore meets the requirement for sensitive products that are cannot
tolerate exposure to light. .

Ideal for aluminum to aluminum foil heat sealed packaging of products

Can also be used for plastic to plastic sealing
The machine automatically completes functions such as cutting margin scrap, broken piece
filtering, and material feeding. Batch number printing can be automated, and even transverse
impressing.
It is fully programmable via a programmable logic controller (PLC).
Cutting speed and travel range are fully adjustable
Gives accurate feeding, full purpose, ease of operation, tight sealing, stable performance
Can enhance the presentation of the product item and extend its durability
Ideal for pharmaceutical companies

(c) Automatic Al/Al Packing Machine and Foil Strip Packing Machine

Ideal for sealing products and items between two sheets of aluminium foil, used in chemistry,
pharmaceutical and food industry products.
Packages can be air-tight and light-tight. Can seal products between two plastic films.
Many automatic functions available such as fracture screening, vertical pressing, vibration
feeding, removal of extras, lot number printing and even horizontal screening
Ideal for double aluminum foil hot sealing

(d) High Quality Tablet Strip Packing Machine

The best machines provide simple and fast bag/pouch size changeover
Hot stamping date printing is available
Protective cover is provided for the cutter, giving improved safety
Control and monitoring available from touch-screen
Variety of dosing systems are available for variety of food items
The machine has different dosing system and the VFH series can automatically finish the packing
of different tablet variety, capsules, liquid food products, powder, product filling, data printing to
finished bag output and plastic bag forming.

(e) Rotary Type Tablet Strip

Availability of HCI for parameter setting

Self-checking functionality
Sensitivity to color code tracking, digitizing, accurate positioning of sealing and cutting
Controlled temperature by an independent PID
No sticking knife, positioned stop setting
Simple power train system
Reliable and ease of maintenance
Easy function adjustment, technology upgrade, reliable
Ideal for a variety of objects such as medicine, paper boxes, daily appliances, pallet

Blister Packaging Machine

This machine is ideal for packaging pharmaceutical materials in blister packs that use materials such as
polyvinyl chloride, polystyrene and polypropylene.
(a) Automatic Strip Blister Packaging packs tablets or capsules into strips.

The vibration feeder and crisp remover can remove the powder and crisps inside medicine
effectively
Horizontal perforation
Auto-counting slitting waster-side cutting
Automatically prints batch number
The diameter of the heat pressing cam can be modify from 110 to 140mm
Rotating speed of the material controlling cam is the same as with the heat-pressing cam. The
cams equilibrium is equal to the medicament nest of the heat pressing cam
Punch adopts the PLC program and electronic checking signal. It can modify the granules at any
time making it easier to change plates with replacing the molds.
One can add cursor tracking and registering plate and inking wheel printer so that the product can
have a uniform look with digit numbers clearly stamped

(b) PVC Blister Packaging it is ideal for packing liquid or solid products

Blister packaging can protect the material from dust or steam and can increase its value. Blister
packaging is used for large quantity and even single products

(c) Self-Checking Moulding Aluminum Blister Packaging flat surface with registered heating, up and
down moire, adjustable strokes, air cylinder heating sealing, manipulator draw

Concave convex are used to lock the mould

Body can be manufactured separately
Use for packing medicines

(d) LFA Good Quality Blister Packing Machine

Machine is design for safe and convenient operation

Rectangle moulds are used providing ease of mould replacement.
All material are made up of high quality stainless steel, slap up surface treatment craft and
aluminum metal
Efficient feeding, reliable and ideal for different arrangement type as well as irregular feeding
Machine is designed separately
Used commonly for the pharmaceutical industry
Can improve quality and add value to the product

Aluminium Foil Packaging Machine

It is ideal for packing all types of products such as liquid, solid and paste material it is made up of moulds
( ex: heat seal, forming. Punch) and ideal for a variety of plate size, high accuracy, excellent adaptability

Easy and stable operation. Adjustable stroke, mechanism hand for traction
Easy changeable moulds
Ideal for different plates and ease of operation
Aluminium foil reel adopts a stable device which cancels the pull force change
Compressed heat sealing, net pattern clearly shown
Firm and 100% sealed
Specially ideal for hot sensitivity medicines
(a) Double side Aluminium Foil Packing a new type of machine that adopts an automatic control
technology. It creates and designs high technological content. It is highly efficient, low noise level,
convenient, easily maintained.

It is ideal for making packages for capsules, troche, food and even electronics. It is also ideal for
objects such as candies.
It has excellent sealed and photophobic function
Adopts PLC control
Features can be set. (ex: hot sealing, printing batch codes, filling)
Not limited like other machines
Convenient, high speed packing efficiency

Tablet Counter/Packing Machines

(a) The AccuCounter Bench Top machine is ideal for packaging tablets, capsules, and other
pharmaceutical products. It is one of the most attractive and easiest to use bench-top packing machines
available, and features include:

Two stainless steel nozzles for continuous counting and filling.

Production rate of up to 2000 tablets per minute or 1000 capsules per minute.
High performance counter with variable counting speed
Easy to use back-lit display
Easy replacement of parts
All stainless steel construction meets stringent safety and health guidelines
Dust accumulating device ensures continual accuracy.

Automatic Pouch Packing Machine

Fully automatic with form fill seal function. Commonly used for food, chemicals, pharmaceuticals and
beverage industry. The machine can make stand up pouch as well as finish the packing. The main can be
integrated with different filling products such as powder, liquid tablet, solids, irregular products, viscous
liquids.

Advantages

Independent sealing device high seal strength, less leakage, pouch appearance, independent
pouch maker
Rolling perforation device compact structure, longer life span
Servo advance system easily computerized specifications, less deviation, ideal for big volume
Dual filling reduction of filling time, accurate, can fill 2 products at the same time

Vertical Tablet Packing

Ideal for round sugar coated products tablets, capsule, chocolate bean, steel ball, bolts, buttons

Durable, compact structure

Stable operation, low noise
Can finish the whole process

Economical Tablet Packing

A complete line of packaging equipment that requires production speed of 20-90 bottles/minute. An
economical equipment do not sacrifice quality and accuracy making it a cost saver.
Fill and Sealing Machine
This machine combines the functions of filling a pouch with product and heat sealing the filled pouch. The
packing film is loaded on a shoot that also acts as the funnel during the filling process. A pre-measured
amount of the product fills the pouch and is heat-sealed.

(a) Pedal Type Fill and Seal this is the crudest and most simple fill and seal machine. It is based on
the mechanical pedal-operated plastic bag or pouch sealer but also incorporates a filling system. It is
ideal for low volumes of materials, and products that do not need to be automated.

(b) Pneumatic machine used for robust, reliable and reproducible sealing of large quantities of
product. Features:

Impulse or direct heat-sealing system is available, depending on clients requirement

Ideal for packing free flowing materials such as oil, tablet, granules, chips etc...
Table is adjustable to accommodate different pouch sizes
Audiovisual is available for the fill and seal process good for quality control
Sealing is controlled pneumatically machine is essentially the same as the pedal operated
machine but pneumatic action makes it easier and more reliable for the operator.

Automatic Tablet Packaging

The most advanced type of fill and seal machine, completely microprocessor controlled with provision for
adjusting the length of the packaging which can be programmed to suit different pouches and products.
Replacement of gears is no longer needed to suit different pouches as with the semi-automatic machines.
.

The machine adopts an advanced chain pitch wheel transmission system to ensure continuous sealing.
The design not only guarantees stability of the operation but also increase efficiency of the machine. It is
ideal for automatic packing of medical products in plain film packages, pan goods, sugar coated tablets
and pharmaceutical products.