Specifically designed to suit the demands of the Spirit Industry, Langenpac now offer 2 vertical packaging machines to pack spirit bottles into either gift cartons or composite tubes. We are delighted that both styles of machine have been ordered and will be delivered into the UK this year.
The vertical cartoning machine has been designed and built on the knowledge gained over many years on their existing horizontal style, but offers many benefits including a smaller footprint and the ability to handle a much wider range of different bottle shapes and sizes with differing degrees of label protection and cartons of differing carton board material and finishes. The vertical cartoning machine runs at up to 200 bottles/min and the vertical tube filling machine runs at up to 250 bottles/min if filling into tubes.
On both machine styles bottles are lifted and placed into erected cartons or tubes by means of a diaphragm pick and place system. Leaflet feeding can be supplied following bottle placing by either a simple system to fire the leaflets into the carton or a more sophisticated placing system for larger leaflets or booklets, which are wrapped and placed around the neck of the bottle.
Langenpacs’ knowledge of handling such applications has grown and a number of specialist features have evolved to ensure that bottles and cartons are packed without damage in a reliable and repeatable way.
Quick and simple changeovers have become more and more important due to shorter run lengths, along with assistance in carton blank loading, to protect and reduce the labour needed to operate these machines.
Further information is available from Springvale Equipment Ltd, Langenpac’s UK/Ireland Agent. Tel: 01420 542505. www.springequip.co.uk
