C28-E PLUS Tea bag packaging

Machine overview

Clean, fast performance

Designed with a strong focus on customer needs, the new C28-E PLUS machine, built on revolutionary knot technology, produces high quality, ecological tea bags at a rate of up to 250 bags per minute. Despite its compact size, this machine integrates advanced technology with straightforward operation, delivering a versatile, flexible, and highly efficient solution. The rejection of single bags is achieved by a fully mechanical system guaranteeing a user-friendly solution avoiding operator intervention to remove bags.

Production plant

IMA Tea & Herbs

Machine highlights


  1. Production speed

    Up to 250 bags/minute.


  2. Knot technology

    Environmentally friendly thanks to absence of metal staple.


  3. Mechanical single bag rejection

    Less compressed air consumption, less tea dust on machine.


  4. Feeding system

    Vibrating product feeding system for non-free-flowing products: minimises product degradation.


  5. Packaging versatility

    Naked bags, crimped and heatsealed outer envelopes packed in one row.


  6. Integrated PC

    Integrated PC for working cycle logic and quality control.


  7. Automatic cartoning

    It can be equipped with an automatic cartoning attachment for pre-glued cartons in one row.


  8. Video camera

    Knot conformity constantly controlled via video camera with dedicated display.


  9. Fast count changeover

    Electronic counting and stacking unit for simple, fast count changeover without part replacement.

Technical information

C28-E PLUS TECHNICAL DATA
Machine speed (Bags/minute)Up to 250 (naked bags, crimped and heatsealed outer envelope)
Tea bag capacityUp to aproximately 3.0 grams
Filter bag maximum volume9.0 cubic centimeters
Power requiredTotal installed power: 13 kW
Maximum power consumption: 3.5 kW
Compressed airExercise pressure: 6 bar
Consumption: up to max 150 Nl/min.
Machine net weightMax. 1950 Kg 

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