Cartoning Machines: Types, Processes, and Working Principles - Prof. Sharma, Summaries of Engineering

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Cartoning Machines

Types & Processes

➢ Control Panel/segment ➢ Electric Motors & Electric Panel ➢ Lubrication system ➢ Carton Pack Tooling & Pneumatic System ➢ An ink-jet printer ➢ A safety system ➢ Conveyors, Rollers, Guide Rail and Carton Chute Main parts of a cartoning machine:

Cartoning machine:

➢ Cartoning machine/cartoner is an assembly of electrical, mechanical & pneumatic components. ➢ The integrated system is configured with a computer to control, manage and regulate its operation. ➢ They are all combined to work together for formation of carton, insertion of product and closing the carton ➢ Cartoning machine plays a very vital & integral role in many industries

❖ HCM

A cartoning machine which picks a single piece from stack of folded carton and erects it,

fills with a product horizontally along with the product information leaflet(PIL) through

an open end and closes by tucking the end flaps of the carton or applying glue /

adhesive.

❖ VCM

A cartoning machine which erects a folded carton in upright position, fills with a product

or number of products vertically through an open end and closes by either tucking the

end flaps of the carton or applying glue / adhesive, is called a top end cartoning machine

or Vertical Cartoning Machine (VCM)

Usually there are two types of cartooning machines ➢ Horizontal Cartoning Machine (HCM ) ➢ Vertical Cartoning Machine (VCM)

Orientation & movement of carton in VCM

Orientation & movement of carton in HCM

Horizontal Cartoning Machine

❖ A Cartoning machine which erects a folded and side seamed carton and places it on a horizontal mechanism, so that the carton can be filled with product moving horizontally through an open end flap of the carton before being closed.

❖ Vertical Cartoning Machine

A cartoning machine which erects a folded carton, closes the bottom and then fills it with a product vertically through an open end and closes the top by either tucking the closing flaps of the carton or applying glue or adhesive

Operation flow chart:

➢Automatic Cartoning Machine draws the carton from a magazine & opens the carton, Inserts product and closes the carton by tucking in the flaps. ➢Carton In-feed oscillating suction pads extract the flat folded cartons from the magazine and open them. The tension in the carton is released by breaking back the fold before the carton is pushed between the chain carrying fingers. ➢The leaflet pick-up & place system picks up the leaflet from the leaflet magazine and places it rightly infront of the holdr/ bucket carrying the product to be fed in the carton. ➢ Continuous motion barrel loader pusher push the product along with the leaflet (PIL) safely into the open carton. If the carton is missing, the product will not be loaded. An overload safety feature will stop the machine if a fault occurs during loading. ➢Flap closing: Two types of closing systems are provided, a tuck in system, and a glue application system. ➢Discharge belts carry the final/completed pack safely out of the machine. Prefolded Leaflet (Booklet) insertion: An automatic insertion of pre-folded leaflets /booklet is also possible with a booklet insertion device.

❖ Automatic cartoning machine Consists of several parts/areas of operation like: Product collation,

Carton pick - up, Code embossing, Carton erection by knife blade, Leaflet pick – up system ,

Pusher for Product insertion, Carton closure, Discharge belt conveyor

Automatic Cartoning Machine is suitable for packaging of items such as tubes, blister strips, bottles, vials, ampoules, droppers, inhalers, bearings, soaps and many other products falling within the wide range of the machine either individually or in combination.

➢ No suction of carton by missing product (No product no carton ) ➢Product loading on conveyor by automatic collation & releasing method or may be placed manually, then other things finished automatically. ➢Automatically displaying device for speed and finished products counting ➢The cartoning machine includes an automatic station to form the cartons. The carton boxes are held by vacuum ➢Machine stop running if no products or incorrect position of products. ➢It should be easy to change the other type of product within the range. ➢Simple operation and stable running. ➢Gluing device to seal the side flaps using hotmelt adhesives.

Cartoning Machine Features

Both the HCM & VCM machine include canton suction and open, products put into, printing batch number, sealing carton with tuck-in or hot melt glue device.

An automatic/ideal cartoning machines are having in – built features like

➢Product checking

➢ Carton pick – up

➢ Code embossing

➢Carton erection by knife blade

➢ Leaflet pick – up

➢Product insertion along with leaflet

➢ Carton closure ( Tuck in type or gluing

➢ Carton Discharge.

Conveyor system for cartons

pneumatic system to pick carton from stack

Carton picking , placing and forming station

➢ The machine is suitable for packing different sizes and specifications of blister or similar objects with automatic leaflet folding &inserting, carton opening, object cartoning, batch number embossing and cartooning closing/sealing. ➢ It adopts PLC device with touch screen operation with all working stations equipped electronic sensor for running status monitoring. The machine can both work isolated and connect to blister packaging machine so as to work as an integrated production line. Automatic Cartoning Machine

Conveyor system of cartoning machine