Issues to resolve before machine selection
Each risk should be converted into a design requirement, a trial, an operating control or an explicitly accepted limitation. Product and component samples should represent the difficult extremes rather than only a nominal production format.
- 1Manual lifting and repetitive handling
Assess the likelihood, production effect and design or operating control before the line is ordered.
- 2Momentum and instability at conveyor transfers
Assess the likelihood, production effect and design or operating control before the line is ordered.
- 3High-flow splash, foam or overfill risk
Assess the likelihood, production effect and design or operating control before the line is ordered.
- 4Closure torque and seal integrity on heavy packs
Assess the likelihood, production effect and design or operating control before the line is ordered.
Application brief checklist
Send the following information with the initial enquiry. Early clarity usually shortens the route to a credible line concept and makes quotations easier to compare.
- Empty and full container dimensions and weights
- Flow rate, density and product supply pressure
- Fill tolerance and legal metrology needs
- Closure application method
- Pallet pattern and material-flow route
- Spill containment and wash-down requirements
Testing and production handover
Agree the factory and site test materials, run duration, quality checks, required good output and treatment of interruptions. Training should cover safe startup, shutdown, replenishment, changeover, cleaning, first-off approval and basic fault response.