Main Filling Tube with Gas Shroud
Inert Gas Packing (Modified Atmosphere Packing - M.A.P.)
GEA Avapac recongise that as customers needs for flexibility in product manufacture change, the functionality of their packing systems must also be able to accommodate this need.
As powdered products are shipped around the world and often held in storage for extended periods, there is a real risk of degradation which may limit the useful life of the product.
For more than 20 years, GEA Avapac has been supplying gas packing technology to the food and dairy industries to enable our customers to deal with the logistics of storage and shipping of valuable powdered products.
Using a combnation of Nitrogen and Carbon Dioxide to effectively blanket the product prior to closing the bag can increase the shelf life to several years making it an ideal solution for companies wishing to bulk store products to suit their manufacturing cycle or to take advantage of seasonal demand and pricing around the world.
GEA Avapac now offers customers, who purchased non gas packing machines, the opportunity to upgrade their plant to take advantage of the benefits of M.A.P.
Benefits
- Increased shelf life of powdered products
- Flexibility to handle a wider range of products
- Reduced risk of oxidation
- Ability to store products at higher ambient temperatures
- Improved flavour over longer periods of storage
All GEA Avapac fillers in our current range (excl. IBF300) can be upgraded to M.A.P. The upgrade may require additional modification to the powder feed hopper. GEA Avapac can also advise on these requirements.