Ishida Europe, a company specializing in packing and weighing solutions, has launched a new tray sealer with improved performance and environmental benefits, ideal for food packaging. The Ishida QX-500 has been developed with extensive feedback from global customers and partners, ensuring it is a compact tray sealer that offers excellent seal quality and high throughput.
Through the QX-500, companies can increase productivity while meeting their sustainability goals. Ishida has incorporated new technology into this machine to ensure it delivers a 66% increase in cycle speed, a 44% reduction in weight, a 46% reduction in size, and a 50% decrease in energy consumption. These features greatly reduce waste and improve efficiency.
The tray sealer is a versatile machine that offers consistently high-quality sealing, including seal only, gas flushing, modified atmosphere packaging (MAP), stretch film, and skinpack. It can effectively operate across a wide range of tray designs and materials, such as plastic, board, and recyclable and innovative paper film formats, supporting sustainable packaging.
According to Tara O’Connor, Ishida Europe’s product manager for tray sealers, “The QX-500 is designed to maximize yields and throughput without compromising on product or pack quality and while minimizing environmental impact.” The machine is optimized with Ishida’s new ‘IntelliSeal’ technology system, which ensures excellent seal integrity for extended shelf life while providing ease of opening for the end-user.
O’Connor continues, “The QX-500 represents a true clean-sheet approach, with a development process that involved very high expectations and features enhancements across all aspects of the machine. This very broad development approach for both new technologies and machine construction means that we can truly state that the new QX-500 is revolutionary rather than evolutionary.”
In conclusion, the Ishida QX-500 tray sealer is a revolutionary machine that helps companies efficiently meet their sustainability goals with a focus on food packaging. Its user-friendly features, versatility, and state-of-the-art technology make it a valuable asset for any company.
