Description
The ZONESUN ZS-FK55 Automatic Cardboard Sleeving Machine is designed to automatically feed, fold and wrap pre-cut cardboard sleeves around food trays, meal boxes, dessert containers and other compatible packages. It replaces manual sleeve application with a continuous packaging process that improves consistency and reduces repetitive handling.
The machine integrates automatic sleeve pickup, carton folding, product sleeving and discharge in one compact system. With a listed output of up to 55 pcs/min, touchscreen control and adjustable working parameters, the ZS-FK55 is suitable for ready meals, takeaway trays, meat packs, chilled desserts, bakery products and other food packaging applications that use printed cardboard sleeves.
Technical Specifications
| Model | ZS-FK55 |
|---|---|
| Speed | Up to 55 pcs/min |
| Power | 1.5 kW |
| Power Supply | 220V, 50–60 Hz |
| Air Pressure | 0.5–0.8 MPa |
| Output Height | 700 ±100 mm |
| Machine Size | 1588 × 1192 × 1535 mm |
Touchscreen Control Panel
Equipped with an intuitive digital LCD touchscreen, allowing operators to easily adjust packaging speed, monitor production counts, and perform real-time troubleshooting.
Automatic Sleeve Feeding & Folding
The system automatically suctions pre-cut cardboard sleeves from the hopper and folds them precisely, ensuring a perfect fit around the meal container.
High-Speed Continuous Packaging
Supports a stable packaging speed of up to 55 pcs/min, seamlessly connecting with front-end food production lines for high-efficiency conveyor operations.
Safety Protection
Features an eco-friendly low energy consumption design, complemented by an upper safety enclosure to maximize operator protection during high-speed production.
Key Features
✅ Fully Automated Sleeving Workflow: Integrates feeding, folding, wrapping, and discharging in one continuous process — eliminating manual sleeve application and reducing labor costs.
✅ High-Speed Output: Reaches up to 55 pcs/min for consistent, high-volume food packaging line performance.
✅ Precise Sleeve Folding: Automatic suction and folding mechanism ensures a tight, uniform sleeve fit on every container without misalignment.
✅ Touchscreen Control: LCD touchscreen panel for intuitive speed adjustment, production monitoring, and real-time fault diagnosis.
✅ Energy-Efficient Design: Only 1.5 kW power consumption — cost-effective for continuous production shifts.
✅ Stainless Steel & Food-Safe Construction: Hygienic build materials meet food industry standards for cleanliness and durability.
✅ Safety Enclosure: Upper protective hood shields operators during high-speed operation, ensuring a safe working environment.
✅ Seamless Line Integration: Connects directly with upstream food production conveyors for uninterrupted end-to-end packaging flow.
Applications
- Takeaway & Ready Meal Packaging: Automated cardboard sleeving for meal boxes, bento containers, and hot food trays in food service and catering operations.
- Meat & Protein Tray Packaging: Wrapping cardboard sleeves around fresh meat, poultry, and seafood trays for retail display and branding.
- Chilled & Frozen Desserts: Sleeving ice cream cups, mousse containers, and chilled dessert pots for supermarket and convenience store distribution.
- Bakery & Confectionery: Packaging cakes, pastries, and snack boxes with branded cardboard sleeves for retail presentation.
- Food Manufacturing & Contract Packing: High-speed sleeving for food manufacturers and co-packers handling diverse container formats and high daily volumes.
How the Cardboard Sleeving Process Works
Pre-cut sleeves are loaded into the sleeve magazine. The machine automatically picks each sleeve, opens and folds it around the incoming tray or container, and then transfers the finished pack to the discharge conveyor for downstream handling.
Best-Suited Applications
The ZS-FK55 is suitable for trays and containers that use a printed cardboard sleeve for branding, product information or retail presentation. Typical applications include ready meals, takeaway trays, meat packs, bakery products, chilled desserts and other food packages.
Cardboard Sleeving vs Cartoning
A sleeving machine wraps a pre-cut cardboard sleeve around part of an existing tray or container, leaving much of the primary package exposed. A cartoning machine places the product inside a complete folding carton. Sleeving is often selected when the tray itself provides the main structural packaging and only an outer printed sleeve is required.
Cardboard Sleeving vs Shrink Wrapping
Cardboard sleeving provides a printed paperboard band around the product for branding and information display, while shrink wrapping uses heat-shrink film to enclose or bundle the package. The suitable method depends on the required presentation, protection and packaging material.
Before Ordering, Please Confirm
- Tray or container sample
- Product length, width and height
- Cardboard sleeve sample or dieline
- Sleeve thickness and material
- Required sleeve position
- Target production speed
- Upstream conveyor or filling-line information
- Required output height and line direction
- Required voltage and frequency
- Available compressed-air supply
Frequently Asked Questions
What does the ZS-FK55 do?
It automatically picks, folds and wraps pre-cut cardboard sleeves around compatible trays, meal boxes and other containers.
What is the listed maximum speed?
The listed output is up to 55 pcs/min.
Can it connect to an existing food packaging line?
Yes. The machine can be integrated with compatible upstream conveyors and downstream handling equipment.
Does the machine make the cardboard sleeve?
No. Pre-cut sleeves are supplied to the machine, which then picks, folds and applies them around the product.
Can one machine run different tray sizes?
Different tray and sleeve sizes can be evaluated according to the required changeover range and machine adjustment structure.
What information is needed to confirm compatibility?
Please provide the tray sample, sleeve sample or dieline, dimensions, sleeve position and required production speed.
Need Help Confirming the Sleeving Setup?
Send us your tray samples, cardboard sleeve samples or dielines, product dimensions, target speed and production-line layout. We can help confirm the suitable ZS-FK55 configuration.
