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M-F Series
Forming, filling and sealing
Huge value, small footprint
Designed to handle yoghurt, fresh cheese, tomato sauce, fruit puree, water and more, the form, fill and seal machines of the M-F series are one of the market’s most compact solutions for cups in a wide range of shapes and sizes, combining a series of processes on one single machine.
Cups are thermoformed, filled with product, hermetically sealed with a film or foil and cut into singles or multi-packs.
Cups can be designed cost-effectively with interesting labelling solutions and freedom of cup geometry. Not only a marketing tool, the label also strengthens the cup’s sidewall stability, enabling a thinner bottom web resulting in lower material costs.
M-F Series Highlights
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Reduced footprint saving up to 30% on floor space.
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Integration of electro-pneumatic cabinets and filler in machine base.
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Highly versatile equipment: cups from 20 to 500 ml.
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Excellent cost efficiency.
Products to be filled
With the form, fill and seal machine of the M-F series you can fill all kinds of liquid-to-pasty products - with or without particulates - such as yogurt, fruit juice, white cheese, desserts, coffee cream, baby food, cereals.
Filling Solutions
With its' long term experience in filling liquid to pasty products into different kind of cups - in thermoformed as well as in pre-formed cups - Erca offers a large variety of different filling possibilities. The fillers are known for their outstanding filling accuracy, a factor which inevitably leads to minimal product loss and enhanced productivity. Covering a wide range of filling styles, countless customized and tailor-made design possibilities are available to satisfy specific requests.
Labelling Solutions
Cups can be designed cost-effectively and with a huge variety of different labelling solutions. The label is not only a marketing instrument - it also improves the cup’s sidewall stability – making it more rigid so the bottom web thickness for the cup can be reduced.
Cup Shapes
Customized and tailor-made cup design possibilities are available to satisfy specific customer requests.
- Technical Data
- Machine Layout
| TECHNICAL DATA M-F 14 | |||
| Cup material width | 400 mm | Draw off length | 150 mm |
| Usable width | 240 mm | Forming depth | 90 mm |
| Materials | |||
| PET/PET, PP and multilayers such as PS/PE, PS/PETG, PS/EVOH/PE, PP/EVOH/PP | |||
| Typical output | |||
| Yoghurt cups 63 x 63 mm, with w.a. label, 2×6 – 30 cycles/min. | 21,600 cups/h | ||
| Standard Equipment | |||
| Components | Controller and Servo motors ELAU, Pneum. FESTO, HMI 15″ touchscreen | ||
| Standard configuration | Bottom web reel : Ø 1200 mm Lid reel: Ø 400 mm Label reel: Ø 600 mm Labelling with tilting mold, drive heating section on 6 pitches, exit conveyor with Intralox chains |
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| Options | |||
| Hygiene class | Clean*, Ultra-clean* | ||
| Labelling | Labelling, labelling for conical cups, 2 label heights | ||
| Chains | ERCA chains with grippers and magnetic drive | ||
| Fillers | Up to 3 fillers | ||
| * Depending on customer specification | |||
