CE1 Paper pods packaging

Machine overview

Fast, Reliable, Precise.

The CE1 combines top performance and top-quality filter paper pod achieving maximum production speed of 450 pods in outer envelope per minute, on three lanes.
Designed for high-performance production lines, this pod packaging solution brings efficiency with intelligent design, ensuring high output rates within a significantly compact footprint compared to market standards. 
An advanced coffee dosing system prior to mechanical compression guarantees even a uniform distribution of coffee inside the pod for excellent and consistent extraction.
An extremely precise and sharp-cut pod profile is guaranteed by an accurate rotating pressure cutting system.
The entire pod production cycle up to its packaging into the heat-sealed outer envelope is carried out in a modified and conditioned atmosphere thanks to the constantly controlled injection of nitrogen into a protective hood, where humidity and temperature are kept constant to guarantee the best product quality. The whole pod production process is equipped with a nitrogen recovery and recirculation system to minimise gas waste.
The modular design of the CE1 ensures outstanding accessibility for cleaning and maintenance and allows seamless integration with end-of-line machines, completing the packaging with a case packer and palletizer.
The machine’s movements are performed by independent brushless motors, allowing quick settings and modifications directly from the operator panel. This allows auxiliary modes activation, which facilitate maintenance, cleaning, and loading of packaging materials.

Production plant

IMA Coffee

Machine highlights


  1. High speed

    Up to 450 pods in outer envelope per minute


  2. Compact footprint

    Compact footprint


  3. Integrated heat sealable

    Outer envelope group


  4. Homogeneous coffee

    Compaction and precision in pod profile


  5. Utmost cutting quality

    For a precise pod


  6. Complete pod production

    Cycle performed in modified and conditioned atmosphere


  7. Highest product

    Quality and production efficiency


  8. Reduced maintenance

    Reduced maintenance

Complete turnkey solution

IMA Coffee HUB offers a complete turnkey solution featuring a fully integrated line for coffee pod packaging, complemented by the high-speed case packer by IMA BFB, the CPVU. IMA’s compact and highly efficient solutions combine performance and flexibility in a minimal footprint.


Pod pre-forming and coffee dosing

Coffee compacting and pod cleaning

Top filter paper positioning

Filter paper sealing

Pod rotating pressure cutting

Rotating wheel with grippers

Automatic outer envelope reels splicing

Pod insertion into the outer envelope

Heat sealed outer envelope cutting and exit

Outer envelope sealing

Improved functionality on the PC based H.M.I

Technical information

CE 1 Technical data
Machine speed (filter pod/minute)Up to 450
Coffee pod capacityUp to 9 g 
Average power consumption13 kW
Operatin air pressure6 bar
Average air consumption50 Nl/min
Average nitrogen consumption400 Nl/min
Machine net weight5000 Kg
Data subject to possible technical modification and not necessarily definitive

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