"Stop! Bring the tools!" The roar of production supervisor Lao Yang penetrated the workshop. The 7th shutdown accident caused by the blocking of the filling port by bean paste completely exposed the fatigue of this old production line that has been running for 15 years. Sichuan Spicy King, a century-old factory, is facing the most severe test since its establishment-the traditional bagged sauce packaging machine can no longer cope with the daily order demand of 30,000 bags of "beef black bean sauce", a popular e-commerce product.
When the technical team visited the ply-pack factory, the third-generation bagged sauce packaging machine running in the demonstration workshop attracted their attention. The adaptive pumping system equipped with the equipment is smoothly handling the high-viscosity material simulating bean paste. "This intelligent packaging solution can automatically adjust the pressure parameters according to the fluidity of the sauce." The factory technical consultant pointed to the visual data panel and explained. The three-dimensional fluid model on the screen clearly showed the movement trajectory of the sauce in the pipeline.
On the day of equipment installation, Lao Yang stared at the newly installed bagged sauce packaging machine with suspicion. When the sauce mixed with beef cubes and fermented black beans poured into the hopper, he instinctively reached out to adjust the valve, but was shocked by the automatic response of the AI control system-the pressure sensor captured the accumulation trend of particles within 0.03 seconds, and the reverse pulse device immediately started the dredging procedure. "In the past, every 200 bags of filling had to be cleared manually, but now it has been running for 8 hours without stopping." Lao Yang touched the warm equipment shell and had a concrete understanding of "Food Industry 4.0" for the first time.
What surprised the management even more was the intelligent analysis module equipped with the equipment. One morning, the bagged sauce packaging machine suddenly issued an early warning-the fluctuation of the size of the beef cubes caused the filling accuracy to shift. Tracing back, it was found that the newly employed vegetable cutter did not strictly follow the operating specifications. "This system is more poisonous than the eyes of the master!" the quality director exclaimed. Today, the production data dashboard displays the filling error value of each bag of sauce in real time, steadily increasing the product qualification rate from 87% to 99.2%.
With the surge in customized orders, Sichuan Spicy King is making full use of the modular characteristics of the bagged sauce packaging machine. The production line switch of the "mini carry-on bag" exclusively for e-commerce, which was just completed last week, realized the conversion from 500g family pack to 30g taste pack in just 35 minutes. Looking at the twelve specifications of packaging bags neatly arranged on the conveyor belt, the general manager finalized the new plan at the project summary meeting: "Next year, all branches will be equipped with this intelligent packaging solution. We want to be the benchmark for the digital transformation of traditional sauce companies."
The factory building is brightly lit in the twilight, and the newly installed bagged sauce packaging machine is still running tirelessly. The pain points of sauce production that once troubled Lao Yang have now turned into a steadily jumping green curve on the control screen. When the first box of beef black bean sauce with the "Smart Production Line Exclusive" logo was sent to the logistics center, the century-old brand's transformation in the wave of food industry 4.0 was moving forward steadily with the pace of smart packaging machines.
