14. Special machines, packers

Finally, the boundless ingenuity of manufacturers has enabled them to design machines specially adapted to particular cases, products or objects with special shapes, such as the spaghetti packed by Italian machines like the one shown in figure 39 , which literally count or weigh the spaghetti, then wrap them with great care without breaking any, all at high speeds (up to 55 packs per minute).

Packaging is done :

• in Form, fill and seal polyethylene bags at a speed of 40 packs/min (250 g packs);

• or with heat-sealable films at...