PACK EXPO Vegas: Rovema's Vertical Form Fill Seal (VFFS) Machines

Jul 17, 2015 7:00:00 AM

 

 

Machines are Equipped with Patented “Sense & Seal” Quality Control Solution, Among Other Features

Rovema North America, a designer and provider of packaging machinery for the food industry, will showcase two advanced BVC Series Vertical Form-Fill-Seal (VFFS) Machines at Pack Expo Las Vegas, September 28-30 in Las Vegas. At the show, Rovema will exhibit the BVC 400 for the IQF/Frozen Food market, and the BVC 260, which will be displayed running a Ropack standup bag. Demonstrations of each machine will take place regularly throughout the show at Rovema’s Booth S-8072.

A leading food industry machinery supplier, Rovema NA manufactures and supplies equipment for dosing, vertical form-fill-seal pouching, cartoning, and final packaging operations, primarily for the bakery, cereal, confectionary, coffee, dry powder, snack and frozen foods sectors.

The BVC Series incorporates a patented “Sense and Seal” quality control solution that determines, for example, if product is present in the cross seal area and, if so, discharges the bag without the application of sealing pressure. The intelligent system thus prevents any excess product from being accidentally sealed in the seal area which, in addition to causing immediate product defects, could also decrease sealing tool efficiency and life expectancy.  In addition to the automatic bag discharge of defective packages, this reduction in down-times for jam clearance and reduced wear and tear on cutting blades help ensure high efficiency and long, uninterrupted machine runs.

The BVC 400 VFFS Bagging Machine is a continuous motion, dual axis servo, vertical form-fill-seal machine offering broad flexibility in product sizes and shapes demanded by the frozen food sector. It is capable of running up to 150 cycles per minute at a maximum forming width of 400mm. The flexible configurations of the servo-driven, hygienically designed BVC 400 allows for a wide range of frozen food packaging applications, including those for chicken nuggets, french fries, vegetables, dumplings, seafood, and complete meal solutions. This same machine also can be designed for fresh foods with ultrasonic welding requirements.

Another highlight of the BVC 400 VFFS Bagging Machine is its attention to hygienic manufacturing practices. The BVC 400 is comprised primarily of stainless steel for easy cleaning, and features a closed-frame design in which all product contact parts are segregated from non-contact parts. The machine’s slightly offset electrical cabinet is intended to make cleaning even easier.

The BVC 260 VFFS Bagging Machine, also a continuous motion, dual-axis servo packaging machine, is capable of running up to 210 cycles per minute at a maximum forming width of 260mm. Equipped with real-time control technology that is fully programmable and highly user-friendly, the 260 is also highly flexible in terms of the sizes and styles of bags it can produce, which include pillow, flat-bottom, Stabilo (quad-seal), stand-ups, zipper recloseable and more. It offers energy efficiency as well as flexibility – especially in its wide range of compatible packaging material, high process reliability and minimization of downtimes in the high power range.

The BVC 260 is equipped with Rovema’s innovative “Premium-Seal” system. Premium-Seal offers the option to pre-heat and then compress multilayered seal seam packing material for optimum tightness. Developed by Rovema specifically for the BVC Series, the versatile, programmable and sensitive sealing technology can be used for other applications as well.


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About Rovema GmbH

Rovema GmbH is a global packaging machinery supplier that offers best-in-class products employing German-engineered excellence, forward-thinking innovation and optimal customer service. Markets served include bakery, confectionary, cereal, snack foods, frozen foods, dry powder and coffee, among others. The company manufactures and supplies equipment for dosing, vertical form-fill-seal (FFS) pouching, cartoning, and final packaging, as well as fully integrated turnkey systems.

contact: 

John Panaseny
Rovema North America 
(404) 640-5310 
sales@rovema-na.com