The eight main functions of packaging machinery equipment:

Packaging is a necessary condition for products to enter the circulation field, and the main means of achieving packaging is the use of packaging machinery. With the development of the times and the advancement of technology, packaging machinery is playing an increasingly important role in the packaging field.

The main functions are as follows:

(1)Using packaging machinery can greatly improve labor productivity. Mechanical packaging is much faster than manual packaging; for example, in candy packaging, manual packaging can only wrap a dozen pieces, while a candy packaging machine can reach hundreds or even thousands of pieces per minute, increasing efficiency by dozens of times.

(2)Using packaging machinery can effectively ensure packaging quality. Mechanical packaging can produce uniformly sized packages according to the requirements of the packaged items, which cannot be guaranteed by manual packaging. This is particularly important for export goods, as only mechanical packaging can achieve standardized and regulated packaging that meets collective packaging requirements.

　　(3)Using packaging machinery can achieve operations that manual packaging cannot. Some packaging operations, such as vacuum packaging, gas flushing packaging, skin packaging, and isobaric filling, can only be achieved through mechanical packaging.

(4)Using packaging machinery can reduce labor intensity and improve working conditions. Manual packaging has a high labor intensity; for example, manually packaging large and heavy products is physically exhausting and unsafe. For lighter products, the high frequency and monotonous actions can easily lead to occupational diseases.

(5)Using packaging machinery is beneficial for workers' labor protection. For certain products that severely affect health, such as those with serious dust, toxic substances,,irritating, or radioactive properties, manual packaging inevitably poses health risks, while mechanical packaging can avoid this and effectively protect the environment from pollution.

(6)Using packaging machinery can reduce packaging costs and save storage and transportation expenses. For loose products, such as cotton, tobacco leaves, silk, and hemp, using a compression packaging machine to compress and package can significantly reduce volume, thereby lowering packaging costs. At the same time, the reduced volume saves storage space and reduces storage costs, which is beneficial for transportation.

(7)Using packaging machinery can reliably ensure product hygiene. For certain products, such as food and pharmaceuticals, packaging is not allowed to be done manually according to hygiene laws, as it can contaminate the products. Mechanical packaging avoids direct hand contact with food and pharmaceuticals, ensuring hygiene quality.

(8)Using packaging machinery can promote the development of related industries. Packaging machinery is a comprehensive science that involves various disciplines such as materials, processes, equipment, electronics, electrical engineering, and automatic control, requiring synchronous and coordinated development of all related disciplines. Any issues in one discipline will affect the overall performance of packaging machinery.

Therefore, the development of packaging machinery will strongly promote the progress of related disciplines. Additionally, to meet the needs of high-speed packaging in packaging machinery, the related preceding and following processes will inevitably adapt, thus promoting the synchronous development of related processes.