Viscofan Plastic Products
Plastic casings
Single-Layer
Multi-Layer
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Plastic casings from Viscofan –
unbeatable in safety!
The plastic range from Viscofan is also unbeatable in variety. Whether you‘re looking for bags,
single- or multi-layer casings, in straight or curved
form, Viscofan offers the right casings for your
application. These environmentally-friendly products
guarantee easy handling and an immaculate finished
product. Our wide range of colours and confections
cover every customer demand.
Product range
Colours
Single-Layer
Tripan, WF:
Betan:
Optan-LF:
Viscofan Smoke,
Viscofan Smoke-KD:
The all-round casing for cooked sausage and
jellied meats.
Special mechanical strength offers extremely
uniform calibre, especially for sliced goods.
Ideal for portions.
Excellent performance in cutting and peeling,
especially for sliced goods served over the counter.
These new smokeable straight and curved plastic
casings perform with excellent permeability of smoke, good barrier properties and a minimum of weight loss. For smoked cooked sausages.
For unsmoked cooked sausages with a long shelf
life.
Multi-layer casing for sliced goods.
Curved multi-layer casings for unsmoked cooked
sausages.
For cooked hams, sectioned and formed meat,
sandwich ham and moulded products.
Ideal for packing bone-in and boneless fresh meat,
coarsely seasoned meat and raw cured products
with a hard surface matured over a long period.
Nominal calibres
Tripan, WF:
Betan:
Optan-LF:
Viscofan Smoke:
Viscofan Smoke-KD:
F2:
F2-Slice:
F9-T-KD:
SH2:
NG3:
34 mm – 225 mm
19 mm – 120 mm
45 mm – 110 mm
18 mm – 112 mm
38 mm – 58 mm
32 mm – 146 mm
50 mm – 120 mm
41 mm – 46 mm
160 mm – 305 mm
150 mm – 425 mm
Processing
Soaking
Tripan, WF:
Betan, Optan-LF:
Viscofan Smoke,
Viscofan Smoke-KD:
F2:
F2-Slice: F9-T-KD :
SH2: NG3:
Soak for at least 30 minutes by fully immersing in
lukewarm water (20°C to 30°C).
Soak for at least 30 minutes by fully immersing in
cold water (10°C to 20°C).
Process without prior soaking. Dry fillable.
Soak for 60 minutes by fully immersing in
lukewarm water (20°C to 30°C). F2 is available in ready to stuff shirring as well.
Process without prior soaking. Dry fillable.
Soaking not necessary under certain stuffing conditions. Otherwise soak in cold water for 30 minutes
(strand: 60 minutes).
Process without prior soaking. Dry fillable.
Process without prior soaking. Dry fillable.
Stuffing
Fill air-free to the recommended filling diameter. Underfill air-free for
moulds. Tripan can also be delivered pre-stuck.
Sealing
Colours
Tripan, WF: Betan:
Optan-LF:
Colours upon request.
transparent, white, red, orange, black, yellow,
brown, gold, silver, violet, red FDA, orange FDA,
black FDA, cream FDA, light brown FDA, gold FDA
transparent, white, hazelnut brown, light red mat,
blue FDA mat
transparent, orange, mandarin, opaque,
smoke brown, orange-brown mat
transparent, transparent-UV, red, blue FDA
transparent
Please refer to our product catalogue for further details.
Multi-Layer
F2:
F2-Slice:
F9-T-KD:
SH2:
NG3:
Viscofan Smoke,
Viscofan Smoke-KD:
F2:
F2-Slice:
F9-T-KD:
SH2:
NG3:
transparent, red, black, brown, white, gold, silver,
blue FDA
transparent, white, red, orange, black, yellow,
brown, gold, blue FDA
transparent, white, red, orange, black, yellow,
brown, gold, red mat, black mat, yellow mat,
brown mat, gold mat
Clip or tie product when firmly filled. Make sure that you are using
the correct clip size and machine adjustment. Strong in clipping for
all systems.
Cooling
Interval showering (no danger of breakages), in water bath, or air dry.
Smoking (Viscofan Smoke, Viscofan Smoke-KD)
All standard smoking and cooking systems can be used.
Viscofan Plastic Products
Plastic casings
At a glance
Please ask your country‘s
distributor for the corresponding
data sheet for detailed information.
All data published corresponds to
our present state of knowledge and
is published without any liability.
Advantage
Description
Bags
SH2 and NG3 are are also available in pre-confectioned bags.
Barrier Properties
The excellent barrier properties of our plastic casings retain
the flavour, colour and weight of your product.
Clip Stability /
Tying Our plastic casings boast high strength in clipping and ensure easy
handling on all standard clip machines.
Colour Variety
You will be sure to find the shade you want in our choice of over 200
different colours.
Mechanical strength
Our plastic casings have a high mechanical strength.
Packing
Our NG3 makes packing in-bone or boneless meat child’s play.
The special combination of raw material with the high wall thickness
of NG3 ensures a highly durable and puncture-resistant packaging.
Pre-Sticking
Tripan can be pre-stuck without a problem. Naturally
we can also deliver this casing pre-stuck.
Prints
All plastic casings can be printed in up to 8 colours on both sides.
Product Finishes
We offer our casings in a wide variety of finishes (reels, cut pieces,
shirred strands) which are tailored for all levels of requirement.
They ensure optimum processing on all filling systems.
Profitability
Our plastic casings are also number one in profitable processing.
Water can be saved after cooking by interval-showering or
air-cooling.
Ready to stuff
Many of our plastic casings can be delivered ready to stuff. This
saves you the extra step of soaking the casings prior to filling.
Shelf Life
With the right heat treatment, products in multi-layer casings from
Viscofan have a shelf-life of up to 6 months.
Shrink
Many of our plastic casings are highly shrinkable, ensuring you a
wrinkle-free finished product.
Sliced Goods
The market for sliced goods is growing by the day.
Viscofan mono- and multilayer casings are perfect for products
in this application.
Viscofan reserves the right to make
alterations and supplements as
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technology progresses.
Viscofan S.A., C/ Berroa nº 15, 4ª planta, Polígono Industrial Berroa, 31192 Tajonar – Navarra (España)
Tel.: + 34-948-198444, Fax: + 34-948-198430, comercial@viscofan.com