Americans consume hundreds of pounds of snacks annually, creating a multi-billion dollar revenue stream for the food service industry. In fact, we spend more on snacks than we do on actual meals. Experts attribute the snack food trend to American’s 24/7 lifestyle: eating smaller meals and satisfying our salty, sweet cravings. The key to snacking is portability. The food service industry counts on bag equipment to produce the packaging to keep up with consumer demands.
The Make-Up of Bag Machines
Bag machines are several pieces of equipment, connected with 100’s of individual parts. Raw materials are inputted, and the output result is finished bags. Bags are typically made of plastic, paper and foil that are customized, hole-punched, and sealed. Those types of seals include zipper, heat sealed, and self-sealed. They can be free standing or easy slip-in and seal bags thanks to the equipment roller and film sealer assembly. Most equipment are customizable enough they can produce the appropriate pouch for any snack product.
Manufacturers
Today, there are a handful of well-established bag machine manufacturers. Hudson-Sharp has developed proprietary Inno-Lok® and Pour & Lok™ pre-applied closure product lines creating innovated solutions for bag and film converting needs. Many equipment manufacturers can build custom models or even sell refurbished equipment. If your bag equipment manufacturers’ warranty has expired, consider working with a hudson-sharp machine part supplier.
Food service manufacturers invest considerable investments in bags and sealing machines, and they need to keep them running. They understand the importance of keeping up the maintenance and inspection of equipment. Whether a customer has a top-name brand, discontinued model, or custom design, it’s easy to replace parts through a machine parts vendor.
Cost of Parts
The equipment costs to replace washers, bushings and bearings are minimal. The bag equipment parts companies can produce or reverse engineer hundreds of component parts, regardless of the make and model. It’s cheaper to replace the parts than the entire equipment. There are Hudson-Sharp machine parts vendors who produce and deliver replacement parts very quickly, which shortens your downtime.
S.A.R.R. Industries uses OEM specifications to manufacture machine spare parts for Hudson-Sharp and other top industry brands of wicketer and bag converter equipment. They provide the highest diversification of parts sold in the industry today. Make sure to visit sarrindustries.com.
