Manual 6: Biscuit Packaging and Storage covers function and types of packaging, types of wrapping machine, wrapping operationg, post wrapping operations, storage and warehouse handling, and common problems encountered during these processes.
Contents
Introduction
- Vocational qualifications
Background to the biscuit industry
- What are biscuits?
- How are biscuits made?
- How a factory is arranged
- What your company required from the factory
- Ingredient storage areas
- Your contribution when working with ingredients
Hygiene and safety aspects
- Safety of food products
- Sources of contamination
- Safety of people
Function of biscuit packs
- Collation
- Labelling
- Protection against deterioration
- Mechanical protection
- Some potential problem areas
Types of packaging materials
- Flexible films that are heat sealable and moistureproof
- Materials used within packs for added protection
- Overwraps and cases for transportation and storage
- Tins
- Palletization techniques
- Storage of packaging materials
Types of pack and associated wrapping machines
- Tupes of primary packages
- Horizontal flow pack machines
- Vertical form fill seal machines
- Roll wrappers and other folded film machines
- Block bottom bags
- 'Every-packet' coding
- Cartoning machines
- Setting up machines for changes in pack type and size
- Troubleshooting
Feeding biscuits into wrapping machines
- Collation and feeding biscuits into wrapping machines
- Feeding by biscuit volume or number
- Changing a wrapping machine to accept a different biscuit
- Jumble packaging
- Are manual or automatic systems better?
- What speed should a wrapping machine be set for?
Biscuit handling and storage before packaging
- Identification and handling of substandard product
- Handling of biscuits that are not to be wrapped from the cooling conveyors
Post-wrapping operations
- Check-weighing
- Metal detection
- Quality control checks
- Palletizing and organization after the wrapping machine
- Recycling of biscuits from substandard packs
- Process control efficiency records
Storage and warehouse handling
- Storage considerations
- Stacking and handling for transportation
- Faults found in stored biscuits
Care, cleaning and maintenance of machinery
- Care
- Cleaning and maintenance of packaging equipment
Index
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