Packaging technology supplier The Bradman Lake Group (BLG) has installed a fully automatic packaging line for a frozen and chilled food manufacturer.
The packaging line consists of two SW702 wrap-around sleevers and a MX1200 robotic Top Load Case Packer, designed specifically for the customer's needs.
The manufacturer was looking for a solution to place wrap-around sleeves onto its frozen products and collate and case-pack them into RSC cases. Due to the limited available factory space and speed required, the customer could only install one case packer.
The SW702 wrap-around sleever is a full-servo In Line continuous motion machine. Trays are delivered onto a flat belt infeed conveyor and picked up by flighted chains. Upon detection, a combination of flight chains, side running belts, guides and servo-driven glue flap squaring sections ensure the sleeve blank is aligned for squareness and wrapped around the product. Hot melt adhesive then seals the pack.
The MX1200 was customised to accept the sleeved trays as they are discharged from the two SW702 sleever machines. The case packer then packs the product into the cartons, ready for distribution.
Bradman Lake is represented in Oceania by HBM Packaging Technologies.
