FFS Bagging Machine (Form-Fill-Seal)
Behpoo FFS machines form the bag from film roll, fill it and seal it in one continuous cycle. Bag weights from 1 to 50 kg at up to 1,800 bags per hour, with no pre-made bags to buy or store.
An FFS machine makes the bag on the spot. Film is drawn from a roll over a forming tube, sealed, filled with the weighed dose and sealed again — so the bag exists only from the moment it is needed.
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The commercial case is the consumable. Film on a roll costs considerably less per bag than a pre-made sewn or glued sack, and it takes far less warehouse space. Changing bag length is a machine setting, not a new order of bags.
Behpoo builds FFS machines for tubular film — already formed as a tube, so only cross seals are needed — and for flat film with a longitudinal seal, where the film is cheaper but one more seal must be controlled.
Bag weight is what sets the class. A heavier bag needs thicker film, thicker film needs a longer sealing time, and sealing time is what caps the cycle rate. This is why capacity and bag weight are always quoted together.
Benefits & Features
- Bag weights 1 – 50 kg
- Throughput up to 1,800 bags/hour
- Film cost per bag well below pre-made sacks
- Bag length changed by setting, not by tooling
- Tubular and flat-film versions
- Active de-aeration for powders
- Gusseting and printed film registration available
Product Range
| Type | What it is | Typical use |
|---|---|---|
| VFFS Small Pack | Vertical machine, thin film, fast sealing | Consumer packs 0.1 – 2 kg, often fed from a multihead weigher |
| VFFS Medium | Vertical, medium film, net weighing | 1 – 10 kg packs, food and chemical |
| Heavy-Duty Standard | Thick tubular film, net weighing, active de-aeration, extended seal time | 10 – 30 kg sacks — the industrial standard |
| Heavy-Duty High Capacity | Active jaw cooling, sometimes multiple forming tubes, heavier frame | 20 – 50 kg sacks in cement and minerals |
| HFFS Horizontal | Film runs horizontally, bag formed lying down | Flat packs and piece goods |
Available Options
| Option | Choices |
|---|---|
| Film type | Tubular (no longitudinal seal) · Flat with longitudinal seal |
| Orientation | Vertical (VFFS) · Horizontal (HFFS) |
| Weighing | Net weigh hopper · Multihead weigher · Auger filler |
| De-aeration | None · Passive vents · Active vacuum de-aeration |
| Bag features | Flat · Gusseted · Handle · Printed film registration |
| Sealing | Constant heat · Impulse · With active jaw cooling |
| Safety | Standard · ATEX |
Technical Specification
| Parameter | Unit | Range |
|---|---|---|
| Bag weight | kg | 5 – 50 |
| Throughput | bags/h | 600 – 2,400 |
| Film width | mm | 400 – 1,200 |
| Film thickness | µm | 80 – 220 |
| Film roll diameter | mm | 400 – 1,000 |
| Weighing accuracy | % of target | ±0.1 – ±0.5 |
| Compressed air pressure | barg | 6 – 7 |
| Compressed air consumption | Nm³/h | 20 – 60 |
| Installed power | kW | 8 – 25 |
| Footprint L×W×H | m | 3.5×2×5 to 6×3×7 |
Areas & Application
Cement & Building Materials
25 and 50 kg sacks of cement, mortar and plaster, with active de-aeration handling the air entrained in fine powder.
Fertilizer & Agriculture
Granular fertilizer and seed in 25 and 50 kg sacks, where film cost per bag is a direct margin item at high volume.
Polymers & Masterbatch
Granules and pellets in 25 kg sacks, with printed film registration for brand presentation.
Animal Feed & Aquaculture
Pellets and meal in sacks, with gusseted bags for stable pallet stacking.
Food Bulk
Sugar, flour, rice and salt in food-grade film, in washdown execution.
Options & Compliance
- MaterialsPainted carbon steel · SS304 · SS316 for product-contact parts
- Hazardous areaATEX execution for Zone 20 / 21 / 22
- EnclosureIP55 standard · IP65 washdown
- Control interfaceProfinet · Modbus TCP · EtherNet/IP with recipe management
- StandardsOIML R61 accuracy classes · OIML R87 prepackage content · FDA CFR 21 and EU 1935 for food contact · ISO 12100
Tell us your bag weight, product and required throughput — we will confirm the class, film type and sealing arrangement.