As we all know, flowpack packaging machine is suitable for product with regular or irregular shape.
Food products like bread, cake, cookies, chocolate bar, daily commodity like towel, soap, tissue; Agriculture products like vegetable, melons, fruits etc. But how to choose a perfect flow packing machine? Now I’d sharing 6 tips for you before you decide.
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Determine your products accurately
Almost all customers hope to get one multi-function machine to pack all kinds of product, so they could flexible change their products on sell irregularly accordingly to market feedback.
Sorry the correct answer is : NEVER ASK FOR A MACHINE TO MEET ALL YOUR PURPOSE! Don’t even think about it! Please always remember, A private jet is always better than a so-called universal jet. That means, one machine for one product is 100% better than the so-called universal machine.
Image you purchasing one machine they said it’s multi-function, but when you really get it and start using it, you’ll have to change some small parts while packing different products. First, that could wast you lots of downtime. Meanwhile you may face higher risk of breaking the machine by faulty operation. Specially if you got zero experience on handling machinery.
So our suggestion for you is to choose less than 3~5main products, and ensure they are with similar with feature, and dimension is similar. In that case, you generally don’t need too much adjustment on the machine.
High cost performance is the first principle.
At present, the overall quality of Chinese Brand packaging machines have been greatly improved, especially the flow packaging machines. The proportion of exports has exceeded that of imports. So it’s not hard to get a high-class machine from China market, with great quality same as “made in Europe”. But with much lower cost.
Buy what is right, not what is expensive.Many Chinese factory has been focusing on the research and development, design, production, installation, commissioning and technology of flow packaging machines for over decades.And government also give great support on machinery exportation service.
Choose professional supplier with quality guaranteed.
How to define professional in the packaging industry, they must with mature technology to make stable quality, safe guaranteed and durable equipment. packaging faster but with low energy consumption, low manual work, and low scrap rate.
The packaging machine is packing film material consumption equipment. A low-efficiency machine could waste you lots of raw material because of imprecise positioning and unintelligent cutting. Plus raw material cost has been increasing day by day, there won’t be a small amount for you in long-run.
On-site visit once you got the chance
One perfect way to evaluate the factory and their machine is to visit their factory, pay attention to the big aspects, like factory scale, company culture etc. But also to the small details, often the details determine the quality of the whole machine. Come down to their workshop, bring enough sample for testing, talk to their employee, specially the engineer and sale. Bring as many samples as you can to test the machine at the factory.
Get to know your supplier’s after-sales service
Talk to their existing partners, confirm if the after-sales service is timely and on call. That’s most important factor, especially for food processing enterprises. For example, a moon cake company has only production period of two months each year. If the machine problem can not be solved immediately when it occur, it could cause big loss more than you can imagine.
Pay high attention on operation process
Before making a purchasing, try to get more information on machine operation process. Make sure you choose a simple operation and easy maintenance one, with complete accessories, full automatic with feeding system unless your budget is really limited. It can greatly improve your packaging efficiency and reduce labor costs , which is suitable for the long-term development of enterprises.
Now, go and get a machine you need!
