CHICAGO - Steve Jobs said, “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” With thousands of machine installations throughout North America and the world, Triangle Package Machinery Company has a reputation for applying state of the art innovation to help its customers become more competitive. Founded in 1923 by Louis Muskat, who introduced a packaging machine that more than doubled typical production of the day, today the family’s third generation continues a tradition of innovation in packaging machinery. Triangle’s packaging solutions for the produce industry include vertical form fill seal (vffs) baggers, combination weighers, and a rotary depositor/tray loading system.
Many of our innovations have come from listening to our customers and helping them solve new challenges. Triangle’s new product stager is one such innovation. The product stager is a new technology now available on all Triangle X-Series vffs bagging machines, including heat seal or Ultrasonic baggers.
The challenge? How to eliminate or reduce product in the skirt (the top or bottom seal area of a bag), which was an issue faced by packagers of products like leafy greens or hash browns. Depending on the orientation of the product as it is discharged from scale to bagger, it may fall flat or on edge into a bag and through the bagger’s sealing jaws. Mounted above the sealing jaws, the product stager closes on the film before the sealing jaws to catch product which would otherwise be stuck in the cross seal. This reduces leakers by reducing the occurrence of product in the seal.
Triangle’s product stager can be installed with heat seal or ultrasonic seal jaws. With Ultrasonic sealing technology -- a cold seal technology -- the sealing jaws seal right through product, which eliminates product in the seal (PIS) by pushing it completely out of the seal area. In some cases, however, this can lead to product in the skirt. The stager allows users to close off the stream of product and catch any stragglers before the jaws close.
In heat seal applications, the stager has helped customers improve production by increasing bagging speeds 20 – 50 percent. One produce customer, for instance, saw bagging speeds increase from 50 to 75 bags per minute. Similar successes have been achieved with Ultrasonic sealing applications.
To learn more about our produce packaging solutions, visit Triangle in Booth 16015 at the United Fresh Show, June 11-12, 2019, or online at www.trianglepackage.com.
About Triangle Package Machinery Company
Triangle Package Machinery is a U.S. manufacturer of vertical form fill seal (VFFS) bag machines, combination weighers, horizontal cartoning / bag-in-box systems, and tray loading / depositing systems. Founded in 1923, Triangle is headquartered in Chicago, IL, and offers a 120,000 sq ft facility that houses its entire manufacturing process from raw material fabrication through complete machine testing and checkout. Triangle also provides superior after sales support, training, documentation, and online troubleshooting, as well as spare parts service. For more information on Triangle's equipment and service capabilities, visit us online at www.trianglepackage.com, or call (800) 621-4170.
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