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Customized can cartoning

Versatile cartoning system meets Summit Brewing’s need for can-count flexibility and fast changeover.

The customizable cartoning system features servo positive drive and tool-free changeover for varying carton lengths and widths.
The customizable cartoning system features servo positive drive and tool-free changeover for varying carton lengths and widths.

Summit Brewing Co., St. Paul, MN, produces 14 varieties of premium bottled and canned craft beers currently distributed in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Arkansas, and North and South Dakota.

For its canned beers, the brewer uses a KHS Model DVD40 filler and an Angelus 5M seamer. The system runs at 400 cpm for 12-oz cans and at 360 cpm for 16-oz cans. The 12-oz aluminum cans are supplied by Ball Corp., and the 16-oz cans are from Ardagh.

Summit had been running strictly 6-count can packaging lines. But market demand for canned 12- and 24-counts was growing. Tom Thomasser, Chief Operations Officer for Summit Brewing, says, “New compact cartoning equipment capable of accommodating our size range and speed requirements was the only way to meet that demand. In addition, we wanted the ability to offer a 30-pack carton to commemorate our company’s 30th anniversary.”

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