Packing Stations/
Conveyors

Infeed tables

Increased productivity
The benefits of case taping machines are well known, but less well known is the fact that to achieve maximum productivity from your case taper you should mount an infeed table directly to it. This reduces unnecessary operator movements and improves packing efficiency. Many of Endoline’s semi-automatic case tapers are supplied as standard with horizontal infeed tables for this reason, as without them the case taper can deliver only part of it‘s savings.

Improved ergonomics
A correctly specified, designed and fitted infeed table can allow an operator to erect, pack, seal and palletise cases in an ergonomic way without moving from his or her station which is as productive as any packing operator can be.

Angled Infeed tables

Unstable products
A common problem when packing unstable products such as bags, bottles and tall cartons is that the first few that are loaded into the case tend to move around thereby making it difficult to load subsequent products. Endoline’s tilt infeed packing table overcomes this problem very simply by holding the case securely at an angle during packing, which allows the products to “lay” on each other so that they do not get in the way once packed.

Increased productivity
Endoline’s packing stations are designed specifically for customers who recognise that fully automatic packing systems is not necessarily the best way to go. The advantages that hand packing give such as quality control, flexibility and high efficiency are often over-looked because customers may not be aware of the high levels of productivity available with a well designed hand packing station.

Efficient and ergonomic
The basic principle is to arrange people, products and packaging to be in the right place at the right time to enable hand packing to be efficient and ergonomically acceptable regardless of the product.

Flexible
Endoline’s modular product range allows the system to be developed in line with the needs of the customer. For example, operators may need to erect their own cases to start with but as production increases a case erector can be added. If then production rates increase, the case erector could be retained while the packing station itself is replaced with a fully automatic case packer.

Cost effective
Endoline has produced hand packing stations to provide significant savings for products as diverse as snacks bags, roll wrap biscuits, flow wrapped confectionery, tubs of pet food, bottles of juice and cartons of ready meals. The common theme however is that the level of automation is always what is appropriate to the application.

Slat Belt Conveyors

Well suited for conveying light products and/or tall goods in single file they provide a smooth and continuous flow of goods via a single chain of slats. This type of conveyor offers a compact and modular design and the layout is easily modified by adding or removing track modules. This type of conveyor is also particularly well suited to goods transported in pucks.

Modular Belt Conveyors

An alternative to a belt conveyor when a horizontal change of direction, an open mesh conveying surface or accumulation of goods is required. As the individual modules are usually plastic this makes the belt harder wearing and better suited to arduous environments.

Roller Conveyors

Powered Roller Conveyors - an economical and flexible option typically used for the transportation of filled and empty plastic cases. Modern control systems now allow these mechanically simple systems to be designed to eliminate build-back pressure that might otherwise damage cases.

Gravity Roller Conveyors - the simplest and most economical method of conveying goods typically used for the accumulation of cases at discharge from case erectors or sealing machines and for conveying cases from individual packaging machines to pallets.

Belt Conveyors - will provide a smooth and continuous flow of goods, which is ideal for feeding packing stations and fully automatic case packers. They are particularly effective for conveying cases and trays that are to be coded with high definition printers.

Skatewheel Conveyors

Gravity Skatewheel Conveyors - often overlooked as simply a means to discharge cases from sealing machines, these simple units can significantly improve the packing efficiency when arranged as a “boomerang” to return goods to the operator to allow for packing, sealing and palletising without moving.