COOKING OIL PACKAGING MACHINE BY NICHROME

Edible oil is a vital constituent of kitchens everywhere. The packaged edible oil market is growing relentlessly as consumers shift from buying loose oil to safer, more hygienic packaged oil.

In cooking oil packaging, especially for small quantities up to 1 litre, flexible pouches are growing in popularity due to their cost-effectiveness - both to manufacture as well as to transport and store. Pouches remain preferred packaging solutions due to their malleability and low weight. In addition, they protect the products from contaminants and improve retail value.

For pouch packaging of edible oils, Nichrome offers a range of VFFS and HFFS packaging machines. As a leading automatic filling machine manufacturer for over four decades, Nichrome has the expertise and technology to deliver innovative oil pouch packaging machines that pack with speed, accuracy and hygiene. Nichrome's edible oil packaging expertise combined with its sales and service network across the country and abroad make it a trusted partner for reputed cooking oil manufacturers, both big and small.

Nichrome's Filpack Servo SMD

The star of Nichrome's range of VFFS edible oil packing machines is undoubtedly the Filpack Servo SMD. A durable, heavy-duty performer, it has touch screen HMI panel and PLC to control operations. It occupies less floor space and has an enclosed SS cabinet for hygienic operation.

Filpack Servo SMD comes with twin head construction with independent head operation so you can pack two different products and quantities simultaneously.

Filpack Servo SMD packs in 3 side seal pouches at speeds ranging for 80-85 packs/minute for quantities of 100, 200 and 500 ml, and at 70-80 packs/minute for 1000 ml pouches.

This cooking oil packing machine is also a ghee packing machine, working with versatility and reliability for a range of viscous applications that include vanaspati, ketchup, fruit pulp, mayonnaise, curry pastes, and even grease, paint, lubricating oil, adhesives, etc.

Other features of Filpack Servo SMD

•        Positive displacement pump filler with fine quality adjustment facility

•        Operator friendly PLC controller

•        Full mechanical machine. No requirement of compressed air.

•        Enclosed SS cabinet construction for hygienic operation

•        Advanced linearly adjustable Impulse Seal

•        Specially designed film roll unwinding mechanism for smooth bag pulling operation

•        Less floor space requirement for machine installation as no side opening required

•        UV sterilization of packaging film

•        End of film roll facility with parking mode interlock

•        Facility for using panel printed films

•        Servo motor driven precise bag length control mechanism

•        Servo motor operated bag longitudinal and cross sealing system

•        Motorized special film tracking system offering lateral movement of film trolley

•        Isolation of film reel mounting area from other lubricating mechanisms of the machine to avoid contamination of film during transportation due to foreign particles

•        Suitable for large range of film with minimal setting

Conclusion

If you're looking for an automated packaging solution for cooking oil that assures performance and peace of mind, Nichrome's Filpack Servo SMD is the answer. It is compact, durable, easy to operate and maintain, promising long service life.

Consult Nichrome with your requirements and they will ensure you get the most relevant, cost-effective edible oil packaging machine for your plant. Nichrome will transform your oil pouch packaging operations with their proven expertise and range of advanced products for modern pouch packaging.

Dairy Packaging Solutions by Nichrome

Since Nichrome innovated the first indigenous milk pouch packaging machine in the 1970s, the company has been growing its expertise and developing technology for milk and dairy packaging. Today, as India's leading integrated packaging solutions provider, Nichrome offers the fastest milk packaging machine besides many other automated dairy packaging solutions for liquid, powder and viscous products in the dairy industry.

Nichrome’s VFFS Machines for Dairy packaging

Nichrome's Filpack Series present trendsetting technology for milk and dairy packaging. The Filpack Servo 12K is the fastest milk pouch packaging machine, with a speed of 12,000 packs/hour. It can pack CSPP pouches of 200 ml, 500 ml and 1000 ml with equal ease and accuracy.

The Filpack Servo 6K delivers accurate and well-sealed CSPP pouches at a speed of 6000 packs/hour. Applications include milk, flavoured milk, lassi, buttermilk, curd.

The Filpack series also includes:

Filpack CMS 5L
It is a more versatile machine, packaging both liquids and viscous products with a pneumatic filling system for better filling consistency. Filpack CMS 5L fills and seals pouches of larger quantities - up to 5500 ml in CSPP format.

Liquids are packed at a speed of 800 pouches/hour, while viscous products are packed at 400 pouches/hour.

Filpack CMD Alpha
Another efficient packaging solution for milk and other liquids. Built substantially shorter than conventional machines, it also occupies less floor space as no side opening is required.

The impulse seal system is controlled through solid state control technology, and there is a specially designed film roll unwinding mechanism for smooth bag pulling.

Filpack CMD Alpha offers twin heads so you can pack two different products at the same time. You can even conduct maintenance on one track while the other is in operation.

Filpack Servo Universal
The nextgen solution for dairy packaging. A high speed, versatile performer, Filpack Servo Universal serves multiple applications in both free flowing liquid (milk, buttermilk, etc.) and viscous (cream, ghee, kefir, etc.).

Pack quantity ranges from 200 ml to 1000 ml, and output speed goes up to 5000 packs per hour.

Filpack Servo Universal is also available in a Double Head Combo Filler model which enables customers to fill viscous products on one head and liquid on the other.

All Filpack packaging machines are heavy duty performers with simple maintenance-friendly construction. They are built for hygiene with product contact parts of SS304 stainless steel and a UV film sterilisation system for the packaging material.

Optional accessories include insulated balance tanks for energy saving, SCADA system, automatic CIP system, automatic pouch counting & crating systems, and more.

In VFFS packaging machines, Nichrome also offers the multi lane PV-215. For a wide range of applications, PV-215's intermittent motion technology ensures efficient sealing with a bagger speed of 1000 pouches per minute.

Nichrome’s HFFS Series

Nichrome's HFFS packaging machines bring new generation, linear technology from Totpack, Spain. The Totpack Series is versatile, and can be used for packing a wide range of dairy powders, liquids and viscous products such as ghee using different fillers. The Series also offers a range of pouch formats with superior pouch aesthetics.

The HFFS machines are PLC based machines with touch screen interface. The compact and versatile design offers both single and perforated chain of pouches with quick and easy changeover. Well designed duplex modules are available for higher outputs.

Nichrome's current HFFS machines range includes T110, T140 and T170.

Nichrome’s Bottle & Tin Packaging

Nichrome has recently expanded its offerings beyond pouch packaging to bottle packaging and tin packaging. Nichrome offers an efficient integrated system for bottle filling and packaging that covers a turntable, UV sterilisation chamber, automatic liquid filling machine, cap feeding elevator, rotary capping machine, induction sealer, labeling machine, date & batch coding system, and packing table.

SKUs range from 100 ml to 20 ltrs. Applications include a wide range of food & beverage liquids such as flavoured milk & buttermilk; viscous products such as ghee, chocolate sauce and more.

Nichrome's tin filling line is a sturdy, low-maintenance system made for accurate and efficient performance. The PLC-controlled line has a digital LCD touch screen displaying settings, and safety enclosures with interlocks for rotary parts.

Machine construction is available in SS3014, SS316 and MS painted material. Various tin sterilisation and cleaning options are available. Applications include milk powder, dairy-based health drink powders, baby food, etc.

For the most innovative packaging solutions and customized packaging systems for your specific needs in the dairy business, connect with Nichrome.

Nichrome RTE Packaging: Helping to ladle profits for food industries

The RTE (Ready-To-Eat) industry is booming. And why not? RTE food offers convenience and variety. It saves time and energy — elements of great value in contemporary India with its changing lifestyle, growing urbanization, increase in nuclear families and rise in disposable income.

The Indian RTE food market is dominated by Mavalli Tiffin Room (MTR), GITS Food Products Pvt. Ltd., Indian Tobacco Company (ITC), Kohinoor Foods and Priya Foods.

Product innovation, branding and attractive packaging have also provided impetus to the RTE industry. The players in the packaged food industry tweak their product offerings to suit the taste of Indian consumers and launch new variants of the products to cater to region-specific demand which have widened their consumer base. The industry players also consider factors like freshness, crispiness and flavor of the product, which the consumers consider important, before launching new products. Newer preservation techniques have led to enhanced shelf life.

Nichrome’s Totpack Pick-Fill-Seal machine offers the combined benefits of variety, productivity and specialty packaging for ready-to-eat food packaging. The ready to cook packaging machine conveniently packs a wide variety of ready-to-eat and ready-to-cook foods in eye-catching innovative shapes while maintaining freshness of the products. Advanced packaging technology enables 2 or 3 different fillers to dispense multiple types of ingredients in the same pouch.

The Horizontal Form Fill Seal (HFFS) machine is a sturdy, cost-effective solution with multiple filler options. The RTE Filler facilitates the packaging of products such as Palak Paneer, Dal Makhani, Butter Chicken, Biryani, Gravies, Matar Paneer, Punjabi Chhole, Punjabi Kadhi, Rajma Masala, etc.

The Linear/Gate Weigher can be used for vegetable seed packaging while the Servo Auger Filler is suitable for powders like ORS, Pharmaceutical Powder, Spice Powder, Milk Powder, Coffee, Health Drinks, Instant Mixes, Premixes, etc. Multi-Head Weighers are used for snack & Namkeen packaging. Piston Fillers transform the machine into a ketchup packaging machine, ideal for viscous products like pastes, pickles, soup, sauces, ghee, etc.

Other filler options include Cup Filler (for sugar, rice, pulses, etc.) and Gravity Filler/Flow Meter (for liquids like milk, lassi, oil, juices, wines, etc.).

The high-precision Totpack PFS packaging machine is controlled through a PLC with touch-screen interface, and supports a variety of pack/pouch formats. Packing material for preformed pouches include heat sealable laminates like PET/PE, Paper/Alu-foil/PE, Alu/PF, PET/Alu-foil/PE or Co ex films.

All these features and advantages have made Nichrome’s PFS machine the preferred choice of players in the processed food industry – serving speed, efficiency and flexibility to make operations smooth and profitable.

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Heat-Open-Eat! The Super Convenience of RTE Food

It’s never been so easy to put together a delicious meal! Shop shelves are overflowing with packages of Ready-to-Eat (RTE) food – and the variety of cuisines and dishes grows everyday as food companies introduce new items to tempt the consumer’s appetite. Parsi dhansak; Punjabi chole, Rajma-chawal, Matar-Paneer and Dal Makhani; South Indian Rasam, Sambar-rice, Lemon-rice and Bisibelebhath; Nawabi Kaju-halwa or Biryani – the choices abound.

Contemporary urban Indian lifestyles, with working women, nuclear families, higher income levels, long commutes and paucity of time for cooking, are firing this market. This type of food saves time and labour. It has extended shelf-life and is available off the market shelves – so demand grows at a healthy pace.

What’s more, these products provide variety and are tasty to eat. The advancements in food processing and packaging technology have made it possible to protect the flavours and extend the shelf-life of these products. So buyers feel more confident about the quality and hygiene aspects of such foods.

RTE FOOD PACKAGING

A key performer in this success story is Nichrome’s Pick-Fill-Seal (PFS8) machine. For ready-to-eat food packaging and ready-to-cook food packaging, this Horizontal Form Fill Seal Machine from Tot pack, Spain is an 8 station packaging machine with Versatile Rotary Technology, providing multiple pouch shape packaging solutions to many industries. 3-side seal, 4-side seal, and standup pouch, stand up with zipper, stand up with spout or even customized shapes – the PFS8 offers all formats.

The PFS8 machine is sturdy and compact, operator friendly, easy-to-clean and maintain. The high precision machine is controlled through a PLC, with the latest synchronized motion Servo System. It is available in hygienic Stainless Steel Construction as an option.

Nichrome’s Pick-Fill-Seal machines present an advanced variant of packaging technology that enables 2 or 3 different fillers to dispense multiple types of ingredients in the same pouch. The machines conveniently pack a wide variety of ready-to-eat foods in eye-catching innovative shapes while maintaining freshness of the products.

A special advantage of this European trendsetter is its versatility. It offers multiple filler options for diverse applications. Besides the RTE Filler for foods such as Palak Paneer, Dal Makhani, Butter Chicken, Biryani, Gravies, Matar Paneer, Punjabi Chhole, Punjabi Kadhi, Rajma Masala, etc., there is the Multi head Filler for packaging dry products such as Snacks, Dry Fruits & Nuts, Confectionaries, High Count Biscuits, Namkeen, Soya Chunks, Pasta, Shortcut Vermicelli, and Frozen Foods & Dry Fish.

With a Piston Filler, the PFS8 transforms into a ketchup packaging machine, and also packs other viscous products like Pastes, Pickles, Sauces, Soup, Curry, Fruit Pulps, Ghee, Vanaspati, and Edible Oil.

Other Fillers include the Gravity Filler for liquids like milk, juices, health drinks, wine, etc.; the Linear/Gate Weigher for granular products like Tea, Sugar, Rice, Pulses, Seeds; the Servo Auger Filler for powders like ORS, Pharmaceutical Powder, Spice Powder, Milk Powder, Coffee, Health Drinks, Instant Mixes, Premixes, etc.; and Cup Filler for free flowing powders & granular products.

For players in the RTE and RTC business, Nichrome offers the expertise and experience to partner for success. Visit www.nichrome.com