Efficient sugar packaging equipment

Did you know that sugar is one of the most consumed products in the world? Available with various properties and different types, such as brown, demerara, crystal, granulated, refined and confectioners, it is consumed both in domestic environments and in industries, restaurants and pastry shops. In today’s blog, we will talk about efficient equipment for packing sugar, a segment that is inserted in a highly competitive market.

Packed in flexible models, the sugar packaging also varies, being able to have special applications and sizes, and be manufactured with sustainable and ecological materials.

It is important to highlight: the type of film used in the packaging of sugar must protect the product from contamination, smell, ants, moisture and other harmful elements, ensuring the final quality of the product throughout the product cycle, especially in the distribution stages and while it’s on the supermarket shelf.

The correct doser/filler for packing sugar: how should it be?

Most packaged sugars have stable physical characteristics, which allows their dosing by a volumetric device, also known as a cup doser. This range includes refined sugar and crystal, which represent more than 80% of the volume currently packaged.

After delivery of the product through the feeding system, the volumetric doser fractionates the sugar in dosing cups. The volumetric cups of the doser, once calibrated by a specialized technician or at the factory, present high precision for the weight of each package. Weight adjustments are easy and quick, with control and configuration by the HMI of the automatic packer, which has a check weigher in its operation flow. It weighs each of the packages, adjusting the volume of the cups as needed.

For crystal sugar, for example, a VFFS can produce more than 60 packages per minute, in presentations of 1kg. In this case, the CR model is used. This same doser is used for refined (amorphous) sugar, however the speed generally decreases by about 10% due to the powder more present in the amorphous, compared to the crystal.

For crushed sugar (crystal base, but ground), the recommended dosage is FP (dosage by auger filler), due to the greater amount of fines. Some customers still choose to use the cup (CR), but accept to work with extremely low speed.

Equipment maintenance and Cleaning: how should it be done?

The packaging of sugar is quite different from other products. By absorbing moisture, it ends up sticking and caramelizing over time. It is important to clean and wash the doser with some frequency, because in some drives the deposition and solidification of the sugar increases its diameter, even blocking the drives of the doser and the machine, creating a serious problem in the production process. Cleaning the equipment is undoubtedly performing predictive maintenance, avoiding unplanned downtime at the factory.

Anyone who has experience with sugar packaging knows what we are talking about, as they may have already had to resolve some locking mechanism. For this reason, we always reinforce the recommendation for cleaning, especially for new users in this segment – see here a step by step how to do the cleaning, with all the steps of this important maintenance.

We also reinforced the revision of the operation and maintenance manual, in order to accurately and discipline Indumak’s recommendations regarding lubrication and general machine checks. Some simple problems can be solved with the operation tutorials available on video.

Indumak: complete line for sugar packaging

For Indumak, designing, manufacturing, installing equipment for the sugar segment, for small packages or large volumes, is a practice that has accompanied us throughout our 57 years of history. For this food segment, we are able to offer a complete line of products for packaging, from the dispenser to the stretch machine, present after the palletizing process.

Contact our team for a consultation and see how we can help you improve your productive results in sugar packaging. Sometimes, simply changing a device can make a big difference in the final result.

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