Beverage: Secondary Packaging

Secondary packaging on a beverage filling line begins with the application of a label to a filled and closed beverage container. Every label must be checked for accuracy, appearance, and position. Date/lot codes are critical in the event of a product recall and must be clearly and accurately printed on each container. The containers are then packaged together in cartons, cases, bliss trays, or shrink wrapped together. Each package must be filled with the correct count of containers and properly sealed.

Used at every step of this process, products and solutions from Banner Engineering help beverage producers package containers with greater accuracy and increased throughput. Our vision and image sensors provide comprehensive inspection capabilities for label verification and date/lot code inspection. LED, laser, and photoelectric sensors from Banner are rugged, easy to use and solve many challenging secondary packaging applications, including regulating product flow and detecting targets with vibrant graphics and clear, shiny packaging. Banner offers a full and expanding line of LED light fixtures that provide brilliant illumination for work stations, equipment, and vision systems. Our LED indicators provide high visibility, at-a-glance notification of equipment status with options for high decibel audible alerts to notify for critical conditions.

Secondary Packaging Beverage Applications

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Labeler

Coding & Marking

The beverage industry has many rules and regulations in place to make sure that the highest quality products are being delivered to customers. In order to keep track of when and where bottles were filled and packaged, date/lot codes need to be present on the bottles.

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Roll Diameter on Labels

In the beverage industry, labels need to be applied to the bottles quickly and without error to keep production levels high. Accurately monitoring the thickness on a spool of labels and controlling the unwinding speed is very important for the process to run smoothly. A solution is needed that can accurately supervise and report the material levels on a spool in order to prevent it from running out during the manufacturing process and delaying production.

Registration Mark Detection on a Labeler

Banner Engineering’s R58B Expert registration mark sensor confirms the registration mark’s position on the web. This allows the machine to make minor infeed adjustments to ensure the cut is properly placed and all labels are consistent and complete. If the labels are incorrectly cut they need to be removed from the bottling line creating costly downtime and waste. A quick and easy-to-use sensor is needed to dramatically improve throughput.