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oday’s consumers are demanding products that offer more than just what’s in the package. Producers are challenged to create light-weight, durable, attractive, but environmentally friendly packages. Today’s packaging equipment is more complex, automated, and designed for near constant use. Our forming shoulders, also know as forming collars or formers, provide precise film tracking, balance, high product transfer speed and are durable under hard use.

Custom solutions for worker protection. Our proprietary Duralyte formers are up to 40% lighter than our traditional formers, but just as durable.
Forming collars can be heavy. As a result, lifting injuries can result in pain, lost productivity, and workers’ compensation claims. We care about our employees and customers like family. That’s why we created Duralyte, a unique product that combines the best innovations in lightweight materials and toughness of service. Our proprietary Duralyte formers are up to 40% lighter than our traditional formers, but just as durable. These forming assemblies are designed on our 3D software program that allows us to remove material in strategic locations without compromising rigidity. We then maintain the highest quality stainless steel in the areas needed while utilizing lighter materials on other parts of the unit. We have the “Duralyte” in many plants around the world and have had great success. Choosing Duralyte helps protect employees from lifting injuries and because they’re easier to install and align, you have less down-time.

We offer the following forming shoulder/forming tube options, just to name a few:

• Rectangular, round or oval units
• Nitrogen gas flush lines
• Top and side zipper modifications
• Backseals (adjustable crossover), quad and side seals
• Product transition funnels
• Flat bottom bag attachments
• Gusset finger attachments
• Vacuum and dust ports
• Creaser roller assemblies

We offer Ishida Inspira Forming Tubes and TNA Formers