Cost effective packaging of portion packs

LEADING provider of packaging solutions, MULTIVAC will be participating at interpack 2017.  On Stand E23 in Hall 5, the company will showcase an economical solution for producing portion packs, which are the focus of many current trends. The company’s R 145 thermoforming packaging machine is equipped with an innovative shape and contour cutter. The H 052 handling module is used to converge the packs and feed them to downstream process equipment.

Ideal even for small businesses or companies, this innovative solution offers cost-effective and highly efficient production of portion packs such as jams, salad dressings and sauces.

Thanks to short set-up times, the shape and contour cutter features a high degree of flexibility as regards the pack design, the format to be produced and the packaging materials used. With the cutting unit, which produces no trim waste (there are no partitions at all between the packs), the cutting system contributes hugely to reduced consumption of packaging materials and therefore to lower pack costs.

R 145 with KPS thermoforming packaging machine

Since the new cutting system also enables packs with different shapes to be produced, the footprint is smaller than with traditional systems. The new cutting tool can actually be used on all thermoforming packaging machines. At interpack it will be presented on the R 145 entry-level model. This model is a freely configurable packaging machine in the medium output range, which offers an excellent price-performance ratio due to its standard configurations and pre-defined basic formats. Thanks to its wide range of equipment options, it can be designed precisely to individual requirements.

At interpack MULTIVAC will be presenting the H 052 handling module for converging the packs from the cutting tool. The gripper fixes the portion packs in place during the cutting process, then removes the good packs directly and completely from the cutting unit, before feeding them to downstream process equipment. Integrating the H 052 in the line control ensures that all relevant parameters from upstream processes are reliably transferred to the module.