CARTON ERECTING, CARTON CLOSING AND CARTONING MACHINES
Packaging machines which erect, close or erect fill and close carton blanks or folded and side seam sealed cartons.

CLEANING, STERILISING, COOLING AND DRYING MACHINES
Machines which clean, sterilise, cool or dry containers or filled packages.

CLOSING MACHINES
Packaging machines which seal or close filled packages.

CONTAINER AND COMPONENT HANDLING MACHINES
Packaging machines which arrange, dispense or accumulate packages or packaging components.

FILL AND SEAL MACHINES
Packaging machines which combine the functions of filling and closing in one machine. The are a great variety of machines combining the functions of filling machines and closing machines. However the following machines are typically supplied as combined fill and seal machines.

FILLING AND DOSING MACHINES
Packaging machines which measure out a product from bulk by some predetermined value, e.g. volume, level in a container, mass or count. The terms listed below describe the method of measuring out or dosing the product. The filling machine may comprise one or a number of dosing devices which may be arranged with or without a mechanism to control containers or packages as they are filled.

FORM, FILL AND SEAL MACHINES
Packaging machines which form, fill and seal a package in the same machine.

GROUP OR TRANSIT PACKAGING MACHINES
Packaging machines which group together a collation of products for transit purposes. Group packages include cases, trays, crates and cartonboard sleeves.

INSPECTION MACHINES
Packaging machines which inspect products, packages or packaging components, for a particular attribute, e.g. colour, size, mass, and reject items which fall outside pre-set values.

LABELLING, DECORATING AND CODING MACHINES
Packaging machines which apply labels, decoration or codes and other markings to packages.

PALLET FORMING, DISMANTLING AND SECURING MACHINES
Packaging machines which form, dismantle or secure pallets and other loading units.