The midsummer Chengdu Hi-tech Zone is filled with the mellow aroma of red oil bean paste. In the ply-pack production workshop, 20 sauce packaging machines to be delivered are undergoing the final dynamic test. The metal conveyor belt and glass bottle collided with a crisp sound, and the air was filled with the smell of simulated filling of old pickled cabbage. Engineer Wang Gong stared at the jumping parameters on the control screen - the filling error of 0.01 mm is their secret weapon to conquer the seasoning industry.
As the first packaging equipment supplier in the southwest region to pass the triple certification of the Sichuan Sauce Food Association, ply-pack's independently developed fifth-generation sauce packaging machine is setting off an industry revolution. The original "pulse constant temperature filling system" of the equipment perfectly solves the filling problem of solid particle materials such as Pixian bean paste. On the production line of a well-known hot pot base company in Meishan, 6 new sauce packaging machines have achieved a stable output of 120 bottles per minute, and the ratio error of chili powder and butter is always controlled within ±0.5 grams.
"These iron guys are more particular than the old masters." Director Li, who is responsible for equipment acceptance, pointed to the production line of Sichuan pepper oil being filled and smiled. He especially demonstrated the adaptive cleaning module of the sauce packaging machine-when the bean paste residue is detected, 64 nano nozzles will instantly start three-dimensional flushing. This patented technology shortens the time for equipment to switch product categories by 78%.
As the annual output value of the Sichuan cuisine industry exceeds 200 billion yuan, the demand for intelligent production has shown explosive growth. The marketing director of ply-pack revealed that 43% of their sauce packaging machine orders came from emerging brands that want to enter the pre-prepared food track. At the Chengdu International Food Machinery Exhibition, which just concluded, the concept model equipped with an AI visual inspection system attracted attention. This black technology that can automatically identify the integrity of Erjingtiao peppers is expected to be put into mass production next year.
Chen Changji, a century-old spicy sauce company far away in Zigong, has completed the digital transformation of the century-old factory with three sets of sauce packaging machines. The fourth-generation inheritor, Mr. Chen, touched the warm equipment shell and sighed: "In the past, the master controlled the oil ratio by hand, but now this set of equipment can even control the distribution uniformity of pepper particles." What surprised him even more was that the real-time production data generated by the equipment helped them pass the EU food production certification for the first time.
The Longquanyi Food Industrial Park was brightly lit in the twilight, and the sauce packaging machines of more than 30 companies were running synchronously. From Yibin bean sprouts to Hanyuan pepper oil, from Mianyang sesame oil to Luzhou fermented bean curd, these steel craftsmen engraved with the "ply-pack" logo are guarding the soul of Sichuan flavor with their ingenuity that is accurate to microliters. As the Secretary-General of Sichuan Sauce Food Association said at the acceptance ceremony: "When traditional craftsmanship meets intelligent equipment, what we bring to the world is no longer just a bottle of hot sauce, but the precision and persistence of Made in China."
A crisp prompt sound suddenly sounded in the debugging workshop, and Engineer Wang walked quickly to the machine that had completed the self-inspection, and his fingers dipped in chili powder drew a smooth curve on the touch screen. The glass window reflected his work badge on his chest, and the words "Sauce Packaging Machine R&D Group" on it were faintly golden red in the sunset.
