SUPERIOR FOODGRAIN PACKAGING IS ‘INGRAINED’ IN NICHROME MACHINES

 

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.

With MAP tech, Nichrome puts India on World Map at WMNC 2022

 

Nichrome India Private Limited is counted among world’s leading makers of integrated & automated packaging solutions for a whole range of use cases including food processing, non-food packaging and pharmaceuticals packing.

At Nichrome, innovation is a part of our DNA. Since our pioneering beginning in 1977, we have been endlessly innovating and upgrading offerings to solve packaging industry challenges and deliver greater business value to our customers with our next gen integrated packaging solutions.

Our innovation is founded on Expertise, Partnership, Forward-thinking and Technology. Supported and strengthened by these four pillars, we are perfectly poised to cross new frontiers in performance, accuracy, and solution development.

Nichrome India leads the pack in the packaging industry with innovative packing, sealing, filling and cartoning systems. Nichrome has a plethora of systems for product handling, primary & secondary packing, end-of-the-line packing, warehousing, and track & trace.

MAP Technology in Action

Nichrome’s modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) for mithai and namkeen and food tray sealing machines are commendable. Nichrome is miles ahead of the competition in producing filling and sealing machines in India.

Thermoforming machines from Nichrome can also produce packaging with vacuum skins. The product is placed in a tray or a preformed packaging mould and is then sealed with skin film. This allows the safety of packaged products in a variety of shapes (as they were given a ‘second skin’). The product is untouched by human hands, and the MAP sealing process ensures longer shelf life.

Whether you use MAP technology for mithai & namkeen packaging or dairy products – the contents are assured of hygiene and freshness. For SMEs in the Indian mithai & namkeen segment, MAP technology from Nichrome is a godsend.

MAP is a pathbreaking packaging solution for convenience and presentation of mithai, dry fruits, namkeen and confectionery. It is highly valued when packed in elegant trays and beautifully decorated outer cartons.

WMNC Expo 2022

World Mithai-Namkeen Convention & Expo 2022 (WMNC-2022) which is being held in Chandigarh from December 19-21, is expected to host over 300+ exhibitors and draw 25000+ visitors and delegates from across the country & overseas.

WMNC is the singular event where one can find all solutions related to the mithai & namkeen industry under one roof. From packaging automation machinery to packing materials, raw materials for ingredients, WMNC-2022 is the hottest place to go this year.

WMNC 2022 is a unique show for the entire traditional sweets and namkeen industry. It represents the Indian sweets & snacks Industry which is worth Rs 100,000 crore. WMNC 2022 will host seminars & workshops and conclude with an award ceremony for different categories.

Mithai & Namkeen Segment

Mithai & namkeen segment is at the nascent stage of branding and its true potential is yet to be explored. Mithai & namkeen manufacturers are slowly but surely realizing the need for better quality packaging that protects their products and offers protection during transportation (secondary packing).

Even smaller mithai-walas with local clientele are considering modern snack packaging machines to ensure the hygiene and shelf-life of their products. As the preference of consumers is shifting from the unorganized sector to the organized, brand and quality consciousness has shot up tremendously.

Accordingly, brands need to focus on ensuring that their primary, secondary, and tertiary packaging authentically reflects the quality of their mithai and namkeen products.

This is more applicable to the food sector, where buying decisions are often impulse based. Food processing giants like ITC and Parle are already giving foreign companies like Pepsi Foods intense competition.

 

 

Nichrome’s MAP for Mithai & Namkeen

Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP) is a widely used technique for food preservation. MAP in tray sealing machines is gaining popularity as a method of preserving freshness and lengthening shelf life of fresh foods, fruits, vegetables, meat, and dairy products.

It is the preferred manner of preventing spoilage and extending the shelf life of mithai and namkeen products. MAP also helps shops sell Indian mithai and namkeen in stores located on highways where travellers stop for refreshments, and a multitude of other places within cities.

Nichrome’s MAP and food tray packaging solutions are products to reckon with. They are deemed ideal for tray sealing and packaging mithai and namkeen products.

Nichrome’s MAP food tray sealing packaging machine uses technology from Tecnovac, Italy and is the ideal choice for food tray and mithai and namkeen packaging.

This machine can seal, pack in a protective atmosphere (vacuum and gas) or with "skin effect". Due to its strong stainless-steel structure and easy maintenance, it is ideal packaging for SME use.

For marketers of cut fruits & vegetables, meat & fish, namkeen & sweets and even ready-to-eat meals like biryani, Nichrome’s MAP tech ensures that products are hygienic till they reach the consumer's table.

Conclusion

If you are looking for a thali packing machine, tray sealing machine, container sealing machine, nitrogen packing machine, or a food tray sealing machine with MAP technology – a.k.a controlled atmosphere packaging – for your fresh food and mithai and namkeen business, Nichrome is the ideal choice.

Nichrome India is the final word in packaging machines, automatic filling machine manufacturers, filling and sealing machine manufacturers and providers of integrated packaging solutions.

TRAY SEALING SIMPLIFIED BY NICHROME

 

Companies in the food & beverage industry know how critical packaging is for keeping food fresh and preventing deterioration. Packaging also plays a crucial role in attracting customers and making the food easily transportable. Tray sealing is a newish trend that looks like it's here to stay.

Nichrome is happy to introduce you to this new technology for food packaging.

What are Tray Sealers?

Tray sealers are automated packaging machines that apply plastic film lids to trays of varying materials, sizes, shapes and depths. They are also known as heat sealers, top sealers or tray lidding machines. The versatility of this technology makes it the optimal solution for packaging fresh produce, meats, frozen meals, ready-made meals, snacks and more. In India, their application is growing in the snacks and sweetmeats section with a large number of mithai and savoury items being packaged in thermoformed trays.

How do Tray Sealers work?

Tray Sealers come in two basic formats: semi-automatic and automatic. The process begins with the product-filled trays entering the in-feed conveyor where they get indexed and spaced. They are then picked up by a transfer beam to be transferred within the tooling. The seal plate picks up the product-filled trays and lifts them against the film. The film and trays are then compressed against the heated upper tooling to activate the sealing properties against the tray, while simultaneously cutting the film. Finally, after the necessary seal dwell time has elapsed, the seal station lowers the trays back down and ejects them to the out-feed of the machine.

Tray Sealers from Nichrome

Nichrome, India’s leading provider of automatic packaging machines and integrated packaging solutions has tied up with Tecnovac, Italy to bring the latest MAP tray sealing technology to India’s food industry. The offerings include:

Athena: This is an automatic tray sealer for small to medium production scale, designed for longevity and continuous operation in aggressive environments. The simple and intuitive interface makes it the best choice for most users. Athena is capable of packaging in modified atmosphere any combination of compatible trays and top film studied for such applications. Thanks to the Athena’s strong stainless steel structure, easy maintenance and conformity to hygienic requirements, this machine is ideal for use in small and medium sized companies.

Athena is available in different versions: only sealing, sealing and MAP, sealing/MAP/SKIN, and for trays up to 250mm high.

Olympia: This semi-automatic machine has been designed to package food in sealing alone, in a modified atmosphere or with “SKIN effect”. The compact size and simple use make this machine the ideal choice for those entering the world of professional packaging.

Built entirely in stainless steel, it is fitted with the best components on the market to guarantee performance and reliability.

Olympia too is available in different versions: sealing alone, sealing/gas-vacuum, sealing/gas-vacuum/SKIN-SKIN PROTRUDING, and for high packages up to 250 mm.

Olympia PRO: The Olympia PRO model has been developed to easily pack foods in pre-formed trays.

 

The semi-automatic configuration with the rotary table and the two vacuum chambers, maximizes the production! In fact, during the packaging cycle, it’s possible to unload and load up the second chamber, increasing productivity.

Why Nichrome?

Since Nichrome developed India's first indigenous milk packaging machine in 1977, they have been at the forefront of next-generation packaging technologies; a brand trusted for its rich legacy of pioneering innovation, extensive domain knowledge and manufacturing competency in packaging systems.

For enterprises big and small, for applications existing and emerging, Nichrome offer infinite possibilities in integrated, automated packaging solutions - as they partner with customers through the complete lifecycle, offering application-specific solutions, backed by dependable service and support.

Based in Pune, India, Nichrome’s sales & service network spans India and the world. They have presence in 45 countries and more than 10,000 successful installations worldwide.

Conclusion

Nichrome's tray sealing solutions, for mithai manufacturers and makers of Indian snacks, ready meals, fresh produce, etc., the Tecnovac range offers unmatched advantages, matched by Nichrome's proven expertise, sales & service network, and sound installation support.