Faster, safer, more flexible format changes

The growing requirements of the market and customers are the driving force for packaging machine manufacturer SOMIC to continually search for new innovations. Of course, in doing so, the focus is primarily on packaging. Secondary features, such as product changes, performance and accessibility of the machines, are also crucial for an optimum packaging process however. At FachPack 2016, SOMIC will therefore be demonstrating a Tray Packer 424 T2, which is achieving new levels of excellence in terms of flexibility, speed and format changes.

The newly-developed carton blank magazine with quick-change technology makes format changes possible without tools. This new technology completely eliminates the need for readjustments and testing. This speeds up format changes by more than 50%.
Optimised space usage while retaining the machine's compactness has enabled significant increases to all 3 dimensions of the packaging volumes. Thus the carton format range has been extended from 400 mm to 460 mm in length and from 300 mm to 350 mm in width and in height.

The machine’s revised collection area now allows convenient access to the interior of the machine. This fundamentally simplifies service works and format changes.

A precisely reproducible positioning of the hot melt units means SOMIC machines will be able to apply adhesive more accurately in future. This is particularly important with small carton blanks.

A compact starage system will be used as a high-performance feeder for the continuous feeding of 400 trays/min in order to provide a realistic presentation of the Traypacker. That way, a cartoning capacity of an impressive 35 trays/min. can be demonstrated.
SomiCon, a company from the SOMIC Group, usually supplies handling and transport systems. This will be the first time these have been represented together with SOMIC at one stand.