Fully automated packing line

Taking on the project as systems integrator, Endoline installed a case erecting and robotic loading solution, which seamlessly forms 13 cases per minute with a hot melt glue.

Ian Murray, general manager of Murray Packaging who commissioned the installation, comments:"In this instance a hot melt glue application was recommended as it secures the base of the box without producing an overlap, which can often be the case with tape applications – allowing Nairn’s to meet supermarket shelf ready expectations.”

The case erector is built and programmed into an Endoline conveyor system, which feeds formed cases directly into an Endoline robot cell.

Packing up to 80 cartons of oatcakes per minute, the robot cell deploys with a six axis ABB robot arm, equipped with a specially designed gripper that is easily fitted with between 6 and 12 quick release suction cups. This means the operator can select packing quantities from 6 to 12 cartons per case using a pre-programmed list of recipes via Endoline's simple to use HMI.