At Fachpack, packaging machine manufacturer Schubert will be presenting a bar packer with a single-lane erector and Comfort Feeder as an example of the new „Power Compact“ machine concept - high output in the smallest of spaces with lean technology. The Schubert experts will also be demonstrating how the sustainable potential of the interaction between packaging and machine technology can be utilised.
One of the company's key objectives is to support consumer goods manufacturers on their path to a sustainable future. This is why Schubert is constantly developing its modular machine technology. On the one hand, to improve energy efficiency in machine operation, and on the other hand, to minimise energy consumption through the design of the system.efficient utilisation of all technical components and to get the best possible performance from the leanest possible solution.
This can be seen live on the „Power Compact“ system on show at the Schubert stand. The bar packer with a single-lane erector and a Comfort Feeder that feeds the blanks directly from the pallet offers manufacturers a particularly advantageous, lean machine concept: a very compact and therefore space-saving system, Erecting, filling and closing at 60 cycles per minute, The system features a small number of system components whose performance can be fully utilised thanks to the single-lane processing of the cartons, lightweight robot tools, some of which are 3D-printed, and a blank feed system that enables continuous operation for up to five hours without refilling.
In addition, the efficient erecting process can be flexibly can also be integrated into other Schubert systems. This concept not only saves on materials and resources, but also enables customers to achieve high packaging performance with high-quality technology and cost-effective operation at the same time.
However, Schubert customers can improve their ecological footprint even further with such a machine solution: Packaging in fully recyclable cardboard boxes often replaces conventional variants with plastic film or plastic labels. At the same time, the cartons produced by the Comfort Feeder The blanks fed in are optimised in advance for the greatest possible recycling of the packaging material. This is because the precise, robot-assisted filling in the top-loading process is particularly suitable for placing products precisely into narrow cartons and saving packaging volume - incidentally one of the requirements of the new PPWR.
Sustainable solutions in the interaction between packaging and machine
Whether existing cartons need to be machine-compatible, new cardboard packaging is required instead of plastic packaging or alternatives are being developed together with a packaging manufacturer, Schubert has solutions for all these and many other packaging issues. The flexible, modular and therefore easy to convert packaging machines of the manufacturer process both conventional and fully recyclable packaging.
Interested visitors can see from Dotlock that Schubert uses its decades of experience with the material cartonboard and the invention of innovative technologies to develop more sustainable packaging solutions. This is a new technology for joining packaging made of solid board or corrugated board completely glue-free, but with the same strength as glued packaging. In future, it will be possible to fully integrate the erecting process for dotlock packaging into the packaging line. Schubert also offers advice and solutions for switching to more sustainable packaging in the area of plastic films: With the Schubert Comfort Package sample book, the manufacturer supports its customers in selecting the optimum tubular bag film in terms of machinability and recyclability, taking into account the product properties.
Source: Gerhard Schubert
Schubert at Fachpack 2024: Hall 1, Stand 244
