Integrate Your Milk Packaging with Nichrome

 

Nichrome India’s expertise and experience in milk packaging are well known. The foundations were laid over four decades ago when Nichrome designed and manufactured India’s first homegrown milk pouch packaging machine in reply to the Government of India’s call for cost-effective indigenous packaging technology to support and catalyse India’s White Revolution. Nichrome’s first Filpack machine was commissioned at the Kurla Dairy, Mumbai, from where milk pouches were first commercially distributed on 7th March 1977. 

Since that incredible feat, Nichrome has only been augmenting and developing its capabilities and offerings for milk packaging with every subsequent decade. Nichrome today offers automated packaging machines and integrated packaging systems for a diverse range of dairy products including liquid (milk, buttermilk, flavoured milk), viscous (ghee, vanaspati, curd) and powders (dairy whiteners, milk powder). Nichrome’s range of dairy packaging machines and systems bring with them pertinent common advantages such as a compact, maintenance-friendly construction, high-speed performance, exemplary hygiene standards, and accurate filling and sealing. 

Nichrome’s Milk Packaging Systems 

Nichrome has designed a revolutionary primary packaging + secondary packaging combination for the milk industry. It is made up of Nichrome’s Filpack Servo 12K and a Milk Pouch Crating System.

 Filpack Servo 12K

 The pride of Nichrome’s milk packaging portfolio, the Filpack Servo 12K is the fastest milk pouch packaging machine with a speed of 12,000 packs/hour.

 Features of Filpack Servo 12K:

 -       CSPP pouches of co-extruded LDPE in SKUs of 200 ml, 500 ml and 1000 ml

-       Independent balance tanks for flexibility to handle single or multiple products simultaneously

-       Can pack free-flow liquids such as flavoured milk, lassi, juice, mineral water

-       Minimal spillage and wastage

-       Fully stainless steel structure, digital heat control system that provides maximum accuracy with a separate control panel box

-       Built-in jumbo roll with a web tracking attachment

-       Easy to set and change recipes and quantity through the HMI panel

-       Machine operations can be controlled using a remote control and machine automation can be accessed remotely through a state-of-the-art ‘Data Over Internet’ feature

-       The insulated tanks installed in this system maintain product temperature and minimize energy consumption 

Flexible milk pouches are not self-supporting, so they compulsorily need secondary packaging. Also, since these pouches are packed at high speeds by Nichrome’s Filpack Servo 12K milk filling machine, manually lifting them in crates for transportation isn’t just slow, it could be inaccurate too. 

Automatic Milk Pouch Crating System

 Nichrome’s Automatic Milk Pouch Crating System brings to the table a complementary secondary packaging solution that counts and fills pouches in crates in synchronization with Nichrome’s high-speed milk pouch packaging Filpack Servo 12K machine. This helps make the process systematic, automated and quick. It also helps to maintain the quality and food safety standards while keeping a count of the number of pouches and crates.

 Advantages of Nichrome’s Crating System:

 ●     This system can be custom-made as per the floor layout and number of machines

●     A complete end-of-the-line solution, from crate washing to cold storage

●     Fully automated solution that reduces labour

●     Keeps the secondary packing process hygienic and modern

●     Enhances productivity

●     Independent of speed of machines/number of heads

●     Independent of the volume of pouches

●     Every crate has the correct pouch count

●     Optional features include data logging and online crate weighing. The entire data of the production process can be logged and saved in the Cloud or central server system

●     Optional Online Leak Detection Mechanism in which each pouch from the conveyor is passed through a pressing conveyor which removes excess air from the pouch, through which operators can readily differentiate leaky pouches

Conclusion

 Nichrome's demonstrated expertise in dairy products packaging technology is well renowned - not just in India but in other countries too. Nichrome offers multiple packaging solutions for dairy products such as milk, lassi, buttermilk, curd, cream, ghee, and even dairy whitener and milk powder.

If you’re on the lookout for a seamlessly integrated milk packaging system that can deliver efficient, trouble-free performance every day for a sustained period of time, connect with Nichrome. Nichrome will carry out a detailed study of your operations, requirements, space and facilities to provide you with a complete customized solution. As a result, you get a primary packaging machine plus a secondary packaging solution that is integrated and tailored for the optimal utilization of space, performance and resources.

 For further information about the milk packaging systems and other cutting-edge integrated packaging solutions, contact www.nichrome.com.

Integrated Milk Packaging System from Nichrome India

When it comes to milk packaging, the expertise and experience of Nichrome India is well known. It all started four decades ago when Nichrome designed and manufactured India's first indigenous milk pouch packaging machine, in response to the Government of India's call for affordable, indigenous packaging technology to support and enable India's White Revolution. The first Filpack machine was commissioned at Kurla Dairy, Mumbai where the commercial distribution of milk pouches was started on 7th March 1977.

Since then, Nichrome's capabilities and offerings for milk packaging have grown and developed with every passing decade. Today, Nichrome offers automated packaging machines and integrated packaging systems for a wide variety of dairy products including liquid (milk, buttermilk, flavoured milk), viscous (ghee, vanaspati, curd)and  powders (dairy whiteners, milk powder). Nichrome's dairy packaging machines and systems present certain common advantages such as compact, maintenance-friendly construction, high speed performance, requisite hygiene standards, and accurate filling and sealing.

Nichrome Milk Packaging System

Nichrome offers a trendsetting primary packaging + secondary packaging combo for the milk industry. It comprises Nichrome's Filpack Servo 12K and a Milk Pouch Crating System.

Filpack Servo 12K

This machine is the pride of Nichrome's milk packaging portfolio. It is the fastest milk pouch packaging machine, with a speed of 12,000 packs/hour.

Features of Filpack Servo 12K:

• CSPP pouches of co-extruded virgin LDPE in accurate quantities of 200 ml, 500 ml and 1000 ml

• Independent balance tanks offer flexibility to handle single or different products simultaneously

• Also packs flavoured milk, lassi, juice, mineral water and other free-flow liquids

• Spillage and wastage is minimal.

• Complete stainless steel structure, digital heat control system for maximum accuracy and a separate control panel box.

• Inbuilt jumbo roll and a web tracking attachment.

 • Recipes can be set and quantity can be changed through the HMI alone!

• A remote control can be used for machine operation and machine automations can be remotely accessed through a modern ‘Data Over Internet’ feature.

• The installed insulated tanks maintain product temperature and minimize energy loss.

As flexible milk pouches are not self-supporting, they generally need secondary packaging. Also, as pouches are packed at high speeds by Nichrome's Filpack Servo 12K milk filling machine, lifting them manually in crates for transportation is not only slow, but could be inaccurate too.

Automatic Milk Pouch Crating System.

Nichrome's Automatic Milk Pouch Crating System offers a complementary secondary packaging solution to count & fill pouches in crates in synchronization with Nichrome's high speed Filpack Servo 12K machine. The entire process becomes systematic, automated and fast. It helps to maintain quality and food safety standard as well as keep count of the number of pouches and crates.

Advantages of Nichrome's Crating System:

• System can be customized as per customer layout and number of machines

• Total end of line solution from crate washing center to cold storage

• Fully automatic so reduces labour

• Provides hygienic and modern secondary packing process

• Improves productivity

• Independent of speed of machines / number of heads

• Independent of volume of pouches

• Each crate is filled with correct pouch count

• System has optional features of data logging and online crate weighing.  The entire production data can be logged and saved on Cloud or central server system

• Optional Online Leak Detection Mechanism whereby each pouch from the conveyor passes through a pressing conveyor which removes excess air from the pouch through which the operator can easily differentiate leaky pouches.

Conclusion

So if you're looking for a seamlessly integrated milk packaging system that delivers efficient, trouble-free performance every day for years, contact Nichrome. Nichrome will study your operations, requirements, space and facilities, and customize the complete solution for you. So you get a primary packaging machine plus secondary packaging solution - integrated and tailored for optimization of space, performance and resources.

For more details about the milk packaging system, or other cutting-edge integrated packaging solutions, contact www.nichrome.com

 

Milk Packaging - the cost-effective, sustainable way

Gone are the days when the cow was brought to the consumer’s doorstep for milking. So consumers were assured freshness and purity.

Filpack Servo 12K

It’s a different world today. Growing demand and high cost of milk production has created a need for packaging that conveys the milk safely from cow to consumer. Evolving challenges, concerns and demands for both consumer and distributor have challenged the dairy industry to continuously search for smarter packaging solutions that are not only durable, cost-effective and recyclable, but also use less energy and water.

Criteria for good milk packaging

Milk is an extremely perishable and sensitive product, so it is imperative that the packaging material is effective in preserving its initial quality till it reaches the consumer. It must be tamper-proof and act as barrier to bacterial contamination. However, given changing lifestyles, consumer needs for convenience and hygiene, modern production technology, etc., milk packaging must fulfill other requirements too.

· It should be free from off-flavours

· It should be resistant to UV light

· It should have no physiological effects on the products

· It should possess good mechanical properties (sealing, tensile, structural strength, etc)

· It should possess good oxygen barrier properties

· It should be economical

· It should fit in to the processing line

Evolving packaging trends

The first development for retail packaging was the glass bottle which came at the end of the 19th century. It remained unchallenged till 1933 when the first carton made of waxed paper was introduced.

In the late 1950s, the milk pouch concept originated in Europe, and soon become the rage with its convenience and reduced costs. Polyethylene, particularly LDPE has been used for packing milk. Nowadays, in India milk pouches are formed from LLDPE film of 50–55 μ thickness.

In the 1960s, aseptic packaging was born in Sweden, originally called the ‘Tetra-pack’ system. Aluminium foil is used to provide a barrier against light and gas. This system enhances the shelf life of milk dramatically; if refrigerated, a shelf life of up to one year is possible. No refrigeration is required for at least 3 months.

Innovations in Plastic Packaging

Plastic packaging continues to be the global favourite for milk packaging. Compared to cartons, it helps cut down environmental costs.

In the field of plastic packaging, relentless R&D across the world has resulted in some smart and sustainable innovations. Some of these are:

Milk bag in a jug: This innovation produces 75 percent less waste than traditional milk packaging. Made from LDPE, these milk bags are highly durable and fitted within a reusable and easy-to-pour polypropylene jug. The design ensures a no-leak seal and pours the milk through the spout. With more and more people living with smaller families, plastic packaging makes an ideal solution to stock dairy products while producing much less waste.

Milk bag in a jug

Milk bag in a box: It looks like a traditional plastic milk container but is made up of cardboard pulp shaped like a bottle/carton with a low density polypropylene bag on the inside. Its carbon footprint is 48% lower than that of milk bottles made using HDPE. Innovative & sustainable, this green milk packaging also consumes less than 0.5% of the space of traditional milk packaging in a landfill.

Squeezy stand-up pouch with straw: This new, single-serve form of milk packaging is portable, easy-to-use, and more economical than the paper carton. It is a thermoformed stand-up pouch with integrated straw. The squeeze feature facilitates maximum evacuation of milk, and when empty, it compresses into a small mass, making disposal low-cost and efficient.

Squeezy stand-up pouch with straw

Milk in a flexible pouch: In several countries, especially in the developing world, the dairy industry is also using pouch packaging for milk. Made from LLDPE film, this pouch is reusable, easy-to-pour and produces 75% less waste than conventional milk packaging.

Milk in a Flexible Pouch

Milk packaging in India

In India, while tetra packs are gaining popularity, the high price point puts them out of reach for most consumers. Milk pouches remain the popular choice, widely used by India’s dairy industry. The pouches are generally made of low-density polyethylene (LDPE) film, but some dairies also use co-extruded LDPE-LLDPE film as it eliminates pin-hole problems. The pouches are formed and filled on form-fill-seal (FFS) machines in capacities of 200, 500 and 1000 ml.

When it comes to sustainability, flexible pouches use less packaging — around 75% less material than other packaging. They are also much lighter in weight, saving resources in transportation costs. The overall reduced cost makes the milk more accessible to more people and new markets.

Conclusion

For milk pouch packaging in India, Nichrome has been blazing trails since 1976. Today, India’s fastest milk packaging machine comes from Nichrome — Filpack Servo 12K which packs an impressive 12,000 pouches per hour. As India’s leading packaging machine manufacturer, Nichrome offers a range of machines and integrated solutions for the dairy industry. To know more, www.nichrome.com

Pack Smart, Pack Dry

When it comes to Liquid filling and packaging the packets or pouches have to be essentially dry from outside, convenient to handle and they should look attractive. Liquids have unique requirements for packaging because they need to stay fresh and odorless on the supermarket shelves for a long time.

Nichrome’s Horizontal Form Fill Seal machines have been designed to cater to the vast and varied requirements in liquid filling and packaging segment. These include Edible oil filling machines, Ghee pouch packaging machine, Cooking oil filling and packaging machine, milk packaging and other dairy products packaging solutions.

Listed below are major advantages of Nichrome’s liquid filling & packaging solutions and how can they help you pack your liquid products effectively while retaining their original taste and aroma days and months after packaging.

Nichrome manufactures leak detectors to test for pin-hole leaks in individual containers by comparing air pressure decay rate to a benchmark container with no leaks.

Both automatic and manual leak detectors will work with a range of container sizes and shapes. Manual leak detectors are ideal for lower production facilities and allow the operator to test one container at a time for container seepage. Automatic leak detectors allow for inline container testing with anywhere from one to sixteen testing heads. The automatic leak detector also includes a reject station for containers found to have leaks.

AUTOMATIC LEAK DETECTOR

The automatic leak detector can act as a standalone leak detection system or can be added to an inline packaging system for constant leak detection. With one to sixteen heads, the leak detector measures air pressure decay rate and compares the rate to a benchmark.

MANUAL LEAK DETECTOR

The easy to operate manual leak detector allows an operator to test one container at a time for bottle seepage. The leak detector measures air pressure decay rate and compares the rate to that of a non-leaking container.

SPEED

Nichrome’s liquid filling and packaging solutions provide speed required to ensure maximum output per batch or shift boosting the overall productivity of the unit.

ACCURACY

Nichrome’s liquid filling and packaging solutions provide vital accuracy while packing through different pouches of various sizes and weights, thereby reducing the percentage of wastage per batch.

VERSATALITY

Products such as juices, squashes, edible oils, butter milk, curd, mineral water, flavored milk, lassi, etc. are hygienically packed in various pouch formats while retaining their natural goodness of taste and nutrition at all times.

EASE OF USE

The user friendly solutions offered by Nichrome are equipped with touch screen HMI panel that make operating process remarkably simple.

Call the experts in automated liquid filling & packaging solutions… call Nichrome Packaging Solutions. For more details visit us at http://www.nichrome.com/

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