1.How much space available for installation
Be sure your factory space and ceiling height limit are enough for whole packaging system to be installed there, otherwise you may to do extra machine modification or find a way to leave enough space to get machines installed successfully.
By doing this,
- Remain some space all around the whole packaging system, it is helpful when doing the installation, also ,when whole packaging system set up and putting into production, those space will ensure your worker or technician easy to access to machines for any maintenance or cleaning works.
- Ask for your packaging system supplier for layout , it is critical to ensure all machine placed in order, some of the machine placement Orientation can be adjusted or rotated to make the whole placement more compact meanwhile no impact to the flexibility on operation.
2.What is your daily production capacity
It is very important to choose the suitable and efficient packaging machine (system) as per your actual production requirement, which is really meaningful to ensure your factory running smoothly and finish orders in time,
Much faster than your demand is not suitable too , as all your packaging process will be done in shorter period, and how you gonna to deal with those workers, if you increase the production, that will make your factory inventory at high level too. That mean more money and factory space occupied.
Slower then what you request also not a good thing, that mean you may need to delay your orders to customers , or you have to make workers working overtime. Which increased your expense too by paying more salary to workers
How to choose ,here are some tips
- Figure out how many pack at each SKUS may required in each production shift.
- Consider the machine downtime for changeover in advanced (Such as loading new material, change the new packaging film etc)
- conclude the reasonable running time for the packaging system, then check the packaging system applicable range and performance.
- Finally decide which will be the practical and efficient packaging system
3.Make sure your packaging system supplier well note about your main product,
It is really important to tell your packaging machine supplier your production information as detail as possible. Due to all machine included in the packaging system may have diverse configurations.And they shall be used accordingly to deal with different products
Take the shred cheese for example ,obviously it is sticky and frozen,
first of all need to consider higher waterproof rating for all machines,including the conveyor,multihead weigher,packaging machine etc
Due to its sticky feature,on the multihead weigher, the traditional vibration topcone is not able to offer excellent dispension performance, in this regard you have to use the rotating tocpone,normally it is adjustable both in speed and direction. except for this, the contact part on the multihead weigher should equipped with the simple and teflon coating contact part for anti sticky purpose,by doing above, shred cheese will get weight fast and accurate.
4.What is your packaging bag material , style and sizes
Suppose your product going to be packed on the vffs packaging machine, the bag material will impact the sealing jaw system, obviously the sealing jaw system will be different for PE and laminated film. Furhtermore if your packaging system included a metal detector (after packing) and probably the metalic film will be not applicable too.
The bag style also matter a lot on vffs packaging machine, it is simple and standard configuration will be fitable to make the pillow type bag, however if you want a blockbottom bag and the gusset device will be required, furthermore like nitrogen flushing ,hold punching, there are optional device too.
5.If all machines are easy to operate
Always Keep in mind that how easy these machines can be operated how much downtime it could be saved and get more output in return.
in general, technician get well trained with approx one week, they are able to master the basic setting and operating of those machines.
6.What about the aftersale service
Your packaging system may not work well by below reasons
- Machines not setting up properly
- Machines not well synchronized with each others
- Machine parts get damage
Either for any above reasons, you can not afford your packaging system line stop for longtime, undoubtedly the immediate technical assistance is urgent required from your packaging system supplier, and as we know that in China, most of the sales are not with enginering qualification that is mean they are not able to help directly even they want to.
7.What about the spare part delivery
As time goes by, it is necessary to change some easy wearout part to ensure your machine are capable running properly. So before buying packaging system, it is good to know
- If your supplier’s packaging system spare part costly ? be remember always to think about the total using cost rather than focus on packaging system purchasing cost only.
- If your supplier have spare parts supplyments in mediate manner as soon as receiving your request
Anyhow you should have regular maintenance and cross check easy wearout part time by time, make some critical parts in your stock can be replaced immediately when in need, in a word do necessary preventive measures are always better than do urgent thing when you have to.
