FFP and surgical masks production and packaging technology

Progressive FFP foldable mask production line- made in Germany

Heiko Irlbacher， Schott & Meissent

Schott & Meissner is the 2nd Generation family owned and worldwide operating German company with a turnover of 23million Euro and 100 employees. With 35 years of machine building for nonwovens， Schott & Meissners new mask production line for foldable masks is becoming more and more specialized and progressive.

The machine produces foldable face masks up to 6 layers of nonwoven filter material （spunbond & meltblown）.The mask converting line already shows many of our well-know features and advantages.

Standard machine features consist of preassembled modules （flexibel design， fast erection， future extension）， solid frame for stability， siemens PLC （S7-1500）， in-line printing， while designed and produced in Germany， the line fulfills all necessary EU safety requirements from the very beginning， which possess long-lasting ultrasonic welding unit （durable sonotrode material， sonotrode cooling）， machine enclosure can be upgraded to clean room conditions， and high durable parts from german manufacturers.

With 35 years in the nonwovens business， we are able to support you with our vast network of spunbond & meltblown producers. Turnkey solutions we can offer conclude UV-Tunnel of sterilization of the masks， packaging machine （tubular bags， single or lot packing， up to 100 masks / min）， global service network， nonwoven network spunbond and meltblown material.

Wrap a breathing mask in a thin film

Timo Kollmann， Hugo Beck

Hugo Beck provides the most comprehensive manufacturing product range in the packaging segment for flowpacks， bags and shrink packs worldwide in an output range of 3，000 to 18，000 cycles/hour. In addition to providing series machines， Hugo Beck focuses on enabling customer-specific solutions. The family enterprise is represented all over the world by a network of contract partners. Hugo Beck machines are being used succcessfully across a wide range of industries worldwide.

Hugo Beck boasts about 7500 m2 production space， 90 percent in-house production share， 500 m2 of democenter， 10 percent of training share， more than 100 service technicians worldwide， in total 110 employees of which 20 in construction and development.

There are different needs masks which includes surgical masks， singlewise， in stacks， and different packaging styles for masks includes flowpack for airtight packaging and shrinkbag for bundle packing.

Beside mask packaging – new machine development at Hugo Beck， MACHINE TYPE – PB 800 E-COM， which can storage of 2 paper rolls in different widths for reduced paper consumption， and use in the field of return packaing and direct dispatach of single products or groups of products. Machine automatically packages products of different dimensions and adapts the bag size to the product. Dimensions up to a width of 600 mm and a height of 200 mm. length up to 700 mm， integrated scanner incl. controller for product detection and creation of a shipping label or a label with product data， connected to customer ERP or control system possible， and labeller incl. printer integrated in machine frame & additional invoice printing possible with double-sided adhesive tape can be inserted for resealing the packaging.

Fully automatic， high-speed face mask production

Fabrice Ferretti， ANDRITZ

COVID-19 is rapidly spreading around the world， threatening peoples normal life and health. It has brought many changes to peoples daily life， and dramatically rising demand of PPE products， especially face masks. In current， main face mask production was located in China， and effective production solutions were needed immediately in Europe.

More than just machines， Andrit provides research， development， consulting （test centers， universities， EDANA， VDMA etc.） and strong support for all investors by ANDRITZ office for governmental affairs in Berlin from raw material to end users. Fill the vold in a few months： a spark in February and first output of new machines in 15 weeks.

Face mask a mature product - certified and well known； raw materials challenges - new sources for meltblown and new earloop elastics； innovation for state of the art equipment - new technology for high speed.