A flat blank must be ready before a box can be firmly glued and filled. Depending on requirements, horizontal or vertical magazines keep the carton elements in stock. Robots transport these into the machine to erect, fill and seal them. Schubert offers both magazine variants to maximise flexibility in cartoning.
When it needs to be compact
Whether blanks are stored vertically or horizontally in the magazine depends on the packaging machine and the specific tasks at hand. At Schubert, the vertical magazine – which could be seen in combination with the bar packer at this year’s Fachpack – is only used if a single-lane erector is available. The reason is that the magazine also operates on a single lane, offering a space-saving yet powerful solution with an even higher safety performance level (D).
Variable loading
Operators place individual blanks into the vertical magazine manually. Depending on the blank size, two stacks can fit one behind the other – enabling up to 60 minutes of uninterrupted cartoning. Schubert designed the loading height so that the magazine can be filled comfortably. Thanks to a buffer, operators can change the blanks during production – so that cartoning does not come to a standstill. Small, lightweight format parts also facilitate very quick changeover times.
From the pallet to the machine
There is also another option: the line can pull the blanks directly from the pallet. The Comfort Feeder, a pallet magazine that also enables vertical storage and even longer operating times, makes this possible. A robot pulls blanks from the sheet above and places them in an intermediate buffer. Depending on the line, this allows for four to five hours of cartoning before a new pallet has to be loaded into the Comfort Feeder.
More lanes, even greater performance
Horizontal magazines always come into play when manufacturers need to pack especially large quantities of boxes in a short time. Unlike the vertical magazine on display at the show, horizontal magazines can operate with multiple lanes. This is also the key to high throughput: a horizontal magazine can store up to six blanks side by side. Robots simultaneously feed these into the packaging process. Cartoners with a horizontal magazine can therefore produce up to 120 boxes per minute.
About Gerhard Schubert GmbH
Gerhard Schubert GmbH is a globally recognised market leader in top-loading packaging machines (TLM). For its digital, robot-based packaging machines, the family-owned company based in Crailsheim (Baden-Württemberg, Germany) builds on an interplay of simple mechanics, intelligent control technology and high modularity. With this philosophy and a highly developed culture of innovation, the company has been pursuing an entirely independent technological path for almost 60 years.
With its TLM technology, the machine manufacturer provides its customers with future-proof packaging machine solutions that are easy to operate, flexible in terms of format conversion, high-performance and stable in function. The TLM packaging machines pack products of all types and from all sectors – from food, confectionery, beverages, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics to technical products – into trays, cartons, boxes or into flow-wrap bags.
Well-known global companies in the consumer goods and pharmaceutical industries rely on Schubert’s automation solutions, as do numerous small, medium-sized and family-owned companies. Founded in 1966, the second generation of the company now employs 1,800 people.
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