Scanvaegt Multi-Packing Line

The solution handles retail packing, carton labeling, and pallet labeling.

The Multiple Packing Line system can accommodate several manual packing stations that can be activated as needed. For example, if five different products need to be packed simultaneously, five packing stations can be staffed. If only two products are being packed, then only two packing stations need to be operated.

This makes the system a flexible solution that is easy and quick to adjust for varying production volumes.

The solution consists of a conveyor system for transporting retail products, two, three, or more manual packing stations equipped with scales and printers, a carton labeling station, and a pallet labeling station.

On the conveyor system, for example, three different retail products are transported past three manual packing stations. The operator at packing station 1 is dedicated solely to packing product A, the operator at station 2 handles product B, and the operator at station 3 manages product C.

Each operator picks their respective retail product from the conveyor belt, weighs it, packs it into a plastic tray, prints and applies the product label, and then sends the tray forward on the conveyor.

Using a photoelectric sensor at each packing station, the MPL system records which packing station the plastic tray originates from, thereby identifying which retail product is in the tray. When the plastic tray reaches the carton labeling station, a carton label with the correct product description is printed and automatically applied to the tray.

The tray is then conveyed onward, packed onto pallets, which are sent to the pallet labeling station where the appropriate label is automatically printed and applied to each pallet.