System solution for fold wrapping and flow packs

At ProSweets Cologne packaging machine manufacturer LoeschPack will be showcasing its innovative system solution for hermetically sealed fold wrapping and flow packs. The company will be using the fair to present a flexible system solution for packing chocolate bars in fold wrap and flow packs.

An upstream product buffer feeds the unpackaged chocolate bars into the Lomatic automatic feed and distribution system. This system benefits from ideal standards of hygiene and extremely easy cleaning, maximum format flexibility and simple, toolless belt changes. The latest generation of Lomatic machinery passes the chocolate bars to the new LRM-HS fold wrapping machine, styled in the corporate design, at the first discharge station. “Thanks to the smart sealing module, 450 bars can be tightly sealed every min­ute – while maintaining a high quality of packaging and top product safety,” says Managing Director Andreas Graf. The new system offers customers further product protection with excellent performance for a range of smaller chocolate items such as regular bars, small bars and neapolitains, a feature that is particularly increasing in demand due to the critical climate zones involved in complex transport logistics processes. Graf: “What makes the innovative fold wrapping machine unique is the choice between sealing and non-sealing.” Without sealing, the single-lane version can pack up to 600 products a minute.

In Cologne LoeschPack is also presenting the latest version of its horizontal high-performance F-Series platform for packaging chocolate, biscuits, chewing gum etc. in flow packs. LoeschPack is championing top performance, outstanding overall equipment effectiveness and excellent format flexibility combined with low packaging costs on the system solution being exhibited, which includes the Lomatic feed and distribution system. Extremely short format change-over times make the new product a compelling proposition for customers facing increasingly fierce competition. Every setting can be precisely reproduced, guaranteeing stable machine operation after only a very short time. This ensures maximum performance. The space-saving and compact modular design is also typical LoeschPack. Intelligent process engineering for the seal modules means fewer rejects when stopping and starting the packaging machine. This makes the new F-Series more resistant to varying ambient conditions. The new product also features the very best hygiene characteristics. Fewer stoppages, simple and time-saving procedures and outstanding maintenance accessibility increase the efficiency of the Loesch F-Series flow wrapping machines. Alongside fold wrapping machinery, the new product is easy to integrate in a system with storage, feeder, secondary and tertiary packing from LoeschPack. The FCB F-series variant on show in line combination packs up to 800 chocolate bars in hot sealable film at a speed of over 80 metres a minute.

To promote sales at the PoS, chocolate manufacturers present their bar products in premium cardboard packaging. A flow pack in card-board is an ideal choice for an efficient, inexpensive and visually appealing solution. Alternatively, bars pre-packaged in fold wrapping can also be efficiently packed in cardboard boxes. The LTM-K is designed for an output of up to 170 packs a minute, both as single and multipacks, the latter with the ability to pack up to 1,000 single products every minute.

At the fair LoeschPack will be completing its display with a wide-ranging presentation on all aspects of the subject of chewing gum.