Filling and closing has become more flexible, more compact and somewhat confusing. Should you buy the hype? The machinery has two jobs: Filling a pouch, bottle, carton, vial or the like and then closing it – by sealing, capping or otherwise. Don’t go for the bells and whistles if you’re not going to use the bells and whistles. The newest innovations mentioned here have some new features and still stick to what they do best: fill and seal.
For the popular pouch, a new system called the OptiPouch fills and closes up to 600 pouches per minute. The rotary machine from Optima (optima-packaging.com) also displays maximum flexibility in the process. It covers a format area of 50ml to 1,500ml without format parts. The format change takes place “on the fly.”