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Stick Pack Machine for Flexible Formats

Universal Pack designs and builds “Alfa Flexi” stick pack packaging machines to be suitable with any product, from powders to liquids. This stick pack machine combines versatility with high efficiency. We design it following TPM requirements, in order to guarantee minimum downtime, maximum flexibility and fast changeover in a compact footprint.

Flexible, robust, precise, accessible and user friendly. Our stick pack machine for flexible formats can produce any stick pack our customers have in mind. You can set the machine to fill both small or larger packages, including pillow stick packs, according to your needs.

We build it combining different modules. In fact, its modularity enhances versatility and allows a quick and easy format change. Moreover, it combines the smallest footprint with high ergonomicity and accessibility for operators.

We design our stick pack machine for flexible formats following pharmaceutical industry hygienic design standards in compliance with Hygienic Design regulations.

Which dosing systems are suitable with our Alfa Flexi stick pack machine?

We can provide your stick pack machine for flexible formats with any dosing system, according to your needs and depending on your product characteristics. In fact, we offer:

Auger and basculating for powders and granules;
Gravimetric and flowmeter for liquid or semiliquid products;
Piston pump for liquid, semiliquid or viscous products.

Easy and fast changeovers give you the possibility to switch from powders to liquids. For this reason, we can provide your Alfa Flexi with two different dosing systems, according to your needs.

The company’s patented design to insert and fold sealing film around forming tubes represents one of the advantages that ensures maximum efficiency and reliability. Thanks to this Universal Pack machines are known worldwide.

Features

2 in 1: powders and liquids on the same machine
Modular system to quickly change stick-pack width
Robust, compact machinery footprint, user-friendly technology
Optimal accessibility, easy handling, quick cleaning thanks to “swivel” mounted dosing units. No tools needed for disassembling
Different filling system available to guarantee higher accuracy, depending on the product characteristics
Wide parametres adjustment range
CIP & COP systems
Fast, easy parts and size changeover, with high operating comfort
Washdown operations
Conformity with cGMP, ease of cleaning and easy access to all machine parts
Good visibility of the product flow and of the packaging
Clear and modular structure

Services

Conformity with CE and FDA regulations
UL certification predisposition
Transparent running cost: automated estimation of the machine’s production costs ensures the best quality at a competitive price.
TPM: we provide our customers with a wide range of tools aimed at improving machines capability through a better utilization of maintenance by following the TPM Total Productive Maintenance philosophy
Technical support on site or/and through remote assistance
Data transfer management and real time performance analysis
FMEA and Risk Assessment Management

Stick

Standard

Double

Strip

Round edges

Pillow

Lap seal

Side fin

Shaped

Universal Pack stick pack machines for flexible formats are specifically-dedicated to single-dose packages. For example, we can dose from 0,1 to 200 g. or ml. in a stick pack, the dimensions of which vary depending on your marketing goals, nature of the products and production requirements.

Moreover, we provide you with the possibility to easily integrate your stick pack machine in a Universal Pack packaging line for cartoning. Our lines allow you to insert from 1 up to 100 or more stick packs in the same carton. We have developed patented counting units for any amount of packages to be picked up and put into cartons. In recent years, our philosophy is to save as much material and product as possible, both for economic and environmental sustainability.

Universal Pack stick pack machines for flexible formats can process all typical heat-sealable composite films, for example: PAP-PE (paper – polyethene), PAP-ALU-PE (paper – aluminum – polyethylene), PET-ALU-PE (polyethene terephthalate – aluminium – polyethene) and cold sealable materials. Our machines can also package sustainable laminates such as PP (polypropylene), PLA (polylactic acid), PAP (paper), Bio-PE (bio-based polyethene), and more on request.

Our non-stop research in reducing the packaging industry carbon footprint resulted in streamlined machinery design for processing recycled, recyclable and compostable laminates. LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) is used to measure the environmental impact of our products and identify optimal ways to reduce it. It is a 360° analysis that goes beyond the mere packaging produced and involves every step of the packaging machinery production process. We develop our solutions shoulder-to-shoulder with the main global film suppliers and test them in agreement with major multinational companies in order to provide them with a turnkey solution able to produce eco-packages.