New VFFS, flow wrap, HFFS, shrink wrap, filling and labelling machines, configured to your product
Key Takeaways
Sealing jaws, jaw covers, cutting knives and film pull belts wear in normal use, so check their condition and whether replacements are still available.
A used machine is only as good as the spares, the support for its controls and the technicians behind it.
Run your own product and pack on the machine before you buy, whether it is used or new.
A used packaging machine can cost less up front, but you take on its wear, any missing change parts and the question of who will support it. Buy used only after you have checked the wear parts, the controls, the change parts for your pack size and where spares will come from, and after running your own product on it. A new machine is configured to your product and arrives with a warranty, installation and operator training. SA Packaging Machinery supplies new machines only, and our packaging machine catalogue shows the range.
Check the parts that wear, the parts that decide what the machine can pack, and whether anyone can still support it:
A packaging machine is configured around one product and one pack. A VFFS machine forms each bag around a forming shoulder sized to the bag width, so a machine set up for narrow sachets will not make a wide bag without a new shoulder. The doser is chosen by how the product flows: an auger filler for powder, a measuring cup or multihead weigher for granules, and a pump or piston filler for liquids. A used machine set up for someone else’s product may need new change parts and a different doser before it can run yours.
Ask who holds spares for the machine in South Africa and who can service its controls before you buy. Wear parts are replaced as a matter of routine, so a machine with no local spares stands idle while parts are found. For the machines we supply, spares are held in Johannesburg and our own technicians install them and train your operators.
A new machine from SA Packaging Machinery is configured to your product, pack and output rather than adapted from someone else’s line. It includes:
No. SA Packaging Machinery supplies new machines only, and we do not rent machines. If budget is the reason you are looking at used equipment, a semi-automatic machine is the lower-cost route into automation.
Send us your product, your pack and the output you need, and we will recommend a configuration and quote it within 24 hours. Compare machine types in our packaging machine catalogue, or read what shapes the price in our packaging machine cost guide.
Send us your product, your pack and the output you need, and we will recommend a new machine configured to it and quote it within 24 hours.
