Packaging machine specialist Hugo Beck has launched the Flow-pack R, a compactly built, hygienically designed horizontal flowpack machine, capable of reaching speeds of up 300 cycles per minute. The machine, which is suitable for many food packaging applications, shall set a new benchmark in hygienic design.

With increasingly stringent food hygiene standards, Hugo Beck has focused its efforts on designing a machine that is easy to clean, simple to access and quickly adaptable for different product lines. All surfaces with the potential to come into contact with products are made of stainless steel with a surface roughness of ≤ 0.8 µm, and all materials are fully approved for food contact. Hygiene risks are further mitigated as the designers have avoided the inclusion of any bends and difficult-to-access areas that would normally act as dirt traps. This also further enhances the ease of cleaning.

The Flowpack R has a balcony design and high ground clearance so that wet cleaning can be carried out at any time. And the slanted stainless-steel elements allow liquids and contaminants to drain or fall off easily.

Speed and flexibility are also key to the Flowpack R design. The machine is equipped with a rotating transverse sealing unit, enabling it to achieve up to 150 cycles per minute as standard or up to 300 cycles per minute as optional feature. Faster machines are also being planned, enabling applications of up to 700 cycles per minute.

Timo Kollmann, Sales Director at Hugo Beck, says: “Hygienic design is an essential requirement for many food packaging applications. This, alongside the need to wrap a wide range of products quickly and flexibly, means that our new Flowpack R machines are ideal for delivering perfect packaging results at high speeds within a very hygienic production environment.”