Food Sleeve Systems
Food packaging sleeves are printed sleeves made of coated paperboard that wrap around food storage containers. These structured and durable sleeves offer a cost-effective and customizable marketing solution that make standard food containers more eye-catching and on-brand. Key benefits of food packaging sleeves include:
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Offer added protection
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Provide extra space for important information
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Ensure safe consumption
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Deliver great value at an affordable cost
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Improve brand recognition
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Give food containers a more unique look while leaving the product visible
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Customizable with several different sizes and designs
Food sleeves can be used in various ways, such as calling attention to limited-edition items or holiday packaging, indicating different flavors and ingredients, displaying use instructions, and more.
Despite their many benefits and applications, applying paperboard sleeves to your trays or tubs can be labor-intensive, resulting in bottlenecks and reduced efficiency. Many companies are turning to automatic sleeving machines to improve line efficiency and reduce labor costs. Point Five Packaging offers a range of automatic sleeving machines that are reliable, easy to operate, and can significantly improve your packaging speed and output.
Types of Food Sleeve Systems
Point Five Packaging offers two primary food sleeve systems:
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P5-SLV Single Lane
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P5-SLV Double Lane
These machines are built to handle pre-glued packaging sleeves and offer high speeds, accurate sleeve placement, and the ability to handle a variety of tray and cup sizes. The P5-SLV Single Lane can reach speeds of up to 50 per minute, while the P5-SLV Double Lane can reach speeds of up to 100 per minute.
Both machines are designed for easy operation and maintenance, making them an ideal solution for high-volume food packaging applications. The P5-SLV Double Lane can run multiple lanes simultaneously, making it perfect for products that need to be packed in large quantities.
Featuring compact designs, these systems are caster-mounted for easy portability with a variety of discharge and infeed options available. Sleeve hoppers are also easy to change over, lightweight, and can be customized to fit your unique sleeves.
Benefits & Applications of Automatic Sleeving Machines for Cardboard Food Sleeves
Our automatic sleeving machines offer a wide range of benefits compared to time-consuming manual methods. These benefits include:
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Increases throughput. Automatic sleeving machines can process higher volumes of trays and containers compared to manual methods.
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Uses minimal materials. By ensuring each sleeve is applied consistently and accurately, sleeving machines minimize wasted materials.
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Applied automatically. Automatic sleeving machines automate the process of applying sleeves to cardboard food packaging, eliminating bottlenecks that slow down production.
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Minimizes labor. Automatic sleeving machines are designed to enhance productivity while allowing you to more efficiently allocate labor resources to more important tasks.
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Tension control. These machines allow for precise tension control so you can ensure the product doesn’t fall out of the sleeve.
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Small footprint. With their compact design, automatic sleeving machines offer a space-saving solution for your facility.
Their many benefits make automatic sleeving machines ideal for various food packaging applications. For example, they can be used to apply sleeves to food trays, such as those you see in meat sections. They can also be used to apply sleeves to food containers and tubs for products such as fruit, soup, salad, and more.
Food Sleeve Systems from Point Five Packaging
Food packaging sleeves offer a great branding solution that can enhance and protect your product; however, manual application methods can lead to reduced productivity. Food sleeve systems from Point Five Packaging are designed to solve this problem by automating the application process for enhanced efficiency.
Specializing in food packaging technology, Point Five Packaging has the materials, products, services, and solutions to meet any of your food packaging needs. In addition to our food sleeve systems, we also offer tray sealers, fillers/depositors, and vacuum chambers.
To learn more about our automatic sleeving systems, or for help determining which food packaging solution is right for your needs, contact us or request a quote today.