Improving the Efficiency of the Dosing System Used in Form–Fill–Seal (FFS) Packing Machines

Abstract

It is proposed to introduce into the structure of FFS machines a drive for the displacement of batcher nozzles with a velocity amounting to the velocity of the belt with molded containers. It is shown that such a drive, owing to the combination of dosing and transport operations at a high level of doses should remove the dosing procedure from the list of limiting operations. This could make it possible to halve the number of necessary batcher channels in the case of batch automatic lines, where the doses are small, with simultaneously increasing the dosing intensity for each channel. A method is given for choosing a dosing pattern based on the elements of a Direct Filling system and on determining the optimal row order that, while maintaining the minimum machine cycle of the line, provides the maximum load of the dosing system.