BARCODING, LABELLING & PACKAGING BEUMER
BEUMER stretch hood improves
Packing pallets economically, safely and automatically – with the patented BEUMER stretch hood, BEUMER Group offers a customised solution, preventing tampering, damage or other impacts during storage and transportation
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ach system is custom designed by BEUMER to meet individual application requirements and can be integrated into the customer’s
conveyor system or supplied as a separate stand- alone solution. Jörg Spiekermann, head of sales division consumer goods at BEUMER Group, said: “Making sure that goods are stable, secure and protected as they enter storage or leave the warehouse is critical avoiding returns. sure that the contents are centred, accurately requires repeatable accuracy and consistency that can only be achieved with automation. “Our stretch hood technology makes it easy to
deploy an automated solution at the end of the line. Our solution minimises the opportunity for human error during this critical phase and applies a stretched protective seal that guards against spoilage or pilfering.”
With applications ranging from high-quality electronic items to food & beverage packaging to palletised loads of construction materials, the BEUMER stretch hood is suitable for securing incoming goods on pallets in front of the high rack,
and transportation. which allows the palletised product to be visible, or goods where security is paramount. The BEUMER stretch hood achieves maximum load stability using a combination of vertical and horizontal contracting accommodate many different product sizes. Thanks stretch hood does not involve heat exposure, so machine has very low operating costs.
MINIMISING PRODUCT LOSS Once applied, the plastic hood protects against moisture and dirt ingress while holding products securely in place so that the pallets can be safely moved and stacked without slippage. The hood also dramatically reduces the likelihood of goods becoming ‘lost in transit’.
wrapping is a temptation because it can be undone and replaced, but with stretch hoods any tampering
is immediately evident.” He said that one BEUMER Group customer
recently reduced losses from 4% to just 0.03% by introducing a BEUMER stretch hood system from point of dispatch to point of destination.
CUSTOM SOLUTIONS
The individual system design is dependent on other customer handling aspects, such as use of forklifts and carts, manual lifting requirements, and the height to which the pallets must be elevated. These elements will determine whether conventional or low-level roller conveyors and integral lifting systems should be incorporated, for example. The BEUMER stretch hood can be supplied as into a smaller footprint. Third party equipment, such as labelling systems or platform scales, can be accommodated. The design may also include a compressor where the customer has no existing compressed air supply.
CONTINUOUS INNOVATION Mr Spiekermann said there are many more innovations to come for end-of-line packaging. “Manual interventions are still necessary for labelling we are likely to see AGVs (automatically guided vehicles) being used for transportation,” he said. “BEUMER customised solutions are already
working towards a fully automated scenario which will extend dark warehouse principles to cover end- of-line activities as well.”
38 June 2024 Irish Manufacturing
www.irish-manufacturing.com
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