Packaging · Productivity
Improving a packaging end-of-line
Illustrative progressive retrofit to reduce micro-stops and manual handling at the end of a packaging line.
Illustrative use case
Context
Starting point
The main machine produces correctly, but output depends on manual operations and poorly adapted conveying. Small stops accumulate downstream.
Problem
What needs to improve
- Accumulation and jams
- Unsynchronised labelling
- Manual transfer between operations
- Variation across product formats
Possible architecture
A solution to validate with the site
- Flow mapping and bottleneck measurement
- Conveying with accumulation zones
- Presence / position sensing
- Synchronisation of marking or labelling
- Assisted or automated case packing depending on ROI
Illustrative use case — architecture and results must be confirmed using real site data and representative products.
Key point
Observe real micro-stops before changing hardware.
- Map accumulation zones
- Separate format issues from control issues
- Measure operator recovery actions