In one of its most complex, largest and innovative projects to date, Pacepacker has more than doubled the output for a world leading hand hygiene supplier by automating the case erection, loading and palletising tasks previously performed manually.
Comprising 15 individual elements, the use of cutting edge 3D technology, and featuring products from nine different original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), this huge, fully automated line enabled Pacepacker to take home the Most Innovative Packaging Machinery Award at the recent PPMA awards ceremony.
Wanting to improve the versatility of its production plant and increase line packing speeds, Pacepacker was brought in to automate two labour intensive manual packing production lines and palletising operation, creating a centralised, fully automated turnkey line. By solving the factory’s reliance on multiple workers overseeing each packing element, Pacepacker estimates that it will cut annual workforce costs by around £400,000 a year.
One of the key challenges was the packing line needed to handle up to six different wholesale-sized occupational hand sanitiser bottlers, plus a combination of 70 pallet types and stacking patterns.
