'Crisper' snack packaging performance

摘要

Better Made Snack Foods, Inc., Detroit, produces regular, wavy, and no-salt potato chips, potato sticks, and popcorn in a variety of flavors and package sizes for distribution through convenience stores, supermarkets, and club stores throughout Michigan, northern Ohio, and Chicago. In 2006, the snack company decided it was time to replace some older bagging equipment in its popcorn packaging room and began to evaluate options.rnIn November 2006, Better Made installed a SnackPro 211315R vertical form/fill/seal machine from Matrix Packaging Machinery for its popcorn bagging operations. Key features of the new system include a color touchscreen interface, Allen-Bradley PLC controller, servo pneumatic heat seal jaw control, and programmable sealing temperatures.