Packaging Technology
German headquarters and it was looking for a partner to take part in industrial trials of the new machine. “We were excited about the prospect of getting an even
more powerful packaging machine and agree to trial one of the new machines in addition to one of the original machines we had looked at,” says Arto Liimatainen, Technical Manager at Orkla.
to wrap chocolate products gently. In addition to the general function tests, the machine’s two-lane infeed was tested at the Orkla site. One of the main challenges of this project was the separation
belt into the machine’s two-lane infeed while ensuring a constant balance between the two lanes. Each of the two infeed lanes has to be supplied continuously with 900 products per minute. In the wrapping process, both lanes are merged into This problem was solved thanks to an integrated camera
system and sensors positioned in just the right places, which conveyor. The same applies for the products on their way from the main conveyor to the packaging machine. This enables the control system to determine exactly how many products are on the two-lane infeed at any time, ensuring that the difference between both lanes is never more than
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