Secondary Packaging

Cobot user presented with gold-finish machine

Chicago-area small precision machining company Kay Manufacturing is presented with a Golden Edition Cobot upon purchasing robot supplier’s 25,000th machine.

September 11, 2018

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Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Unilever Dubai meets end-of-line challenges with automation

The largest personal care plant in the Middle East-Africa, Unilever Dubai handles product collation, shrink bundling, case packing, and palletizing of eight shaped bottle sizes at 350/min, with a 10-min changeover.

August 20, 2018

Secondary Packaging

Icy, sweet treats case-packed at 300 cups/min

Plant producing frozen desserts for J&J Snack Foods takes the sting out of handling cold treat cups for operators, installing a robotic case packer that handles the icy packs with ease.

August 20, 2018

Secondary Packaging

Robot moves the case, not the product, for gentle handling

Co-manufacturer/co-packer invests in robotic case loading for delicate snack foods, where the robot manipulates the case, rather than the package, to eliminate product damage.

August 20, 2018

Secondary Packaging

RRPs for candy pouches require robotic case packing

A Ferrara Candy packaging center installs two robotic case packers capable of loading its consumer-preferred stand-up pouches in a range of retail-ready packaging configurations.

August 20, 2018

Secondary Packaging

Case packer features flap conditioner

Because flaps on corrugated reshippers don’t have the crisp memory that is typically found on brand new corrugated cases, a ‘flying opener’ is being deployed at McManis Family Winery.

August 15, 2018

Secondary Packaging

Case forming brings benefits

Case forming as opposed to case erecting plays a key role in the secondary packaging operation at a new bottling line at McManis Family Winery.

August 10, 2018

Secondary Packaging

A family winery grows into automation

‘We’re fully automated’ is how the Director of Packaging Operations at McManis Family Winery succinctly puts it when describing how this California winery has upgraded its end-of-line.

August 3, 2018

Secondary Packaging

Robots more vital than ever

As labor shortages continue to grow and the need for greater packaging flexibility and faster product turnaround intensify, packagers turn to robotics in record numbers.

July 28, 2018

Secondary Packaging

Labor shortages drive adoption of robotic carton loading

The addition of a vision-guided robotic carton loader for two-packs of ‘sliders’ at White Castle’s Covington, KY, plant helps alleviate challenges resulting from a tight labor market.

July 28, 2018

Secondary Packaging

Robotic case packer ‘revolutionizes’ production

Imitation cheese manufacturer switches from manual to robotic case packing for vacuum packs and flexible bags in multiple case sizes, using one system to handle product from four lines.

July 28, 2018

Conveying & accumulation

Ink jet digital print innovations paying production dividends

New innovations in ink jet digital print technology deliver robust commercial runs with high speeds and consistent results.

May 4, 2018

Secondary Packaging

Modular system provides multipack flexibility

In response to a major retail customer’s request, Finnish dairy producer installs a three-module system to pack yogurt and quark cups into multipack sleeves and cartons.

February 17, 2018