Food
grains are a vital source of healthy nutrients. Being excellent carbohydrate
sources, they also nourish the human body with protein, fats, vitamins, and
minerals. Rice is a staple in India, followed by wheat, maize, and millets.
Most
food grains are annual crops. But they are eaten daily. This puts the
imperative on safe storage and packaging
to prevent losses due to attacks by insects & rodents, pilferage, microbial
infestation, high humidity, and heat. The use of automated
grain packaging machines to mitigate the risk of contamination is
highly sought after across the world.
Grain Packaging Systems
There
are several types of grain packaging
systems, and their specific features and capabilities vary as per the
requirements of the food grain being
packaged. Airtight, moisture
&UV-resistant packaging is common across the world.
Foodgrain packaging technology has come a long way. Sensors in monitoring and controlling the packaging processes that preserve grain quality have become the preferred means of packaging food grains.
The potential impact of grain packaging machines on the sustainability of grain products is underlined by the fact that such machines need to be fast, dependable, versatile, and cost-effective. These machines must also facilitate adhering to regulations and standards that govern the use of grain packaging machines, food safety, and labelling.
Bulk packaging is crucial for long-term storage. However, retail packaging is key to successful marketing. Here the imperative is on visual appeal, convenience and accuracy in unit quantity, and ease of opening. The contents of the bag must be protected against contamination, infestation, moisture, and oxidation.
Moreover, as bulk density of foodgrains is high, packaging material needs to have good impact strength, tensile strength, and puncture resistance for working on vertical and horizontal form fill and seal (FFS) machines.
For protecting special food
grain varieties like basmati rice and flours from flavour loss and rancidity,
flavour barrier materials are used. They could be
reverse printed polyester laminated Low Density Poly Ethelene (LDPE), or oxygen barrier film. Technologies such as CO2 flush packaging and vacuum packaging also help to extend shelf life.
Grain Packaging Systems
Nichrome offers a wide range of automated seed packaging systems, grain filling systems and integrated grain packaging solutions for your grain and seed packaging needs.
With our grain packaging systems, you can pack grain and seed in tins, jars, or bottles. Our grainpackaging systems are equipped with innovative technology and offer superior packaging solutions that follow stringent packaging quality standards for a wide range of grain and seed products.
Nichrome’s Tin Packing Line
Nichrome
offers an efficient tin
filling line system that
helps you meet your packaging needs. Just change the filler to fill assorted
products, and this innovative packaging solution will enable tin packaging
in stock keeping units ranging from 100 gm to 1000 gm.
Whether
it is pulses, grains, sugar or tea, Nichrome’s tin filling line guarantees
high-speed, and accurate filling. Nichrome’s tin filling line system
includes a turn table for empty tins, and an inverted tin cleaning machine.
Nichrome tin line system also features a UV chamber, dial indexing unit for
twin tin filling, two servo auger fillers, seamer, date batch coding system,
capping machine (lid pressing unit), cap elevator with storage silo and turn
table for filled tins.
Nichrome Jar Filling Systems
Nichrome
is renowned for being ever ready for new challenges and being ready before time
for changes in the market. The new jar
filling system is another such feather in our cap.
The PLC-controlled jar filling system is fitted with a unique ‘no jar; no filling’ safety device, and safety enclosures with interlocks for rotary parts. It works well for glass, HDPE and PP jars and offers fast changeover for different jar sizes. Nichrome’s jar packaging systems are a godsend for those who want to pack grain and seed products with utmost regard for quality, performance, and speed.
Nichrome Bottle Filling Systems
One of the main advantages of glass is that it is harmless to humans. It is a material that guarantees that the consumption of the product does not entail harm to the consumer’s health.It provides great visibility towards the interior and is recyclable.All granular items like sesame seed, cumin seed, coriander seed, wheat, rice, channadal, chickpeacan be packed using Nichrome’s advanced, high-tech grain bottling systems.
Among other things, our grain packing systems in bottlesare automatic, compact, PLC controlled, easy to operate, and require minimal maintenance.
Top quality components and superb work manshipis our hallmark, and all contact parts are made of stainless steel. The sterling features of our bottled grain packaging systems are the talk of the industry.
Conclusion
Packaging for grains, cereals and sugar is vital for storage, handling, display
and preservation of the product. As these are essential commodities and staples
of our daily diet, packaging must fulfill all its functions at the
lowest possible cost to minimize losses and curtail retail price.
Nichrome
is your one stop shop for a wide range of automated packaging solutions for grain
packaging that promises safety, speed, accuracy, and efficiency for
enhanced profitability and assured ROI.
