YORKSHIRE Packaging Systems (YPS) has revealed details of its work with a manufacturer of bedding items to develop a bagging system suited to its products.
At the heart of the new system is a Hugo Beck Flexo 700 E-com, featuring several adaptations from the standard model.
The cross-seal has been extended to a width of 800mm to easily accommodate bulky pillows and quilts. The sealing jaw is able to open to a height of 300mm, while an adapted film folder was included to provide space for a cross conveyor at the back of the machine, running YPS’s 98% recycled content films.
A semi-automatic splicer was incorporated into the film folder, which fuses the new and old film together without a requirement for tape. A controlled pack presser was added, which YPS explained lowers prior to sealing of the bag to expel the air from the pack. This results in a higher quality seal and improved pack performance. Finally, a kissing conveyor was included to achieve speedy transfer of products over the sealing area and enable the machine to pack smaller items if required.
YPS added that the system achieves a packing rate of 14 bags per minute. The direct ZPL labeller, which is standard with this machine, was also an attractive feature to the bedding manufacturer. This takes any file and converts it to a label, print and applying for each different order.
The one-in, one-out packing system ensures GDPR compliance, with every pack correctly labelled for onward distribution. This unit also features a ‘batch mode’ that can be utilised with sequential data to run through thousands of the same product, running through orders sent to the labeller for one large run.
“We discussed the customer’s exact requirements at length with them, recommending a quality system that would bring them significant benefits as it was and then further adapting it to create an ideal solution for them,” said YPS sales manager Jaques-Pierre Macchi. “Seeing how this system has come together to deliver exactly what they need has been such a satisfying project.”
