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FORMEUSE-ENSACHEUSE-SCELLEUSE [5 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2000-09-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Packaging Machinery and Equipment
DEF

A machine that automatically forms a pouch or bag from various types of web stocks and dispenses product into this formed pouch. Sealing then completes the package. Machines come in a vertical or horizontal axis with constant and intermittent speeds.

Key term(s)
  • form-fill-seal
  • F/F/S

French

Domaine(s)
  • Machines et équipement d'emballage
DEF

Machine fabriquant, remplissant et fermant les sachets une fois remplis.

Spanish

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Record 2 1993-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Packaging Machinery and Equipment
CONT

Horizontal form-fill-seal (HFFS) machines ... utilize packaging materials in roll-stock form. The roll is placed on a mandrel on one end of the machine and is fed through a series of rollers.... The web is then drawn over the machine bed and through a forming shoulder. The product is placed on the moving web and the forming shoulder shapes the web around the product into a tube. A back seal is then made by heated rollers....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Machines et équipement d'emballage
DEF

Machine d’ensachage combinant les opérations de formage, d’ensachage et de scellage sur un plan horizontal, c’est-à-dire que le défilement de la pellicule et des paquets remplis se fait en position couchée.

OBS

Proposés d’après "formeuse-ensacheuse-scelleuse verticale" figurant dans le "Vocabulaire des sacs" de l'OLF.

Spanish

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Record 3 1989-03-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Special Packaging
DEF

Refers to equipment that forms, fills and seals bags horizontally.

OBS

"HFFS" is an abbreviation used by the multilayer flexible packaging industry in its system of notation of converting materials.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Emballages spéciaux
DEF

Locution se rapportant aux machines d’ensachage qui exécutent les opérations de formage, d’ensachage et de scellage sur un plan horizontal.

OBS

Proposés d’après le syntagme "formage, ensachage et scellage" apparaissant dans la définition de "formeuse-ensacheuse-scelleuse verticale" du Vocabulaire des sacs de l'OLF.

Spanish

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Record 4 1989-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Special Packaging
DEF

Refers to equipment that forms, fills and seals bags vertically.

OBS

"VFFS" is an abbreviation used by the multilayer flexible packaging industry in its system of notation of converting materials.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Emballages spéciaux
DEF

Locution se rapportant aux machines d’ensachage qui exécutent les opérations de formage, d’ensachage et de scellage sur un plan vertical.

OBS

Proposés d’après le syntagme "formage, ensachage et scellage" apparaissant dans la définition de "formeuse-ensacheuse-scelleuse verticale" du Vocabulaire des sacs de l'OLF.

Spanish

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Record 5 1989-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Packaging Machinery and Equipment
CONT

Vertical form-fill-seal (VFFS) machines are used mainly for products which can be either dropped, augered, or pumped into a pouch. Typical applications include potato chips, candy, rice ..., detergents, industrial liquids and powders, .... VFFS machines utilize packaging materials in roll-stock form.

Key term(s)
  • vertical form-fill-seal

French

Domaine(s)
  • Machines et équipement d'emballage
DEF

Machine combinant les opérations de formage, d’ensachage et de scellage sur un plan vertical, c’est-à-dire que le défilement de la pellicule et des sachets remplis se fait de haut en bas.

OBS

C’est le type de machine qui domine dans le conditionnement des produits pulvérulents, granuleux et liquides.

Spanish

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