A packaging conveyor automates the packaging process, reducing contamination and damage risks and contributing to worker safety. It can handle various products and features inspection stations, seals, and stamps. Special conditions may be required, such as refrigeration. Specialists can design and install equipment for an entire factory or upgrade a segment. Custom modifications can help companies save money by extending the time between replacements.
A packaging conveyor handles aspects of product packaging such as containerization, labeling and stacking on pallets for shipment. It includes belts, rollers and other devices to move products, with equipment along the conveyor line to perform specific packaging tasks. Such equipment typically must be customized in a factory to fit size and layout considerations. In addition, the carrier must also be able to handle the types of products the company manufactures, from bottled sodas to children’s toys.
This equipment provides a simplified mechanism for moving products through a factory. It can reduce the risk of contamination and damage by automating the packaging process and can also contribute to worker safety by reducing the number of people who need to be on the floor. The conveyor starts with the equipment for putting a product into packages, such as shooting pressurized soda into bottles or shaking hard candy into bags. Packages can be tagged, checked for quality, and placed into shipping containers.
The features available on a packing conveyor may vary. Some devices have inspection stations that can check weights or use cameras to identify defects in products. Others may require manual inspection of products for quality control purposes. Equipment can add special stamps or seals to products, including freshness and food safety seals to assure consumers that the contents of a package have not been adulterated, and expiration dates for perishable items.
Special conditions may be required on a packaging conveyor. In an ice cream shop, for example, the environment must be refrigerated to avoid damage to the product during the packaging process. Deliver items from batch or continuous production machines to refrigerated delivery trucks, ensuring the temperature never rises outside a narrow range. This prevents quality control issues such as icing, which can occur when ice cream melts and refreezes, as well as protecting consumers from bacterial growth that could occur if the product gets too hot.
Packaging conveyor system specialists can design and install equipment for an entire factory or upgrade just a segment of the system. Some may need extra features like alpine conveyors, which can lift products up one or more floors in different parts of a factory. Custom modifications can help companies continue to use an original packaging line, which can save money by extending the time between replacements. A company that needs to package soda into smaller bottles, for example, needs to adjust the equipment, but should be able to continue using the main packaging conveyor.
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