CRYOVAC® Brand AutoVac 86 Automated Rotary Vacuum Chamber System

Designed as a highly flexible and productive vacuum packaging system, the CRYOVAC® AutoVac 86 is ideal for fresh beef, pork, lamb, poultry, ready-to-eat, processed meats, and cheese.

 

Engineered with ergonomics, safety, and hygiene in mind, the AutoVac 86 is easy to use, clean, and maintain, and is engineered to be acceptable for use in USDA-inspected meat and 3-A SSI facilities. 

The intuitive AutoVac 86 is built from the legacy of our successful 8600 series and is resistant to the corrosive environment often found in food production and packaging rooms. Adaptive machine intelligence helps optimize performance and ensure the highest levels of productivity, reducing rework with features like automatic fault handling, seal control, and adaptive speed control.

The CRYOVAC® brand AutoVac 86 system qualifies for the SEE Advanced Maintenance Program (AMP), a proactive, preventive maintenance plan that makes it easy to budget and schedule regular maintenance on your own terms, so you can avoid costly, lost production hours due to unexpected downtime.

Features and Benefits

  • Designed to meet or exceed all government (FDA and USDA) guidelines for sanitation and safety requirements
  • Stainless steel/UHMW materials used where direct food contact is expected, hygienic design helps eliminate standing water and makes cleaning easy and effective
  • Large, high-resolution touchscreen for operation, diagnostics, and full line control from one location; bilingual to help minimize training
  • Automatic and sequential start-and-stop of auxiliary equipment from user interface allows for added convenience, productivity, and safety
  • Quick-change seal bars are located on the platens for easy removal; fast, efficient product changeovers
  • Can be modified with stainless steel components and frame for ready-to-eat applications

How Automation Drives Process Optimization

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Specifications

The CRYOVAC® brand AutoVac 86 Vacuum Chamber Machine complies with FDA requirements for food packaging. Certificate available on request.

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Speed:

  • up to 30 PPM
  • dependent on product application

Product Size:

  • Length: up to 25” (635 mm)
  • Width: up to 15.5” (394 mm)
  • Height: up to 9.5” (241 mm)

Electrical Voltage:

  • 3-phase, 460 V, 60 Hz
  • requires 45kVA isolation transformer (not included)

Air:

80 – 100 PSI, 40 SCFM

Frequently Asked Questions

The AutoVac 86 serves as the central operating hub of the entire line of connected packaging machines including bagging equipment, conveyors, loaders, and the shrink system. One operator can control the entire line from the AutoVac 86 full-color, touchscreen interface that is bilingual with integrated training and troubleshooting from the screen.

What makes the AutoVac 86 truly “intelligent” is how the system learns the pace of an operator during production and can automatically adapt machine speed. Combined with automated fault handling and seal control, the AutoVac 86 ensures the highest levels of productivity with limited rework.

The SEE Advanced Maintenance Program (AMP) is a proactive, preventive maintenance plan designed to increase uptime, enhance performance, and improve efficiency for select equipment models in our protective and food packaging portfolios.

Using SEE™ Smart Link technology, AMP offers a secure, cloud-based platform for processors to monitor real-time production data that is essential for improving process control and operational metrics.

The maintenance program includes a comprehensive service plan that features regularly scheduled equipment audits, reconditioning, and catastrophic parts protection for certain equipment models. With an affordable monthly service fee, AMP helps processors enhance production efficiency, maintain consistent maintenance expenses, reduce machine downtime and production disruptions, and lower energy costs.