Flow under process conditions
Observe whether the product moves freely, requires pressure or changes materially with temperature.
Non-free-flowing product route
Paste and viscous product packaging routes for stick and sachet projects.
Use the paste route when viscosity behavior, stringing, particles, temperature, residue, recovery or cleaning materially change supply, pump or valve, nozzle, cut-off, pack width and seal-zone decisions.
- Material
- Behavior and sample status
- Pack
- Format, fill and seal target
- Line
- Output and handoff boundary
01Liquid or paste decision boundary
Use behavior, not the sales name, to choose the review route.
Non-free-flowing behavior, stringing, high residue, particles, temperature sensitivity and recovery needs place the project on the paste route.
Stringing and cut-off
Observe tailing, bridging, smearing and residue after the intended fill action.
Particles
Record particle size, shape, distribution and settling or blockage behavior.
Residue and recovery
Define hold-up, product loss, recovery, cleaning and restart expectations.
02Product preparation and supply
Stabilize what reaches the filling path.
Temperature control, mixing, agitation, pressure, wide passages and product recovery are candidate questions only. The actual sample and process conditions decide whether any are needed.
Describe the real upstream condition.
State storage, preparation, temperature, mixing, transfer, settling, particle and batch-variation conditions.
Define a candidate supply basis.
Record the proposed vessel, feed, pressure, temperature, passage, hold-up and cleaning questions without treating them as standard equipment.
03Pump or valve, nozzle and cut-off
Review the full filling path against the actual paste.
Pump principle, valve action, nozzle geometry, pressure, retraction or recovery concepts remain candidates until product behavior and acceptance questions are observed.
Metering question
Compare candidate pump or valve principles against viscosity behavior, particles, target fill and product sensitivity.
Passage question
Review clearances, manifolds, hoses and nozzles against particles, pressure, hold-up and cleaning.
Cut-off question
Observe stringing, smearing, tailing and residue before evaluating candidate control actions.
Recovery question
Define how retained product, purge, recovery, cleaning and restart affect the accepted process.
Written acceptance
Record sample, pack, condition, observation method, responsibility and acceptance criteria for the proposed route.
| Project decision | Input and written boundary |
|---|---|
| Material and behavior input | Provide representative product, temperature, viscosity behavior, stringing, particles, residue and recovery expectations. |
| Pack format and film input | Provide Stick Pack or sachet geometry, target fill, pack width, film structure and seal-window evidence. |
| Supply and filling review | Review preparation, supply, pump or valve, nozzle, cut-off and cleaning options against the actual sample. |
| Target output and downstream input | State the conditional output target and required inspection, collection, counting or secondary-packaging handoff. |
| Final configuration and acceptance | Confirm the product-contact route, filling configuration, output basis and acceptance method in approved written project documents. |
The same five conditional inputs are used in the Product structured data for this page. They are not catalogue specifications.
04Pack width and seal contamination
Give the fill path and seal zone enough project-specific room.
Pack width, headspace, fill position, film window, product spread, stringing and residue must be reviewed together. A wider path is a candidate response, not a default capability.
- 01
Provide the finished pack
Share Stick Pack or sachet dimensions, target fill, film and seal basis.
- 02
Observe product spread
Review how the paste exits, settles and approaches the seal area under stated conditions.
- 03
Review the fill and seal path
Consider candidate passage, timing, cut-off, headspace and cleaning decisions.
- 04
Define accepted packs
Record appearance, seal-zone condition, inspection and downstream handoff criteria.
05Cleaning, changeover and recovery
Treat retained product and restart as engineering decisions.
The project must define contact surfaces, hold-up, access, cleaning method, recovery ownership, product sequence and the evidence required before changeover or restart.
Contact and hold-up mapIdentify passages, seals, valves, manifolds, nozzles and retained-product points.
Cleaning basisState method, agents, temperature, access, disassembly and verification responsibility.
Recovery boundaryState what may be recovered, discarded or returned and who accepts the method.
Restart basisDefine purge, inspection, sample or quality checks before accepted production resumes.
06Sample testing and viscous Stick Pack reference
Use a public route to ask better questions, not claim a replicated project.
The Manuka route highlights viscosity, temperature, stringing, residue, pump and cut-off questions for a Honey Stick Pack. It is not Sachet proof and does not establish a result.
Manuka honey viscous-liquid Stick Pack route
Public material-and-pack route context only. It does not establish the installed machine, lane count, speed, accuracy, configuration, compliance status, validation outcome or customer result. It is a Honey/viscous-liquid Stick Pack route, not evidence for a Sachet installation.
Review the bounded Manuka route07 / Engineering next step
Bring the paste behavior into the decision before quotation.
Use Sample Testing when stringing, particles, temperature, residue, recovery or cleaning may change the route. Use the RFQ when the main inputs are defined.
Where is the practical boundary between a liquid and paste review?
Use the paste route when non-free-flowing behavior, stringing, high residue, particles or recovery and cleaning needs materially affect supply and cut-off decisions.
Are heating, agitation, pressure or suck-back standard features?
No. They are candidate review questions only and must be selected from the actual material, temperature, pack, cleaning and acceptance conditions.
What should be provided for a paste sample review?
Provide a representative sample, operating temperature, target fill, pack drawing, film basis, particle information, cleaning expectation and output target.