At the upcoming Interpack in May, company Illig will launch its newly designed FSL 48 form, fill and seal line with integrated IML (in-mold labeling) to meet the demands of the food industry, and especially the dairy industry.
The IML is employed to decorate packs directly in the thermoforming process. Most conventional cup geometries which can be produced on form, fill and seal lines can be realized. The FSL 48 can be equipped to meet a variety of different hygiene requirements by the food industry through to hygiene class IV according to VDMA (hygienic filling machines). The thermoformer’s format area of 480 mm x 320 mm is designed in such a way that, for example, 12 standard dairy packs can be manufactured. A working speed of up to 30 cycles per minute can be achieved. The IML unit, integrated in the forming station, works with printed blanks from the magazine. Therefore different decoration options can be realized: one-sided, two-sided, three-sided (for example U-shape), four-sided or even five-sided (including bottom decoration, for example, with integrated barcode). A wide variety of cup shapes can be decorated as in IML walls to be decorated do not have to be vertical.
All conventional materials suitable for processing on FFS lines can be processed on the FSL 48, including PS, PP, multilayer materials (e.g. PS/EVOH/PE), APET and even foils made of PLA biopolymer (polylactic acid). This also applies to the heat-sealable lid materials.
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