Visflex®
Plastic Casings
VISFLEX® casings are high performance casings for a wide range of cheese and processed meat applications. Visflex® casings have exceptional barrier and shrink properties, making Visflex® casings ideal for water and steam processing.
Features & Benefits
- Multilayer structure
- Available in a wide range of colors and calibers
- Optional high quality process printing (front and back) with up to 8 colors to enhance your brand and product’s visual appeal
- Finished in a variety of formats including: flat reels, shirred sticks, and cut pieces for optimum productivity and food safety
- Enhanced dimension stability for uniform sizing and wrinkle-free products
- Consistent shrink for end-to-end stuffing diameter, leading to consistent slicing properties
- Ideal meat adhesion to minimize purge, while simultaneously allowing easy peeling of final product
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Specifications
Size Range
- From 30 to 265 mm
Color Range
- More than 30 colors available in the Viskase Color Manual
- Metalized, matte, and other finishes also available in select colors
Finishing Formats
- Flat reels, bundles, cut pieces, and shirred sticks
- Specific lengths and capabilities on request
Printing
- From 1 to 8 colors, front and back side
- Continuous or process print
Product Variations
Visflex® casings are available in five product variations: Visflex® , Visflex® N, Visflex® Plus, Visflex® ST and Visflex® PR. Casings have each been designed to provide optimal product performance for a variety of applications.
VISFLEX®
- Industry leading multilayer plastic (polyamide) casing
- Combined caliber accuracy and excellent thermoshrinking properties, avoids wrinkles after cooling
VISFLEX® N
- Designed for greater elasticity
- Allows expansion of the product during cooking
VISFLEX® PLUS
- Higher barrier properties resulting in lower Oxygen Transmission Rates (OTR)
VISFLEX® ST
- Designed for sterilization products
- Can withstand increased pressure and temperature up to 130° C for two hours, to produce a shelf stable product that does not require refrigeration
VISFLEX® PR
Designed to prevent tearing when punctured during processing or at final use
Ideal for pâté-type applications and processing where probe insertion is critical for the cooking process