Ranpak expands its automated inline packaging solution Cut'it! EVO with three digital tools. The new tools enable high return on investment for end-of-line packaging applications.
Ranpak develops its solutions to ensure that products are packaged in the most space-saving way possible and with as little empty space as possible. In this way, the company helps its customers to comply with the new EU Packaging Directive of 40 per cent empty volume. With more than 50 years of innovation in paper packaging, the solutions are sustainable as they are completely recyclable. Recyclable paper materials use.
The centrepiece of the integrated concept for EOL automation is the Automated end-of-line packaging machine Cut'it! EVO. It automatically reduces cartons to the highest filling point before the lid is securely glued on. As a stand-alone solution, Cut'it! EVO offers a good ROI through labour savings, the optimisation of the EOL flow, a Improved customer experience when removing the product, The result is a reduction in shipping costs, reduced material consumption and consolidated carton dimensions.
In conjunction with the new digital tools from Ranpak, this solution offers significantly more benefits, helping customers to easily fulfil regulatory requirements while gaining an important competitive advantage. Ranpak Precube'it! is the first component of this EOL technology package. This solution offers numerous functions and, among other things, uses the data from the previous order history to optimise the Simulate machine utilisation and carton filling rates for future scenarios. It also consolidates and optimises the range of carton sizes required and to be kept on site. By selecting the right design and size for each package, the amount of corrugated cardboard to be processed is reduced. The tool can also be used to reduce the number of partial deliveries. Precube'it! promotes meaningful insights into an analysis, which is far more precise than other tools that normally work with liquid volumes for the calculation.
„We are excited to bring these exceptional integrated digital EOL packaging solutions to the market to drive greater efficiency in logistics centres and warehouses combined with a more sustainable EOL packaging experience. In our opinion, packaging companies that want to achieve efficiency gains should start automating their EOL packaging immediately, not as an afterthought. We have found that the incremental benefits of EOL automation can reduce the payback period from three to five years of piecemeal, after-the-fact investment to one to three years. This is an unprecedented concept in the industry that not only ensures global compliance with regulatory mandates, but also helps packaging companies achieve their profitability and sustainability goals in new and innovative ways.“
Bryan Boatner, Global Managing Director of Automation at Ranpak
DecisionTower offers a combination of AI-supported computer-based 2D/3D video technology for a variety of different insightful tasks, including quality control, job insights and precise void filling. In this case, the solution instructs the void-filling converter to output an optimal amount of paper for each individual box. This makes it possible to optimise the dimensions and consumption of the packaging material. Based on AI and machine learning (ML) algorithms, this solution is able to achieve greater precision over time across all applications.
Ranpak Connect, in conjunction with Cut'it! EVO and daily reports, including parameters such as operating times and causes of failure, to provide a detailed Overview of machine utilisation and performance is available. This tool includes a camera integrated into the machine to support performance analyses and identifies training and maintenance needs before an escalation is required.
Source: Ranpak
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