Hi. I just found this group and started to read through it. What a great
group! It's NOT filled with porn emails like the other food groups!

I'm looking for information about sealing ice cube tray like containers of
food. The food trays would be sealed, and when it is to be eaten, it would
get popped out of the tray. Preferably the "compartments" of the tray
would be individual... open one and the rest remain sealed. The tray would
never go into an oven or microwave. I'm looking for equipment that would
be small scale - maybe 6-10 trays per minute.

Any recommendations? Places to look? Other more appropriate groups or
boards to search? I'm happy to exchange posts via this group, however if
anyone wants to reply directly, change the "_" (underscore) in my email
address to a "." (period).

Cheers!

Martin

"Martin" > wrote in message
>
> I'm looking for information about sealing ice cube tray like containers of
> food. The food trays would be sealed, and when it is to be eaten, it
> would
> get popped out of the tray. Preferably the "compartments" of the tray
> would be individual... open one and the rest remain sealed. The tray
> would
> never go into an oven or microwave. I'm looking for equipment that would
> be small scale - maybe 6-10 trays per minute.
>
> Any recommendations? Places to look?

You probably want something like a thermosealing machine. You can also do a
modified atmosphere at the same time. There are probably 50 manufacturers
of that type of equipment and it is used for butter packages, cream cheese,
etc. There are also used machinery people that can sell the machine and
modify it to suit your particular needs.

http://www.starview.net/products/polaris.html

"Martin" > wrote in message
>
> I'm looking for information about sealing ice cube tray like containers of
> food. The food trays would be sealed, and when it is to be eaten, it
> would
> get popped out of the tray. Preferably the "compartments" of the tray
> would be individual... open one and the rest remain sealed. The tray
> would
> never go into an oven or microwave. I'm looking for equipment that would
> be small scale - maybe 6-10 trays per minute.
>
> Any recommendations? Places to look?

You probably want something like a thermosealing machine. You can also do a
modified atmosphere at the same time. There are probably 50 manufacturers
of that type of equipment and it is used for butter packages, cream cheese,
etc. There are also used machinery people that can sell the machine and
modify it to suit your particular needs.

http://www.starview.net/products/polaris.html

"Edwin Pawlowski" > wrote in
om:

>
> "Martin" > wrote in message
>>
>> I'm looking for information about sealing ice cube tray like
>> containers of food. The food trays would be sealed, and when it is
>> to be eaten, it would
>> get popped out of the tray. Preferably the "compartments" of the
>> tray would be individual... open one and the rest remain sealed. The
>> tray would
>> never go into an oven or microwave. I'm looking for equipment that
>> would be small scale - maybe 6-10 trays per minute.
>>
>> Any recommendations? Places to look?
>
> You probably want something like a thermosealing machine. You can
> also do a modified atmosphere at the same time. There are probably 50
> manufacturers of that type of equipment and it is used for butter
> packages, cream cheese, etc. There are also used machinery people
> that can sell the machine and modify it to suit your particular needs.
>
> http://www.starview.net/products/polaris.html

Hi Edwin,

Thanks for this. Have you heard of aluminium foil sealed covers for
plastic trays for frozen food? I've seen it for frozen pet fish food -
aluminium foil blister packaging. Any reasons not to do this for human
food?

Cheers.

Martin

"Edwin Pawlowski" > wrote in
om:

>
> "Martin" > wrote in message
>>
>> I'm looking for information about sealing ice cube tray like
>> containers of food. The food trays would be sealed, and when it is
>> to be eaten, it would
>> get popped out of the tray. Preferably the "compartments" of the
>> tray would be individual... open one and the rest remain sealed. The
>> tray would
>> never go into an oven or microwave. I'm looking for equipment that
>> would be small scale - maybe 6-10 trays per minute.
>>
>> Any recommendations? Places to look?
>
> You probably want something like a thermosealing machine. You can
> also do a modified atmosphere at the same time. There are probably 50
> manufacturers of that type of equipment and it is used for butter
> packages, cream cheese, etc. There are also used machinery people
> that can sell the machine and modify it to suit your particular needs.
>
> http://www.starview.net/products/polaris.html

Hi Edwin,

Thanks for this. Have you heard of aluminium foil sealed covers for
plastic trays for frozen food? I've seen it for frozen pet fish food -
aluminium foil blister packaging. Any reasons not to do this for human
food?

Cheers.

Martin

Martin > wrote:

> Thanks for this. Have you heard of aluminium foil sealed covers for
> plastic trays for frozen food? I've seen it for frozen pet fish food -
> aluminium foil blister packaging. Any reasons not to do this for human
> food?

Airlines do it all the time. Well, some of them have quit serving
food, but what you are describing sound like an airplane meal.

Bill Ranck
Blacksburg, Va.

Martin > wrote:

> Thanks for this. Have you heard of aluminium foil sealed covers for
> plastic trays for frozen food? I've seen it for frozen pet fish food -
> aluminium foil blister packaging. Any reasons not to do this for human
> food?

Airlines do it all the time. Well, some of them have quit serving
food, but what you are describing sound like an airplane meal.

Bill Ranck
Blacksburg, Va.

"Martin" > wrote in message
>
> Hi Edwin,
>
> Thanks for this. Have you heard of aluminium foil sealed covers for
> plastic trays for frozen food? I've seen it for frozen pet fish food -
> aluminium foil blister packaging. Any reasons not to do this for human
> food?

I don't know why it cannot be done. Some of the foil is also coated inside.
It has been a few years since I looked into that type of packaging so I
don't have any of the sources handy, but any of the packaging machinery
people can point you in the right direction. I don't know what you have in
mind for a budget, but none of this is cheap. The machines are all
stainless steel for sanitary reasons and the minimum quantities for the
overseal material can easily be a few thousand dollars.

"Martin" > wrote in message
>
> Hi Edwin,
>
> Thanks for this. Have you heard of aluminium foil sealed covers for
> plastic trays for frozen food? I've seen it for frozen pet fish food -
> aluminium foil blister packaging. Any reasons not to do this for human
> food?

I don't know why it cannot be done. Some of the foil is also coated inside.
It has been a few years since I looked into that type of packaging so I
don't have any of the sources handy, but any of the packaging machinery
people can point you in the right direction. I don't know what you have in
mind for a budget, but none of this is cheap. The machines are all
stainless steel for sanitary reasons and the minimum quantities for the
overseal material can easily be a few thousand dollars.