Matrix Offers Pacraft (formerly Toyo Jidoki) Pre-made Pouch Machines

Designed for a variety of industries and for dry products, frozen products, and liquid products, this equipment includes features that exceed product requirements. If you are looking for automatic rotary bagging machines to increase time efficiency and meet customer requirements, get the Matrix rotary bagging machines. Learn about the Pacraft (formerly Toyo Jidoki) packaging machine line-up. What's the best pre-made machine for your product line-up?

Hi, my name is Bill Tete, and I'm a field service engineer for Matrix Packaging. With 24 years of experience in flexible packaging, I work with vertical form-fill-seal machines made in the USA. These machines produce various bag sizes, from 2.75 to 18 inches wide and up to and beyond 23 inches in length.

At Matrix, our relationship doesn't end with the sale. We provide long-term support, including an in-house parts department, a large service team strategically placed across the U.S., and ongoing sales support for new equipment. Our extensive experience spans numerous flexible packaging applications in industries such as food, beverage, bakery, candy, coffee, tea, disinfectants, sanitizers, cold chain, dried meats, IQF, pet foods, pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, and snack foods.

Matrix partners with FL Tecnics, INB-Pack, and Toyo Jidoki to offer a range of packaging solutions. FL Tecnics produces horizontal form-fill-seal roll stock machines, INB-Pack makes stick packs and sachet machines, and Toyo Jidoki offers pre-made pouch machines. Today, we demonstrate Toyo Jidoki machines packaging various items.

Demonstration of Toyo Jidoki Machines:

TT-8BW - Frozen Meatballs:

• Overview: This two-up machine picks up two pouches at a time.

• Process: Pouches are placed in grippers, coded, opened with suction cups, filled with meatballs from a combination net weight scale, settled, sealed, cooled, and discharged.

TT-9CW - Solids and Liquids:

• Overview: This two-up machine can package solids or liquids.

• Process: Pouches are picked up, coded, opened, filled first with liquids and then solids, closed and heat sealed, cooled, and discharged.

TT-8A2 - Single Pouch at a Time:

• Overview: This machine handles larger pouches one at a time.

• Process: Pouches are picked up, coded, opened with suction cups, filled with powder using an auger filler, settled with vibrating tables, sealed, cooled, and discharged.

TLAX7 - High-Speed Continuous Motion Machine:

• Overview: This is a high-speed continuous motion machine.

• Process: Pouches are loaded into four magazines, picked up and transferred by a chain conveyor, opened (upside down for zipper pouches), filled with a combination scale, sealed, verified with a high-speed checkweigher, and discharged.

Q&A Session:

Q: Where are these machines made? A: They are made in Japan, China, and Michigan.

Q: How can customers in the United States get parts and service? A: Our parts and service are based out of Saukville, Wisconsin. We have a good parts stock and service technicians and engineers based across the U.S.

Q: Can you talk a little bit about changeover time? A: Changeover times are well under five minutes for an experienced operator. It involves entering a recipe, adjusting the width of the infeed and the width of the grippers, and you're basically done.

Thanks for watching our demo and for spending time with us during Pack Expo Connects. If we didn't get to your question, we will be following up with you. In the meantime, for more information or to connect with us, please visit our showroom at pe.show/300 or visit our website at matrixpm.com.