Xinjiang's 10,000-acre walnut orchard witnesses the packaging revolution
At the 10,000-acre walnut planting base in Aksu, Xinjiang, with the harvest of new season nuts, a fully automatic packaging line is running with amazing efficiency. Tons of thin-skinned walnuts are graded and screened, and finally put into three-dimensional packaging bags printed with the words "Western Region Selection" through transparent food-grade conveyor belts. This nut packaging machine production line, tailored by the ply-pack packaging machine factory, is rewriting the way local agricultural products leave Xinjiang.
"In the past, when packaging was done manually, about 5% of the walnuts would be broken during the bagging process." The head of the base, Ai Erken, pointed to the nut packaging machine in operation and introduced, "Now this big guy's anti-shatter packaging technology has increased the intact fruit rate by more than 30%." The reporter noticed that the equipment is specially equipped with a buffer slide and a flexible gripping device to ensure that each walnut can fall gently into the packaging bag.
The intelligence of this nut packaging machine has attracted attention in the industry. At the International Food Machinery Exhibition held in Suzhou, the technical director of ply-pack demonstrated the "smart brain" of the equipment on site - automatically matching the packaging solutions of different nuts through the visual recognition system. When the staff poured in the mixed nuts, the equipment completed the intelligent packaging of cashews and almonds in just 2 seconds, which attracted the on-site buyers to raise their mobile phones to record.
"The biggest fear of nut packaging is oxidation." Ply-pack's R&D engineer showed the reporter the core components of the equipment, "Our food-grade standard nitrogen replacement system can complete gas replacement 0.3 seconds before sealing." This innovative technology has obtained multiple patents and is particularly suitable for packaging high-end nut gift boxes. It is currently being used in the New Year's goods production lines of many listed companies.
In the Henan roasted nuts industry belt, the changes brought about by intelligent packaging equipment are more intuitive. After a well-known melon seed company switched to ply-pack's nut packaging machine, the noise of the production line was reduced by 40%, but the uprightness of the packaging bag was increased to a nearly perfect 97-degree angle. "The packaging that consumers now get looks like goods displayed in boutiques from any angle." The workshop director excitedly showed the newly launched products.
Industry observers pointed out that nut packaging machines are ushering in a window period of technological iteration. As the market size of healthy snacks expands, the market demand for packaging that combines fresh-keeping functions and display effects has surged. Ply-pack's latest transparent window packaging technology can not only show the quality of nuts, but also guarantee a shelf life of 6 months. The effect has been verified in many e-commerce hot products.
"We are developing the second generation of nut packaging machines." The person in charge of the ply-pack factory revealed, "The new equipment will integrate the blockchain traceability system, and consumers can scan the code to see the entire process of nuts from picking to packaging." At the factory inspection site of a foreign trade company in Hebei, this prototype, which has not yet been officially released, has attracted European buyers to place orders worth millions.
From Xinjiang orchards to coastal ports, ply-pack's nut packaging machines are weaving an intelligent packaging network. In the automated warehouse of Qingdao Port, packaging equipment equipped with an intelligent positioning system is accurately delivering nut gift boxes of different specifications to the corresponding containers. Customs personnel reported that the customs clearance efficiency of export goods using new packaging is nearly 40% higher than that of traditional packaging.
Industry experts predict that with the advancement of the "14th Five-Year Plan" for the development of intelligent manufacturing, the nut packaging machine industry will usher in a wave of intelligent transformation. The ply-pack factory took the lead in implanting industrial Internet of Things technology into packaging equipment, and its remote diagnosis system has successfully prevented equipment failures in many multinational companies. This predictive maintenance model is redefining the service standards of packaging equipment.
Standing in front of the control screen of the intelligent packaging equipment, operator Xiao Zhang's daily work has undergone a qualitative change: "I used to stare at a dozen dashboards, but now the system automatically pushes the optimal parameters." This change may be the epitome of the transformation and upgrading of China's manufacturing industry - amid the collision of walnuts and cashews, the nut packaging machine is performing a wonderful symphony of traditional industry and intelligent technology.
