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Shelf-Ready Packaging Machines

Learn how to maximize effectiveness
and efficiency with our guide

Handbook For Efficient And Consistent Packaging Operations

If it was easy, everyone would do it, as the saying goes. Achieving great overall equipment effectiveness with your vertical form fill and seal equipment isn't necessarily easy — but it's also not complicated.

This guide provides the starting point and step-by-step playbook so that every operation can implement the same sort of rigorous operational equipment effectiveness (OEE) improvement process that the multinationals rely on for their competitive edge.

The guide covers key steps including:

  • Defining your specs
  • Establishing key targets
  • Observations and baseline
  • Comparing cost to return
  • The "nuts & bolts" of improving OEE
  • Training and maintenance
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Our Models

CMH-C Continuous Motion End Load Cartoner

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CMH-C Continuous Motion End Load Cartoner

Reliable And Safe

The cartoning machine with continuous mode of operation is designed to produce between 80 to 250 cartons per minute. A number of different modules ensure trouble-free operation.

Hygiene And Ergonomics

In addition to a hygienic design with gull-wing doors for easy access and low ergonomic loading height of the blank magazine, the machine offers solidly constructed, functional subassemblies and adjustments. All internal components in contact with the product are made of stainless steel. At the customer’s request, the frame is also available in stainless steel.

Easy Adapted To The Product And Quick Changeover

A change of size is a quick operation that does not require tools and can be augmented with half or fully automatic adjustments. Packing of soft bags and stacks of bags is supported for the optional product conditioner and top confiner. These units also ensure smooth production when difficult products must be loaded.

Highlights:

  • Trouble-free processing of critical folding box material with an air-powered stand-up system
  • Distributed drives for the main modules of the machine
  • Loading module available with upper guide and overfilling sensor in conjunction with automatic ejection
  • Trouble-free processing of critical folding box material with an airframe erection
  • Decentral drives for the main modules of the machine
  • Loading module available with top confiner and overfilling detector in conjunction with automatic ejection
  • Programmable 3D size change, 100% reproducible, reduces conversion times
  • Industrial PC with touch screen, user-friendly and reliable
  • Hygienic design

CMH-I Intermittent Motion End Load Cartoner

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CMH-I Intermittent Motion End Load Cartoner

Compact And User-Friendly

The intermittently operating cartoning machine is designed to produce up to 85 cartons per minute. The machine's compact and simple construction ensures rapid size changes and simple operation.

Hygiene, Ergonomics And Accessibility

To meet the hygienic design requirements, all internal components and components in contact with the product are made of stainless steel. At the customer’s request, the frame is also available in stainless steel. In the construction of CMH-I, the greatest attention was paid to the ergonomic loading height of blank magazines and that the functionally relevant components are of solid construction. The compact design ensures optimized accessibility that is most important for fast and easy setup of the machine. You only need to open a single door on the operator side to gain access to all components of the machine.

Easily Adapted To The Product And Quick Changeover

A change of size is a quick operation from the operator side and does not require tools. It can be augmented with half- or fully automatic adjustments. Packing of soft bags and stacks of bags is supported by the optional product conditioner and upper guide. These units also ensure smooth processing when difficult products must be loaded.

Boxes Erection

A special feature of the machine is box erectors, which can be used to erect left- or right-handed boxes. The mirrored installation of two machines with a central operator console no longer presents a problem. The forced opening of the box reduces faults when boxes are erected.

Insertion And Movement Profiles

Dual insertion slots and automatic calculation of movement profiles for all drives ensure optimized slow movements. Thus, the machine operates smoothly and reliably.

Highlights

  • Trouble-free processing of critical folding box material due to forced box erection
  • The mirrored installation does not present problems
  • Decentral drives
  • Dual inserts are available with upper guides.
  • Programmable 3D size change, 100% reproducible, reduces conversion times
  • Automatic calculation of all motion curves by means of an industrial PC with a touch screen, user-friendly and reliable
  • Hygienic design

CMV Vertical Cartoner

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CMV Vertical Cartoner

The Most Compact And Flexible Cartoning Method

The Rovema CMV series can be supplied with one or two integrated bag makers as a compact, flexible Bag in Box machine, optionally available with direct-filling facilities.

  • Bag in folded box
  • Bag without folded box
  • Product filled directly into the folding box

All this is available from a very compact machine.

CMV - With Integrated Bag Maker

This is probably the most compact Bag in Box line. In this case, one or two bag makers are integrated into a cartoning machine, and additional conveyors and/or transfer systems are not required.

Depending on the configuration and the application, up to 120 folding boxes may be produced per minute. The bags are transferred directly from the vertical bag maker into the vertical folding box. Folding boxes are transported through the machine with oscillating velocity so that the bag is transferred safely into the box.

Unique Features

In addition to the patented box erection and automatic size adjustments, the CMV offers further advantages in comparison with horizontal cartoners. This means that additional modules in the machine can compact the products to achieve a box fill ratio of 95%.

Ideal for compactable products such as tea or aerated powder.

Highlights:

  • Compact and flexible
  • Safe and secure box erection by a separately powered rotation picker with forced box erection
  • Gentle operation due to oscillating chain movements
  • Programmable 3D size change, 100% reproducible, reduces conversion times
  • Industrial PC with touch screen, user-friendly and reliable
  • Additional options for compactable products

CMV - Direct Filling

The machine can safely pack up to 200 folding boxes per minute and is designed for the direct packing of freely flowing and slightly dusty material into boxes.

The frame of the machine is similar to the Bag in Box CMV, however, a continuous revolving filling module is located at the center of the machine.

Clear Layout And Easy To Set Up

The machine is designed in a line-type design, and it can be controlled completely from the front. The box erection, box transportation, different sealing modules and the filling module are clearly visible. In addition to the labyrinth folding system that is usually required for direct filling, the gluing system can be upgraded to a sift-proof system.

Simple size adjustments, a clear line of design and excellent machine control speak for themselves.

Highlights:

  • Easily accessible, clearly arranged functions and line design.
  • Safe and secure box erection by a separately powered rotation picker with forced box erection
  • Sturdy welded tubular frame
  • Programmable 3D size change, 100% reproducible, reduces conversion times
  • Industrial PC with touch screen, user-friendly and reliable

The flexibility of the CMV series, bag in box or direct filling ensures that you are properly prepared for future packing needs.

ETI Tray Packer

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ETI Tray Packer

The Elegant Way To Present Sales Packages Shelf-Ready

The compact machine concept enables the erecting, filling and closing of trays with inside or U-shaped lids, from flat blanks, in a minimum amount of space.

In combination with a grouping system, corresponding to the requirement of the sales packaging, a system solution specially adapted to the request of the customer is available.

Highlights:

  • Gentle product handling is guaranteed by clear packing sequences on one level
  • Exact, reproducible format changes for short changeover times and starting phases
  • Different adjustable partial procedures via user interface offer high flexibility for difficult applications
  • Maximum performance and easy operation by automatic path calculation
  • Touch screen surface with integrated online assistance and online documentation, clear and user-friendly.

ETIL Tray Packer With Lidding

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ETIL Tray Packer With Lidding

Intelligent Packing Of Flexible Bags

Highlights:

  • Space-saving due to compact construction, fast, robust and solid
  • User-friendly low arrangement of blank magazines side by side
  • Clearly structured and good accessibility as packing process runs at one level
  • Easy on the product due to the direct and gentle discharge of packages
  • Supplemented by innovative and productive grouping systems
  • Rapid and safe format size exchange for economic production
  • Innovative packaging technology for all tray packages with inside lid, as standard or L-tray

EF 2 Case Packer

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EF 2 Case Packer

Gentle Product Handling And Reliable Operation

The complete erecting, filling and closing process only takes place at two stations. Thus, usual interference sources are reduced to a minimum and the functional reliability increases considerably. The case blanks are held safely and precisely positioned in all stations througout the whole packaging process.

This optimum packaging process leads to geometrically exact packages. As product and packaging are treated carefully, the whole packaging process runs safely and in a controlled manner.

Flexible grouping systems — cycle chain or collecting conveyer for goods to feed into the case — enable different product orientation in the case.

Highlights:

  • Space-saving due to compact construction, robust and solid
  • Low, user-friendly, ergonomic arrangement of blank magazine
  • Easy to clean due to clear structure and good accessibility
  • Gentle product handling by direct and smooth operation
  • Supplemented by innovative and productive grouping systems
  • Rapid and safe format size changeover for economic production
  • Optional features such as tray module or external top closing for additional functions
  • Up to 12 AC cases per minute
  • Destacking grouping system
  • Axis functions with servo drive
  • Depending on product and case size

Packaging Success Starts Here

High-efficiency/high-volume packaging situations may call for a more complete, integrated end-of-line solution. Rovema offers a variety of machines for cartoning, tray packing, lidding and case packing. Consistent with our approach to all equipment, these are designed, built and run out under the same roof and by the same company. There's often peace of mind for engineers, maintenance and procurement teams to buy packaging lines without another layer of integration complexity and potential finger pointing — even among divisions of the same global brand.

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