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Specialist packaging solutions by Meypack

Posted by Miles Goodwin    Posted in Meypack    Posted on October 24, 2011        

Meypack have recently demonstrated their specialist end packaging knowledge with a new and innovative solution for the Schierker Feuerstein company in Germany.

picture of product and finished pack

Product and finished pack

 Meypack delivered a combined end packaging system consisting of a VP 501 and a VP 450K case packer for the company in Bad Lauterberg in Harz. The first machine, the VP501, packs groups of three 0.02 litre bottles of spirits into folding boxes using the conventional Meypack wrap-around case packing process.

With the help of two gripper heads, three of these very tiny products are picked up and placed lying flat on the cardboard blank. After passing through the station’s “top flap inserter,” “glueing station” and “pressing channel” the finished folding box in 3 x 1 format exits the machine lying down with the wide side leading.

Bottle infeed

After being processed by the VP 501, the folding boxes are fed into the VP 450 tray packer to be packed as 2 x 10 formations into trays for transport. The lying folding boxes are separated into two’s, one after the other, and laterally pushed.

Then, two of the 3-packs are erected upright and transferred to the grouping station. The process is repeated until the desired tray formation is complete. Thereafter, the “group”is pushed onto the tray blank in the lowering station. After reaching the lower position, the pre-folded tray is guided by the servo-driven index chain through the glueing and pressing stations. Here, the flaps are glued and pressed, giving the tray its final form and stability.

Meypack tray-lid system for Arla Foods

Posted by Miles Goodwin    Posted in Meypack, Penn    Posted on January 12, 2009        

Arla Foods is one of Meypack’s biggest customers, with installations in Denmark, Sweden and England. A recent project was realised in Denmark at Arla Bov, a company belonging to Arla Foods amba.

Arla Foods, tray+lid packing

Meypack installed a VP 453 inline case packer at the facility in Krusa. This machine, constructed entirely of stainless steel, packs the beloved Arla white cheese sold in rounded, rectangular containers into trays with lids. A specially designed infeed system guarantees that the containers are fed into the machine gently and without the use of pressure.

With this “tray-lid”-application, the lid is positioned inside the tray and depending upon the customer’s wishes, can simply be inserted or secured additionally with adhesive. The machine is equipped with motorised adjustment points, which enable the machine to be automatically changedover within an extremely short time and ensure that the format settings remain unchanged.

 

Arla Feta Cheese container

It goes without saying that especially in the dairy industry, the purity of the entire production, fi lling and packaging line plays an immensely important role. In order to cope with the regularly scheduled cleaning processes, the Meypack packaging machine was produced in a “wash-down” version. This means that bearings and guides
have been built of rust-free stainless steel and the hot-melt applicator has been equipped with special hose connections and nozzles that are protected from water spray.

Case packing with partitions for Absolut / V&S Group

Posted by Miles Goodwin    Posted in Meypack    Posted on November 12, 2008        

Meypack partition insertion

Meypack have recently complete a project with the Absolut Vodka, part of the V&S Group, at its was distillery in Åhus. One part of the new project is a brand new bottling line including a Meypack high speed VP 531 packaging machine equipped with a fully automatic partition insertion system.

This case packer packs the well-known “Absolut” bottles, ranging in size from 700 ml up to 1,750 ml, into either 3×2 or 3×4 formations. To protect the bottles, the machine has been equipped with a servo-pusher dividing system to gently divide the products into formation as well as three fully automatic partition inserters. The VP 531 case packer that packs the glass bottles into wrap-around cases is also outfi tted with an automatic blank loading station, which removes the blanks from the pallet and feeds them automatically into the blank magazine.