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EXTERNAL VALVE BAG SPECIFICATION

For bags used with Stone, Smurfit-Stone, Altivity Graphic Packaging and STONEPAK ultrasonic valve sealers & valve bag placers.

Sleeve Specifications Bag Specifications

 

General

  • Reduced inserts are not recommended. If they are used, care must be taken to ensure the insert is straight and centered and that the seems are properly glued to prevent product leakage.
  • No thumb notch or half moon cut out.
  • Construction to be flat kraft (not extensible, not crepe)
  • End of sleeve to be located per sketches below (attempt to hold tolerance as shown.)

Soni-Seal™ (one piece)

  • Minimum 60 lb/3MSF natural kraft or bleached kraft with a coating of 50 lb/3MSF LDPE/LLDPE blend.
  • Sleeve to be centered and glued. Used selvage edge and liquid adhesive. Slight offset is permitted.

Soni-Log©* (two piece)

  • Top insert - Minimum 3.0mil LDPE/LLDPE blend tubing laminated to 33 lb/1MSF Natural Linerboard or 26 lb/1MSF Bleached Linerboard
  • Bottom piece - Minimum 60 lb/3MSF Natural Kraft or Bleached Braft.
    *Protected under one or more of the following U.S. Patents: 5,516,210 & 5,244,532. Other patents pending.

 

 

  • Top size 4 1/2" to 8"
  • Bags to be made as siftproof as possible
  • Bags to be made for automatic application, wrinkle free, and palletized flat
  • Left hand Graphic Packaging model valve bag placers can be used with the following valve locations:
    1. upper left - fold to face
    2. lower right - fold to face
    3. upper right - fold to back
    4. lower left - fold to back
  • Right hand Graphic Packaging model valve bag placers can be used with the following valve locations:
    1. upper right - fold to face
    2. lower left - fold to face
    3. upper left - fold to back
    4. lower right - fold to back
  • Valve location reference is determined as viewed from the face of the bag.
Any exceptions to this specification must be approved by STONEPAK bag technical center at +1 (850)-937-6100

 

valve setback tolerances and valve location reference diagram

 

 

 

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