Packaging: Primary Packaging

Flexible packaging automation support growing customer needs

All around the world, consumer packaged goods (CPGs) are made available in a broad range of packaging styles, materials, sizes and shapes.

A single beverage producer may offer their drinks in multiple sizes of PET bottles, 2-liter plastic containers, or small folded paper cartons. Drinks can be powdered and sold in multi-serve ridged plastic containers or single serve flexible packets. They can even be sold as a gel and packaged in stand-up pouches. All these variations require flexible packaging machinery and automated quality controls. Banner Engineering supports packaging automation and diversity by offering a comprehensive collection of intelligent sensors to thoroughly inspect products and packaging and for flow and process control purposes.

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Label Alignment Inspection

As each salad dressing bottle leaves the label station, an iVu Series sensor, configured for a Match application, inspects the label and compares it to a preconfigured reference to determine if they match. The iVu verifies that each bottle has a label applied and that each individual label is applied straight and not skewed. If the label is missing, or incorrectly placed on the bottle, then the sensor outputs a signal to the labeling machine.

Depalletizer Guarding with Muting

Banner’s Type 4 EZ-Screen with a muting is ideal for depalletizer stations with robots because the screens ensure safety standards are maintained while allowing for a free flow of pallets, increasing throughput. The muting allows for a pallet skid to be transferred without shutting down the conveyor or robot cell, helping optimize product flow throughout the distribution center. There is a timing function set at a constant speed that allows for a continuous flow of pallets.

Q4X Series Rugged Laser Distance Sensor

Rugged Q4X laser distance sensor solves many challenging applications and comes in a rugged IP69K rating with FDA food grade stainless steel housing.

WLS27 Series: Shatterproof LED Strip Light

WLS27 LED strip lights are protected by a shatterproof copolyester shell and a redundant sealing method prevents water ingress. Each strip light provides brilliant, even illumination in difficult environments.

QS30 Series High-Performance Long-Range Sensor

High power sensing with ranges up to 200 m, e/m relay output models available.

Expandable Safety Controller: XS26 Series

With the option to add up to eight I/O expansion modules, the XS26-2 expandable safety controller has the capacity to adapt to a variety of machines, including large scale machines with multiple processes. Program in minutes with easy-to-use configuration software.

Programmable Safety Controller: SC26 Series

With a smaller footprint and Boolean logic functions, the SC26-2 was designed to be easy to use, flexible and efficient.

iVu BCR

The iVu BCR offers advanced bar code reading capabilities for advanced traceability in a compact, rugged package with either an integrated touch screen or remote touch screen for easy setup and monitoring.

R58 Series Registration Mark Sensor

Detects subtle color contrasts in common product and material registration applications found in printing, packaging, and pharmaceutical industries.

Success Stories

Detecting Various Registration Marks [Success Story]

Hamer, LLC is a Minnesota-based manufacturer of automated packaging equipment for a wide variety of applications and world-wide customers. From pet food to pellet fuels, Hamer machinery packages products in a variety of weights and sizes at speeds up to 60 bags per minute. A vital component of Hamer’s equipment is registration mark sensing—the ability to detect marks on packaging as it passes at high speeds. When a mark is detected, the equipment cuts the packaging at the designated location, eliminating waste and ensuring each bag is consistent.

Combined Inspections Used to Meet Quality Standards [Success Story]

Bottles incorrectly packed into bliss trays for sale in club stores did not properly display product labels and had to be returned to the company.

Accurate Label Inspection [Success Story]

The company was experiencing several quality control issues—bottles were coming off the line with missing, skewed and double labels. As a result, the customer was scrapping over 2,000 bottles a month, a process which requires them to cut out the mislabeled portion of the bottles and re-grind the plastic for reuse. Further, the labeling errors began prompting serious customer complaints. To avoid scrapping additional bottles and losing loyal customers, the company came to Banner for a label inspection solution.

Preventing Shipping Errors at a Large Distribution Center [Success Story]

• Detection of boxes as they enter bins</br> • Vibration and potential impact</br> • Varying sizes of bins</br>

Simplifying Safety Feature Management [Success Story]

Algus Packaging Inc. is a leader in the heat seal and thermoform packaging industry. They design, develop and manufacture high-performance sealing machines, thermoformed packaging and offer full service contract packaging. The machinery and services offered by Algus provide their customers with the ability to change and grow as business needs dictate, now and in the future.

Pallet Detection for Conveyance Equipment

A leading manufacturer of conveying equipment designs and builds high-quality, low-cost conveyance solutions. The pallet equipment they develop is expected to reliably convey, palletize and depalletize thousands of pallets and unit loads annually. This equipment must be able to sense a wide range of different pallet types and sizes to ensure the proper packing and unpacking of pallets and avoid line slow-downs, pallet crashes and collapses.

Shrink Sleeve Labeling at High Speeds [Success Story]

A leading manufacturer of labeling equipment offers high-speed shrink sleeve label applicators designed to process 800 bottles per minute. To maximize the machine’s performance potential, the company wanted to install sensors capable of consistent detection and output for high-speed bottling.

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