Pouch Packaging Machines for Herbs and Spices

Pouch packaging machines for spices and herbs

Fast, precise, and reliable

High-quality packaging is essential for safely, economically, and precisely packaging your aromatic spices and herbs.With our packaging technology and decades of experience from thousands of projects, we offer the perfect solution and know what matters most.

Our high-quality pouch packaging machines combine quality with precise dosing and impressive speed. The result: premium pouch quality at minimal unit costs – reliably throughout the entire service life of your machine.

Highlights

Dosage

Highest dosing accuracy

Speed

Filling up to 540 pouches per minute

Machine availability

Excellent machine availability

Format change

Quick and partly tool-free format changeovers

Processability of recyclable materials

All of our new machines can process recyclable single-material materials, so-called monomaterials, as standard. Innovative unwinding and sealing technology means that newer and thinner films and papers can be processed with consistent quality and speed.

High-quality stand-up pouch for spice mix – packed on an SN machine solution

Highest dosing accuracy

"Benefit from maximum dosing accuracy and minimal product loss. With us, you can pack spices and herbs precisely and economically."

Dirk Quabach, Senior Sales Manager

Filling to the gram with the right dosage

Precise filling

due to a high dosing accuracy of > 99%

Different spices and herbs require different dosages to ensure products are filled accurately and efficiently. With our dosing systems, we consistently achieve dosing accuracy of over 99% while maintaining the highest speeds.

Flexibility in filling

through the integration of diverse dosing systems

With our in-house dosing systems, all common forms and types of spices and herbs can be easily packed in single-serve units with small filling quantities of a few grams in flat pouches or an amount of several hundred grams in stand-up pouches with zippers.

Clean filling

through dust reduction during dosing

With the help of sophisticated dust reduction solutions, our machines ensure a clean top seam after filling, especially for powdery products, and thus a secure seal of the pouch.

High-quality packaging for spices, herbs and spice blends

Highest speed

"With our machines and dosing systems, you can produce at maximum speed. This enables maximum output rates of up to 540 pouches per minute – with machine availability of over 98%. This allows for the production, filling, and sealing of up to 32,000 pouches per hour or up to 190 million pouches per year."

Matthias Förster, Area Sales Engineer

Packing spices and herbs at maximum speed

Up to 32,500 pouches per hour

With our pouch packaging machines, you can achieve maximum cycle rates of up to 100 cycles per minute. In the simplex range (1 pouch per cycle), this allows for up to 6,000 pouches per hour. In the top segment of 6-lane machines (6 pouchs per cycle), approximately 32,000 pouchs per hour can be produced at a maximum of 90 cycles. Combined with minimal downtime for format and product changes, we achieve machine efficiencies of over 99%.

Quick and easy format changeovers in <15 minutes

Our machines enable virtually tool-free format changeovers in less than 15 minutes, depending on the machine type. Using the integrated recipe management system, production and machine parameters for individual products and formats can be conveniently loaded via the HMI. This reduces downtime and increases machine utilization as well as productivity – especially during frequent product changes.

For quick changeovers and easier cleaning, the dosing units can also be built on trolleys or as a double version that swivels out.

Flexible dosing solutions for spices and herbs

The right dosing for every product form: Our own systems reliably process powdered spices using auger dosers, while granular or chunky products are efficiently dosed via sliders, flat, volumetric, and vibrating dosers as well as scales. In addition, multi-component products can also be filled without any issues. The various dosing methods can be flexibly combined – for maximum accuracy, the highest precision, and consistently efficient production.

Quick and easy cleaning

For quick and thorough cleaning of the machine and the dosing unit, including the feeding technology, we offer well-designed solutions – simple, ergonomic, and practical.

Premium pouch packaging solution for a wide range of spices, herbs and spice blends

High-quality products deserve premium pouch quality

The essence of designing a pouch

Tear opening notch

The tear-opening notch is a punched hole in the upper side seal seam of the pouch. This punching makes it easier for the consumer to tear open the pouch without tools and consume the contents. The tear-opening notch is usually designed as an incision or punched-out arrowhead.

Side sealing seam

The side sealing seam is the two sealed pouch edges and closes it in this area. The side sealing seam requires exceptional quality and strength. Its width can be freely selected according to the length of the pouch. Depending on the contents, filling quantity, and size, the pouch must be able to withstand various pressures and sealing requirements. Optical and functional sealing patterns, such as cross and ripple patterns, can also be created in the sealing seam.

Top sealing seam

A top sealing seam permanently closes the pouch after filling. The side sealing seam requires exceptional quality and strength. Depending on the contents, filling quantity, and size, the pouch must be able to withstand various pressures and tightness requirements. In addition to the technical requirements, wider top sealing seams are often produced to give the pouch a corresponding appearance. Additional functions like hanging devices (euro hole or round hole) are integrated into the top seam.

Sealing seam quality

Sealing seam quality is one of a pouch core criteria. It must meet a wide range of quality and functional criteria. Thanks to our innovative and high-quality sealing technology, our machines can guarantee consistently high sealing seam strength over the long term. This also applies to different packaging materials and mono-materials.

Processability of mono-materials

All of our new machines can process recyclable mono-materials as standard. Thanks to innovative unwinding and sealing technology, new and thinner films and papers can be processed at the same quality and speed.

Filling level

To minimize packaging material and costs, but also from a sustainability perspective, keeping the space between the product fill level and the top seam as small as possible is essential. Some technical processes, such as tightening before head sealing, require a certain amount of space in the headspace of the pouch. Headspace steaming, intended to counteract possible pouch inflation, also requires a certain amount of free space in the head area of the pouch. We are happy to help with the optimum design of the pouch dimensions depending on the intended filling quantity and filling level.

Overview of all pouch details

Overview of common pouch details

Details that really matter

Tear opening notch

The tear-opening notch is a punched hole in the upper side seal seam of the pouch. This punching makes it easier for the consumer to tear open the pouch without tools and consume the contents. The tear-opening notch is usually designed as an incision or punched-out arrowhead.
Side sealing seam

The side sealing seam is the two sealed pouch edges and closes it in this area. The side sealing seam requires exceptional quality and strength. Its width can be freely selected according to the length of the pouch. Depending on the contents, filling quantity, and size, the pouch must be able to withstand various pressures and sealing requirements. Optical and functional sealing patterns, such as cross and ripple patterns, can also be created in the sealing seam.
Top sealing seam

A top sealing seam permanently closes the pouch after filling. The side sealing seam requires exceptional quality and strength. Depending on the contents, filling quantity, and size, the pouch must be able to withstand various pressures and tightness requirements. In addition to the technical requirements, wider top sealing seams are often produced to give the pouch a corresponding appearance. Additional functions like hanging devices (euro hole or round hole) are integrated into the top seam.
Sealing seam quality

Sealing seam quality is one of a pouch core criteria. It must meet a wide range of quality and functional criteria. Thanks to our innovative and high-quality sealing technology, our machines can guarantee consistently high sealing seam strength over the long term. This also applies to different packaging materials and mono-materials.
Processability of mono-materials

All of our new machines can process recyclable mono-materials as standard. Thanks to innovative unwinding and sealing technology, new and thinner films and papers can be processed at the same quality and speed.
Filling level

To minimize packaging material and costs, but also from a sustainability perspective, keeping the space between the product fill level and the top seam as small as possible is essential. Some technical processes, such as tightening before head sealing, require a certain amount of space in the headspace of the pouch. Headspace steaming, intended to counteract possible pouch inflation, also requires a certain amount of free space in the head area of the pouch. We are happy to help with the optimum design of the pouch dimensions depending on the intended filling quantity and filling level.