Two vertical form fill seal machines connceted to a single cartoner
Feed unwrapped spoons from bulk to load each one into carton
Solution Highlights
- Combined 2 vertical form fill seal (VFFS) machines with a 3 level Bomb bay infeed for each in order to load bags into one cartoner.
- The VFFS machines were independently running unsynchronised directly into the bomb bay infeeds.
- Incorporated the ability to feed unwrapped spoons from bulk and synchronise them with the cartoner pitch in order to load each carton with a spoon and bag. Utilised a bulk hopper with a bowl feeder to orient the spoon into a single conveyor which then synchronised electronically with the cartoner pitch using a servo-driven rotary wheel to deliver the spoon.
- Specially designed cartoner bucket transport for the bags and spoons to provide an efficient loading system into the cartons along with the overhead compression unit.
Challenges summarised
- Handling two VFFS bagger outputs into a single cartoner
- Ability to feed unwrapped spoons from bulk and synchronise with the cartoner pitch in order to load a spoon in each carton
- Food application with corresponding requirements