Automatic poly bagging machines deposit products in plastic bags and seal the bags to protect the contents from dust, dirt, and moisture, often without hindering visibility. Poly bags are used by commercial, industrial, and retail establishments as a convenient way of protecting merchandise during storage and transport.

Another benefit is that identification tags can be, and are often, attached to poly bags for tracking purposes. Finally, poly bags come in a variety of shapes and sizes depending on the volume and weight of the contents desired to fill them.

Poly Bags

There are many types of poly bags, each suitable for a specific application.

  • General purpose poly bags (LDPE): Made with Low-Density Poly-Ethylene film. Common for ordinary bagging.
  • Extreme poly bags: Made with multilayer film for superior strength.
  • >Ultra poly bags: Made with triple-layered film, resulting in a strong and tough poly bag that is still flexible.
  • Electrostatic discharge and E-Z stat (anti-static): Made with some metallic content, these poly bags protect the contents from static electricity. They are widely used by electronic and medical industries.
  • Gamma patient: Used when the contents need to be irradiated with gamma rays for sterilization.
  • HD mailer: Multilayer bags that protect the contents from damage; the contents also are shielded from visibility.
  • Metalized barrier film: Protecting the contents from humidity and visibility, these bags also can feature attractive displays or logos.
  • Modified atmospheric packaging: Allow air to easily pass through, these bags permit the contents to breathe and stay fresh.
  • Non-scratch film: Hardy bags with non-scratching, embossed inner surfaces.
  • Polypropylene bags: Widely used for retail packaging.
  • Sharp side load bags: Used in high volume and heavy load applications due to their hardy construction.
  • SPHD (high-density polyethylene) bags: Long-lasting bags suitable for printing.
  • Stretch sleeves (polyethylene sleeve labels): These provide tight packaging for bottles.
  • Vapor corrosion inhibitor bags: Ideal for packing metals, as they protect the contents from corrosion and rusting.

Benefits Of Hardware Counting Equipments

Hardware Kits & Poly BaggingAutomatic poly bagging machines speed up hardware counting and screw packing operations. The benefits of automating these operations with poly bagging are worth mentioning briefly.

  • Ease of deployment and operation: They are compact machines, so they are easily transported and installed. They have intuitive controls that make them easy to operate.
  • High-speed counting with greater throughput: Counting is superior to weighing to avoid errors from weight variations.
  • Improved process management that eliminates errors: Their accuracy exceeds 99.5% while counting hundreds of parts each second.
  • Utmost flexibility: These machines can count parts as small as 0.3 mm and as large as 30 mm.

Benefits Of Screw Packing Machines

These are fully automatic machines that can both count and pack products. They are typically used for counting or weighing small parts like fasteners, nuts, bolts, and screws.

  • They are accurate, fast machines that give trouble-free operation throughout their lifetime. In addition to their accuracy, more than 99%, they last for at least 10 years.
  • They are easy to install, flexible, and multifunctional. These machines can count parts and fill, seal, and cut poly bags.
  • Screw packing machines improve capacity while reducing costs. Their automated, fast operations help save labor costs.
  • These machines provide both convenience and customization.

Why Choose Hardware Kits & Poly Bagging From Associated Fastening

Associated Fastening Products, Inc. offers custom hardware kits and Poly Bagging services, handling a range of components including hardware, fasteners, casters, brackets, o-rings, bushings, clips, and other parts. We incorporate blister packaging, skin packaging, labeling, bar coding, and parts boxes, with hand counting capabilities, and sub-assembly production. Kits are available in custom configurations, and our state-of-the-art packaging machinery is capable of placing both large and small items, with a range of 1 to 1000 of the same part, and 1 to 25 of different parts.

Bags are available in a range of sizes, from 3″ to 24″ in width and length, and thicknesses from 1.9 to 8 mil. Our imprinting capabilities allow customers to exhibit their logos, labels, and branding messages. Semi-automated packaging, manual packaging, and reboxing are also provided, and we supply an enclosed instruction sheet for each assembled kit. Value added secondary services include warehousing, shipping, reverse engineering, and specialized packaging. For more details about our custom hardware kits and poly bagging services, or our broad range of services and products, please see the table below or contact us directly.

Associated Fastening Products, Inc. has been a leader for over 30 years in the production and distribution of standard and custom fastening products. We are ISO 9001:2015 certified for supplying cold headed fasteners, fastening products, and screw machine parts in standard and custom designs to OEMs and end-user industries. You can learn more about our capabilities on our About Us page. Or, get in touch with us for all your poly bagging requirements.

Projects

Hardware Kits & Poly Bagging Specifications

Range

Custom Configurations
Large and Small Parts / Items
1 to 1000 of the same Part/Item

1 to 25 of different Parts/Items
State of the Art Packaging Machinery

Capabilities

Poly Bagging
Blister Packaging
Skin Packaging
Hardware / Parts Boxes

Labeling
Bar Coding
Hand Counting
Sub-Assemblies

Components

Hardware
Fasteners
Casters
Brackets
O-rings

Bushings
Clips
Parts
Instruction Sheets

Bag Length

3 to 24 in

Bag Width

3 to 24 in

Bag Thickness

1.9 to 8 mil

Imprinting

Labels
Logos
Branding

Secondary Services

Reboxing
Semi-Automated Packaging

Manual Packaging
Instruction Sheets

Inspection

Quality Assurance
Shipping Manager

Spot Checking Manually
State-of-the-Art Optic Weight Check Machines

Quality Assurance

ISO 9001:2008 Registered
QS 14000 Compliant
Lot Traceable (With Dated Imprint When Requested)
Statistical Process Control (SPC)

Optic Weight Checkers
100% Inspection
Quality Records

Documentation / Certifications

Certificate of Conformance (C of C)
First Articles
PPAP

DFAR
USA Packaged
RoHS

Secondary Operations

Barcode
Logos
Hanger Holes

POP Displays
Assembly

Additional Services

Special Packaging
Warehousing
Shipping

Production Volume

Production Manufacturing
1 to 1,000,000’s

Lead Time

Short Lead Times
Hot Rush Orders Available
Pre-Expedited Orders

On Time Deliveries
Stock and Release
Drop Shipments

Additional Information

Industry Focus

OEM
Automotive
Transportation

Intended Applications

Packaging Service

Industry Standards

ANSI
ASTM
DIN

ISO
Industrial Fastener Institute (IFI)
Mid-West Fastener Association (MWFA)

File Formats

AutoCAD (DWG, DWZ)
Bit Mapped Graphics (BMP)
Catia (CATDrawing, CATPart)
Delcam (DGK, DMT)
Drawing Exchange Format (DXF)
Graphics Interchange Format (GIF)
Initial Graphics Exchange Specification (IGES, ANSI)
Inventor (IDW, IPT)

IronCAD (ICD, ICS)
Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPG, JPEG)
MasterCam (MDX, MC8, MC9, SET
Portable Document Format (PDF)
Pro-E or Pro/Engineer (DRW, PRT, XPR)
3D ACIS Model File
SolidWorks (SLDPRT, SLDDRW, SLDDRT)