Horizontal Form-Fill-Seal System
QuickPouch Horizontal by RND Automation
A compact, horizontal form-fill-seal system designed for applications where product orientation within the pouch is crucial.
Overview
The QuickPouch™ Horizontal forms, fills, and seals four-side sealed pouches from rollstock, providing high-integrity, high-quality packaging in an economical, automated machine. Originally developed for the medical device and IVD industries, the QuickPouch Horizontal includes a fully interlocked Lexan® enclosure that helps control the movement of air over pouches and parts while protecting operators.
Whether you’re hand-loading trays and devices or integrating automatic loading, the Horizontal provides a configurable platform to present each product exactly as your customer, clinician, or inspector expects to see it. The horizontal web path and open loading zone provide operators and automated loaders with direct access to the pouch, facilitating consistent orientation for plates, trays, devices, and multi-component kits.
Key Features
Horizontal Form-Fill-Seal for Four-Side-Sealed Pouches
Produces four-side sealed pouches from rollstock using a dual-web construction with precise horizontal orientation control.
Cleanroom-Oriented, Fully Interlocked Enclosure
Fully interlocked Lexan® safety enclosure helps control airflow over pouches and parts, protects the operator, and supports use in clean, regulated environments.
Orientation-Critical Loading
Especially effective where product orientation is key. Used for medical devices, IVD test kits, microtiter plates, dental implants, and more.
Flexible Indexing and Control
Dual-mode index: eyespot (registration mark) or index-to-length. Integrated foot pedal for ergonomic triggering in manual mode.
Benefits
- Orientation-perfect pouch presentation
- High-integrity packaging for regulated markets
- Cleanroom-friendly by design
- Flexible production strategy from manual to automated
- Configurable and upgradeable
Typical Applications
- Medical devices and surgical components
- IVD and diagnostic test kits
- Microtiter (well) plates and assay plates
- Dental implants and small medical assemblies
- Soluble films and specialty medical products
How It Works
Rollstock Load
Roll mounted, routed through guides, and tensioned via vacuum web tensioners
Pouch Forming
Web indexes and forms pouch cavity with side and bottom seals
Product Loading
Formed pouch presented for operators or automated equipment to load
Sealing & Cutting
Top seal closes and pouch is cut to length per recipe
Discharge
Finished pouches exit to collection or downstream process
Technical Specifications
| Machine Type | Horizontal form-fill-seal (FFS) |
| Pouch Size (standard) | Up to 6" L × 6" W |
| Pouch Style | Four-side sealed pouches from dual webs |
| Materials | Tyvek®, polyester, foil laminates, paper-based structures |
| Machine Dimensions | Approx. 45" W × 43.5" H × 22" D |
| Operating Modes | Fully automatic mode (timer-based); manual mode |
| Indexing | Index-to-mark (eyespot) or index-to-length |
| Guarding | Fully interlocked Lexan® enclosure with safety interlocks |
Utilities: AC power and compressed air required. Typical configurations use 110–240 VAC single-phase on a dedicated 20–30 A circuit with approximately 100 psi air supply.
Options & Integrations
- Oversized pouches
- Dual-sided heat-seal platens
- Water-cooled heat-seal platen
- Adjustable width heat-seal die
- Quick-change dies and spare die sets
- High-pressure seal systems
- Tear notches and hanging-hole punches
- Gas flush (e.g., nitrogen) for modified atmosphere
- Cleanroom options and enhancements
- Printing on pouch (thermal transfer printers)
- Eyespot registration for printed artwork
- Validation assistance packages
- Extended sensors and thermocouple ports
- Adjustable machine height
- Automatic desiccant loading
- Powder, liquid, or gel filling options
- Integration with upstream assembly
- Integration with downstream conveyors
- Inspection and cartoning systems
About QuickPouch Vertical by RND Automation
QuickPouch Vertical is part of the QuickPouch product family at RND Automation. RND has acquired the QuickPouch intellectual property and is the OEM for the current QuickPouch product line, including QuickPouch Vertical, QuickPouch Horizontal, QuickPouch Mini, QuickPouch Micro, and other standard and custom QuickPouch systems, as well as legacy equipment already in the field. All QuickPouch machines are designed, built, and supported from RND’s facility in Lakewood Ranch, Florida.
As the OEM for QuickPouch equipment, RND provides:
New QuickPouch systems and application-specific tooling
Genuine spare and replacement parts
Upgrades, change parts, and retrofits
Integration support with upstream and downstream automation
Operator and maintenance training, remote support, and field service
Whether you are planning a new project or supporting installed equipment, RND gives you a clear, long-term support path for every QuickPouch system under one OEM partner.