Automated Filling & Packaging Process

RouteI

Round-Plate Filling Machine / Ice Cream Filling Machine

Dedicated bottle-format equipment route from cap placement through case sealing.

01Cap placementEquipment & packaging confirmation

What happens
The primary package component is placed or fed into the assigned line.
What is checked
The package component and its correct line feed are confirmed before filling.
What is recorded
The line preparation and package-feed confirmation is retained with the production record.
02FillingFirst-piece confirmation

What happens
Product is filled into the assigned bottle or tube format.
What is checked
The fill operation and the assigned packaging route are checked during execution.
What is recorded
The filling operation is retained in the line production record.
03Inner-plug insertion

What happens
The pack closure component is inserted, capped or end-sealed for the selected format.
What is checked
The closure or seal step is checked before the pack proceeds to secondary packaging.
What is recorded
The closure or sealing confirmation is retained with the route record.
04Capping

What happens
The pack closure component is inserted, capped or end-sealed for the selected format.
What is checked
The closure or seal step is checked before the pack proceeds to secondary packaging.
What is recorded
The closure or sealing confirmation is retained with the route record.
05Inner tray & carton placement

What happens
The packed unit is placed into its specified inner tray and carton arrangement.
What is checked
The required tray and carton configuration is confirmed before onward packing.
What is recorded
The inner-pack configuration is retained in the packaging record.
06Coding

What happens
The required code is applied to the packaged product.
What is checked
The code application is checked before the product proceeds to the next packing step.
What is recorded
The coding confirmation is retained with the route documentation.
07Overwrapping

What happens
The designated overwrapping operation is completed around the packed product.
What is checked
The overwrap is checked for completion before cartoning.
What is recorded
The completed overwrapping step is retained in the packaging record.
08Cartoning

What happens
Prepared retail packs are placed into their shipping-carton configuration.
What is checked
The cartoning arrangement is checked before the case is sealed.
What is recorded
The cartoning step is retained with the route record.
09Case sealing

What happens
The case is sealed as the final packaging operation before the shared weighing checkpoint.
What is checked
Case closure is confirmed before the packed case enters final whole-carton weighing.
What is recorded
The case-sealing completion is retained in the case-handling record.

Control & evidence

Equipment route setup; in-process checks; coding and packing verification; documented production and case-handling records.

RouteII

Soft-Tube Filling & Hot-Air Tail-Sealing Line

Dedicated soft-tube route: internal hot-air tail heating, press sealing, cooling, coding and trimming before controlled packing.

01Tube feedingEquipment & packaging confirmation

What happens
The primary package component is placed or fed into the assigned line.
What is checked
The package component and its correct line feed are confirmed before filling.
What is recorded
The line preparation and package-feed confirmation is retained with the production record.
02Tube orientation & air cleaningFirst-piece confirmation

What happens
The case is sealed as the final packaging operation before the shared weighing checkpoint.
What is checked
Case closure is confirmed before the packed case enters final whole-carton weighing.
What is recorded
The case-sealing completion is retained in the case-handling record.
03Filling

What happens
Product is filled into the assigned bottle or tube format.
What is checked
The fill operation and the assigned packaging route are checked during execution.
What is recorded
The filling operation is retained in the line production record.
04Internal hot-air tail heating

What happens
Hot air is directed into the open tube tail to soften the inner sealing layer without heating the product zone.
What is checked
Heating parameters, tube material compatibility and tail alignment are confirmed before the press-seal station.
What is recorded
The hot-air sealing set-up and parameter confirmation are retained in the line record.
05Tail pressing, cooling & coding

What happens
Heated tube tails are pressed closed, cooled, batch-coded and visually checked for a clean sealed finish.
What is checked
Seal integrity, code legibility and tail appearance are confirmed before trimming.
What is recorded
The seal, cooling and coding confirmation is retained with the production record.
06Tail trimming

What happens
The sealed tail is trimmed to its specified final profile before the tube enters secondary packaging.
What is checked
The trimmed tail profile and finished tube appearance are checked against the approved format.
What is recorded
The trim inspection result is retained with the route record.
07Inner tray & carton placement

What happens
The packed unit is placed into its specified inner tray and carton arrangement.
What is checked
The required tray and carton configuration is confirmed before onward packing.
What is recorded
The inner-pack configuration is retained in the packaging record.
08Overwrapping

What happens
The designated overwrapping operation is completed around the packed product.
What is checked
The overwrap is checked for completion before cartoning.
What is recorded
The completed overwrapping step is retained in the packaging record.
09Cartoning

What happens
Prepared retail packs are placed into their shipping-carton configuration.
What is checked
The cartoning arrangement is checked before the case is sealed.
What is recorded
The cartoning step is retained with the route record.
010Case sealing

What happens
The case is sealed as the final packaging operation before the shared weighing checkpoint.
What is checked
Case closure is confirmed before the packed case enters final whole-carton weighing.
What is recorded
The case-sealing completion is retained in the case-handling record.

Control & evidence

Tube-line set-up; tail heat-sealing parameters; seal, code and trim confirmation; documented packing and case-handling records.

✓

Shared terminal checkpoint

Full-Case Weighing

The final weight check is completed on the packed case, not on an individual unit.

What happens: The completed packed case is weighed as one full case.
What is checked: The final whole-carton weight confirmation is completed before the route closes.
What is recorded: The full-case weighing confirmation is retained with the case-handling record.