The machine is also able to cater for pasta or flapjacks arranged 'penny stacked' and to make conventional flow-wraps.
"This latest model has been developed in conjunction with pasta producers looking for new, and neater forms of on-shelf presentation," says PFM sales and operations director Chris Bolton.
To ensure the nests of pasta are delivered to the folding box without risk of toppling, spring fingers within the infeed hold the product with light back pressure against the lugs that drive them forward.
Once the collation is delivered to the forming box it is held upright and on edge by two loops of motorised side fingers, one either side. As soon as the cross-seal is made, the fingers release the pack onto the outfeed.
"Flow-wrappers reduce breakage and provide a tighter, wrap with less film," says Bolton.
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