GEA PowerPak for skin applications
The perfect solution for high-quality skin packages
High-quality skin packages with excellent appearance and minimum risk of wrinkles
All GEA PowerPak for skin applications are made to meet the food producer’s demands for more size flexibility and versatility. This thermoforming packaging machine sets new standards in precision, package quality and capacity. New functional components minimize the risk of wrinkles for high-quality skin packages with excellent appearance. The versatile GEA PowerPak for skin applications can also produce MAP and vacuum packs on a single line for maximum flexibility.
Main Applications
GEA PowerPak SKIN.50 thermoforming packaging machines are designed to pack food products safely, even those with high product protrusion of up to 50 mm and sharp edges, as they wrap the product shape perfectly as a second skin. This packaging technology method is gaining momentum as a preferred package of choice for fresh and premium food products.
Key benefits
High-quality skin packages and attractive product presentation
- Accommodates different shapes
- Perfectly wraps the product shape as a second skin
- Minimal risk of wrinkles
- No air, no oxidation
High capacity of production
- Flexible use of skin & MAP & vacuum packages
- Low-cost packaging
- Long shelf life
- Excellent price/performance ratio
Specifications
More details to GEA PowerPak for skin applicationsReliable technology and high flexibility for different fresh applications
The GEA portfolio for skin applications goes from 0 up to 50 mm of product protrusion and 100 mm total product height. GEA PowerPak SKIN.50 has an index length of up to 600 mm and is positioned for high-capacity applications.
Types of packages and products
GEA PowerPak thermoformers for skin applications can be adapted to create the following kinds of packages:
- Skin packages with different product protrusions and different product heights
- Vacuum packages
- Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP)
GEA PowerPak thermoformers for skin applications safely and reliably packs a range of goods including:
- Meat cuts or sausages (fresh, cooked, roasted)
- Fish cuts or other seafood (fresh, cooked, roasted)
- High-quality sliced products (meat, cheese, fish)
- Hard cheese
- High-end or plant-based products
The juices and flavors remain within the products.
Product specifications
| Thermoforming packaging machine | PowerPak SKIN.50_460 | PowerPak SKIN.50_560 |
|---|---|---|
| Machine Width | 460 mm | 560 mm |
| Film Width | 320 - 460 mm | 466 - 560 mm |
| Index length | 200 - 600 mm | 200 - 600 mm |
| Max. draw depth | 50 mm | 50 mm |
| Max. product protrusion | 50 mm | 50 mm |
| Max. product height | 100 mm | 100 mm |
Add-ons
Options to GEA PowerPak for skin applicationsThanks to its modular design, each GEA PowerPak thermoforming packaging machine for skin applications can be assembled individually to match any food producer’s demands perfectly. The machine has different product and web feeding systems, heating, forming, sealing, and cutting possibilities. It also offers various solutions for robot loading, slicing, labelling, quality control, sorting and lane converging that can be fully integrated. With these Add-Ons, you can turn your thermoforming packaging machines into a complete packaging system.GEA TiroLabel PLUS
A cross-web labeling system for perfect integration with GEA and non-GEA thermoformers. Operating and programming is simple. Extremely high operating speed. Fast and flexible conversion. GEA TiroLabel PLUS provides reliable results, even on uneven surfaces. A motor-driven positioning unit on top and bottom with spring-loaded pins enables non-pneumatic labeling of MAP, vacuum, and skin food packs with millimeter accuracy.
GEA EasyCheck
A 3-in-1 content inspection system to reliably detect incorrect weights and metal contaminations of the food packages after the form-fill-seal process. GEA EasyCheck has a product rejection system integrated, which sorts out metal-contaminated packages or those with incorrect weights and products identified also by other inspection systems such as GEA OxyCheck and LeakCheck.
GEA EasyGuide & PowerGuide
GEA PowerGuide
GEA EasyGuide and the GEA PowerGuide converger family are versatile transport solutions for the out-feed of thermoforming packaging machines. They converge from 2-6 tracks to one and achieve a speed of up to 250 packages per minute. These machines are positioned after the cutting station of thermoforming packaging systems. Transport speed is synchronized with the packaging machine’s speed.
GEA CombiPick
GEA CombiPick
Combined single pack, pick-and-place and converger system for end-of-line applications on GEA PowerPak thermoformer configurations for skin applications. GEA CombiPick has a pick-and-place assembly that picks up just the good packs from the belt and converges up to six lanes of MAP, vacuum, or skin packs to a single lane outfeed.
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