Meypack perfectly packing and palletising preserves

The company, Dreistern-Konserven gmbH & co. kg, based in Neuruppin, northwest of Berlin, is a specialist in the production of high-quality convenience foods and ready meals. the family enterprise places the utmost priority during production on innovative, contemporary meals, new varieties of packaging and on improving upon the classic tin can used in the food industry. A central requirement placed on Meypack was to deliver a system to pack a wide array of jars and tin cans in various formations into trays and then palletise them. More than 40 different products were to be packed by the machines in question. With that, a simple, flexible and reliable format management became one of the central criteria to be addressed in the project. In order to be able to handle this wide range of products, Dreistern ordered a combined case packing and palletising system from Meypack. The VP 520 case packer packs jars and cans into trays. The finished trays are then palletised on a PP 200 palletiser. For this system, particular importance was placed on user-friendliness and easy product changeovers. The machine features tray processing with either the narrow side or the wide side leading, if desired. Due to the wide product diversity in question, a simple electronic format changeover was integrated. For the changeovers, the only format change parts needed to be installed were the grouping fingers in the grouping section. The continuous motion grouping section adjusts itself automatically via the controls, depending upon the programme selected. The product infeed, which can be carried out in two to four lanes, can be adjusted to fit the various product sizes through a manual spindle adjustment device and a digital display. Behind the packer, a palletiser has been installed to transfer the finished trays onto pallets. Through the telescopic lifting table, the PackPal is not only very efficient but also built in an extremely compact manner. The PP 200 is a layer palletiser with two triple axle manipulation units that create the layers. The palletiser has a capacity of placing 2 x 25 trays per minute in Euro pallet format. Servo motors ensure the precise movement during the palletising process.

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