Linkx makes it easy for Unilever [PIC Linkx]
Versatility and size changing at the push of a button are benefits of a new automatic collation and shrink wrapping system from Linkx Systems, producing shelf ready tray packs of PG Tips teabags at Unilever Foods, of Trafford Park, UK.
Linkx Systems says the machine also offers a high degree of future proofing.
The new collating and wrapping system receives the cartons of teabags from the production line, turns them on end, collates them on a tray, glues the tray and then provides an overall shrink wrap.
A Siemens programmable controller enables size changes to be carried out ‘almost instantly’, so downtime during product changeovers is ‘almost eliminated’, says the company.
The system is said to have achieved full productivity as soon as it was commissioned and meeting its design targets.
