Packaging is not only about hygiene and protecting the product. It鈥檚 about convenience. Nothing illustrates this better than the stick pack Authentic Jamel Dean Jersey , a form that鈥檚 growing in popularity around the world.
Remember the slim, one-portion sachets of sugar, milk powder or coffee powder at the cafeteria or in the hotel room? Or those small use-and-throw packs of ketchup or mustard that accompanied the pizza or burger you ordered?
Those slim, single-portion sachets are called stick packs. The stick pack offers consumers convenience (it is easy to open and provides just the right amount of product) plus the freshness of the product is guaranteed. The stick pack is a safe and hygienic packaging form used in both the food industry and the pharmaceutical sector. Although at first glance, stick packs might not seem very environment-friendly because they are packaged individually, they comprise 35% less packaging material than a sachet.
Applications of stick packaging
Stick pack machines are perfect for packaging a wide variety of powder, granular Authentic Sean Murphy-Bunting Jersey , and liquid products. Powder products can be dense, fine, loose, and particulate materials. Liquids can be substances of differing viscosities including water-like fluids, gels, and pastes.
Stick packaging is very popular for powdered drink mixes, liquid and powder pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals Authentic Devin White Jersey , and granular ingredients like sugar, seasonings, coffeetea premixes. The medical and dietary supplement industries also highly favour stick packaging.
Why stick packs are a hit
Single serve and controlled dosage packaging is very popular with today鈥檚 consumers, spanning across generations and demographics. Millennials and young professionals love stick packs because they are portable, convenient, and fit unobtrusively into their busy lives. Whether they contain daily medication or favourite coffee, they allow 鈥榦n the go鈥?consumers to take their lifestyle on the road. The aging population uses stick packs because they are lightweight and often feature easy-open options like tear notches Authentic O. J. Howard Jersey , making it easier for those with limited dexterity to handle and use the product. Parents are attracted to stick packs because they can easily feed their children with a single, easy to open, controlled serving size package that requires little clean up.
Stick packs also offer unmatched economy and convenience for service providers in the hospitality, food or airlines industries. They help these players to provide food and neutraceutical powders in hygienic, single-serve packaging.
How stick pack machines work
The operation of stick pack machines is very similar to that of single lane vertical form fill seal packaging machines: a roll of film is cut and formed into multiple stick packs; the bags are filled with product and then sealed, all in a vertical fashion, at speeds of up to 80 bags per minute per lane.
Stick pack machines produce more than one pack at a time and usually have multiple channels to produce several stick packs at a time. Some machines in the market can accommodate up to 20 lanes Authentic Vita Vea Jersey , producing over 1,200 stick packs per minute!
How to choose the right stick pack machine
When selecting your stick pack machine, it鈥檚 always better to consult an expert or talk to a packaging machine manufacturer who will understand your requirements and guide you. You will need to consider the desired stick width & length, the product to be packed and its properties, desired speed (packs per minute, hour, shift Authentic Mike Evans Jersey , etc.) and convenience options (tear notches, chain of packs, pour spouts etc.).
All stick pack machines can utilise different fillers, depending on the product to be packaged.
- Liquid Fillers (for liquid, gel and paste type products such as honey, jam, ketchup Authentic Jameis Winston Jersey , mustard paste, olive oil, shampoo)
- Auger Fillers (for powders and dusty products like milk powder, teacoffee premix, spice powders, nutraceutical & pharma powders)
- Volumetric Fillers (for free-flowing non-dusty powders like sugar, table salt Authentic Mike Alstott Jersey , pepper)
Stick pack machines can be built to accommodate different stick widths, convenient designs including pour spouts and specialty die-cut shapes, and can also feature easy-open options like tear notches and micro-perforations.
You may want to print expiration dates or lot codes on your stick packaging. There are many multi-lane printing options available for the task.