Food and bakery
Biscuits, cookies, snack bars, confectionery and similar products that can be spaced and presented to the sealing jaws.
Food flow wrapping
Product suitability
Flow-wrapping applications across food and non-food sectors
Flow wrapping is best suited to products that can be presented consistently to a horizontal infeed and enclosed in a heat-sealable flexible web.
Flow-wrapping application review
Application groups
Start with how the product behaves
Sector labels are useful, but product geometry, stability, surface and feeding method are the real engineering inputs.
Consumer goods
Soap, sponges, cosmetic kits and household items requiring a compact, visible flexible pack.
Consumer applicationsIndustrial products
Filters, small tools, components and controlled groups where protection and count presentation are important.
Industrial applicationsWet wipes
Folded tissue products requiring liquid application and a sealed barrier pack.
Wet-wipes lineMultipacks
Grouped sachets or products where the group can remain stable through the infeed and film former.
Horizontal wrapperSpecial formats
Products needing custom guides, pushers, carriers or special discharge can be reviewed as an engineered application.
Submit a special applicationSuitability test
Five questions that shape a viable project
- Can the product be presented in a repeatable orientation? Random presentation normally requires an upstream feeder or manual loading.
- Will it remain stable while accelerating? Rolling, bouncing or fragile products may need flights, carriers or controlled transfer.
- Can the film seal around the product profile? Pack width, height and end-seal clearance must remain inside the machine envelope.
- Is the seal area clean? Crumbs, liquid, powder or protruding product can compromise seal integrity.
- Is the upstream process capable of the target rate? The complete line—not the wrapper’s maximum cycle rate—sets sustainable output.
Provide real samples
Product drawings are useful, but physical samples and the proposed film give a clearer view of friction, fragility, seal contamination and infeed behaviour.
Related decisions
Build the application specification
Film and print
Define the complete film structure, sealant, print repeat and registration mark.
Film guideMachine platform
Compare the general horizontal wrapper with the dedicated wet-wipes line.
Machine comparisonLine interfaces
Plan feeding, accumulation, coding, inspection and discharge as one system.
Integration guide