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