Increasing global tobacco packaging efficiency with automated secondary packing
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Challenge
Meeting rising global product demand
A global market leader in the tobacco industry required a secondary packaging solution capable of meeting rapidly increasing worldwide demand. The system needed to efficiently collate and package multiple tobacco product formats at high speed while maintaining flexibility and supporting shelf-ready packaging requirements.
Innovation
Flexible indexing racetrack case packing system
To meet the customer’s performance and flexibility requirements, AIR designed and developed a bespoke automated case packing solution built around efficient product handling and format adaptability. The system was engineered to streamline carton erection, filling, and finishing while eliminating the need for manual changeover tooling.
- Indexing racetrack system to optimize product collation and throughput
- Automated carton erection from flat blanks
- Flexible servo-driven pusher to load products into cartons
- Shelf Ready Packaging (SRP) carton handling with integrated pop-up marketing banner forming
- Tool-less changeover capability to support multiple packaging formats
Result
High-speed global packaging deployment
The automated secondary packaging machine supports a wide range of packaging formats and processes tobacco products arriving at speeds of up to 120 parts per minute.
The system’s flexibility and performance have enabled successful deployment of multiple machine versions across global production facilities, helping the customer increase efficiency and meet growing market demand.
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