Filling and Sealing Packaged Foods
Fig. 1. Operation of liquid dispenser
Practical Action
1. Filling cylinder from product tank
2. Emptying cylinder into container
Machines for filling powders and particulate foods have a hopper that is filled with food, and when
the weight of food reaches a pre-set limit, the base of the hopper opens to drop the powder into a
container below (Fig. 2). The pre-set weight can be adjusted to fill different sized containers. These
machines are used to fill flour, grains and other foods that have uniform sized pieces.
Fig. 2. Filler for particulate foods
1. Filling the hopper
2. Discharging preset weight into container
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