An Automatic packaging machine is one packaging system that can automatically handle all processes from material feeding, weighing, filling, and sealing the bags. 

It’ll significantly increase your production efficiency with less labor cost. Automatic packaging machine has become a must solution for long-term enterprise development.

Types of Automatic Packaging Machines?

Vertical Form Fill Seal Machine

Vertical Form Fill Seal Packaging Machine is called the “VFFS” Machine. “V” stands for Vertical, meaning the vertical bagging machine system differs from the horizontal type. The “F” stands for form, indicating the vertical packaging machine forms the plastic film rolls into bags, and the second “F” stands for “Fill,” which shows the products filled into the bags through different types of the dosing system, Final “S” indicates sealing.  

As the most basic series of Packway’s automatic packaging systems, Packway’s automatic VFFS machines can efficiently convert packing film rolls into a variety of packaging bag types, including pillow bags, gusset bags, block bottom bags, small sticks or sachets); the machines can be equipped with weighing devices of varying accuracy, depending on the material and the precision required. 

Therefore, whether it is for solid granular products, liquid beverages, juices, sauces, or powders, Packway can customize the most suitable vertical machine packaging solution, thus maximizing your output of the preferred technology.

Premade Bag Packaging Machine

The automatic Premade pouch packaging machine applies for pre-made pouches packaging, which is also the most significant difference between the VFFS machine. 

Pre-made bags automatic packaging machines won’t make bags by themself and can only accept pre-made bags, like stand-up pouches, zipper pouches, and flat pouches. And it’ll fully automatically finish the process from bag opening, zipper opening, filling materials, and sealing the whole process.

The unit production cost of pre-made pouches is much higher than that of film rolls-making bags; Also, the premade- bags packing machine is more complicated and advanced than VFFS, so the overall cost for the pre-made bag packaging system will be relatively higher.

Pre-made bag packaging machines include Rotary Type premade pouch packaging machine and horizontal type premade pouch packaging machines.

Recently for small quantities, just starting business owners, no high capacity requirements, but there are strict budget constraints, 

Packway also launched a mini single-station pre-made bag packaging system so small costs can achieve the perfect packaging requirements.

Like the VFFS packaging machine, the pre-made bag packing machine can integrate with different weighing devices and feeding equipment to form a fully automatic system to complete the feeding, weighing, discharging, and sealing process.

What are the benefits of Automatic Packaging Machines?

For a manufacturer, making these products at a small cost and getting them to the consumer quickly and safely can directly determine his profitability, and fully automated equipment can help you achieve this; why?

Well, let’s take a look at the benefits of fully automated equipment:

Reduce workers’ workload

Use fully automatic packaging equipment instead of manual packaging. Workers can save their working process of feeding materials, weighing, filling and sealing, etc., and they only need to focus on the simple step of collecting finished products. Or maybe even the finished product collection process can be automated so that the workload of workers is far lower than before, which is conducive to improving workers’ stability.

Increasing Output.

When you choose automatic packaging machines, one of the most significant changes is the packing speed, which could be several times or much faster than semi-automatic or manual packaging. Advanced automation equipment can improve packing speed and ensure longer continuous operation with lower errors and more stable, more accurate execution of the same set of actions. It can reduce waste and reduce unit costs, thus improving the enterprise’s profitability.

Perfect Packaging Effect

Compared to manual packaging or semi-automatic packaging machine, automated packaging systems can better convert the entire set of highly repetitive feeding, dosing, and packaging tasks into a standardized equipment system program, 

Output as a simple screen-controlled packaging process, making the packaging effect more standardized and perfect, giving the packaged products a higher brand promotion value.

Less Labor Cost

In manufacturing factories, labor costs have consistently accounted for most business expenses. Having fully automated packaging equipment means you no longer have to worry about labor costs, management costs, inefficiencies caused by high turnover rates, high error rates, etc., You only need 2~3 people to operate and maintain your fully automated equipment. You can save a lot of labor costs in the long run.

Continuously running without downtime

If you rely on manual packaging, workers need to rest, and long hours of continuous high workload will make workers tired and less efficient. Still, when you get fully automatic packaging equipment, you can keep the machine running for 12 hours, 18 hours, or even 24 hours of non-stop production; only regular maintenance and fault detection is required.

What’s the difference between an automatic and Semi-automatic Packaging Machine?

In many industries, human operators still play an essential role. Still, the work involved in packaging is often both laborious and tedious. Many manufacturers are beginning to worry that their workers’ uncontrollable mental and physical factors are causing difficulties in managing and making their businesses profitable. 

There is a definite trend to eliminate these risks by moving to semi-automated or even automated packaging. But the choice of fully automatic or semi-automatic equipment still feels hesitant, so what is the difference between them?

Different upfront investment costs

The capital investment required upfront for an automated packaging solution is the most significant consideration for business owners.

Semi-automatic requires a lower upfront cost but still relies heavily on manual machine control. When people stop working, the machine cannot continue to produce benefits.

Automation Level Different

Fully automatic packaging equipment can help you achieve a fully automated process. The machine does not need to rest and continue to produce benefits for you; It can completely get rid of the operation of workers or only need 1 to 2 workers to monitor the process of equipment operation, 

But semi-automatic is only part of the action to use equipment to replace, still needs to operate manual, so there is no significant difference between manual packaging, its downtime, and workers’ time. The downtime and worker time are the same.

Different output efficiency

Fully automatic production efficiency is undeniably much higher than that of semi-automatic, which may be five times or even ten times faster than manual packaging. Still, semi-automatic only reduces the number of workers and does not improve efficiency to a great extent.

Different flexibility

Automatic can freely control the production speed, packaging weight, switching bag shape, etc., according to the actual production needs. But semi-automatic packaging, if you want to increase or reduce the speed, still need to increase workers or reduce workers to achieve, the equipment is only an auxiliary function;

Different employee risks 

Automatic packaging machine with automatic fault detection and alarm functions; once a problem happens, the machine will automatically stop, and workers follow the instructions, and there is no risk; 

But semi-automatic equipment relies greatly on workers to operate, as long as the use of problems can be found and overhauled, so workers are more likely to cause injury higher risk.

How to choose a suitable automatic packaging machine?

If, after going through the above article, you still don’t know what packaging equipment to choose, please get in touch with our professional sales engineers. We will provide you with the perfect packaging solution advice.