Suppliers streamline processing, quality control operations
New equipment unveiled at drinktec
At drinktec, during a joint tradeshow booth, Gerhard Schubert GmbH and KHS showcased the benefits of the Innopack-TLM block packaging system, which seamlessly combines a Schubert TLM packaging machine with a KHS packer, significantly increasing packaging quality and flexibility, the companies say. The Innopack-TLM can efficiently pack several different bottle and end-packaging formats into a compact, space-saving unit. The inline packaging system consists of five TLM sub-machines from Schubert and a machine section from KHS that are connected by a patented robot, the Transmodul, which transports the erected cartons into the KHS system and then conveys the cartons filled with bottles to the appropriate module for gluing and sealing. The system can pack beverage crates as well as baskets, clusters and other cardboard packaging, at an output as fast as 48,200 bottles an hour, 134 six-unit baskets, or 45 crates or cartons a minute, it says. The flexible, modular design and space-saving solution also can be adapted to different formats and product mixes.