Packaging 101

Advantages of Flexible Packaging Supplies

Screen Shot 2014-10-08 at 10.56.55 AMFlexible packaging and void fill supplies are plastic based films which are used to package, protect and ship products for an array of industries. Remember when grocery store items mainly consisted of rigid packaging such paperboard boxes, glass and plastics? Have you ever received a box filled with messy polystyrene filled peanuts? Today many of these rigid packaging products has been repackaged with flexible plastic pouches and other types of flexible packaging supplies. Items like meats/poultry, snacks, drinks, dry foods condiments, detergents and even alcohol are packaged in flexible pouches. Because of their advantages, flexible plastic supplies are the fastest-growing type of packaging.

Flexible packaging supplies and void fill packaging provide several advantages over rigid packaging such as: light weight resulting in lower shipping cost, less solid waste, requires less storage space and environmentally friendly because it is recyclable and also takes up less space in a land fill. Our flexible packaging supplies include bags on a roll, specialty poly bags, stand up flexible pouches, packaging films, stretch films, and shrink films.

For more information on our flexible packaging supplies, click here or call Pyramid Packaging at 847-272-3400.

 

Autobag’s DATA Count U-162 Counter

Autobag’s DATA Count U-162 Counter integrated with the Autobag 500 bagger is specifically engineered to fully automate the high-speed counting and packaging of bulk small products. It is a compact, flexible and cost effective system designed with advanced counting technology from DATA Technologies and innovative product engineering from Automated Packaging Systems.

Capable of counting up to 25,000 objects per minute, this hopper and vibratory feed track system uses an advanced mathematical algorithm to ensure high levels of accuracy. Utilizing the very latest technology, the DATA Count U-162 is capable of detecting variable shaped products from 0.5 – 25mm in size.

When used in conjunction with the Autobag 500 bagging system, a bulk supply of product is driven down the feed tracks and into a state-of-the-art vision-based system, where it is automatically counted to a pre-set quantity. The counted product is then funneled to a pre-opened bag, sealed and dispensed, while another bag is presented for loading.

For more information on our flexible packaging supplies, click here or call Pyramid Packaging at 847-272-3400.

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