Commonly used in food-related applications, form, fill and seal equipment is also widely used in the chemical, consumer products, hardware and pharmaceutical industries to package a wide variety of items, both liquid and solid. Innovative sensors from SICK perform many vital tasks on form, fill and seal machines, including uniform registration control, precise product and bag seal detection, and edge guiding control.

Form, fill and seal machines use film that is formed into a tube. A feed servo axis will feed the film tube a specified length. Using a registration sensor from SICK ensures that the film is in the correct print position relative to the end of the pouch. As the film is pulled down, the goods are fed into the tube, where a sensor can verify that the proper amount of goods is placed in the pouch in a consistent manner.