| The front runners with their absolute line of skin | | | | packaging film that gives a chic look to the |
| packaging, blister packaging, vertical baggers and | | | | product. Normally the skin lined plastic film will be |
| die cutting systems and equipments. Skin | | | | drawn tight to the merchandise by drawing air out |
| packaging machines are of the top class and are | | | | of the package with the use of a vacuum suction |
| very user friendly. | | | | tool. |
| It is a kind of carded packaging in which | | | | The packaging machineries are intended for a |
| merchandise is positioned on a piece of | | | | range of automation levels in any packaging |
| paperboard, and a thin see-through sheet made | | | | industry. The easiest skin packaging machines |
| up of plastic is placed and sealed above the | | | | need operators to load the merchandise onto the |
| product and paperboard. The pieces of | | | | tray, then drag the skin packaging layer over the |
| paperboards are usually printed. The printed | | | | merchandise and tray. Then the machine cycle is |
| paperboard more often has heat-sealed coating. | | | | activated. |
| The plastic film used to cover the product is | | | | Additional automatic packaging tools can carry out |
| always softened by reheating it and then draped | | | | extra steps in the packaging procedures |
| over the product on the card. In few cases we | | | | mechanically. The rank of mechanization of the |
| can see that vacuum is used to help out in getting | | | | skin packaging essential for the function is |
| a firm fit and neat look. As the layer of plastic | | | | dependent upon the function, the productivity |
| binds to the heat-seal covering on the paperboard. | | | | necessary of the packaging apparatus, and |
| The skin-packed piece is then cut into separate | | | | further function qualifications. |
| pieces. | | | | What is a skin board? |
| This packaging is also something that resembles a | | | | Skin board is a specifically created paper that is |
| blister pack. The main dissimilarity between both | | | | made with infinitesimal pores. These pores allow |
| the techniques is that the plastic that closes the | | | | air to pass through during the process of Skin |
| product is bent and shaped over the product to | | | | Packaging. A kind of heat activated bonding agent |
| give a trendy look instead of being pre-formed. | | | | is applied to the board after the required |
| These equipments are made to produce a tight | | | | specifications and packing details are printed on |
| parcel around any given merchandise from a film | | | | them. |
| of plastic. The wrap-up that is created by skin | | | | Heated plastic sheets are spread onto the board |
| packaging machine will set skin tight and goes | | | | and pulled down around the merchandise by |
| along with the shape of the product so well. | | | | means of vacuum. Then when the hot plastic |
| Packaging tools places the merchandise to be | | | | gets together with the glue, a bond is created. |
| packed on top of a card or tray that will be | | | | These Skin boards are fashionable and come in |
| printed. | | | | many sizes and thicknesses. |
| The merchandise is over-wrapped with skin | | | | |