Pet Food Packaging
Choose the package first, then size conveying, weighing and output around your kibble. Our SVC260, VP and VGT baggers, Wide-Spout pouch fillers and pendulum bucket conveyors are all used for pet food.
Typical route: bucket conveyor → weighing → bagger or pouch filler → inspection → case packing
What Are You Packaging?
Dry pet food and kibble. The application page goes deeper into the challenges, the route and the test.
Explore Dry Pet Food PackagingWhat changes the setup
Piece size
Bulk density
Dust and fines
Surface oil or coating
Target fill weight
Bag or pouch
Required good output
Common Pet Food Packaging Challenges
Five things that decide how a pet food line performs.
Dust and fines
Kibble sheds dust when it is conveyed and dropped. It builds up in buckets and hoppers and can reach the seal.
Broken pieces
Long drops and hard transfers break kibble and add fines.
Oil and coating
Fat-coated kibble sticks to buckets, chutes and weigher pans and changes how it flows.
Large fill weights
Bigger bags need more product per minute through conveying and weighing.
Carryover between recipes
Product left in buckets, hoppers or chutes mixes into the next recipe at changeover.
Recommended Packaging Route
The same conveying feeds whichever packaging machine your package needs.
- 01
Pendulum Bucket Conveyor
Hygienic or Standard model lifts the kibble to the weigher or filler
- 02
Weighing
A multihead weigher for the baggers; built into the Wide-Spout filler
- 03
Packaging Machine
SVC260, VP, VGT or Wide-Spout, chosen by the package
- 04
Inspection
Checkweighing and contaminant checks
- 05
Case Packing and Palletizing
Packs into cases, cases onto pallets
Wide-Spout fillers weigh, fill and cap in one machine, so they take the product straight from the conveyor. Inspection, case packing and palletizing are integrated around our machines.
Packaging Machines
Start from the package: each machine is labelled with the pouches or bags it makes.
SVC260 Continuous-Motion VFFS
Continuous motion for higher outputs. Bags up to 260 mm wide and 400 mm long, up to 160 bags/min.*
VP Series Compact VFFS
Compact baggers for lower outputs. 20–90 bags/min,* film up to 520 mm wide.
VGT Series Quad-Seal VFFS
Front panel up to 300 mm wide, up to 80 bags/min.*
Wide-Spout Pouch Filling and Capping
Weighs, fills and caps stand-up pouches with a 33 mm angled spout. Three models: 450–700, 1000–1200 and 1200–1400 pouches/hour.*
*Machine references. Actual output depends on product, fill weight, package and film.
Define Sustainable Good Output
A pet food line runs at the pace of its slowest stage. The conveyor is rated in m³/h, so we convert it to kg/h with your bulk density and compare it with what the packing line needs.
Supply must stay above demand. Our pendulum bucket conveyors are rated at 10–20 m³/h with up to 25 m lift. We set the final line target from product tests and agreed FAT conditions.
Request a Packaging Test- 01
Product handling
Enough kg/h at your bulk density
- 02
Weighing or filling
Enough sustainable doses per minute
- 03
Bagging or capping
Enough good packs per minute
- 04
Inspection
Enough accepted packs per minute
- 05
Case packing
Enough cases per minute at the packs per case you need
Test With Your Pet Food
Send a sample or the product details. We run them before the final configuration is fixed. The test is free; you cover the shipping of your samples.
What to send
Product sample or details
Piece size
Bulk density
Target fill weight
Bag or pouch format
Film or pouch sample
Required good output
Bags per case
What the test checks
Conveyor throughput in kg/h
Fines and broken pieces
Carryover in buckets and hoppers
Weight result
Bag forming or pouch capping
Seal quality
Sustainable good output
Photo: SVC260 test run in our workshop.
Related Pages
The machines, package formats, complete line and services behind this industry.
Which machines are used for pet food?
The SVC260, VP and VGT baggers, the Wide-Spout pouch fillers and both pendulum bucket conveyors.
Which route should I choose?
Start from the package. Pillow and side gusset bags: SVC260, or the VP series for a compact line. Quad-seal bags: VGT series. 1–5 kg spouted pouches: Wide-Spout.
What pouch does the Wide-Spout family fill?
Stand-up pouches of 1–5 kg with a 33 mm angled spout. Three models cover different outputs.
Can the SVC260 run 160 bags/min with pet food?
160 bags/min is the SVC260's machine maximum, not a pet food line result. Your line output is set from the product, the weighing, the bag and the film.
Can the conveyor capacity be read as kg/h?
No. Our pendulum bucket conveyors are rated in m³/h. We convert it to kg/h with your bulk density.
Start With Your Product
Send the product, target weight, package, film and required output. We use them to define the packaging route and the test plan.
- 01Product
- 02Target weight
- 03Package
- 04Output
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