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For many brands, horizontal form-fill-seal (FFS) equipment represents a significant investment. FFS machines can be the most expensive machine on the packaging line. To maximize return on the investment, companies re-purpose machines for packaging a range of products. This makes quick tooling changes an attractive feature.

Over the last few years, ORICS Industries has worked to ease changeover in our FFS-30 for changing package sizes. We understand that our customers have been looking for ways to make it more efficient.

The ease of changeover can depend upon how easy it is to get tools in and out. Tools are often heavy and require a lot of muscle to remove and replace. This can result in injury risks, such as strained backs, broken fingers, etc. The risk of damage to tools is also heightened.

Changeover varies in complexity. The change may simply be to the packaging material, maintaining the same packaging footprint. Or, an entirely new package size or style may be needed. The amount of tooling changes depends on the degree of packaging change.

Tooling that can be changed includes forming dies, sealing platens, and cutting knives. There are control issues that may need to be changed to accommodate different packages, such as changing temperature, pressure, and index length. And there are peripheral issues associated with things like lot coders and in-line printers to changeover.

Should You Change?

Many companies that employ FFS machinery do so because they want better productivity and lower costs. Higher volumes may justify a dedicated packaging line, thus obviating the need for routine changeover. A daily production on FFS could be more than 100,000 packages, depending on the product being manufactured. Thus, the goal is often not to change out tooling.”

There may be other reasons for foregoing changeover. Validation of FFS is directly tied into forming tooling, loading, printing, sealing, and cutting. This process, when properly done, can take up to a week or more per tooling set. Once this activity is successfully completed, manufacturers would not want to upset the apple cart by making changes. This is also reinforced by the fact that FFS runs are generally three shifts for many weeks, sometimes months.

A partial if not complete validation would be required every time tooling is changed out. Depending upon the actual situation, the cost of the re-validation could exceed the potential cost savings of ‘quick-change’ tooling.

Yogurt cup Filling and sealing packaging machine.

Yogurt is one of the in demand product types in the fermented foods industry, so it is worth examining some of the issues associated with producing this product. ORICS Industries has many years experience and expertise in helping yogurt companies deal with industry specific issues.

Top 3 Issues For Yogurt Packaging

A grainy texture during fermentation

Fermentation time decreases when higher temperatures are set which means manufacturers can break, cool and package it faster. To some degree, it can be detrimental to the consistency or texture of the finished yogurt. Yogurt set at higher incubation temperatures can incubate to a grainy texture.

Faster acid production from the culture as it metabolizes lactose and ferments it into lactic acid can shock the inherent dairy proteins in the yogurt. Incubating yogurt at a high temperature may reach the break pH in a shorter amount of time. But the faster acid production from the lactic acid bacteria can shock the dairy proteins and make the finished texture grainy in the incubation vat or in the cup, if it is set in the cup.

Setting the yogurt at a lower set temperature will produce acid at a slower rate, with less probability of shocking the dairy proteins.

 Yogurt is too tart

Yogurt that is too tart is counter to any marketing objectives. How does this yogurt become too tart? Manufactures sometimes disregard anticipating at what pH the yogurt should be broken and cooled. Manufacturers often need to break the yogurt at a higher pH in order for it not to go below the desired pH by the time the yogurt is packaged in the retail cup, cased, stacked and cooled in the cooler.

The solution to this problem is to simply raise the break pH to allow less of a pH drift downward by the time the yogurt has cooled, been mixed with any added fruit and sugar, and it is finally cooled down in the finished retail package.

A grainy appearance

A grainy appearance is often cause by starch selection. Many starches can have a grainy texture if they are not fully cooked out and swollen. Starch exists as tiny “granules” that swell and enlarge in size, which develop viscosity as they tie up or bind the available moisture in the dairy product. Milk contains 87% water, and plain sweetened yogurt in fact would have about 76% available water, depending upon the fat level and the total solids level.

Under cooking the starch can result in a grainy texture in the finished yogurt. The yogurt will have a coarse look to it. It may appear dull and not have a shiny look to it as well.

Choose another starch or increase the cook-out temperature of the starch by pasteurizing the yogurt at a higher temperature. If the starch is part of a stabilization system, it may be necessary to work with your supplier to change the starch portion in the yogurt stabilizer if you feel a smoother starch is necessary.

Cultured dairy products are complex and require strict attention to detail in order to have the best-quality product your dairy can produce and put in front of the consumer.

ORICS has designed many machines and systems to help yogurt manufacturers deliver consistent, quality results in the product quality, taste, texture and shelf-life.

ORICS automated yogurt cup filling sealing machine, full packaging solution for yogurt cup.

All ORICS Machines are engineered and fabricated in our Facility at 240 Smith Street Farmingdale, NY.

Tel: 718-461-8613

This ORICS S-30 10-up Cup Sealer is perfect example of a FDA approved ORICS pharmaceutical application. The ORICS S-30 fully integrates an OEM servo-driven piston filler and a unique robotic pick and place transfer system to create a complete turnkey solution. This system also features robotic foil lid placement and a 10-Head Platen Heat Seal. The S-30 is available in many configurations to meet a variety of production requirements. ORICS machinery is made in the USA. Orics Medical supply packaging machine and solutions.

Visit our website at www.orics.com.
Orics Medical Supply Packaging Machine  cups and trays filling and sealing machines.
240 Smith Street, Farmingdale, NY 11735
718-461-8613

Orics Pharmaceutical and medical supply packaging solutions.

Pomegranate Seeds Cup Filling Sealing Packaging Machine

Our S-30 Pomegranate Seeds cup filling sealing machine is a perfect solution for the new hot item on the shelves (pomegranate Seeds) in a cup.
watch how this machine package Pomegranate seeds in a clean and outstanding way.
One of the oldest known fruits, found in writings and artifacts of many cultures and religions, the pomegranate is an original native of Persia. This nutrient dense, antioxidant rich fruit has been revered as a symbol of health, fertility and eternal life. As with many fruits, pomegranate seeds are low in calories and rich in fiber, providing only 83 calories and 4 g of dietary fiber per 100 g serving. A 100-g serving is equivalent to about 3/4 cup. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Dietary Guidelines for Americans, for optimal health with a 2000-calorie diet, you should consume 2 cups of fruit and 2½ cups of vegetables per day. Pomegranate seeds and other fiber-rich foods, such as whole grains, may reduce your risk of developing chronic disease and aid in weight management.

Orics full production line for Lasagna or Orics Lasagna tray packaging line, Product assembly to final packaging on the Orics ILTS-1200. Orics fully integrates with scales and other third party suppliers to create complete lines, lasagna tray sealing and packaging.

The series ILTS 1200 line can pack prepared dishes consisting of lasagna and cannelloni with a single production line. Designed and built with the maximum care to the cleaning and hygiene of every part,  with the following approximate hourly production, referring to the lasagna product:  1200, 1800, 2400 trays/hour with the “linear” type line installation. The number and arrangement of the dispensers depends on the recipe to specify the number of layers of pasta and sequence for dosing the liquid ingredients.

The Orics ILTS Modified Atmosphere Packaging (M.A.P.) Equipment is available in many configurations to meet a variety of production requirements. Orics Machinery is made in the USA. Visit our website at www.orics.com.
Orics cups and trays filling and sealing machines. Orics lasagna packaging line machines.
240 Smith Street, Farmingdale, NY 11735
718-461-8613

Orics SLTS-850

Watch Orics ILTS Complete Lasagna Tray packaging Machine.

1000 CMTS-LP

Lassi Filling Machine

Production of lassi has been confined, to a large extent, to the households and local stores, mainly because of non-availability of a standardized technique for the manufacture of uniform quality lassi and its limited shelf life. In 1972 the technology was standardized and regular production of lassi started. but still not until 1991 that shelf life was able to be extended enough to market world wide.
In 1991, Ori Cohen C.E.O and president of Orics Industries came up with the technology that was able to extend shelf life in most packaged food.
Like Yogurt or salads like salsa or Hummus, lassi is usually packed in cups or tubs with film or foil seal and over cap or not.
Orics offers wide range of machines that can fill and seal cups and tubs, from table top manual machines that can fill and seal 3-8 cups per minutes, like the M-10 and the VGF-100.
a rotary automatic filling sealing machine that can fill and seal from 30 cups per minute on a one up machine {MR-35) or 70 cups per minute on the R-50 two up machine.
linear machines like the S-30 or S-50 or the PB-1000 can handle any where from 30 cups per minute to 1000 CPM.
to learn more about Orics fillers and sealers food packaging equipment please visit our equipment page or the video page.
lassi filling machine is one of our specialties.

Watch Orics R-50 Rotary Lassi Cup Filling and sealing Machine.

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SUNNY SIDE UP

Thriving hummus producer maintains the cutting quality edge with (equipment by ORICS)

[av_dropcap1]M[/av_dropcap1]aking hay while the sun shines is sound, time-tested advice for any small business trying to grow to the proverbial next level. And these are sunny days indeed for the super-friendly folks running the Sunflower Kitchen plant in east-end Toronto—one of a fastgrowing number of Canadian-based producers of the increasingly popular chickpea-based spread called hummus, a core staple of Middle Eastern diet and cuisine for well over a millennia…

As the company’s buy steroids australia sales steadily increased,prompting four relocations to bigger premises in the past seven years, so had its need for more automated, higher-capacity processing, packaging and quality control equipment,according to Jungreis.

“It was our move to automation that ultimately led Sunflower Kitchens to decide exactly what products to make and distribute into the marketplace,” says Jungreis. “With the ability to do automated fills quickly and easily, we were able to determine exactly what products we could make to fill the market needs.”

The bulk of the plant’s hummus production is handled by the linear model PB-1000 filler and lidder from ORICS Industries Inc., which operates by dropping a small plastic tub from above onto the conveying line, filling it with hummus, vacuum sealing it with a layer of plastic film and crowning it with a semi-rigid, pop-top plastic lid before moving it out of the system for case packing.

Other key pieces of packaging machinery at the Sunflower Kitchens plant include an ORICS R20 rotary filler, …and an ORICS model R30 rotary filler for hot-fill applications.

Original Article: Canadian Packaging, July/August 2013

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