1–5g Matcha Tea Powder 4-Lane Stick Pack Packaging Machine for UK Customer

Customer Packaging Requirements

The customer needed to pack matcha tea powder into narrow, single-serving stick packs for the UK market. Accurate low-dose filling, clean sealing and stable continuous production were the main requirements.

Why Matcha Tea Powder Requires a Specialized Filling System

Matcha tea powder is extremely fine and lightweight. It has different flow characteristics from granular products such as sugar, salt or coffee beans. During high-speed packaging, the powder may generate dust, adhere to machine surfaces or enter the sealing area.

An unsuitable filling system may cause:

• Unstable filling weights

• Powder accumulation around the filling tubes

• Contaminated sealing surfaces

• Weak or incomplete seals

• Powder leakage

• Inconsistent finished-stick appearance

For this project, the machine was equipped with a servo-driven long-auger filling system. The auger accurately controls the amount of matcha tea powder discharged during each packaging cycle, making it suitable for the customer’s 1–5g filling range.

Four-Lane Matcha Tea Powder Stick Packing Solution

The SP-2.0S machine forms, fills, seals and cuts four matcha tea powder sticks simultaneously. One roll of laminated film is divided into four packaging lanes, providing higher output than a single-lane stick pack machine while maintaining a compact production footprint.

During factory commissioning, the machine operated at an actual speed of 33 cuts per minute.

Calculated production output:

4 lanes × 33 cuts/min = approximately 132 sticks/min

The final production speed may vary depending on the target filling weight, matcha tea powder density, film properties, sealing temperature and production environment.

Servo Auger Filling for 1–5g Matcha Tea Powder

The servo auger filling system provides precise control over auger rotation, dosing time and powder discharge.

Its main advantages include:

• Accurate filling for small 1–5g doses

• Stable feeding of fine matcha tea powder

• Easy adjustment for different target weights

• Better synchronization with the packaging cycle

• Reduced filling-weight fluctuations

• Improved repeatability during continuous production

• Less product waste during machine adjustment

The filling parameters can be adjusted through the touchscreen, allowing operators to change the target weight according to different product and packaging requirements.

Dust-Control and Anti-Static Configuration

Dust control is particularly important when packing fine matcha tea powder. If powder enters the horizontal sealing area, it may affect seal strength or cause visible contamination around the seal.

The customized machine includes:

• Dedicated dust-extraction system

• Anti-static device

• Vibration device for powder settling

• Enclosed multi-lane filling section

• Stainless-steel product-contact surfaces

• Zinc-free materials in relevant product-contact components

The vibration device helps the matcha tea powder settle toward the bottom of each stick before sealing. Combined with dust extraction and anti-static treatment, this reduces powder accumulation and helps keep the sealing area clean.

Siemens Control and Servo System

The machine adopts industrial Siemens control components to coordinate powder filling, film feeding, sealing and cutting.

Operators can set and monitor the main production parameters through the touchscreen, including:

• Filling weight

• Auger dosing parameters

• Stick length

• Packaging speed

• Film-feeding position

• Longitudinal sealing temperature

• Horizontal sealing temperature

• Cutting position

• Coding timing

• Start and stop functions

The modular control design simplifies daily operation, product changeover and production-parameter management.

Back-Sealed Matcha Tea Powder Stick Format

The finished package is a narrow back-sealed stick pack measuring 35mm wide × 150mm long.

The machine uses laminated packaging film with a total width of 320mm. The film is automatically divided into four lanes before forming, filling and sealing.

The packaging section includes:

• Automatic film unwinding

• Four-lane film splitting

• Back-seal stick forming

• Vertical sealing

• Horizontal sealing

• Serrated cutting

• Automatic finished-stick discharge

The serrated cutting system separates the finished matcha tea powder sticks cleanly. An additional complete cutting knife set was also included according to the project requirements.

Stainless-Steel Construction

The machine uses stainless-steel construction for improved hygiene and easier cleaning. All specified product-contact surfaces, including the relevant parts of the powder feeding system, are made from SS316 stainless steel.

This configuration provides:

• Improved corrosion resistance

• Hygienic product contact

• Easier cleaning and maintenance

• Suitability for food and beverage powder packaging

• Reduced risk of product contamination

The customized product-contact components also meet the customer’s requirement for zinc-free materials.

Quality Inspection and Factory Testing

Before delivery, the complete matcha tea powder stick packing machine was assembled and tested at the Samfull factory.

The inspection covered:

• Filling-weight accuracy

• Stick width and length

• Back-seal alignment

• Horizontal-seal quality

• Film tracking stability

• Cutting-position accuracy

• Coding performance

• Powder leakage

• Continuous operating stability

• Finished-stick appearance

The specified maximum nonconformity rate was 3 sticks per 1,000 finished sticks, equivalent to 0.3% under the agreed inspection conditions.

Final Project Result

The customized 4-lane matcha tea powder stick pack packaging machine successfully completed factory testing at 33 cuts per minute.

With four packaging lanes, the machine delivered an actual total output of approximately 132 sticks per minute. The servo auger dosing system provided stable filling for the 1–5g weight range, while the dust extraction, anti-static and vibration devices helped control fine matcha tea powder during production.

This project provides the UK customer with an integrated solution for accurate dosing, high-speed multi-lane packaging and reliable production of single-serving matcha tea powder sticks.

Suitable Powder Products

In addition to matcha tea powder, this multi-lane stick pack machine can be customized for:

• Green tea powder

• Instant tea powder

• Milk tea powder

• Instant coffee powder

• Coffee creamer

• Sweetener powder

• Electrolyte powder

• Probiotic powder

• Vitamin powder

• Dietary supplement powder

• Pharmaceutical powder

• Functional beverage powder

The filling system, screw design, dust-control configuration and machine speed should be selected according to each product’s density, particle size and flowability.

Get a Customized Matcha Tea Powder Packaging Solution

Samfull provides customized multi-lane stick pack packaging machines for fine powders, granules, liquids and pastes. Machine configurations can be designed according to your product characteristics, filling weight, stick dimensions, packaging film and required production capacity.

Send us your matcha tea powder sample, target filling weight, stick size and packaging film details to receive a suitable packaging proposal and factory test solution.