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QUESTIONS TO ASK YOUR FUTURE PACKAGING MACHINE COMPANY
January 6th, 2023
WHAT PRODUCTS DOES YOUR COMPANY OFFER?
AUGER FILLERS
The Auger Filler is the foundation of the product line in which All-Fill's fine family of companies was established. The Auger Fillers are undoubtedly the pinnacle of the industry.
VIBRATORY FILLERS
Vibratory Fillers provide you the perfect blend of accuracy, speed, and versatility across a comprehensive line of linear net weigh feeders.
CUP FILLERS
Volumetric Cup Filler Systems can be used for a variety of dry free-flowing production lines.
PISTON FILLERS
Volumetric Piston Filling machines are built to meet your production needs using state-of-the-art equipment.
CHECKWEIGHERS
Checkweighers are designed to make sure your product is coming off the conveyor within a certain speed and weight tolerance specified by the operator.
VFFS BAGGERS
Vertical Form Fill and Seal bagging machinery is a complete vertical filling solution capable of producing a variety of bag styles and speeds to meet your production demands.
LABELERS
Labeling Systems can make your job more efficient, whether you have a small at-home operation or a large packaging facility.
UNSCRAMBLERS
Bottle Unscrambler machines are designed for long-lasting and consistent operation.
CAPPERS
Automatic Bottle Capping machines are designed for long-lasting and consistent operation.
MACHINE ACCESSORIES
From mechanical assemblies, electronic components, tooling, machine accessories and software, we have the parts you need.
DO YOU OFFER CUSTOM PACKAGING SOLUTIONS?
Every application and product have unique and precise details that need to be evaluated and tested to find the perfect fit. We highly recommend sending sample products, bags, labels and containers for free evaluation and testing. All-Fill has extensive design and fabrication expertise for packaging equipment of all shapes, sizes, and uses. From standalone equipment to complete systems.
HOW DO I FIND THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT?
If you are new to packaging or are curious about the capabilities All-Fill has to offer, we recommend using our Find Your Machine tool. It is completely user-friendly and takes less than a minute to fill out. Our team is also available to discuss your applications and the rates you are looking to achieve.
WHERE DO YOU MANUFACTURE?
All-Fill manufactures in-house, making it a one stop shop for all your packaging needs. We design, manufacture, service and support a complete line of machinery for filling, bagging, checkweighing, labeling, bottle unscrambling, and capping equipment.
DO YOU PROVIDE TRAINING?
It is important for our customers to know how to operate their new packaging equipment prior to it being delivered. We encourage our customers to send in their products to be tested and visit our facility for a factory acceptance test.
LAB TESTING
REQUEST A LAB TEST
At All-Fill, we offer an onsite testing lab that allows us to test customers' products into the desired container by finding the best filling machine for their applications. Not only do we find the perfect machine, we provide you with the proper tooling and accessories you need for the job. Even the best filling machine in the industry can cause the worst packaging nightmare because it is utilizing the wrong tooling and accessories.
All-Fill encourages all customers to visit the test lab when running samples. “Every time a customer visits the All-Fill test lab, they come away understanding their product characteristics, machinery and tooling better. The lab tests are perfect for customers looking to buy new machinery, improve an existing auger filler installation or customers that simply need new tooling for a new product that they want to introduce to their packaging operation.
FACTORY ACCEPTANCE TEST (FAT)
REQUEST A FACTORY ACCEPTANCE TEST
All-Fill offers the Factory Acceptance Test (FAT). This test allows customers to spend as much time as the want to to learn the ins and outs of their new equipment, ask us any questions they might have, as well as receive free training. Either as a standalone model or fully integrated, a factory acceptance test is always recommended. Customers are able to see it perform to the specifications that we quoted and in addition to the specifications they request to see. Depending on the application, certain add-ons might be pertinent to achieving the best possible line and this would be the time to make these changes.
Occasionally, during a FAT, it becomes apparent that the set of tooling (auger, funnel, and accessories) may not be ideal for the machine at hand. Although it’s rare that this happens, it is nice to have our test laboratory on site when it does. This is another benefit of doing a FAT right here at All-Fill. It is much more difficult to diagnose an issue with tooling in a customer’s plant, this is simply because they do not have access to every size of auger and funnel as we do here in All-Fill’s Test Lab.
In our test lab we have each and every size auger, funnel, agitation blades, high speed blades, and cut-offs to test on our laboratory BS-SV-600 filler with no hopper cover. The reason we do not have a hopper cover on the lab filler is so that we can easily and quickly dump product in or remove product for a short run of sample weights. This lets us bypass the customer’s in-feed system for a more efficient test. It also gives us the ability to look in the hopper and see how the product is reacting to the tooling; it may be the agitation blade is moving the mass of the product. This is a common problem that negatively affects weight and can be easily overlooked when one cannot see the product inside the hopper. Luckily, it is also an easy problem to fix; we normally remove the “upper ear” of the agitation blade or apply a knife edge to the stem of the leading edge of the blade.
Being that this is a problem with fill-time, or speed, we have two options: we can try running the auger at a faster or slower speed to improve the efficiency of the product output, or we can try switching to larger set of tooling. We would most likely attempt to run the auger at a different speed first, primarily because it is the most efficient and expedient solution for both All-Fill and the customer. If this is the case we would only need to change the RPM of the filler as opposed to making a new set of tooling for the customer. If this does not solve the problem then we would try a larger set of tooling in the lab filler with the customer’s product, 99% of the time a larger set of tooling will decrease the fill time. Now we can take a set of sample weights (usually 20-30 weights) from the lab filler. This is where the “S” in “BS-SV-600” comes from, that stands for “Scale”. Our lab filler has an offline scale used to measure the weights and record them directly to a clean, organized lab report on an attached computer.
The reason we conduct a run of sample weights is to determine the standard deviation of the weights, and ensure that with this larger set of tooling we can still meet the customer’s specification on accuracy. If this new set of tooling improves our speed and also meets the accuracy requirement, then we would move forward, supplying the customer with this size of tooling and go one with the rest of the FAT. We hope this helps to prove the benefit of a mid-FAT lab test.
DO YOU OFFER PHONE SUPPORT OR SERVICE VISIT REQUESTS?
As we continue to manufacture reliable packaging machinery, it is important to stand behind it and assure our customers that we are here every step of the way. If our customers have simple questions regarding changing rates, new customizations, or need a field service technician to visit the site to address an issue, we are here to help!
All-Fill's Field Service Team has over 50 years of packaging machinery experience. Each one of our employees are trained to service all our product lines. You can rely on our service team to train, install or troubleshoot your equipment. All-Fill is always prepared to not only service the United States, but also our international territories, most notably Canada, Central America, South America, India, China and Australia. Service contracts are available, please mention this to our field service team in order to guarantee machine uptime.
To request a service visit, we ask that you fill out our
request form and give our main office a call at (610) 524-7350, please ask our receptionist to be directed to a Service Manager. If you need simple service/phone support, please have the serial number for your machine ready so our receptionist can direct your call to a service technician.
DOES YOUR COMPANY SELL REPLACEMENT PARTS?
At All-Fill we not only supply you with long-lasting equipment, but we also offer our parts and service departments to guide you along the way. Our parts department provides quality support in a timely manner to reduce your downtime and stocks most parts for quick delivery. From mechanical assemblies, electronic components, tooling, machine accessories and software, we have the parts you need. If you are in need of a spare or replacement part, training or routine service, our team can help you!
All-Fill machines are designed using the most innovative controls and the highest quality parts and components. All-Fill has an unmatched ability to identify and resolve issues that may arise with your machine.
To order parts, we ask that you fill out the request form and/or give our main office a call at (610) 524-7350.
Please let our receptionist know the type of machine you have.
ORDER PARTS
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WHY SHOULD WE CHOSE ALL-FILL?
Founded in 1969, All-Fill’s initial offering was an economical, highly reliable auger filler for powder filling and liquid filling that featured a simplified, “no-nonsense” design that could accurately dispense product with a minimum of setup, maintenance, or operator intervention. All-Fill takes great pride in manufacturing from start to finish to ensure our customers that we have complete control over our internal processes.
All-Fill’s business model is firmly established between our distinct product lines that can be sold individually or fully integrated as a complete packaging solution. Our extensive product line is designed and manufactured in the USA using the finest raw materials and components available, with ease of operator use and safety always in mind. Following all applicable laws, standards, guidelines, and directives is a company-wide imperative.
All-Fill Inc. and our family of fine products take great pride in creating a workplace environment that is focused on the well-being and careers of our most important asset, our employees, as well as being inviting and friendly to all visitors. Our packaging equipment company is nonexistent without the extraordinary group of employees that have called All-Fill home for many years. Family-owned and operated since 1969, a vast majority of All-Fill employees were originally hired as family members, friends, past coworkers or based upon referrals from existing employees. Our team is ready to make your experience with All-Fill a positive one.
The All-Fill family, including our sister company, Auger Fabrication continuously strives to improve our performance by pushing the boundaries of industry standards with the ultimate goal of surpassing our own established levels of excellence in the field of packaging machinery.