This Bosch TFC 5532 is a used thermoforming machine — sometimes referred to as a form-fill-seal machine — dating from 2016 and currently located in Germany. Thermoforming machines of this type are designed for the automated forming, filling, sealing, and packaging of portion cups, and are widely used in the dairy and dessert sectors for products such as yogurt, pudding, and jelly. Bosch is a globally recognised manufacturer of packaging machinery, with an extensive portfolio covering food processing, pharmaceutical, and consumer goods applications.
The machine handles two cup configurations: a 4 × 50 g format and a 6 × 50 g format. At the 4 × 50 g setting it delivers 28 cycles per hour, equating to an output of 40,320 cups per hour. Punching is available as both a 4-set and a 6-set, and the packer operates at 4 × 6-set or 6 × 4-set per cycle, with the option to feed directly into trays or via a collator.
Sterilisation of both bottom and top foil is carried out using saturated steam. The machine accepts a range of bottom foil materials, including PS, PS-EVOH-PS, and PS-EVOH-PE, as well as PS mono-laminate foil in transparent and multicoloured variants up to 1.05 mm thick. The top foil specification is PET-Alu-PET at 9-12-9 µm.
Two separate filler units are fitted. Filler 1 handles viscous products without particles, including two-coloured yogurt and single-coloured or swirl/marble-design pudding, with a filling range of 20–75 ml. Filler 2 is configured for liquid products without particles and supports hot filling at 30–60 °C, also within a 20–75 ml filling range and suited to single-coloured pudding or jelly. The maximum filling volume per filler is 75 ml; the filling volume for the current cup format in use is 45 ml. The seller notes that two-layer dessert filling is theoretically possible, though this has not been verified.
Control and quality functions include cup tightness control with shut-off by date, and foreign object detection via an integrated X-ray scanner. Cup printing via laser is supported but the laser unit itself is not included with the machine. Final packaging is configured for full wrap for the 4-set format, with best-before-date printing via laser — again, the laser is not included. Cartons measure 299 × 199 × 57 mm, and carton labelling is performed by one laser unit on the short side of the tray, which is likewise not included in the sale.
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