Form fill seal machines are often divided into the types of packs they produce:
Bags and Pillow packs : flow-wrapper; lower reel flow-wrapper; vertical form fill and seal; stickpack machines; mandrel form fill seal.
Bottles/vials : blow fill seal.
Cartons : vertical carton board form fill seal.
Pots trays and blisters : cold form fill seal; thermoform fill seal; blister form fill seal.
Sachets and Envelopes : edge seal machine; horizontal form fill seal; vertical sachet form fill seal.
Sacks and Bags : tubular sack form fill seal and vertical form fill seal.