Food packaging equipment Sydney

Start with the pack leaving your line and trace it back through sealing, loading and portioning. If you are keeping the same pack, give the supplier its dimensions, materials and current machine and tooling details. If you are introducing a new pack, bring a drawing and mark the dimensions that matter for the product, label and outer carton.

If the project also changes how the food is prepared or portioned, see food processing equipment for Sydney.

Film a normal changeover and a stop at the packing station. A sealer can be waiting for loaded trays or blocked by a full discharge conveyor. Record when these stops happen and what the operator does to restart the line. Use that information to decide whether the quote also needs to cover loading or discharge equipment.

• Upstream: show conveyor height and direction, pack orientation, the spacing between packs and whether the infeed stops with the sealer.
• Downstream: note the orientation and spacing required at the labeller, inspection station or carton packing bench.
• Controls: list the equipment and controls you plan to keep. Ask who will confirm start, stop and fault signals between machines.

Send your pack drawings, throughput by format, room plan and details of the machines you want to keep. Ask the quotation to spell out the tooling, controls work, freight, commissioning and handover that are included.