GOVERNMENT POLYTECHNIC,

PUNE
A SEMINAR PROJECT ON
VERTICAL FORM FILL SEAL MACHINE
(VFFS)
Name of Student : Engale Kumar Ramdas
Enrollment No. : 1818009
Div : PTD Mechanical Engineering
Sem : Odd 2021
Guided By : Prof. Mrs. S. S. Nagawade
 INTRODUCTION
o VFFS is an integrated multifunction of pouch
making,filling,sealing,data printing & accounting machine.
o It mainly used for industrial packaging & processing which provides a
more convenient & effective way of automatic packaging, saving a lot
of time & cost.
o VFFS Machine is divided into Two parts,
1. Bag maker 2. Multihead weigher
o With servo motor film pulling & automatically bias correction during
film pulling , it guarantees the VFFS machine smoothly running.
o Both horizontal & vertical sealing use the pneumatic cylinder with
reliable moving.
o The compact design & advanced electrical control, VFFS is a wonderful
multifunction packaging machine for different industries like snacks
food,sugar,shampoo,pet food,coffee,tea,yeast,feedstuff,fertilizer etc.
VERTICAL FORM FILL SEAL MACHINE
( VFFS)
MAIN COMPONENTS OF VFFS MACHINE.
The main components of the VFFS machine are as below,
1. Film pulling system
2. Printer
3. Pouch former
4. Filling & sealing machine
5. Pouch cut (Knife)
6. Control cabinet

To know the main components of VFFS machine will be better

to know the structure of machine.
COMPONENTS OF VFFS MACHINE -

1 ) Film pulling system –

 Laminate or Film roll is fixed on Pneumatic chuck it fit tight on

chuck due to pneumatic pressure.

 This system contains unwinding roller & tensioner.There is a long

film that rolled that we called the roll of film.

 This film is usually laminated PE (Pet, Paper & Aluminum foil. The
roll of film will be placed on the unwinding roller back of the VFFS
machine.

 There are servo motors that drive & pull the film on the reels of the
film pulling system . It perfectly co –works with each other &
continuous motion pulling smoothly & reliable.
FILM PULLING SYSTEM -

Pneumatic chuck for holding Guide Rollers

laminate.

Tension Rollers
COMPONENTS OF VFFS MACHINE -

2 ) Printer :-
 After film drawing to the position that printer,the photo eye sensor will
catch the deep color tag printed on the roll of film. Then it will print the
date, production batch code on the film.
 The printer has usually two types one is normal that uses color ribbon; the
other is TTO (Thermal transfer overprint).
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3 ) Pouch Former :-
 After the printing of the film, it moves to the
bag former . Its like a collar of human clothes.
 The bag or pouch are made via this bag
former with a wide range. Different sizes of
bags can be made with different sizes of bag
formers.
 Besides having the function of bag forming
the bag former has also a function of filling.
The bulk material will be filled into the pouch
through it.
 The pouch former is made of stainless steel &
makes sure suitable for foodstuff.
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4 ) Filling & sealing :-

There are two sets of sealing devices,

One is vertical sealer & other is a horizontal

sealer. With a vertical sealer ( running steel
belt) you can make flat or net pattern on
laminate . Steel belt is moving continuously
with the help of Servo motors also heaters are
connected to that vertical seal unit.

After vertical sealing laminate moves

downward with the help of pull belts.
PULL BELTS -
 Pull belts are used to pull laminate i.e. it
creates friction between laminate &
forming tube for avoiding friction
vacuum tubes also used.
 It pulls laminate up to a definite length
which is forming a bag, it all happen
due to registration mark sensor which
measures the length of bag accurately &
same time it gives order to printer for
printing the pouch.
 Pull belts are operated with the help of
Servo motors who pulls the laminate.
REGISTRATION MARK –
o The web of film has a print registration mark
on it. The combination of this & a photo cell
within the machine set to read it guides the
transport of the web of film. There is one
mark for each bag length. The photo cell
sees the mark & it assures the transport of
one bag length per machine cycle.
o Depending on the type of photo cell there
must be clear contrast between the printed
mark & the other printing.
o The photo cell can always be moved to
match the width of the film web & can be
set to the position of the marking on the
packaging material.
MULTI HEAD WEIGHER/ FILLER -
o Multihead weigher is a weighing machine
which provides fast, accurate & reliable
operation.
o It provides high speed & accuracy. It used
in the batch production process.
o Its working is mainly to use the principle of
combined weighing. that is the say, the
more the no. of heads, the more
combinations , the faster the speed &
higher the precision.
o Following are the important parts of
Multihead weigher,
o Dispersion table, Radial trough, Pull
hoppers, Weigh hoppers, Booster hopper ,
Collection chute & Timing hopper.
DISPERSION TABLE -
o The material is coming from cross feeder to the
dispersion table which is vibratory & it also having load
cells for weighing material on dispersion table.
o When dispersion table fulfills its limit , it disperse the
material to radial trough.
RADIAL TROUGH -
o Dispersion table supplies material to radial trough &
then radial trough supplies it to pull hoppers.
o Radial trough is attached to vibrator it vibrates after
some time span.
PULL HOPPERS -
o Pull hopper temporarily stores the material up to while
weigh hoppers ready for weighing.
o It is made of food grade stainless steel.
o Pull hoppers are connected to stepper motors which are
continuously open & close pull hoppers as per requirement
of weigh hoppers.
WEIGH HOPPERS -
o Weigh hoppers are very important part of weigher ,
o It weighing material accurately by combining weighing.
o For example, if we have a target weight of 250 gms, we
take 5 hopper combinations ( is to take five of the
weighing head together as a weighing result) then the
machine will automatically select the combination with
the result closest to 250 gms .
o Weigh hoppers also connect with stepper motor for open
& close hoppers & Load cells for weighing material.
BOOSTER HOPPERS -
o Booster hoppers also a temporary storage unit where we
store material up to when timing hopper is ready for
dispersing material to bagger.
o When weigh hoppers combinations are ready then it
leave the material in booster hopper & then booster
hopper sends it to timing hopper via collection chute.
o It also connects with stepper motor for open & close
hoppers.
o Collection chute is a channel to supply material to
hopper easily , it also reducing breakage of material.
TIMING HOPPER -
o Timing hopper is a medium between
weigher & bag maker , when bag
maker is ready for accepting
material then it signals to timing
hopper & then timing hopper leaves
the product for packing.
o Timing hopper is also connect with
stepper motor for open & close the
hopper. It also interlocking with
bag maker & weigher.
VERTICAL SEAL UNIT -
 Vertical seal unit assembly is
attached with pulling system both
operate by single servo motor.
 But the actual vertical sealing is
done with the help of pneumatic
cylinder which is push or pull
vertical seal unit towards
laminate.
 Vertical seal unit also contain
stainless steel belt & heater for
vertical seal, Thermocouple also
use for temperature cut off while
limit cross for both vertical as
well as horizontal seal units.
HORIZONTAL SEALING UNIT -
o Horizontal sealing unit contain front
jaws , rear jaws & perforated knife.
o Sealing jaws seals laminate before &
after material fill in it & knife which
is situated between two front jaws it
punch on laminate for perforation.
o Front jaw & Rear jaws are operated
with the help of servo motor & knife
operated by reciprocating cylinder
with the help of pneumatic pressure.
o Clean knife & jaws regularly for
better sealing & perforation.
CONTROL CABINETS -
o On the side of the machine, there
attaches to a control cabinet.
o It contains all the electrical parts
inside. PLC , Servo motors,
Pneumatic cylinder, solenoid
valves & HMI(Human machine
interface) is at the outside of
cabinet control panel.
REMOTE CONTROL UNIT (RCU) -
 It also called HMI (Human
Machine Interface),
 It makes relation between
human or operator & machine.
 It controls all operations related
multihead weigher & bag
maker.
 Due to RCU’s we easily control
all parameters & operate
machine smoothly.
CONCLUSION -
o VFFS machine is a multi function form fill seal machine.
o It mainly used for packaging food or non food product
into the pouches. The structure is compact & reasonable.
o It is very accurate for weighing & easy to operate.