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Stick Pack Machines for Flexible Formats
Universal Pack designs and builds “Alfa Flexi” stick pack packaging machines tto handle a wide range of products, from powders to liquids. This stick pack machine combines versatility with high efficiency.
Flexible, robust, precise, accessible and user-friendly.
We design it according to TPM requirements, to reduce downtime, maximum flexibility and fast changeover in a compact footprint. Our stick pack machine for flexible formats can produce a wide range of stick pack formats. You can set the machine to fill both small and larger packages, including pillow stick packs, according to your needs.
We build it by combining different modules. In fact, its modularity enhances versatility and allows quick and easy format changes. Moreover, it combines the smallest footprint with ergonomic design and accessibility for operators.
We design our stick pack machine for flexible formats following pharmaceutical industry hygienic design standards in compliance with Hygienic Design regulations.
Which Dosing Systems are Suitable for our Alfa Flexi Stick Pack Machine?
We can equip your stick pack machine for flexible formats with different dosing system, according to your needs and depending on your product characteristics. In fact, we offer:
- Auger and basculating for powders and granules;
- Gravimetric and flowmeter dosing systems for liquid or semi-liquid products;
- Piston-pump for liquid, semiliquid or viscous products.
Fast changeovers allow operators to switch from powders to liquids. For this reason, we can provide your Alfa Flexi with two dosing systems on the same machine configuration, according to your needs.
The company’s patented design to insert and fold sealing film around forming tubes helps improve machine efficiency and reliability. This technology contributes to the reliability of Universal Pack machines worldwide.
Features
- 2-in-1: powders and liquids on the same machine
- Modular system to quickly change stick pack width
- Robust, compact machine footprint, user-friendly technology
- Optimal accessibility, easy handling, quick cleaning thanks to “swivel” mounted dosing units. No tools required for disassembly
- Different filling system available to support higher accuracy, depending on the product characteristics
- Wide parameter adjustment range
- CIP & COP systems
- Fast, easy parts and size changeover, with operator-friendly design
- Washdown operations
- Compliance with cGMP, ease of cleaning and easy access to all machine parts
- Good visibility of product flow and packaging operations
- Clear and modular structure
Services
- Conformity with CE and FDA regulations
- UL certification predisposition
- Transparent running costs: automated estimation of the machine’s production costs ensures the best quality at a competitive price.
- TPM: we provide our customers with a wide range of tools aimed at improving machine capability through a more effective maintenance management by following the TPM Total Productive Maintenance philosophy
- Technical support on site and/or through remote assistance
- Data transfer management and real-time performance analysis
- FMEA and Risk Assessment Management
Types of Packages
Formats
Universal Pack stick pack machines for flexible formats are specifically dedicated to single-dose packages. For example, we can dose from 0.1 to 200 g. or ml in a stick pack, with dimensions that vary according to your marketing goals, nature of the products and production requirements.
Moreover, we provide you with the possibility to easily integrate your stick pack machine in a Universal Pack packaging line for cartoning. Our lines allow you to insert from 1 to more than 100 stick packs in the same carton. We have developed patented counting units for any number of packages to be picked and placed into cartons. Our approach focuses on reducing as much material and product as possible, both for economic and environmental sustainability.
Laminates
Universal Pack stick pack machines for flexible formats can process all typical heat-sealable composite films, for example: PAP-PE (paper – polyethylene), PAP-ALU-PE (paper – aluminum – polyethylene), PET-ALU-PE (polyethylene terephthalate – aluminum – polyethylene) and cold-sealable materials. Our machines can also package more sustainable laminates such as PP (polypropylene), PLA (polylactic acid), PAP (paper), Bio-PE (bio-based polyethylene), and more on request.
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Sustainability
Our continuous research in reducing the the packaging industry’s carbon footprint resulted in streamlined machinery design for processing recycled, recyclable and compostable laminates. LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) is used to measure the environmental impact of our products and identify optimal ways to reduce it. It is a 360° analysis that goes beyond the mere packaging produced and involves every step of the packaging machinery production process. We develop our solutions in close collaboration with the main global film suppliers and test them in agreement with major multinational companies in order to provide them with a turnkey solution able to produce more sustainable packages.
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