Pet Food Packaging Machine

The choice of Pet Food packaging machines is influenced by the need to combine reliability, high productivity, and package aesthetics.

The aspect of packaging in Pet Food has considerable significance because it conveys brand values and reflects the quality of the product. Giving the opportunity to stand out from the competition.

MF Tecno provides wide range of flexibility and a large fleet of machinery so that it can meet different customer needs.

Supplementary installations of previous projects or turnkey solution. High-quality service from A to Z with primary and secondary packaging solutions.

Customized designs for products with different consistency and mixing ratios. Ability to process different formats and productions. Both entry-level and premium product solutions. Packaging systems for dry Pet Food or wet pet food.

The main character in this case history is a complete pet food packaging plant installed in Finland.

Below we will analyze and explain in detail:

• Pet Food market
• Specificity of the project with demonstration video

Pet Food Market

The pet market is a dynamic industry with great potential. Grand View Research estimates that between 2023 and 2028 there will be growth of 4.4% in the European market alone and around 4.9% in the American market. A sector that is seeing a steady growth in its turnover against the trend of other commodity sectors.

In 2022, the size of the global pet food market was estimated at USD 99.1 billion. Specifically, the market is dominated by North America with a turnover share of more than 40%.

Many of the trends that have affected and are affecting the traditional food and beverage market are also affecting those in pet food. There is a tendency to give pet animals products an ever-increasing importance.

Project specifics

The project involved the construction of a complete dry Pet Food plant.

The customer's request was to package 4 different types of pre-formed bags with zipper and heat seal; from 11 lb up to 33 lb. It specifically consisted of:

• Paddle Drag Conveyor
• Automatic Bagging Machine 800 s
• 6 Column Cartesian Palletizer MF PRC 1000
• Automatic Pallet Wrapper MF Wrap 35

Paddle Drag Conveyor

The first step was to connect the storage silo to the packaging system with a conveyor belt 20 m in length.

This transportation system is perfect for moving granular products horizontally or inclined up to 45° due to its versatility and strength.

Transportation system that can be used even in the harshest working conditions and for highly aggressive products.

IABA 800 S

In the next step, the choice of packaging system fell on the IABA 800 S.

The design and type of product required the inclusion of additional components such as a bag kicker system, a metal detector, and a weight control system. The goal was to protect safety and detect possible contamination so that product that did not meet the required standards could be automatically removed.

This automatic bagging machine is ideal for high production and designed for filling and sealing pre-formed bags.

It represents one of our top-of-the-line solutions as much for its high production capacity as for the wide range of formats and bags that can be processed. Open-mouth, gusseted, pinch top and ungusseted bags.

Equipped with Brushless motors, it adapts to different formats quickly and easily.

Featuring a one-piece 304 stainless steel structure. It has a production capacity of up to 800 bags/h.

Cartesian Robot Palletizer

The project includes in its secondary packaging stage the top-loading MF PRC 1000 Cartesian palletizer.

It represents our top-of-the-line solution.

It has a maximum production capacity of 1200 bags/h in single gripping and about 2000/h in double gripping. A gripper, automatically adaptable to different bag widths, picks up and deposits the bags on the forming platform. 

This is equipped with motorized side compactors. Dated by an interleaf made from coil it is characterized by creating an extremely compact and stable pallet. The minimum pallet dimensions are 32”x48”, the maximum are 43”x55”.

Automatic Wrapper

Downstream of the palletizing line is the MF WRAP 35 rotating platform pallet wrapper. Designed for applications up to 4410 lb, it allows stretch film wrapping to be achieved quickly, compactly and reliably.

It has an hourly output of 30-35 pallets/h and easily adapts to any transport speed, pallet type and weight.

Below is a demonstration video and an article listing the different solutions MF TECNO presents for Pet Food packaging.

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