Case packing

A case packer is a machine that automatically loads products in a case.

This case could be a cardboard box, crate or other secondary packaging. After loading the products, the case will be closed, stacked and is ready for palletising or shipment. This can be done for multiple product types such as nets, bags, punnets, MAP trays, skinpacks and flowwrapped products.

A case packer picks up products from an infeed conveyor and places them in a crate or cardboard box. If needed, the case packing system can be complemented with a case erector, case sealer or case closers. To improve the handling speed, it is also possible to pre-format the products before picking them up.

There is a wide variety of case packers available, for each industry there is a solution. The Lan Handling case packer can handle half- and full size boxes and crates, and quickly switches its gripper to handle different product types and carriers. We have experience with several product types such as vegetables, meat, meat substitutes, fish and poultry for customers in the food industry.

If case packing is the bottleneck in your production line, automating or improving this process is something to consider. Case packing is often heavy and repetitive work, so finding the people for this job is getting increasingly more difficult. A case packer can often do the work of 2 to 3 people, can run for 24 hours a day, and ensures continuity in your production.

A case packing machine could well be the first step in automating your production line, as our case packers are flexible and can handle automated or manual infeed.

The price of a case packer depends on a variety of factors, such as handling speed, type(s) of producttype(s), casetype(s) and other customer demands.

Request a quote to get an exact price.

Simply put, case packing is putting products in cases. This is often still done by hand, but can be fully automated with the help of machines.

A top-load case packer picks up the products and places them in a case with vertical movement. The top of the product carrier opens to receive the products.

Automating your case packing process has lots of benefits, the most important ones are:

• Saving on labor and labor costs
• Improving ergonomics
• Increasing the speed of your product handling
• Limited product contact
• Flexibility through minimal changeover time
• Enables further line automation with crate destackers/stackers, crate erectors, bale arm folders and palletising machines.

Our case packers are suitable for several products, package types and industries, namely:

Products

• Onions
• Potatoes
• Carrots
• Prepared salads
• Meat
• Fish
• Poultry
• Ready meals

Package types

• Plastic bags (small and large)
• Nets (small and large)
• Cardboard trays
• Pillow style packaging
• Plastic trays (lid and top seal)
• Skinpacks
• MAP trays
• Flow-wrapped and stretch-wrapped packaging
• Fill and seal bags
• Punnets

Carriers

• Crates (half- and full sized)
• Cardboard boxes (half – and full sized)

Industries

• Agri-food
• Fruit and vegetables
• Meat, fish and poultry
• Fresh produce