End-of-line machines - End-of-line machines

The general organization and layout of a packaging line comprises a series of steps.

In the [AG 6 600] and [AG 6 601] files, we have seen how to fill, weigh and dose unit packs: bottles, flasks, sachets, cardboard boxes, etc. The following steps are aligned on a general conveyor. They are as follows

• conveyor feed;

• unit pack detection, counting, control... ;

• grouping of unit packs ;

• case packing (in cardboard boxes) ;

• the multipack carton ;

• shrink-wrapping and bundling ;

• palletizing and overwrapping.

In this dossier, we focus on the following cases:

• glass or plastic bottles, various flasks;

• cardboard cartons or boxes/crates.

These are cases that concern mass production, such as for foodstuffs. But the same operations can also be found, albeit at lower production rates, in other industries such as cosmetics, parachemistry and household products. We are therefore also studying slower packaging lines, where certain stages can be carried out partly by hand, while others are automated or semi-automated.