Filling and Sealing Packaged Foods
Practical Action
Sealing boxes and cartons
Cardboard cartons or boxes that contain packaged foods are usually sealed by either hot-melt glue,
or by adhesive tape. Simple tape dispensers (Fig. 14) are available, which make carton sealing faster
and more efficient.
Fig. 14. Adhesive tape dispenser
Sacks
Sacks can be sealed by hand-stitching, but more commonly in commercial operations they are
sealed using an electric sack-stitcher (Fig. 15).
Fig. 15. Sack stitcher
Photo from Peter Fellows
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