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Find the right sachet machine for your product

Tell us your product, dose, sachet size and output. Lancing will recommend a practical machine route.

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Product-ledDosing selected for how your liquid, powder or granule behaves.
Pack-ledSachet format, film structure and seal requirements reviewed together.
Output-ledSingle or multi-lane machinery matched to your accepted production target.
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Find your starting point

Choose a machine route that fits your product

Start with the options below, then send your product, dose, sachet and output details so the final machine can be matched to real production conditions.

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Choose by product and pack

Which type of sachet machine do you need?

Choose by product first, then compare the sachet format, film, output and level of automation that best fit your operation.

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Powder sachet machines

Auger dosing for fine, cohesive, dusty or aerated powders, with trial-led screw and agitation selection.

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Granule sachet machines

Weighing and volumetric routes for sugar, salt, seeds, grains and other free-flowing pieces.

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VFFS sachet machines

Roll-stock forming, filling, sealing, cutting and optional coding in one automated process.

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Premade pouch fillers

Pick, open, fill and seal converted pouches where premium shapes or features are required.

Protect output and pack quality

Avoid costly specification mistakes

A machine that looks suitable on paper can still struggle with product flow, dose consistency or seal contamination. Reviewing these details early protects output and pack quality.

  • Characterise viscosity, bulk density, flowability, dust, particles and temperature
  • Define nominal dose, permitted tolerance and verification method
  • Fix sachet dimensions, seal style, film structure, registration and coding
  • Set accepted output after stops, changeovers, cleaning and downstream handling
  • Agree representative factory and site acceptance tests
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Choose by application

Find machinery for your product sector

Your sector changes the hygiene, material, validation and quality-control requirements. Choose the application closest to your product to narrow the machine, hygiene and validation requirements.

Food and Sauce Sachet Filling Machines

Single-serve food sachets need accurate dosing, clean seals and materials selected for the product, fill temperature and intended shelf life. The machinery route differs for sauces, powders and free-flowing portions, even when the finished pack looks similar.

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Cosmetic Sample Sachet Machines

Cosmetic sample sachets combine tight dose expectations with strong presentation requirements. Viscosity, fragrance, foaming, product sensitivity and film appearance all need to be translated into a machine and validation specification.

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Nutraceutical Sachet Filling Machines

Nutraceutical and regulated-product sachet lines should be specified against the manufacturer’s quality system, contamination controls and validation plan. The packaging machine is one element in a controlled process that also includes material handling, coding, inspection and batch records.

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Detergent and Chemical Sachet Machines

Chemical sachet projects begin with a full product safety and compatibility review. The formulation, hazard classification, vapour, dust, temperature and cleaning method influence materials, enclosure, extraction, electrics and the decision whether automated flexible packaging is appropriate.

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See the process

Watch sachet and VFFS machinery in action

See machinery movement, filling principles and practical VFFS considerations before you decide which route to investigate.

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From enquiry to production

A clearer route from first enquiry to production

Share the right information early, compare like-for-like proposals and agree how performance will be proved before delivery.

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Share

Tell us the product, dose, sachet, film, output and site constraints.

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Compare

Review the most suitable dosing, forming, sealing and inspection options.

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Prove

Run representative product and film against agreed acceptance criteria.

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Launch

Install, train operators and put spares and maintenance support in place.

Speak to a UK machinery specialist

Get my machine recommendation for your sachet project

Send your product, dose, sachet and output target. Samples, film details and a line layout help us give you a more useful recommendation.

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Lancing Ltd
Unit 5A Jefferson Way
Thame, Oxfordshire
OX9 3SZ
United Kingdom

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Common questions

Questions buyers ask before choosing a sachet machine

What products can sachet filling machines pack?

Configured systems can fill flowable liquids and pastes, powders, granules and small particulate products. The dosing method is selected from the product behaviour, dose and accuracy requirement.

What is a VFFS sachet machine?

A vertical form fill and seal machine forms sachets from roll stock, meters the product, seals the pack and cuts or perforates it in an automatic sequence.

When is a multi-lane sachet machine appropriate?

Multi-lane machinery is evaluated when a high total output of narrow sachets or stick packs is required and product feeding, cleaning and downstream handling can support parallel lanes.

Can one machine fill several products or pack sizes?

A machine may support a defined range through recipes, tooling and product-contact change parts, but the complete product and format matrix must be reviewed before specification.

What information is required for a quotation?

Provide the product, target dose and tolerance, sachet dimensions and seal style, film, required accepted output, utilities, hygiene needs, coding, inspection and installation scope.

Are the speeds and fill ranges shown guaranteed?

Use the figures to narrow your options. Final performance is confirmed against your product, film, sachet format and agreed acceptance test.

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Tell us about your product and pack

Get a sachet machine recommendation based on your product

Send your product, target dose, sachet dimensions, film and required output. We will help narrow the right dosing and packaging route for your project.

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Build a specification that can be tested

Specify the sachet, dose, film and machine as one production system

A reliable automatic sachet packing machine is not selected from product type alone. The product, dosing method, finished pack, film web, seal pattern, lane arrangement and quality checks interact. Recording these inputs before quotation gives suppliers a common basis for comparing machines and gives your acceptance test something measurable to prove.

Product and doseDescribe viscosity, flowability, bulk density, particle size, temperature, foaming, dust or settling as relevant. State the nominal dose, permitted tolerance and how production samples will be checked.
Sachet dimensionsProvide finished width and length, usable fill space, headspace, seal widths, corner shape and whether connected strips, perforations or individual cut packs are required.
Film web and lanesSupply the laminate construction, reel width, core, print repeat and registration mark. For multi-lane machines, confirm lane pitch, cut pattern and how total accepted output is calculated.
Seal and opening featuresDefine back, three-side or four-side seals, tear notch position, perforation, easy-open requirement and the pack test that will be used to judge seal integrity.
Photocell and codingConfirm whether the film is registered print, where the eye mark sits, the code content and position, and whether code presence or readability must be inspected.
Evidence and acceptanceAgree representative product and film trials, retained sample sachets, dose records, seal or leak checks, run video and the operating conditions used for the accepted output figure.
Use the quotation checklist Plan trials and acceptance

Keep each packaging route in its correct place

Choose between a flat sachet, stick pack and premade pouch

The finished pack format should be fixed before the machinery route. This website concentrates on small roll-stock sachets and stick packs, with selected premade-pouch references only where they help a buyer compare adjacent options.

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Roll-stock sachets

VFFS sachet machines unwind a film web, form the pack, dose the product, make the longitudinal and cross seals, then cut or perforate the finished sachet. They suit conventional single-serve and sample formats where reel-fed production is appropriate.

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Stick packs

A stick pack is a narrow sachet, commonly made on a multi-lane web. Lane pitch, registration, back-seal position, cross-cut accuracy and lane-to-lane dose consistency are central to the specification.

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Premade pouches

Converted pouches can provide zippers, spouts, gussets and premium shapes, but they use a different pick-open-fill-seal process. For broader premade-pouch selection, use the dedicated Pouch Fillers UK resource.

Domain boundary. Detailed roll-stock bag and broad form-fill-seal machinery remain covered by Form Fill and Seal UK. This site stays focused on sachet and stick-pack buying decisions so the guidance does not compete with the specialist pouch and bag websites.

Ask for evidence, not an isolated headline speed

What a useful sachet machine trial should produce

A trial is most valuable when it reproduces the declared product, film and pack format and records the conditions. The result should make it easier to decide whether the machine is suitable and what must be written into the final specification.

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Representative inputs

Use production-representative product and the intended laminate, including registered print where a photocell will control pack length.

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Retained sample sachets

Keep labelled samples from stable running and from any deliberate challenge conditions so dose, appearance and seals can be reviewed afterwards.

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Recorded run conditions

Record recipe, dose setting, sachet size, film, lane count, run duration, stops and accepted output rather than relying on a short unqualified demonstration.

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Agreed quality checks

Define dose sampling, seal inspection, leak testing where relevant, coding, registration, cut position and the response to rejected packs.

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Define the project around your product and pack

Send the details needed for a testable sachet machine proposal

Provide your product, dose, finished sachet, film, lane or output requirement and any coding, inspection or leak-test expectations. Lancing Ltd can use that information to narrow the machine route and define the next technical checks.

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Compare like with like

Compare quotations against the same declared production case

Two sachet machine proposals can appear similar while being based on different product conditions, pack formats, operating periods or supply boundaries. Issue one controlled production case to every supplier so the machinery, options and acceptance evidence can be compared on the same basis.

Part of the declared caseWhat to stateWhat the comparison should reveal
Product conditionIdentify the production product, batch variation, filling temperature and any mixing, settling, aeration, dust, particles or viscosity changes expected before it reaches the dosing system.Whether the proposed pump, auger, weighing device, hopper and product-feed arrangement are being assessed against the same real input.
Dose and format matrixList every required dose with its finished sachet or stick-pack dimensions, seal pattern, opening feature and permitted tolerance. Separate launch formats from possible future formats.Which formats use recipes, which need change parts or tooling, and which sit outside the proposed configuration.
Film and artwork caseProvide the intended laminate, reel and core data, winding direction, print repeat, registration mark, coding zone and approved pack or web drawing.Whether film handling, photocell control, code position, seals, tear notch and cut are included in the same production-intent test.
Accepted-output periodDefine the period over which saleable output will be measured and how normal checks, refilling, reel changes, stopped lanes, rejected packs and downstream interruptions are recorded.Whether a quoted figure is an instantaneous setting, a theoretical total or accepted packs produced under the declared conditions.
Supply boundaryState who supplies product feed, tanks or transfer, film tooling, coding, inspection, discharge handling, guarding interfaces, installation, training and documentation.Which quotation describes a working production system and which describes only the filling and sealing core.
Evidence and acceptanceAgree representative samples, dose records, seal or leak checks, registration and code checks, run-video coverage, retained sachets, deviations and the sign-off route.Whether the claimed result can be traced to the machine, product, film, pack and operating condition actually proposed.

For small liquid or paste doses

Start with the liquid sachet machine comparison, then define start-up, refill, pause and nozzle cut-off conditions in the trial case.

Build a comparable quotation requestSend the declared production case

Technical resource centre

Plan the complete sachet project before you compare quotations

Use the new selection, integration and quality guides to define the product, finished pack, line boundary and acceptance evidence. The aim is a machinery enquiry that describes what must be proven, not only what the machine is called.

Project-readiness check

Five controlled inputs produce a more useful machine recommendation

1. Product conditionState viscosity or bulk-density range, temperature, particles, dust, aeration, foaming, stringing, fragility and the intended product-feed method.
2. Finished packProvide dose, dimensioned sachet drawing, seal pattern, tear notch, perforation, code area and whether packs leave individually or in strips.
3. Film webProvide structure, thickness, web width, reel/core, winding direction, print repeat, eye-mark drawing, artwork and lane map where relevant.
4. Accepted outputDefine saleable packs over a stated period, normal refill/reel/check events, reject rules and any lane-specific sampling.
5. Complete lineShow utilities, site layout, product feed, coding, inspection, discharge, downstream equipment, cleaning and acceptance responsibilities.
Complete the quotation checklistSend the project details

Decision questions

Questions that turn a broad sachet enquiry into an engineering decision

What should be fixed before asking for a sachet machine price?

Fix the product condition, dose and tolerance, finished pack, film, accepted-output test and supply boundary before treating prices as comparable.

Without those controls, one proposal may include product feed, coding, inspection and commissioning while another covers only the forming and sealing machine. A controlled brief makes the commercial comparison useful rather than merely cheaper on paper.

Use the sachet machine quotation checklist.

Why can two products with the same dose need different machines?

The same nominal dose can require different pumps, augers, weighers, nozzles, hopper controls and sealing conditions because product behaviour—not the number alone—drives the dosing and handling method.

Viscosity, foaming, particle size, aeration, bulk density, fragility, temperature and cleaning method can change the product path and cycle. Representative samples are therefore more useful than a dose value by itself.

See how product behaviour changes the sachet process.

What is the difference between cycle speed and accepted output?

Cycle speed describes machine motion; accepted output counts conforming packs produced under the declared operating conditions.

Accepted output should account for lane availability, dose and seal checks, rejects, normal replenishment and the agreed test period. This prevents a short instantaneous setting from being mistaken for sustained saleable production.

Read the accepted-output guide.

When should the downstream packing process be defined?

Define counting, strip separation, collation, cartoning and case packing before the sachet machine discharge is finalised.

A sachet can leave flat, curled, charged with static, linked in strips or individually cut. The required presentation affects cutters, discharge conveyors, accumulation, reject handling and the signals exchanged with the next machine.

Plan sachet discharge and secondary packing.

Open the sachet machine question librarySend your application details

Turn the answer into a testable machine brief

Send the product, finished sachet and operating conditions behind the question

Include representative product, dose range, sachet dimensions, film or artwork data, required accepted output and any cleaning, coding, inspection or line-integration requirements. Lancing Ltd can then assess the machine route against the real production case.

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Verified model and UK project guidance

Plan water sachets, powder risk and pack format with clearer evidence

New resources add a verified 50–500 ml water-sachet model, a drinking-water project route, a three-format comparison and UK safety guidance without changing the existing machine range.

Plan UK machinery safety

Define guarding, isolation, line interfaces, PUWER duties and site-specific acceptance evidence.

Open the drinking-water project guideReview powder dust and DSEAR

New buyer decision resources

Resolve seal format, hot-fill conditions and film handling before quotation

Four practical decisions can change the machine, tooling and line scope even when the product and dose stay the same.

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