Detergents are the most elementary item in our day-to-day life, it is necessary to maintain minimum hygiene, and thus people prefer convenient packaging to help this goal. This washing powder comes in all states of solid, liquid, and even gelled versions, so evidently packaging should also reflect this versatility. Thus, detergent plants should first consider the wide range of packaging machines before making a choice to keep their purchase at par with their needs. Before delving into their detergent filling machine needs it is wise to understand the key differences between the most basic forms of detergents- the powdered and the liquid forms.

Powder Laundry Detergent

Powder detergent is a more traditional washing solution that is both cost-effective and has considerable stain removal strength. The detergent powder has recently experienced a worldwide resurgence in popularity due to a number of factors, including its cost, which makes it a particularly practical market product for developing nations. 

Stains can be easily removed with powder detergent from a variety of fabrics. Most of the time it comes in recyclable, environmentally friendly packaging including cardboard cartons. Powder laundry detergents can be put into pouches, buckets, cardboard boxes, and woven bags using both human and automatic packing devices.

Liquid Laundry Detergent

Liquid detergents have a greater capacity for releasing and dissolving fat, and the materials they include are resistant to the minerals usually present in hard water. Furthermore, since the liquid formulas keep the color better than powder detergents, liquid detergents are better suited for washing colorful clothes. The combined mass of dry materials must be combined with a water and solubilizer solution to create a liquid detergent. 

The end result is a clear, viscous liquid that is ready for pouch, bottle and can packaging. Liquid detergent packaging with types of containers can be carried out by the processes of manual, semi-automatic, and automated bottling and capping.   

Detergent Powder Filling Machine for Cans   

Machine Function

A can powder filling machine aids in the process of filling containers with substances that have been ground into powder form. A wide variety of freely flowing granulated and powdered goods are used in the powder can packaging machine. It is crucial to guarantee that the can detergent powder filling machine performs its tasks accurately and has the ability to properly control the powder.  

Major Components

Basic parts of the detergent powder filling machine can include:

• Filling Motor: The volume of the packages is regulated by the filling motor, which manages the filling jar’s rate of revolution.
• Mixing Motor: This motor controls how hard the blenders work to mix the powder.
• Mainframe heads: Provides an outside barrier against potential mechanical harm.
• Level Detector: The level of powder sprayed into the containers is determined by a level detector. Point level detectors and continuous level detectors are the two types that are available.
• Feeding Port: The feeding port, which is usually composed of food-grade stainless steel 304, provides a conduit for the powder goods.
• Hopper: It is also mostly made of stainless steel 304 and is a part of the feeding channel.
• Filling Spout: Another component of the dosing mechanism is the filling spout.
• Worktable: It is the platform for storing the already-filled cans.
• Electric scale: It is used for automatically calculating the weight of packages, whether they are empty or filled.
• Overflow collector: It is a trough used to temporarily contain powder items that have been splattered.
• Control box: The locker contains all the power and control plugs and buttons.
• Pedestal: This support structure provides a sturdy mechanical foundation for securely situating the complete machine.

Working Principle

Two main motors, the filling motor, and the mixing motor drive the entire feeding process. These two drives cause the filling head’s agitation blades and blenders to rotate, homogenizing and deaerating the powder as a result. 

A combination of sensors and highly calibrated detectors control the flow and loading of the powder into the packages once it has passed through the funnel. One will be able to fill the cans more quickly using the double head filler because of its two heads. In comparison to the single head filler, the double head filler allows you to fill quite substantial fills. 

Levapack has been in the packaging industry for a long time which has led them to master the art of producing the most efficient packaging equipment. Needless to say, they offer a detergent powder can filling machine with users friendly interface and high output productivity.

Detergent Powder Filling Machine for Pouches

Machine Function

Preformed pouches are empty bags made of paper or plastic. Only one opening remains to allow for the filling because the edges are sealed. A premade pouch packaging machine is made of components and devices that operate according to a predetermined order. The manufactured bag is picked up and passed forward in the process for filling and other operations.

Major Components

The basic components of the detergent powder filling machine for pouches are:

• The code printer: Ensures the authenticity of your products.
• PLC control systems: They are commercial computer systems used to manage various electro-mechanical operations in factories, plants, and other automated settings.
• Bag opening device: This opens the premade pouches in order to fill them with the required powdered product.
• Vibration device: In order to transport objects or bulk materials, vibrating conveyors use troughs or tubes that are flexibly supported and vibrated by mechanical or electrical methods. The vibration occurs in an inclined, elliptical pattern to move the material in both a directed and upward direction.
• Electromagnetic valve: Uses electrical energy to create a mechanical pull or push. This consists of a ferromagnetic plunger or plug and a coil of wire tightly wound around an iron core.
• Vacuum pump: In order to generate an area free of air and/or gas, vacuum pumps mechanically remove air and gas molecules from a sealed space. Their main functions are to clean and seal.
• A weigher: The function of a weigher is to make sure that the appropriate amount of product is delivered for packaging in the premade pouch.

Working Principle

A premade pouch packaging machine operates in a series of processes that are guided by its Programmable Logic Controller. The pouches are gathered by an automated robotic arm from a conveyor belt beneath it. Then the packaging machine system is loaded with the pouch. The bags are transported to the filling stage by the packaging machine’s revolving center. 

The premade pouches’ mouth is opened by a little lever. The open bag is moved and placed beneath the filling machine’s hopper. A weigher has by then already dispensed a precise amount of product into the filling machine’s hopper at this point. The hopper pours the product into the prepared pouch when the pouch is set below it.

The Levapack premade pouch packaging machine for powdered products can fill 20-60 bags per minute and is suitable for large industries requiring rapid results. Levapack products are also energy efficient and thus stand out in the market.

Liquid Detergent Filling Machine for Cans

Machine function 

A liquid filling machine is a device that is used in a variety of industries to package liquid finished products. Different sorts of packages are used for the packaging. These can be containers like buckets, tanks, bottles, tins, and cans. A liquid detergent filling machine provides flawless operation with remarkable precision.

Major Components

Some basic components of the machine include:

• Collecting tray of the cork: This part is where the product that needs to be packaged is filled.
• Panel with command buttons: It enables the operator to steer the device along the desired production cycle.
• Can holder tray: It is the part that keeps bottles that need to be filled in the proper position.
• Pivot wheels: It aids in relocating the equipment to the required locations.
• A tank for collecting liquid: It usually has liquid that needs to be filled.
• Trays to support cans: During the filling procedure, cans are kept in this area.
• Tap filler: fills the cans with liquid products.
• inlet solenoid valve: controls the liquid’s flow into the filler taps.
• Levers for tray starts: They maintain the position of bottle support trays.
• Electrical panel: It is often carefully concealed behind the back cover.It is important for controlling the currents that make the filling machine work.
• Corking unit: It guarantees that the corking device rotates properly to fill all of the cans.

Working Principle

This liquid detergent filling machine runs smoothly and requires minimum human labor. They eliminate the necessity for human work. Both the arrangement and filling of the cans are performed mechanically. High precision and adaptability help to ensure that no leakages are noted. This is possible because the machine can fix the proper syringe sizes. 

Additionally, these devices include automatic speed variation adjustment. The conveyor can be adjusted to accept cans of different sizes. The devices offer features for capping. Thus, it is simple to close or seal the cans utilized. Additionally, they contain a labeling mechanism that makes sure the labels are properly attached to the vessels after filling and capping them all.

The Levapack detergent viscous liquid filling machine features an imported PLC with a man-machine interface that results in its capability of packaging materials with poor viscosity. Furthermore, it has a long shelf-life guarantee.

Liquid Detergent Filling Machine for Pouches

It is similar to that of powdered detergent filling machine for pouches:

Machine Function

Preformed pouches are empty bags made of paper or plastic. Only one opening remains to allow for the filling because the edges are sealed. A premade pouch packaging machine is made of components and devices that operate according to a predetermined order. The manufactured bag is picked up and passed forward in the process for the detergent filling machine to fill the bag and then passed onto another processing unit.

Major Components 

The basic components of the machine are:

• PLC control systems: They are commercial computer systems used to manage various electro-mechanical operations in factories, plants, and other automated settings.
• Bag opening device: This opens the premade pouches in order to fill them with the required powdered product.
• Vibration device: In order to transport objects or bulk materials, vibrating conveyors use troughs or tubes that are flexibly supported and vibrated by mechanical or electrical methods. The vibration occurs in an inclined, elliptical pattern to move the material in both a directed and upward direction.
• Electromagnetic valve: Uses electrical energy to create a mechanical pull or push. This consists of a ferromagnetic plunger or plug and a coil of wire tightly wound around an iron core.
• Temperature controller: A temperature controller is a tool that regulates temperature by calculating the difference between a set point and a sensor output in order to control a heater or other piece of equipment.
• Vacuum pump: In order to generate an area free of air and/or gas, vacuum pumps mechanically remove air and gas molecules from a sealed space. Their main functions are to clean and seal.
• A weigher: The function of a weigher is to make sure that the appropriate amount of product is delivered for packaging in the premade pouch.

Working Principle

A premade liquid detergent filling machine operates in a series of processes that its Programmable Logic Controller guides. The pouches are gathered by an automated robotic arm from a conveyor belt beneath it. Then the packaging machine system is loaded with the pouch. The bags are transported to the filling stage by the packaging machine’s revolving center. The premade pouches mouth’ is opened by a little lever. 

The open bag is moved and placed beneath the hopper of the detergent filling machine. A weigher has by then already dispensed a precise amount of product into the filling machine’s hopper at this point. The hopper pours the product into the prepared pouch when the pouch is set below it.

Benefits of Investing in Automated Packaging Machines for Detergent Plants 

• Better quality checks are provided by this system. Minimum human interaction ensures fewer job errors which result in efficient production. Less and fewer items are found to be defective. Automated quality assurance (QA) systems are also always active, thus their capacity to detect faults won’t fluctuate throughout a shift. When used in conjunction with another automated detergent packaging, this can result in very consistent packing.

• It is a proven fact that no human can work as fast as a machine and hence fully automated devices result in enhanced production capacity. Additionally, automated packaging solutions are able to multitask and combine several packaging process activities, such as labeling and sealing, into a single step freeing up a number of employees in the process. Therefore, these technologies have the potential to both speed up processes and free up staff for duties like shipping, receiving, and picking that require or simply benefit from human interaction.

• It reduces the chances of work injuries. Many packaging systems operate in a high-risk zone that can harm the workers if exposed in that area for a long time and even the safer ones are prone to cause injury if the employees are forced to work long shifts. It is possible to boost productivity and lower injury risks for workers by replacing workers with machines in processing steps that call for a great deal of repetitive motion.

• Companies can ensure that people are only recruited when they are needed by automating as much of the packaging line as possible. This reduces labor costs. 

Considerations When Customize Your Detergent Filling Machines

The Flow Characteristics of Your Detergent Products

The viscosity of your product plays a major role in determining which detergent filling machine is ideal for it. A gravity or overflow filler is typically an excellent option for a free-flowing fluid but may not be the best option for a thick product. A pump filling machine or a piston filling machine will frequently work better for thicker goods.

The Bulk Density of Your Detergent Products

Bulk density is calculated by dividing the material’s mass by the total volume that it takes up. Particle volume, inter-particle void volume, and internal pore volume are all included in the total volume. High bulk density is preferred to cut back on detergent packaging and shipping expenses. On the other hand, agglomerated products’ low bulk density affects other powder attributes like flowability and instant characteristics.

Variety of Shapes and Sizes of Detergent Containers

There are countless sizes and varieties of containers available today, and the particular type you choose for your items can have a big impact on the kind of equipment that will fill it most effectively. Container positioning components are frequently seen in fully automated filling lines, and container shape has an impact on how the containers are positioned for filling, capping, or labeling.

Branding Packaging Design

Each company is unique and has its own distinctive mark that they want to show on its products. Thus while customizing the detergent filling machinery it is necessary to see whether the chosen equipment match well with the company branding packaging containers.

Your Plant Layout (linear or rotary packaging line)

Before investing in a detergent filling machine companies first decide on the plant layout for efficient work results. But different layouts require different machinery designs for better performance hence it is recommended to choose filling equipment that can function optimally in the current layout of your plant.

Your Budget

Lastly, it is wise to consider your budget before taking any decision for purchase. Make sure you’re working with a filling manufacturer who is eager to comprehend your specific production requirements and budgetary limitations to make sure the solution you’re investing in offers you the most benefit right now and is built as part of an implementation strategy that will grow with your organization to ensure the most benefit down the road.

Other Packaging Machines to Add to Your Packaging Line 

Can Sealing Machines 

Needless to say, these are the most essential equipment for a better shelf-life of the products. It is used to seal the lid to the body of various containers, including pots, jars, PET cans, glass cans, plastic cans, aluminum cans, tin cans, paper cans, and others. The body of the can be composed of metal, paperboard, or plastic. The can lid is typically made of tin-plated steel. 

Advantages of this machine: 

• Error detection: When an error is found, it automatically stops, ensuring a secure and reliable functioning. With a single tap on the screen, you can restart the device. This reduces the amount of time and maintenance tasks required.
• High-grade raw materials: It collaborates with producers of durable raw materials to ensure the best quality of products.

There are many types of can sealers including, automatic, semi-automatic, contact can, and non-contact can sealing machines.

Can Capping Machines

This is used for applying caps on packaging materials such as bottles, vials, etc. after the vessels are filled with the detergent. From opening resistance to simplicity and convenience of dispensing, various cap types serve different functions. The type of can capping machine that is most appropriate for a particular project will depend on the container or bottle, its purpose, and other elements.

Benefits of Can capping machines:

• Can be changed according to your needs. You can/tin capping machine’s whole design, including its parts, can be altered to accommodate different lid sizes and geometries.
• Provides protection against dust.
• Offers a user-friendly control system that constitutes performance stability, easy operation, and proper control.

There are various types of capping machines that include, screw type, snap capper and bottle corking.

Can Labelling Machines

These are basically the equipment that is used to apply the brand labels on the finished detergent packaging like, bottles, cans, etc. They can stick to a variety of surfaces, including glass, steel, aluminum, plastic, and fiber drums. Labeling and printing technology range from hand-held devices for straightforward label application to high-volume machines that enable fully automated printing and application procedures.

Benefits of can labeling Machines

• Works on uneven surfaces: Not all packaging has a smooth finish hence without proper can labeling machines the task of branding the items becomes cumbersome. This product can precisely label irregular cap surfaces with the use of servo motor drivers.
• Made of sturdy materials: The labeling and printing machines are constructed of stainless steel and aluminum alloy that complies with GMP standards for longer service lives.

Can Coding Machines 

According to the health guidelines of most countries, most of the world’s detergent packaging industries need to clearly mark the packages to inform consumers about manufacturing details, date of expiry as well as manufacture. Such information is encoded into product labels using coding machines. A logo, a barcode, dates, or a QR code can all be used as imprinted data.

The benefits of coding machines are:

• Can be utilized in other tasks as well.
• It puts a lot of money into developing new machines and research. Through these procedures, it is possible to keep up with the most recent technological advancements and incorporate them into our machinery.
• Cost-effective as it occupies smaller space and has various other applications,

Different types of coding machines include thermal transfer coding, laser machine, and inkjet machine coding.

Conclusion

Various types of machinery are available for detergent packaging both powdered and liquid detergents and hence it is crucial to perform proper research before picking one for your company. Not all machines work for every type of product but incompetence in optimal utilization of existing multifunctional devices can cause a lot of unnecessary expenditures. 

So along with your businesses, it is extremely important to keep yourself updated about the latest trends to accommodate your needs as per the current technology. You can contact Levapack for more details.