The vertical SmartPacker CX400 D-Zip for pre-packaged food products for retail and food service from GEA combines fast, high-quality operation with maximum flexibility and uptime. Apart from producing premium quality D-Zip bags, this easy-to-use machine can produce more than 10 different bag styles for a wide variety of applications such as candy, nuts, frozen fruits and grated cheese. The machine integrates a newly developed corner seal unit designed to reduce complexity and improve quality, flexibility and serviceability.

The new CX400 D-Zip brings vertical packaging right up to date to meet the needs of both processors and consumers today. Users can expect premium performance with an output of up to 100 D-Zip bags/minute, 98% uptime and highly accurate operation from a machine that carries the smallest footprint of any other Source: GEASource: GEAcomparable machine in the industry.

In developing the SmartPacker CX400 D-Zip, GEA engineers listened carefully to customers taking into account key industry trends. These include more flexibility in bag-styles, as seen in the increasing demand for stand-up pouches, a need to reduce maintenance costs and downtime, and the need for increased sustainability in manufacturing.

The machine creates all existing bag styles, has a changeover time of under 45 minutes – without the use of special tools – and features front discharge. The premium quality D-Zip bag leaves nothing to be desired with smooth and sharp cross seals, an elegant and slim design, wrinkle-free seals with high density and air/gas-tight sealing.

The SmartPacker CX400 D-Zip features GEA’s new corner seal unit, which simplifies set-up and improves overall quality. The corner seal unit introduces greater flexibility into the SmartPacker, as it is capable of varying in seal width and, depending on needs, can be configured for two or four seals. Like the GEA SmartPacker CX400 D-Zip, it has a compact design and does not require specialist tooling when changing formats. GEA engineers have also included a superior accessibility to areas where heavy wear can be expected, including sealing and folding to reduce maintenance time.

The GEA SmartPacker CX400 D-Zip design reduces the amount of plastic required for the zipper by approximately 15% by eliminating the zipper material in the cross seal. Additional plastic waste is avoided given no punching is required in making the zipper.

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