Vacuum Solutions for food packaging

Industry leading vacuum pumps and low pressure solutions designed for food packaging industry

Dry Running Products

Oil Lubricated Products

Food Packaging Case Studies

Filing and Closing Machines

Food Packaging

Forming

Modified Atmosphere Packaging - MAP

Tray Sealing


White Paper | Highlighting the importance of pumps in vacuum packaging

How to minimise potential contamination risks and machine downtime and maximise air quality and pump performance


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FOOD PACKAGING COMPLIANT SOLUTIONS

Our experts can also help you achieve compliance with this key industry standard. All of our products are fully certified to meet the requirements of ISO 22000, the food safety management system. 

FOOD PACKAGING VACUUM ADVICE & EXPERTISE

We can help identify and reduce any risks through a free site survey, which could extend to working with the production team to ensure the equipment is included in the HACCP assessment

FOOD PACKAGING PROCESS QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS

Air quality is particularly important in a food and beverage manufacturing environment. Our vacuum experts can help you improve the quality and reliability of your vacuum supply

SUPPORT BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER

We pride ourselves on offering exceptional after sales care. Working with you, we provide timely, predictive maintenance using high quality genuine spares to keep you up and running no matter what.

Best PracticeKEY TIPS FOR PREVENTING CONTAMINATION
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FIT DOWNSTREAM EXHAUST FILTERS

This safeguards against oil discharging from the exhaust or oil carryover from the pump, which could contaminate food. Check filters regularly to ensure that they are not blocked

 

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ALWAYS USE GENUINE PARTS

In oil-lubricated vacuum pumps, genuine parts dramatically reduce the risk of oil being discharged from the exhaust and of a separator element failing
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CARRY OUT REGULAR AND TIMELY MAINTENANCE

This ensures that pumps operate at peak efficiency with little or no oil carryover and have an optimum life span

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GO OIL FREE

With oil-free vacuum pumps there is no risk of oil discharging from the exhaust, and no risk of oil carrying over.

As there is no need to replace oil or filters, they also require less maintenance than oil-lubricated models, which in turn significantly reduces whole life costs

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USE FOOD-GRADE LUBRICANT

Even when procedures are very rigorous, trace amounts of lubricant can and do come in contact with surfaces, packaging or the food itself.

Avoid risks to health, taste and smell and ensure regulatory compliance by using a food-grade lubricant, which has no harmful effects


 

Oil Lubricated Machines

High volumetric efficiency at low power consumption

The Elmo Rietschle oil lubricated pumps havebeen the favourite choice for food packagingvacuum applications over many years now. 


Listening to the voice of our customers we haveredesigned this successful industry classic.

 

 

Vacuum Solutions For FOOD PROCESSING AND PACKAGING

Used in food packaging for more than 70 years, vacuum plays a crucial role is a variety of food packaging processes.  We pride ourselves in providing a full range of vacuum equipment for the food packaging industry; combining  efficiency and accuracy of vacuum supply for low to high volume packaging lines. When you need solutions to support your vacuum and low pressure applications, you’ll want expert partners that will give you all the benefit of their experience and knowledge.

 
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COMPLIANCE

ISO 22000. ISO and its member countries used the Quality Management System approach, and tailored it to apply to Food Safety, incorporating the widely used and proven HACCP principles and Good Manufacturing Principles (addressed by Prerequisite Programs in ISO 22000).

All our products come fully certified and our experts with you to ensure you have necessary compliance for the Food & Beverage Industry

 

VACUUM ADVICE & EXPERTISE

Elmo Rietschle can help identify and reduce any risks through a free site survey, which may extend to working with the production team to ensure the equipment is included in the HACCP assessment

PROCESS QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS

Air quality is particularly important in a food and beverage manufacturing environment. Our vacuum experts can help you improve the quality and reliability of your vacuum supply

SUPPORT BEFORE,DURING & AFTER

We pride ourselves in offering exceptional after sales care. We work with you to offer timely, predictive maintenance using high quality genuine spares to keep you up and running no matter what

COMPLETE VACUUM SOLUTIONS

Gardner Denver have the widest range of vacuum technologies available in the market, including both oil free and lubricated technology options

Oil Free
Vacuum Pumps
 

Go Oil Free

Choose an oil-free vacuum pump specifically developed to meet the needs of manufacturers requiring only the highest air purity standards. Oil-free vacuum pumps don’t require the same level of maintenance as oil-lubricated models, as there is no need to replace oil or filters.

This also provides the added benefit of cutting down on costs over a pump’s lifetime. Another major advantage to an oil-free vacuum pump is that it doesn’t have to be removed to carry out maintenance. This means a dramatic reduction in equipment downtime and associated costs from oil, waste oil disposal or labour.

With the focus on air quality only likely to increase as time goes on, there’s real potential for those operating in production sensitive environments to reap the rewards of oil-free vacuum pumps.

 

 

Oil Lubricated
Vacuum Pumps

High volumetric efficency at low power consumption

The Elmo Rietschle oil lubricated pumps have been the favourite choice for food packaging vacuum applications over many years now.

Listening to the voice of our customers we have redesigned this successful industry classic.

 

OIL LUBRICATED VACUUM PUMPS

HIGH VOLUMETRIC EFFICIENCY AT LOW POWER CONSUMPTION

Our oil-lubricated pumps have been the favourite choice for food packaging vacuum applications for many years now. Listening to our customers we have redesigned this successful industry classic.
 

When bottling beverages, cosmetic or pharmaceutical products, the bottle is at first evacuated before being filled to make sure the product reaches the customer in good quality. Machines used for applications in the food industry are, in most cases, made from stainless steel.

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Air and the oxygen that air contains have harmful effects on the quality and durability of fresh food. For this reason many processes need evacuation. The classic vacuum application in this field is vacuum packaging. Before sealing, a vacuum pump evacuates the air out of the packet. Vacuum pumps are used in numerous packaging machines for industrial use, e.g. Chamber machines, Forming machines, Carousel machines and Tray sealing machines.
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For vacuum forming, an additional pump is needed at that part of the machine.
V-Series - Rotary VaneC-Series - Claw

The surrounding pressure exerts a mechanical influence on the product that can greatly alter the external shape.

For this reason, the MAP process has been the method of choice in many application areas. In this process, products are packaged in modified atmosphere and the oxygen removed. The product is enclosed in a blister package, placed in the vacuum chamber and evacuated. The modified atmosphere is then injected and the blister package and food are sealed with a protective film.

Using this method the food retains its original shape and meats present a suitably red appearance to customers, even after extended storage.
V-Series - Rotary VaneS-Series - Screw

  • Generating a vacuum and sealing the bag or
  • Feeding inert gas and sealing the bag afterwards


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