Packing detergent powder starts with measuring bulk behaviour on your floor, not copying another factory’s HMI recipe. For Detergent Powder, plan around 0.35–0.65 g/ml bulk density and surfactant blends (alkaline) as the primary materials variables. Recommended metering is heavy-duty auger, SS316 contact preferred (fill code AUGER). YugMach publishes configuration prices from Mathura so buyers get price transparency before GST; final figures still follow pouch size, film, and options. On detergent powder lines, seal development usually begins near 120–150°C with dwell in the 0.4–1.0 s band, then moves after peel tests on your laminate lot. Gas or barrier target context is n/a — moisture barrier critical. Typical films include LDPE/LLDPE laminate, BOPP/PE detergent laminate, Moisture-barrier laminate. Pouch bands commonly cover 200g–500g, 1kg, 2kg–5kg. Planning throughput sits near 600–1,800 when product, film, and changeovers cooperate. Critical failure modes unique to detergent powder: alkaline corrosion; moisture caking; dust explosion risk; 1–5 kg pouch stress; crevice rust at welds. Design SOPs and spare kits around those five, not around generic ‘packing machine maintenance’ checklists. Keep free-fall near 500 mm or lower when fracture or dust generation is a risk for this SKU family. Gas flushing is usually secondary or irrelevant for detergent powder; moisture, alkalinity, count accuracy, or wrap integrity dominate instead. Spend engineering time on WVTR, corrosion resistance, and seal cleanliness rather than nitrogen plumbing you will never use. Weight control economics for detergent powder: about 5 g average giveaway at 2,000 packs/hour wastes 10 kg/hour of product. Multiply by your factory cost per kilogram to size the payback for better tooling, more heads, or closed-loop checkweighing. Calibrate weekly with certified test weights and after any collision on the filler frame. Mechanical envelope: expect on the order of 6.0 kW class connected load depending on servos and heaters, and roughly 7 bar clean dry air if actuation is pneumatic. Film path width planning around 200 mm face/web context is a common starting point for mid retail SKUs, but collar selection must match the actual formed cross-section. Wrong collars score film, wander longitudinal seals, and create scrap that looks like a temperature problem. Detergent powder is alkaline and hygroscopic; SS316 or coated contact parts pay for themselves versus painted mild steel. Caking above the auger throat after humid nights looks like an electronics fault — it is moisture. 1–5 kg pouches need seal cooling time before the pack hits a belt or bottom seals peel under mass. Dust hygiene is also explosion hygiene: ground hoppers, extract fines, and avoid ignition sources in dusty rooms. Builder-to-surfactant ratio shifts density inside the 0.35–0.65 g/ml band; recalibrate after every formula change. Housekeeping for detergent powder must match chemistry: wipe intervals, extractor filter changes, and elastomer replacement differ from a dry rice demo line. Never hose electrical cabinets. Dry contact parts fully after wet cleaning before restart. Document screw RPM or weigher combination limits, seal temperature, and flush settings on a laminated card at the machine for each detergent powder SKU. Factory acceptance should include at least three steady hours on the hardest detergent powder SKU with agreed scrap and weight or count tolerances. Record film lot, ambient °C, and RH — monsoon air in North India changes powder flow and snack oil feel. Train two operators and one fitter before sign-off; demand drawings, pneumatic diagrams, and password policy with the machine. Spare parts with lead time risk for detergent powder lines include sealing jaws or Teflon, forming collars for each width, and filler-specific wear parts (auger flights, cups, weigher buckets, linear pans, wrap belts, or count sensors as applicable). Buying the cheapest film that ‘almost seals’ at 120–150°C usually raises scrap more than the reel savings. Commercial comparison: use published prices for price transparency, then insist on trials with your detergent powder and your film. Numbers that decide the purchase are density, surfactant blends (alkaline), peel strength, giveaway or reject rate, and sustained packs per minute — not marketing adjectives. GST is extra on published tags; nitrogen, extra heads, and special MOC change the final configuration cost. For detergent powder, revisit film COF if packs slip on inclined outfeeds; a 0.05 COF shift from a new reel lot can raise fall-over scrap without any machine fault. Operators packing detergent powder should know the abort sequence for film break and hopper empty — untrained clears are a top source of bent jaws and cut fingers. Keep a scrap Pareto for detergent powder with categories for seal, weight/count, and print; fund fixes for the tallest bar first. When ambient RH jumps 15–20 points, re-check the first 50 packs of detergent powder before releasing the shift’s production. Align purchasing of film and spare collars for detergent powder so a width change does not strand the line waiting for tooling. For detergent powder, revisit film COF if packs slip on inclined outfeeds; a 0.05 COF shift from a new reel lot can raise fall-over scrap without any machine fault. Operators packing detergent powder should know the abort sequence for film break and hopper empty — untrained clears are a top source of bent jaws and cut fingers. Detergent powder packing rooms benefit from dehumidification in monsoon months more than from faster augers. A 5-point RH drop can restore flow that looked like a mechanical jam. For 5 kg pouches, consider supported bottom seals or longer cooling conveyors. Train cleaners not to leave wet floors under carbon-steel frames overnight — flash rust marks white powder packs.