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Sachet packaging is here to stay. Anywhere we look, we see these small, sealed flexible bags containing a small amount of liquid or powder product such as shampoo, ketchup, chilli flakes, herbs, sugar, oil, coffee, dairy whitener, lubricant, ORS, cosmetic cream, etc.

Sachet packaging was launched initially by smart marketers and targeted at the mass market or low income groups. FMCG majors like Hindustan Unilever introduced these sachets to penetrate and grow their rural market.

However today, across industries, cities and villages, and target audiences, sachet packaging has delivered convenience, affordability, safety and mobility, proving itself as an important flexible packaging format. For food & beverages, pharmaceuticals, cosmetic and personal care, healthcare & toiletries products, there is a growing demand for sachet packs worldwide.

Nichrome's sachet packaging solution

As a leading packaging machine manufacturer in India, Nichrome offers a wide range of automated packaging machines for diverse applications and varied pouch format preferences.

An important sachet packaging machine from Nichrome is the VFFS Multilane machine, PV-215. For practically every application in Pharma, Personal Care, Cosmetics, Healthcare and Food industries, PV-215’s intermittent motion technology ensures efficient sealing and user-friendliness.

This sachet filling machine is a accurate and durable sugar packaging and coffee packaging machine, especially for marketers supplying to the hospitality, travel and food chain industries.

 Highlights of PV-215

- Intermittent motion technology

- Bagger speed of up to 1000 sachets/min.

- Shaft-mounted modular concept

- Flexibility to accommodate quickly any attachments/additional features at any stage

- Wrinkle-free sealing through specially engineered jaw assembly

- Single side or front-back registration

- PLC machine control

- User-friendly web tracking

Applications of PV-215

Pharmaceutical: Cream Gel, Lotions, Iodine, ORS and other Free Flowing and Granular Powders, Capsules, Tablets, Alcohol Pad, Wet Wipes Medical Devices, Syringes

Food & Non- Carbonated Beverages: Sauces, Fruit Pulps, Toppings, Puree, Jam, Jelly, Yogurt, Mayonnaise and other Viscous Products, Water, Liquor, Electrolytes, Energy Drinks, Freeze Pops, Juice, Wine, Refined Sugar, Drink Mixes, Condiments, Snacks, Sweeteners, Mouth Fresheners, Milk Powder, Coffee Powder, Pre-mixes, Spices, Seasoning Powders

Cosmetic/Personal Care: Cream Rinse, Liquid Soap, Shampoo, Conditioner, Toothpaste, Gel, Lotions, Make Up Remover, Fragrances, Iodine, Towelettes, Dictionary and Wet Tissues

Chemical: Epoxy Grease, Lubricants, Oil, Sealants, Hand Cleaner, Sanitizer, Glycol, Cleaning Liquids, Detergent Powder, Free Flow & Non Free Flow Powders, Tubes and Vials

Pouch formats of PV-215

PV-215 offers a variety of sachet formats. These include:

-          4 side seal

-          4 side seal with V notch

-          Twin pouch

-          Contour pouch

-          Contour with V notch

Unique compatible combo capability

PV-215 can pack two different products in twin pouches at the same time. An exclusive feature that works wonders for marketers promoting complementary products such as salt & pepper, shampoo & conditioner, oil & vinegar, etc.

Conclusion

Nichrome also offers a range of HFFS packaging machines for sachet packaging. This range from Totpack, Spain, provides the latest linear technology for packaging a wide variety of food, pharma and other products.

As India’s leading integrated packaging solutions provider, Nichrome continuously strives to offer the latest, most sustainable and reliable technology for Indian industry. Nichrome’s current thrust is on developing and introducing top-notch solutions for the Pharmaceutical industry – for both OEMs and customers.

Nichrome has recently signed a partnership agreement with YenerKalip Ltd. from Turkey, a globala leader in High Performance Tablet Compression Tooling. Yener has been active in the pharmaceutical quality tablet tooling market since 1983. Yener presently operates in tablet punches and dies, maintenance kits and Storage Systems required for Precession Toolings.

Yener highlights:

State-of-the-art production Facility

Yener punches and dies are all manufactured to stringent quality specifications on cutting-edge CNC machines for maximum tooling efficiency, durability and performance. CNC grinding ensures good surface finish and precession in tolerances.

Premium steel quality

At Yener,the focus is always on selection of metallurgy of the toolings. Yener Punches and dies are made from a high quality steel which gives excellent toughness, impact resistant, no deformations and wear resistant. To address the sticking issues with the punches and dies, Yener uses vacuum heat treatment ovens. This process enhances the properties of toolings drastically. Hence the Yener Punches come with

Enhance Hardness

Enhanced Strength

Almost no corrosion

Almost no Sticking

Reduces granule impregnation

Reduces wear and tear

Special coating

The Specialty of Yener’s products lies in proprietary chromium nitride (CrN) coating. Chromium Nitride has a metallic silver-like color and forms a tough thin film coating with high hardness, good oxidation resistance, and a low coefficient of friction making it ideal for metal and plastic forming applications.

CrN is also more corrosion resistant than tin especially in aqueous solutions and is used as a direct substitute for chromium plating. The hardness of the CrN coating is approximately 2x that of conventional “hard” chrome plating.

Customisation

Yener works with customers to tailor its products as per specific machine or application needs. Whether for OEMs or the replacement market, Yener offers flexibility. Features such as embossing (numbers, letters, logos, etc.), breakline, seal groove, laser marking, measuring report, etc. are the additional features.

Nichrome India is all set to score at CPhI & P-MEC India, the seedbed of the growing Indian Pharma industry. CPhI & P-MEC India brings together 43,000+ attendees and 1,500+ exhibiting companies, and presents the ideal platform to explore the latest pharma machinery, technology, ingredients and industrial solutions.

CPHI (Convention on Pharmaceutical Ingredients) & P-MEC (Pharmaceutical Machinery and Equipment Convention) provide Nichrome the opportunity to meet potential clients and partners hence helping in strengthening existing relationship. The expo is also a great opening to new markets through presentation and display of its products, services and tie-ups.

Nichrome has recently signed strategic alliances with a number of international companies to bring their world-class technology, packaging systems and components for the Indian pharma industry. Nichrome offers varied integrated packaging solutions for ampoule & vial filling, granulation, tablet/capsule counting & filling, blister packaging, besides special tools, parts and pre-assembled units for OEMs in the pharma, cosmetic and food sectors.

Packaging Systems Bottle Filling Line Liquids

Nichrome is a leading packaging machines manufacturer, with a range of automatic packaging machines in both VFFS and HFFS formats for a broad spectrum of application. Food, Pharma & other industries depend on Nichrome’s superior technology, manufacturing and customized service for their flexible packaging needs.

Nichrome also offers end-to-end packaging solutions including complete project design & execution, secondary packaging solutions, and customized project integration services.

Nichrome believes in partnering with clients to understand their needs and challenges, and then customizing the appropriate packaging solution that delivers enhanced productivity and optimum ROI. However, right now Nichrome has six new packaging systems ready in its portfolio. These are:

Tin Filling Line

Nichrome’s tin filling line is a sturdy low-maintenance system made for accurate and efficient performance.The PLC-controlled line has a digital LCD touch screen displaying settings, and safety enclosures with interlocks for rotary parts.

Machine construction is available in SS304, SS316 and MS painted material. Various tin sterilisation and cleaning options are available.

Horizontal Cartoning Machine

Discover fast and efficient cartoning with Nichrome’s horizontal cartoning machine. This secondary packaging machine has a rated output of 50–55 cartons per minute, and handles a variety of cartons: parallel tuck in, opposite tuck in, lock bottom and gluing.

The machine structure is of MS sheet metal for durability. Some key features include adjustable carton conveyor with chain type design, servo indexing drive to carton and product chain, motorized carton pick up with vacuum cups, and facility for product insertion inside carton through motor-driven product pusher.

Automatic Pouch Stacking & Wrapping System

Nichrome’s high speed stacking & wrapping system for single and double head machines enables auto pouch stacking as per desired matrix. The system includes an inclined conveyor, pouch orienter, pusher and flow wrapping machine.

It is a PLC-controlled, single operator driven system offering easy changeover. The system can be aligned in linear or right angle direction as per floor space.

Bottle Filling Line — Liquids

Nichrome offers an efficient integrated system for bottle filling and packaging that includes a turntable, UV sterilisation chamber, automatic liquid filling machine, cap feeding elevator, rotary capping machine, induction sealer, labeling machine, date & batch coding system, and packing table.

SKUs range from 100 ml to 20 ltrs. The bottle filling line serves a wide gamut of food & beverage applications such as flavoured milk, soft drinks, energy drinks, water & buttermilk; non-food liquids such as perfumes, oil, shampoo, handwash; and viscous products such as ghee, ketchup, chocolate sauce and more.

Bottle Filling Line — Solids

Nichrome presents a versatile bottle filling line for solids. Applications range from milk powder, spice powders, seasoning powders & pharma powders to pulses, grains, sugar & tea to tablets, dry fruits, soya chunks & whole spices. Just change the filler and use the filling line for any powder and solid application.

The PLC-controlled system is fitted with a unique ‘no bottle no filling’ safety device, and safety enclosures with interlocks for rotary parts. It works well for glass, HDPE and PP bottles and offers fast changeover for different bottle sizes.

Hdpe Bag Filling System

This system is a PLC-controlled system with digital LCD touch screen for display and settings. The user-friendly design and fast changeover for different bag sizes makes this a must-have for companies packaging their products in pack sizes of 500 to 5000 gms.

The line includes a VFFS machine, pouch take up conveyor and a rotary bag holding & filling system. Machine construction is available in SS304, SS316 and MS painted. Both HDPE and PP bags may be used.