Vertical Form/Fill/Seal
(40 companies)Bagging or pouching equipment that forms individual bags or pouches from roll stock film in a vertical orientation. Vertical Form/Fill/Seal (vf/f/s) machines draw the film over a forming collar to create a vertical tube of film. The machines then horizontally cut and separate the tube into individual bags, filling the bags or pouches with product before sealing. The top seal of one bag becomes the bottom seal of the next bag. Commonly used for free-flowing, fragile, or hard to handle products in the food industry, such as potato chips, in combination with weighers. Are you planning to buy new bagging, pouching or wrapping equipment? Here are some guidelines for what to consider when planning your next purchase.
ALLIEDFLEX Technologies, Inc.
Alliedflex Technologies distributes vertical form/fill/seal packaging machines from Velteko Corporation. Models include the HSV 210 SLIM, a reduced footprint vertical packaging machine specifically engineered for the snack industry that delivers and maintains top speeds for a wide range of higher to lower quality films. HSV 280 Series of vertical packaging machines is designed for the food industry, running speeds of up to 200 bags/min. HSV 360 Series of vf/f/s equipment, runs at speeds to 360 bag/min, can package a large variety of food and non-food items, and accepts a wide range of bags with volumes of up to 20 L.
Bairespack USA LLC
Bairespack USA offers complete solutions in vertical form/fill/seal (VFFS) technology including the DENVER VFFS intermittent motion machine. Designed for accurate speed for food and non-food products, it is used mainly for loose, granulated, doughy products or products difficult to handle as well as liquids. The DENVER VFFS Series can be built to make pillow packs, gusseted bags, as well as quad- and five-seal bags based on the application. Other VFFS machines from Bairespack include the AUSTIN Combo Series of Automatic VFFS, a compact system perfect for short ceilings and small facilities. The WICHITA Series is designed for producing single-dose stick packs or sachets that are heat-sealed on three sides, commonly used in products in the food and pharmaceutical sectors. Many other models are available, per the Bairespack website.
BESSEN Corp.
Bessen vertical form/fill/seal (vf/f/s) machines are engineered for high readability, easy operation, accuracy, and high packaging speed. Bessen’s three vf/f/s models are capable of working with laminated film and single-layer polyethylene film structures, as well as different styles of bags formats – pillow bags, gusset bags, four-way seal bags, and flat bottom bags. Bessen bagging machines can be equipped with additional options. such as a hole punch, tear notches, end-seal cooling, bag vibration, film tracking, vacuum film assist, bag support, map flushing, air expellers, and bag inflators. Machines can also be fitted with a variety of filling equipment options, including combination scales, linear scales, vibratory feeders, indexing conveyor systems, auger fillers, piston fillers and cup fillers.
Black Forest Packaging Solutions, LLC
Black Forest Packaging Solutions manufactures intermittent-motion form/fill/seal (f/f/s) equipment including the LiquidMaster machine for single, dual or multi-component filling of liquid, viscous or solids into a flexible bag, featuring high output speeds, stainless steel washdown/sanitary design, and PowerClean Xtreme squeeze roller technology for clean seals and air removal. Black Forest Packaging Solutions machines are used in such applications as poultry, seafood, meat, individual quick freezing (IQF) products, snack foods, powders and granules, candy, coffee, pasta, fresh produce, dry beans, pet food, hardware and more. Machines handle a wide range of bag styles from pillow bag and pillow bags with zippers to flat bottom, doy pouch, 3- and 4-side seal bags, coffee valve bags, bags with top carry handles and others.
BPI Equipment
BPI Packaging Equipment supplies vertical form/fill/seal (VFFS) machines that are capable of bagging items in many different formats, including pillow, sachet, flat bottom, stick pack, quad seal and many others. BPI designs its VFFS baggers for maintaining high speeds without the high maintenance. Designed with 90% less air components, baggers feature dual servo motor film pull system, smooth servo drive seal jaw actuation, auto electric rectifying film tracking system, electric photo eye film registration and numerous other features.
Butler Automatic, Inc.
The SP1 offers a compact and highly efficient automatic splicing solution for a variety of packaging processes, including vertical form fill seal (VFFS), horizontal form fill seal (HFFS), and overwrap machines. The SP1 is designed with easy to replace wear parts and engineered to provide a fast return on investment.
BW Flexible Systems
BW Flexible Systems manufactures vertical form/fill/seal machines designed for rapid, efficient throughput to meet production demands. BW Flexible Systems' full line of continuous and intermittent motion machines include bagging machines from Hayssen, Sandiacre and Simionato brands. The Hayssen ISB is a vertical form/fill/seal (VFFS) bagger designed with hygienic design and performance at the core of its frame and operation. The entire machine is high-pressure washdown capable and its frame is an open-channel design with sloped surfaces built to have no more than one square-inch of surface-to-surface contact between its components. Other models include the Sandiacre NOVUS Doy/Quad, designed for both high speed and modular rapid changeover between stand-up pouches, doys packs and pillow bags. The small footprint Simionato Logic S 450 is capable of holding reels up to 880 mm (34.6 in.), ideal for large format packaging.
BW Packaging
The BW Flexible Systems vertical form/fill/seal (VFFS) bagging product line features a variety of continuous and intermittent motion bag filling systems. Company’s vertical bagger systems are capable of filling low, medium and high-speed packaging applications for a variety of products and industries. Product line includes machines from Hayssen, Sandiacre, and Simionato brands.
CAM Packaging Systems
Vertical form/fill/seal (VFFS) models from CAM Packaging Systems can be manually fed or integrated with scales and feeding systems. The CV 420MN is a small VFFS bagger that can be manually fed with product sensors or a foot pedal. This model can also be fully integrated for automatic solutions.
Dispac
Dispac supplies a vertical sachet filler that is designed for filling and sealing of sachets or bags for food and beverages. This form/fill/seal equipment can be easily integrated into a production line.
Fres-co System USA Inc.
As part of its flexible packaging system approach, Fres-co offers automatic vertical form/fill/seal (VFFS) machines that efficiently transform rollstock into formed bags or pouches that are filled with precisely weighed contents and sealed. Machines come in multiple bag configurations (Corner Seal®, square or cathedral top) and can utilize a variety of filling options and closure formats. Applications include packaging for coffee, other dry products or liquid foods and beverages.
General Packaging Equipment
General Packaging Equipment offers low-cost, high output vertical form/fill/seal machines. Typical applications include liquid in bag, coffee packaging and bag in bags for coffee, powder and chemical products, as well as snacks, nuts and candy. Machines run a range of pack styles such as pillow, side-gusseted square bottom, three- and four-side seal on materials ranging from LDPE, LLDPE, mLLDPE and blends to coextrusions such as HDPE/LLDPE, HDPE/MDPE/LLDPE, and many other materials.
Harpak-ULMA Packaging, LLC
Flow wrapping machines from Harpak-ULMA Packaging are designed to be versatile and cost-effective packaging equipment. Varieties include horizontal form fill and seal (HFFS), vertical form fill and seal (VFFS), horizontal bagging, pillow-pouch wrapping, stretch, seal and flow-pack. HFFS is suitable for primary packaging of individual products (whether flat or irregularly shaped) in the food products, medical, industrial and other consumer goods sectors. Well suited to high-volume production, and a producer of minimal waste, flow-wrapping enables packaging of large orders in very short time frames. Easy to change over from one packaging size to another with no tooling changes. Harpak-ULMA Packaging offers a full line of flow wrapping machines built to meet the customer’s packaging needs.
MACTEC Packaging Technologies LLC
Mactec Packaging manufactures small footprint pouch and sachet packaging machines for pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, cbd, cosmetic and other applications. Mactec’s form/fill/seal machines include the MTVP200, a larger frame vertical four-sided sealing machine for sample pouches, sachets and other unit dose pouches. The MTVP160 vertical pouch machine is designed for automatic filling of liquids, powders, capsule tablets and other products into sachets. Other models from Mactec include the MTHP150 horizontal form/fill/seal, designed for packaging products such as transdermal patches, powders, edibles and medical devices in pouches.
Matrix Packaging Machinery, Inc.
Matrix Packaging Machinery offers a wide range of vertical form/fill/seal (VFFS), horizontal form/fill/seal (HFFS), stick pack, and sachet type packaging machines. Machines run various sizes and bag types, such as pillow, flat bottom, gusset, quad, bag-in-bag, zipper, spout, as well as three- and four-sided seal bags. Featured among these is Matrix’s high-speed VFFS machine designed with longevity and speed in mind; system runs at cycle speeds to 140 bpm. The compact, modular, and robust INV Pack BY3 EVO multilane stickpack machine is for low to medium production operations, with minimal investment required. Output ranges from 210 stick packs per minute for a three-lane operation to 490 per minute with seven lanes.
Mespack-Cloud LLC
Mespack’s line of vertical form/fill/seal (vf/f/s) equipment includes a stick pack machine series and four-sided seal multilane machine series for flat sachets. In addition, Mespack supplies 34 models of horizontal form/fill/seal (hf/f/s) machines for flat and stand up pouch packaging from low to high fill volumes with different speed ranges. Mespack’s vf/f/s machine is built in a monobloc design and heavy-duty steel frame, designed to provide free access to all sides of the machine as well as facilitate maintenance procedures. The ML Series is especially suited for packaging granules, powder, and liquids into flat sachets for pharma, food, and home and personal care sectors. Highlighted amongst Mespack’s line of hf/f/s models is the HIM Series, combining a patented intermittent and continuous motion design and capable of producing 150 pouches/min.
Mexicana de Ingenieria y Maquinaria, S.A. de C.V.
MexiMaq offers the latest generation of automatic form/fill/seal (f/f/s) equipment including eight vertical f/f/s machines. Company also offers three horizontal bagging machines to form, fill and seal small bags that handle three or four seals, bottom bellows or stand-up/doy packages.
MG America, Inc.
MG America distributes vertical stickpack and sachet filling machines from Universal Pack. The ALFA line of vertical intermittent-motion machines produce convenient, practical and consumer-friendly stick packs, using a patented design to insert and fold sealing film around forming tubes. Universal Pack’s GAMMA machines are high-speed vertical continuous-motion machines operating with rotary sealing rollers, engineered to produce convenient, practical and consumer friendly rectangular four-side seal and shaped sachets.
PFM Packaging Machinery Corporation
PFM Machinery offers a wide variety of models of horizontal and vertical form/fill/seal (f/f/s) packaging equipment including turnkey pouching lines. Vf/f/s machines handle pillows, gusseted bags, stand-up pouches, three-sided seals and more.
Phoenix Engineering
Phoenix Engineering specializes in vertical and horizontal form/fill/seal machines and stick pack machines. Vertical form/fill/seal machines include the GP1000 pouch machine, used for packing pharmaceutical and nutraceutical products, vitamins, multivitamins, candy, teas, spices, desiccants, liquids, lotions, creams, powders, dental and medical products and other products. This intermittent type pouch bagger can be integrated with tablet feeders, powder fillers, liquid fillers and many other types of feeding machines. The GP2000 is a 3- or 4-sided fold-over seal type intermittent motion horizontal form/fill/seal pouch machine
PLAN IT Packaging Systems
Plan It Packaging presents their family of Mars Vertical series vertical bagging machines, which are designed for mid-range and high-speed packaging and are capable of handling both small and large bag sizes. These machines use the latest technology to seal a wide range of film types, structures, and styles, and are used in packaging everything from candy and snack food to vegetables, fruits, cheese, poultry, pet food, bakery items, cannabis, vitamin gummies, pharmaceuticals, frozen foods, and grains. In addition to the Mars Vertical series, Plan It Packaging also offers a range of horizontal form/fill/seal machines that can produce stand-up DOY pouches, as well as 3-sided seal and 4-sided seal pouches with zipper closures, and shaped pouches requiring die cuts. These machines are used in applications for food, pharmaceuticals, life sciences products, liquids, and more, and can use laminated roll stock film to create a variety of pouch styles, eliminating the need for pre-made bags and reducing material inventory costs. Customers can choose from a range of available options, including gas flush, hole punch, middle capping device, shaped bag molding device, stand-up pouch former, tare notch, vacuum station, zipper applicator, and rigid spout inserter, among others.
PPi Technologies Group
PPi Technologies manufactures a range of form/fill/seal equipment the SN Machinery form/fill/seal zipper and spout machines and RadPak vertical pouch designs with zipper. Both systems offer code dating, scales, pumps and more for applications in food, pet food, beverages, pharmaceuticals, non-food, household, personal care. For stick pack pouches, PPi offers the PSG MentStick systems for both liquid and dry stick packs.
Prodo-Pak Corporation
Prodo-Pak Corporation offers a broad range of standard and semi-custom flexible packaging equipment including vertical form/fill/seal (vf/f/s), horizontal form/fill/seal (hf/f/s) equipment, stick pack f/f/s and sachet f/f/s systems. Featured products include the H Series of hf/f/s machines, designed to automatically pack powders, grains or liquids in sachets of three or four seals. The Model PV Series offers advanced vf/f/s technology for food, personal care, pharmaceutical, chemical, and beverage industries. Prodo-Pak’s TM Series Stick Pack machine is suitable for a wide range of powders and granules like sugar and sweeteners, energy drink powders, soluble coffee, creamer, infant formula, pharmaceutical products and OTC as well as liquids and pastes for shampoo, conditioner, mayonnaise, syrups, dyes and other flow transfer type products. The SP SERIES is a single tube vf/f/s sachet packer running standard stick pack, standard pillow style, as well as three- and four- sided styles for packaging powders, granules, liquids and pastes.
R.A. Jones
R.A Jones manufactures form/fill/seal pouching and chub equipment for various food and non-food products. Pouching equipment can run up to 2,000 pouches per minute, while chub machines can run up to 150 chubs per minute. Between both types, machines can package a variety of consumer and industrial product such as: drink mixes, dairy powders, coffee, tea, oatmeal, cake mix, sugar and spices, soup mix, OTC powders like antacid, supplements, protein, ground/minced meats, cookie dough, pet food, caulks, resins, chemical emulsions, dual chambered products, blasting agents in emulsions, slurry, and water gel chub formats. Pouch King is a high speed pouch-filling series of horizontal form/fill/seal machinery with patented printed circuit heating technology for three- and four-sided, as well as gusseted and stand-up gusseted pouch styles. KartridgPak chub machines feature close-clip option, continuous motion, rollstock clips and film, PLC controls, simplified clipping head, stainless steel construction as well as heat, radio frequency and extruder sealing options.
RAUMAK North America Inc.
Raumak North America manufactures a broad range of form/fill/seal bagging and pouching equipment. The Multi-Bag Advanced Automatic vertical form/fill/seal packaging machine, characterized by intermittent movement driven by a drag belt, features various doser configurations to accommodate diverse products weighing up to 8 kg. Capable of handling up to 50 packages per minute, the machine is equipped with programmable logic control and a touch screen HMI. In addition to the Multi-Bag Advanced Automatic, Raumak's bagging line includes the Speed Bag Twin Standard—an automatic packaging machine designed for double operation to enhance efficiency in the same space. This machine is developed for packaging different products, whether in powder or granulated form. Raumak's pouching line introduces an automatic horizontal form/fill/seal packaging machine with intermittent movement and various doser configurations. This machine is capable of handling products weighing up to 2 kg at speeds of up to 80 packages per minute.
RND Automation
RND Automation’s KANGA Poucher is a vertical form/fill/seal pouching system that forms four-sided pouches for the medical device, pharmaceutical, durable goods and other industries. Designed as an economical solution for companies that require flexibility for wide product diversity, the KANGA features a small footprint and comes with standard features including two-stage jam detection, digital pressure monitoring, servo control, hot swappable dies, guarded web rolls and Ethernet connectivity.
Ropak Manufacturing Co., Inc.
Ropak supplies flexible packaging equipment, specializing in vertical form/fill/seal machines, horizontal flow wrappers, and stick pack machines. Ropak’s equipment is used by brands in industries ranging from food processing and pharmaceuticals and beyond. Featured products include the ExpressPak filler, designed for sachet-style packaging. Utilizing intermittent motion, it can vertically form, fill, and seal both mixed and pure liquid products spanning a wide range of viscosities and textures. Ropak’s StikPak filler is a continuous motion vertical form/fill/seal machine that handles dry products (drink mixes, protein supplements, pharmaceutical powders), liquids (syrups, concentrated liquid drink mixes, cosmetics) and specialty products (industrial greases, semi-frozen puree, chilled milk).
ROVEMA North America, Inc.
ROVEMA vertical form/fill/seal (vf/f/s) packaging equipment can form, fill and seal a wide variety of product types from powders to liquids, in a variety of bag styles from pillow bags and block bottom bags, to RoPack (doy style) bags and Stabilo (quad seal) bags, with a wide variety of reclosure features like zippers, tin ties or clips. ROVEMA’S fastest vf/f/s solution can run at speeds up to 500 bpm. Several exclusive technologies are available to provide gas flushing, degassing, tool-less changeover, and flexible bag style options to customers, based on their product's needs.
Sourcelink Solutions, LLC
SourceLink distributes vertical form/fill/seal equipment from Propac Industrial, a manufacturer with nearly 20 years of installations in the U.S. Propac equipment can handle formats including three-sided pouch, gusseted, block bottom, carry handle, recloseable zipper, stand-up doy style and many others.
Syntegon
Syntegon is a single-source supplier of vertical packaging systems that can produce a wide range of popular bag styles for all types of foods, from free-flowing powders and lightweight snacks, to delicate cookies and crackers, to IQF fruits, veggies, and meats. Featured baggers include the SVE 3822 LR, a continuous motion vertical bagger for basic bag styles including pillow, gusseted and block bottom bags, both small and large. The low height of the SVE 3822 LR allows integration of filling equipment such as scales, augers, and metal detectors, while the compact footprint allows customers to optimize the use of their floor space for secondary packaging equipment.
TDI Packsys
TDI Packsys supplies vertical and horizontal form/fill/seal equipment for snack foods, popcorn, nuts, coffee, pet foods, as well as hot and cold fill liquid applications. Pouch filling machines handle various sizes and styles, including flat, side gusseted, quad-seal and block bottom, and run at speeds of speeds of up to 70 pouches per minute. Optional valves and tin ties for coffee packaging and nitrogen flushing option is available for extended shelf life products. Machines use an Allen Bradley PLC user interface and feature servo-assisted film feeding and full servo-driven, heavy-duty sealing jaws for optimal speed and accuracy.
TELESONIC PACKAGING CORP
Telesonic Packaging Corp. supplies continuous and intermittent motion bag forming machines for a wide range of applications. Featured vertical systems include the 4 Lane vertical packaging machine for automatic packing of loose solid material, such as snack food, nuts, popcorn, seed, sugar and salt. The 14 H packaging system can automatically complete functions such as conveying, measuring, and feeding, filling and bag forming, date code printing, bag sealing and cutting. The Automatic Horizontal F/F/S packaging machine is designed to automatically package free-flowing food and chemical products, liquids, pastes, pills and counted parts.
TNA North America Inc.
The tna robag® FX 3e is a high-performance vertical form/fill/seal (VFFS) packaging machine designed for fast speeds and featuring the latest in automation technology with real-time EtherCAT connectivity. Reaching up to 250 bags/minute, the tna robag® FX 3e also offers superior flexibility thanks to its rotary triple, double, single and flat jaw configurations. With an integrated display controller CXE, smart diagnostics and enhanced serviceability, the tna robag® FX 3e is adaptable to bag just about any type of snack (or food application) quickly and efficiently. Changing out formers is simple and quick with the patented tna robag® auto-connect and unload assist features.
Triangle Package Machinery Company
Triangle Package Machinery’s vertical form/fill/seal baggers are designed with sanitation and ease-of-use in mind. Keeping food and workers safe are top priorities at Triangle; Triangle baggers meet USDA/3A and FSMA standards. All models come with an open, accessible design, sanitary forming tubes and sloped surfaces for easy run-off during washdown. Easy-changeover features include no-tool removal of forming tubes, sealing saws and film rolls, allowing customers to run multiple SKUs, package styles and materials, quickly. Markets include: meat, poultry, seafood, bakery, cereal, snacks, candy, liquid/pumpable foods, fruits and vegetables, frozen foods, pet food, nuts.
Unified Flex Packaging Technologies
Unified Flex offers 13 vertical form/fill/seal models in six unique series: Premium line, Economic line, Continuous Motion line, Stick Pack, and Multilane Sachet. Speeds can range from 7 to 180 bags/min., handling numerous bag types and sizes. Featured machines include the Vertobagger Horner, handling up to 80 bags/min., with maximum width of 13 in and maximum bag length of 20 in. Other machines include the Multilane Stick Pack 300M for granular, liquids and powders, offering available options like tear notches, different seal patterns and more. The AP-140 Auto Pouch Bagger is a sachet machine that can pack 5 different styles of bags with the simple tooling change over.
VC999 Packaging Systems Inc.
VC999 supplies vertical and horizontal form/fill/seal for liquids and other applications. Highlights from the VC999 vertical form/fill/seal (vf/f/s) product include the TSR vf/f/s for liquids, a fully automatic, stainless system designed specifically for the handling of fluids, liquid and paste products packed in heat sealable materials and light laminates of rollstock film. Other machines include the TSC Series Vertical Flow Wrapper, a fully-automatic vf/f/s for bean bagging applications. Numerous other vertical and horizontal f/f/s models are available.
VDL Packaging
VDL Packaging offers a wide range of vertical form/fill/seal (vf/f/s) bag/pouching machines for a variety of applications. Continuous motion machines include the UVA Dynamic Hydro, designed for versatility, cleanability and reliability, running 150 bpm with an IP66 washdown machine. The UVA Twinner consists of two continuous motion machines installed in one frame, both operating in the same way and offer the flexibility to make different bag styles either side. Intermittent models include the UVA Essential intermittent motion bagger running 120 bpm. bags/min and the UVA InMotion 500, VDL’s largest intermittent bag maker that packs products in large and medium-sized, high-quality bags with a premium look and feel.
Viking Masek Packaging Technologies
Viking Masek Global Packaging Technologies supplies vertical form/fill/seal machines for food and non-food applications in both intermittent and continuous motion configurations as well as vertical stick pack systems. Machines are designed for versatility in handling multiple bag sizes on a single machine, such as quad seal and market-standard pillow bags. Integrate convenient options including zippers, tear notches, modified atmosphere packaging, one-way valve applicators, and more. Viking Masek also offers several vertical stick pack machines for applications such as single-serve liquid, coffee and powder packaging.
Volm Companies, Inc.
Volmpack’s product line of vertical form/fill/seal baggers are designed for packing products in flexible bags of flat film on the reel. Hygienic design and open construction combined with full stainless steel and composite make these machines suitable for the food industry. Volmpack bagging machines can be configured to meet specific customer needs for packaging style, film material, and production conditions and are designed to operate in flexible production environments. A wide range of bagger machines handles packing vertical bags at rates from 15 to up to 90 bags/min. Product line features full stainless-steel construction and composite materials, Siemens PLC control with Volmpack Smart Display, integrated modem for online monitoring, handgrip punch knife in seal system and more. Volm also offers a GKS Vertical Packaging Machine, which can produce stick packs, pillow packs, and four-side-sealed sachets for a wide variety of materials and products.
WeighPack Systems Inc. / Paxiom
WeighPack’s family of vertical bagging machines includes models for both mid-range and high-speed packaging as well as small or large bag sizes. Both the VerTek® and XPdius® series of vertical form/fill/seal (vf/f/s) machines are engineered to seal a wide variety of film types, structures and styles. WeighPack has installed hundreds of vf/f/s machines around the world for packaging applications including candy, snack food, chocolate, vegetables, fruits, cheese, poultry, pet food, bakery, cannabis, vitamin gummy, pharmaceutical, frozen foods and grains. WeighPack’s horizontal form/fill/seal machines include the R2B series that produce stand-up DOY pouches and both 3-sided seal and 4-sided seal pouches with zipper closures as well as shaped pouches requiring die cuts. It is also capable of inserting a corner rigid spout. The R2B series, for food, pharmaceuticals, life sciences products, liquids and more, uses laminated roll stock film to create a large variety of pouch styles, eliminating the need for premade bags and reducing material cost dramatically. Available options include gas flush, hole punch, middle capping device, shaped bag molding device, stand-up pouch former, tare notch, vacuum station, zipper applicator and rigid spout inserter and more.
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