{"id":23181,"date":"2019-05-22T13:16:01","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T11:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/?p=23181"},"modified":"2020-08-11T13:28:17","modified_gmt":"2020-08-11T11:28:17","slug":"hugo-beck-efficient-multipack-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/hugo-beck-effiziente-multipack-produktion\/","title":{"rendered":"Hugo Beck: Efficient multipack production for contract packers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In order to simplify previously labour-intensive processes in the production of promotional packaging, Hugo Beck supports global contract packers with robot-based automation solutions. The leading manufacturer of horizontal flowpack, film packaging and print finishing machines is strengthening this segment.<\/p>\n<p>For advertising purposes, food manufacturers are increasingly using <strong>Multipacks<\/strong>, i.e. packs consisting of several products that are offered at a promotional price, such as <strong>\u201etake 2, pay 1\u201c<\/strong>. Products have to be packaged in different arrangements and quantities. This is usually a manual and therefore time-consuming, labour-intensive process.<\/p>\n<p>A leading global contract packer was faced with the challenge of automating its packaging processes and approached Hugo Beck. <strong>all robots are controlled by the main control of the packaging machine<\/strong> become.<\/p><div class=\"packa-in-post-alle\" style=\"text-align: center;\" id=\"packa-539149325\"><div id=\"packa-3473244916\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/newsletter\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"PJ Self-promotion English 03\"><!--noptimize--><img src=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03.png 840w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-300x75.png 300w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-768x192.png 768w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-18x5.png 18w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-332x83.png 332w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-664x166.png 664w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-688x172.png 688w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" width=\"840\" height=\"210\"  style=\" max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" \/><!--\/noptimize--><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<h2><strong>Flexibility is a must<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The solution provided comprises three servo X-film packaging machines, each with two parallel robots and a shrink tunnel. Firstly, robots from a third-party supplier feed the products (in this case biscuit boxes) to the Hugo Beck packaging machine. The type and position of the boxes on the conveyor belt are checked by cameras.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23224\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23224\" style=\"width: 387px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23224\" title=\"A parallel robot picks up the biscuit boxes. \" src=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/CoPa_Hugo_Beck_1_Parallelroboter_www-793x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A parallel robot picks up the biscuit boxes. \" width=\"387\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/CoPa_Hugo_Beck_1_Parallelroboter_www-793x1024.jpg 793w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/CoPa_Hugo_Beck_1_Parallelroboter_www-600x775.jpg 600w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/CoPa_Hugo_Beck_1_Parallelroboter_www-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/CoPa_Hugo_Beck_1_Parallelroboter_www-768x991.jpg 768w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/CoPa_Hugo_Beck_1_Parallelroboter_www.jpg 945w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 387px) 100vw, 387px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23224\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A parallel robot picks up the biscuit boxes. (Image: Hugo Beck)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The two parallel robots pick up the biscuit boxes and <strong>group them in the desired order<\/strong> in the feed chain of the film packaging machine. The type of grouping or stacking is freely adjustable. The grouped cartons are automatically fed to the packaging machine, bagged and shrink-wrapped, completing multipack production.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2203\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2203\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2203 size-medium\" title=\"Timo Kollmann, Sales Manager at Hugo Beck \" src=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/LM_Hugo_Beck_Timo_Kollmann_komp-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Timo Kollmann, Sales Manager at Hugo Beck \" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2203\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Timo Kollmann, Sales Manager at Hugo Beck Maschinenbau GmbH &amp; Co. KG<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201eContract packers and logistics providers demand simple, effective and integrated solutions that can be quickly adapted to different production requirements,\u201c emphasises <strong>Timo Kollmann<\/strong>, Sales Manager at Hugo Beck. \u201e<strong>Flexibility<\/strong> is a must for these applications. Thanks to the programme memory function of our machine control systems, the packaging process and the robots can be automatically adjusted to new products. As a result, this leads to leaner production and optimised quality assurance thanks to virtually error-free automation processes.\u201c<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The customer is highly satisfied with the solution. They particularly appreciate the project management with <strong>only one partner<\/strong> for the entire packaging line - from product removal and robot technology to the packaging machine.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hugobeck.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.hugobeck.com<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"To simplify previously labour-intensive processes in the production of promotional packaging, Hugo Beck supports global contract packers with robot-based automation solutions.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23223,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_title":"","csco_display_header_overlay":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[28,21],"tags":[80,57559,38,71,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-23181","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-aus-dem-magazin","8":"category-verpackungstechnik","9":"tag-copacking","10":"tag-hugo-beck","11":"tag-lebensmittel","12":"tag-suesswaren","13":"tag-verpackungstechnik","14":"cs-entry","15":"cs-video-wrap"},"acf":[],"vimeo_video":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23181\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}