Packing Machine

An industrial mesh belt roasting oven built in stainless steel, with both temperature and belt speed adjustable. Temperature is controlled automatically across a 0 to 200°C range, so the oven can be set to the product rather than the product worked around the oven. Those two adjustments together are what make a single oven viable across a mixed product range. Belt speed sets dwell time and temperature sets intensity, and the combination is different for every product: the machine is used for puffed foods, pet food, textured protein, peanuts, melon seeds and jujube, each of which roasts to a different profile. The oven both roasts and dries. Its structure is compact and straightforward to operate, and the design draws on established international roasting practice alongside the manufacturer's own machine-building experience. Minimum order is one unit.

A smoke brazier covering three functions in one cabinet: roasting, drying and cold smoking. That combination lets a producer run several different process flows through a single machine rather than committing floor space to each. The unit is made up of a smoke box, an automatic programmator, a smoke generator and a smoke car. The programmator is the part that matters commercially, because smoking is defined by a sequence of temperature and density stages held over time; running that sequence automatically is what makes one batch repeat the last. The machine also sterilises the product during cooking, so the thermal step that makes the food safe and the step that gives it flavour happen together rather than as separate handling stages. It is in use in domestic and overseas markets.

A frictional extrusion line for snack food production. Frictional extrusion generates its process heat from the friction of the material against the screw and barrel rather than from an external heat source, which is what distinguishes it from a cooking extruder and generally makes it simpler mechanically and cheaper to run. No technical figures are currently recorded against this product, so the description above sets out what the process is rather than what this particular line does.

A stainless steel hydro machine for snack food production, rated at 50 to 100 kg per hour with installed power up to 40 kW. It is finished in silver. Stainless steel construction is the relevant point for a machine working with water in a food area: it takes repeated wash-down without pitting and can be cleaned to food production standards between runs. The 50 to 100 kg per hour band places this unit with small and mid-size snack producers rather than on a high-volume line.

A potato chips slicer rated at 100 kg per hour, used for slicing raw potato ahead of frying. It measures 16 by 13 by 34 inches high and weighs 55 kg, so it occupies a bench footprint rather than a line position. Cutting is done through interchangeable plates, and the plate is what determines the product. A sally plate produces stick chips; a raffle plate cuts crinkle and patterned shapes. Every plate carries an adjustable blade, so slice thickness is set on the machine rather than fixed by the plate fitted. The design keeps broken pieces from depositing in the die, which is the usual cause of stoppages on slicing equipment and the reason thickness drifts during a run. The machine is supplied for potato chip production lines, and is sized for producers making a defined daily volume rather than running continuously.

A potato peeler producing 100 kg per hour, running on a 220V supply with a 0.5 HP motor and consuming 0.37 kW/h. It stands 545 mm high, 340 mm wide and 430 mm deep, and weighs 40 kg. Peeling is done by an emery lining inside the drum rather than by blades, which is what keeps peel loss to a minimum: abrasive peeling removes the skin and little of the flesh beneath it, where a blade takes a fixed depth regardless. On a chip line that difference goes straight to yield, since every kilo lost at peeling is a kilo that never reaches the fryer. Water flows continuously through the drum during operation and carries the waste out through a drainage pipe, so the machine clears its own peel rather than needing to be stopped and emptied. Drum storage capacity is 6 to 8 kg of potatoes per charge. The machine is used in potato chip processing lines and as a standalone skin removal unit.

A vibrating de-oiling machine for the snack food industry, built in stainless steel with a polished surface finish and supplied in silver. De-oiling sits directly after frying and has more effect on a snack product than its simple action suggests. Surface oil carried through to packing shortens shelf life, softens texture and pushes the fat declaration on the label upwards; vibration removes it mechanically without the product being handled or pressed. The polished finish is the functional detail here rather than a cosmetic one, since a smooth surface sheds oil instead of holding it and can be cleaned down properly between production runs.

A rotary oil spray machine applying a measured film of oil to snack product in a rotating drum, so that powder seasoning applied afterwards has something to adhere to.

This is the first half of a seasoning system and it is routinely under-specified. Powder will not stay on a dry snack, so the oil rate sets the ceiling on how much flavour the product can carry, while too much oil leaves a greasy product and a stained bag. Spray rate is linked to product flow so the ratio holds as the line speed varies. Contact us with your line speed and seasoning rate and we will size the spray system and drum.

A vertical packaging plant chain packaging machine for coffee beans and small food packaging lines, forming bags from film on a vertical former and filling them in line, with the handling that whole beans and similar products need.

Coffee brings its own requirements to a bagger. Roasted beans degas for days after roasting, so the pack needs a one-way valve or a controlled headspace, and oxygen is what stales the product, so flush and seal integrity are central rather than optional. Whole beans also flow freely and weigh accurately, which simplifies the filling side. Contact us with your pack size, bean or ground format and valve requirement and we will configure the line.

A powder packing machine filling and sealing fine powder products such as flour, spice, milk powder, starch, seasoning base and detergent.

Powder is the difficult format. It aerates, bridges in the hopper, dusts into the seal area and gives a false weight if it is filled before it settles. An auger filler rather than a cup filler, a dust extraction arrangement at the fill point and a seal jaw design that clears powder are what make the difference between a machine that runs and one that jams and leaks. Contact EMC Machines Manufactures with your powder, its bulk density and your bag weights and we will specify accordingly.

An automatic packaging machine forming, filling and sealing bags in a continuous cycle with weighing, filling and date coding integrated, so packing keeps pace with production without manual handling.

Automation here is justified by labour and by consistency. A hand-packed bag varies in fill weight, and giving away product on every bag to stay above the declared weight is a cost that compounds across a year. An automatic machine with a proper weigher holds the target closely and documents it. Film type, bag format and the product's flow characteristics determine the configuration. Contact us with your product, bag size, weight range and required bags per minute and we will specify the machine.

A vertical packing machine of the vertical form fill seal type, forming a bag from a roll of film, filling it from above and sealing it, in a continuous cycle.

Vertical form fill seal is the default format for food packing because one machine makes the bag as well as filling it, so there is no bag inventory to buy and store, and the footprint is small relative to the output. Change parts give different bag widths and formats from the same machine. The filler on top is specified to the product: weigher, auger, cup or liquid. Contact EMC Machines Manufactures with your product and bag format and we will specify the machine and filler together.

A pet fish feed pellet packing machine weighing and bagging extruded fish feed pellets, built to handle a product that is light, variable in bulk density and fragile enough to break if dropped carelessly.

Feed pellets bring two specific problems to packing. Bulk density varies with the expansion achieved in the extruder, so a volumetric filler drifts off weight as the product changes, and broken pellets mean fines in the bag, which a fish farmer sees immediately as waste in the water. Weigh filling and gentle product handling address both. Bag sizes run from small retail packs to farm sacks. Contact us with your pellet size, bag weights and output rate.

A snack packing machine bagging crisps, extruded snacks, nuts and similar light products, with the gas flush and gentle handling that fragile snacks require.

Snack packing has requirements the general-purpose baggers do not meet. Product is light, so weighing needs a multihead weigher to be both fast and accurate; product is fragile, so drop heights and chute design matter; and product goes stale, so nitrogen flush is usually needed to displace oxygen and also to cushion the contents in transit. Those three points define the machine. Contact EMC Machines Manufactures with your product, bag size and bags per minute and we will specify it.

A granule packing machine filling and sealing free-flowing granular products such as sugar, salt, rice, pulses, seeds, feed pellets, granulated seasoning and fertiliser.

Granules are the easiest format to pack and the one where speed is limited by weighing rather than by flow. A volumetric cup filler is cheap and quick but its accuracy depends on consistent bulk density, so if your product varies between deliveries a multihead weigher will give you a closer fill and pay for itself in product not given away. That is the main specification decision. Contact EMC Machines Manufactures with your product, bag weight range and output rate and we will advise.