Technician Name Date of last production Start: Physical On pallets: Total waste: Monitoring Window TBA count of Incoming Package Production Date Date of last machine report Counter End: Lab Sample: Design Correction: Packs Packed Counter: Exiting Package Product Brand Last prod. machine report good? Conveyor: Reject: Filling System: Total Counter: Qty Quantity Last point DE Package Product Flavour Sterilisation Agent Drop Chute: Packed: Strip Splice: Reject Counter : Packages per tray/Unit Product Volume H2O2 concentration at 34 - 36%? Straw: % Reject Pkgs Mat Splice: Counter: Start Time Tab: CIP Counter Checked by : Dating Unit Code End Time Manual waste: Additional Remarks:
Time Start Pre-heating
Exp Date TS Flaps LS Package Conductivity
Time Weight/g Remarks Done by &Production Code Top Bottom Top Bottom Overlap Strip shape/Crease Value Packages Checks Illustrations Checks Description Checks Description Package Forming 1.Flap Sealing and 2. LS Overlap Crease Lines Unfold the flaps and Check the width of the check they are LS overlap, properly sealed distance A
3.Weight 4.Shape and Design Check the shape of the
packages. Check that the preformed Weigh the packages. creases in the Record their weights packaging material are correctly aligned along the top crease and the bottom crease Transversal Sealing 5.TS (rough) 6. TS - Accurate Check Cut a sample strip (1) of about 25 mm in width Gently squeezing the from the top and bottom package by hand. transversal seals. Check the corners, Cut off no more than 1 intersection between mm from each LS and TS crease side of the package at a and the crosses 90° angle to the between TS and LS TS. meet. The TS must be stretched and evaluated along the entire seal. Longitudinal Sealing 7.LS Strip Applicator check that the LS 8.Red Ink Injection in strip is positioned Air Gap 40%:60% on one package Check there are no blisters in the heated area. Check This test will determine if the strip sealing by the package is leaking slowly pulling underneath the LS-strip approximately 20 mm of the strip outwards at an angle of 90°.
Inside Layers Ruptures
9.Surfaces Check the outside 10.Conductivity Test and inside surfaces of This test will determine if the package for there is a breakage in the scratches or other inner plastic layers of the possible defects that packaging material can be detected with the eye Procedures: 1) Take three packages from the conveyor after they have passed the first package counter photocell on the machine conveyor. 2) Use the same two packages to perform all of the checks that require two packages. The third package is only used for the LS/SA check. These checks should be performed on packages at start up and repeated at an interval of 20 mins during production