Rasch special figure foiling wrapping machine type FI 4-6

Chocolate figures are very popular. But how are these fragile figures fitted into their customized cover? Rasch special figure foiler type FI has been setting standards in the wrapping of sensitive hollow chocolate products for decades.

Santa Clause, Christmas elf, angel, Easter bunny, frog, chicken, bear, teddy, ice bear, penguin, Yowies, Kiwi bird, car, comic characters, sports mascots or other figures – as long as they are made of chocolate and fit the size range of Rasch special foiler for hollow figures type FI 4-6 they will get their tailormade outfits on this wrapping machine. Rasch experts are on your side starting from the product development up to the final shape with best possible technical advice in order to develop a geometry which can be wrapped on a machine in the best possible way.

Besides the approved overlap, Rasch has developped the triple fold for figures (also called z-fold) and has already been defining standards regarding the accurate fold of the foil without the shiny inner silver foil seen from outside. Our original heat-sealing technique guarantees even the most sophisticated wrapping of products with a difficult geometrical form such as sitting rabbits for example. The new fold-seal wrapping style combines the advantages of both wrapping techniques: The foil is perfectly fitted to the product, then folded with z-fold and finally heat-sealed. This does not only avoid foil tears but creates a solid packagingwhich meets the requirements of a temper-evident packaging in the best possible way. The figure smoothing station finally gives the smooth look and soft touch to the products.

This machine series can wrap up to 60 products per minute depending on product and wrapping style. Moreover, Rasch wrapping machine for hollow articles type FI offers diverse possibilities to attach labels which is increasingly important as producers have to meet numerous declaration obligations.

This machine can either be fed manually or automatically by a couple of systems. Foil uncoiling device, main drive and folding bridge are equipped with de-centralized servo motors as standard. On top of that, hollow figure wrapping machine type FI 4-6 has quick change over systems for format parts and the folding brigde. This way, change over times, especially compared to previous versions, can be importantly shortened.

Rasch wrapping machine type FI kann be equipped with additional sets of format parts and devices anytime. Rasch format parts are only developped on modern CNC-machines on the basis of the original 3D product data. This is always related to a close co-operation with the mould supplier. This proceeding avoids errors and mistakes which can arise from hand-made production or the scanning of chocolate products. Original Rasch technology – something you can rely on!