FAQs

We offer 3 different machines:

• FINSEAL 11S : This machine is a HFFS machine to give pouch shaped pack
• WRAPPER 4000 : This machine gives envelope type overwrap and can be used for square /straight edged /parallelepiped shaped products.
• WRAPPER 4000 T : This machine is used for toilet soaps which typically has rounded edges and surfaces. Khosla Machines Private LimitedIt wraps soaps with stiff liner and overwrapper. Wrapper 4000T can pack both banded and bandless soaps.

As name suggests, end-folds in the pack are pressed against the ends of the product and resemble a typical envelope.Khosla Machines Private Limited A regular shaped product like soap bars can be neatly packed in this style.

This machine forms a tube by pulling sealable film over a forming block by means of pairs of pulling and sealing rollers. Product is pushed into the tube in a timed way. Ends of the tubes are crimped, sealed and cut to form individual packs.Khosla Machines Private Limited In a horizontal machine the tube is drawn horizontally and the product is pushed on a horizontal conveyor, hence the name.

Pack formed on HFFS has a long seam running parallel to the product along the centre line of the base of pack. Khosla Machines Private LimitedTwo end seals also called Fin seals, complete the pack. This pack is also called pouch pack or pillow pack because of its shape

Typically laminates like Polyester / OPP, BOPP / BOPP, CPP / BOPP, Polyester / PE or plain BOPP are used in HFFS machines. Advantage of using laminates is that outer layer can be reverse printed to give a glossy print appearance on the outside at the same time preventing printing chemicals coming in contact with edible products like biscuits.Khosla Machines Private Limited All materials used on HFFS must have sealable inside surface.

Toilet soaps are packed in both pouch shaped packs and envelope type overwraps. Although it is a matter of personal choice, there are a few factors that make envelope type overwrap a better choice. Over wrapping or envelope type packing (with stiffener and Paper / PET laminate heat sealable) has following distinct advantages over pouch pack. Because of this, world over this is considered a better method of packing. Some of the advantages are:

• Brand Image :All premium categories of toilet soap produced by renowned multinational companies are either packed in cartons or over wrapped with stiffener and outer paper / PET laminate. This has created a strong brand image over the years as a standard of packing for most recognized toilet soaps.
• The fact that this type of packing gives a tight and well defined form to the packet, makes it ideally suitable for display. In contrast pouch pack is ill-fitting and shapeless which does not help strengthen the brand image.
• Product Protection : Over wrapped toilet soaps with a stiffener give adequate protection to delicate and smoothly finished toilet soap. Tight packing does not allow any rubbing between the packing material and the delicate toilet soap. Pouch pack on the other hand cannot protect toilet soap from small damage during handling and by the time toilet soap reaches the customers, it can have finger nail nicks or dents because of falls and rubbing marks because of the loose packaging.
• Shelf Display : Over wrapped packs have well defined geometry and can be easily stacked and displayed on racks, whereas pouch packs are impossible to stack. Material handling and storing: It is easier to count and pack C / B C box. Over wrapped packs allow minute aroma to percolate through the wrapper which is an important feature for the customer who wants to sniff before buying; pouch pack does not allow this facility. The cost of packing both the styles are comparable to deserve merit, although it varies from country to country. In India for example, overwrapping is economical. Flow wrap is ideal for guest toilet soap (hotel pack) as these can be chained together. Over wrapping has lost some ground mainly because of the fact that over wrapping machines were prohibitively priced as compared to pouch packing machines.

Mechanised packing has numerous advantages. A few of the advantages are:

• Labour saving
• Better and neater packing
• Less wrapper cut length
• Space saving
• Saving in electricity
• Khosla Machines Private Limited6. Consistent quality of packing

All the machines (FINSEAL 11S, WRAPPER 4000, WRAPPER 4000 T) can be customized to suit Khosla Machines Private Limiteddifferent sizes by merely changing a few parts.

Stiffener apart from protecting the delicate soap also provides straight edges along which side folds Khosla Machines Private Limitedare made. This is very helpful when packing soaps with curved facets.

Wrapper size can be calculated as follows: Cut length = Perimeter of soap cross section + 18 mm (minimum). It is better to wrap a paper around soap to find perimeter. Khosla Machines Private LimitedWrapper width: Length of soap + Thickness of soap (at the thickest point) -6 mm.

stiffener width = Length of soap - 1.5 mm Khosla Machines Private Limitedstiffener cut length = Perimeter of the soap cross-section

Wrapper can be sealed either by heat application or by cold gum application. For heat sealability, wrapper should have either a heat sealable layer or hot melt coating on the inside. Both WRAPPER 4000 and WRAPPER 4000 T machines are equipped with this feature.

For cold gum sealing, special formulation gum is applied on the wrapper of the wrapping machine. Khosla Machines Private LimitedThis option is available on WRAPPER 4000 T model.

Heat sealing, without any doubt. Khosla Machines Private LimitedMuch better speed can be achieved and machine folders do not require frequent cleaning too.

Printed wrapper comes in form of roll which is unwound on the machine during the process of wrapping. Slight difference in pull length will make the printed matter slip a little with respect to the product being wrapped. This slip is cumulative and soon it will become noticeable and be unacceptable. Khosla Machines Private LimitedPrint registration unit continuously detects the slip and monitors the correction arrangement to ensure centrality of the printed wrapper with respect to the product.

After the enquiry stage and having satisfied each other with suitability of our machine for your product we can send you a proforma invoice giving FOB / CIF values and delivery period. For machines required outside India, payment can be made in 2 ways:

• An irrevocable Letter of Credit payable at sight is issued
• Khosla Machines Private LimitedPayment can be made by electronic transfer directly to our bank

We offer the following options :-

• Customer representative can come for inspection/trial
• 3rd party inspection from accredited organizations (eg. SGS) can be carried out as arranged by customer.
• Khosla Machines Private LimitedDigital photos/videos of machine is sent to customer

We send our machines in sea worthy packing case as full container load (FCL) of a 20ft. Khosla Machines Private Limited container

Our service engineer(s) commission the machine at your works wherever it is. Khosla Machines Private LimitedCharges for the commissioning are mentioned in our offer.

We maintain an exhaustive inventory of spares. The store is managed using our proprietary inventory software. All international consignments are sent through DHL courier with whom we have our corporate account. Payments can be made electronically by Bank Transfer. Khosla Machines Private Limited