Wrap-around cartoner WP 1000 ERGON

top-loadingfor the cosmetics industryfor the food industry

The WP ERGON series includes automatic machines for the packaging of plastic, metal, cardboard and glass containers in corrugated cardboard cases and/or trays without film, with an output up to 100 packs per minute, according to the machine model and to the product.The pack collations can vary according to the containers shape and dimensions; in general, the most requested collations are: 2x3, 3x4 and 4x6. The new WP 1000 ERGON stands out for its innovative automatic guide adjustment system located at the machine’s infeed, which significantly reduces downtime and ensures consistent quality and efficiency during format changes.The packer is also equipped with a top-mounted product separation system, which ensures high operational efficiency.Product grouping is smooth, fast and reliable, enabled by two opposing bars that release the product set according to the selected format.Format changeovers are equally streamlined: operators simply remove the plates with separating pins from the upper bars and replace them with those suited to the new format.WP 1000Speed (PPM)100Packaging TypeTray onlyWrap-around caseLanes1Machine bearing frame made of sand-blasted and powder-painted steelSliding protection doors in anodised aluminium featuring a rounded shape which let all the motors (featuring low energy consumption) be placed externally if compared to the mechanical groups they activate. The closing system of doors is equipped with a slow-down device, which accompanies the door smoothly in its final phase of closureAbsence of gearboxes and prevailing employment of ICOS brushless motors equipped with digital servo-driver integrated into the motorContinuous motion product grouping device, with electronically synchronized fingers made of plastic materialFor life lubricated bearingsInfeed conveyor with chains made of thermoplastic material featuring low friction coefficient and a motorized system of oscillating laning guidesCardboard magazine situated beneath the infeed conveyor in an easily accessible position (P and T models)Cam-operated cardboard blank picker equipped with vacuum suction cups systemMachine electrical cabinet with air conditionerInteractive touchscreen display with intuitive graphicsOperation steps:On the machine's inlet conveyor belt, featuring low-friction chains made of thermoplastic material, a specific group of motorized oscillanting guides accurately lines up the loose containers moving towards the pack formation zone, where the containers are clustered in the selected format through electronically synchronized fingers, operating in continuous motion.The new Easy-Load system automatically loads cardboard blanks into the dedicated blank magazine of the machine. The new loading device is made up of a group of motorized mat-equipped conveyor belts on which the operator easily places the cardboard blanks in uniform horizontal stacks.A corrugated cardboard blank is picked from the blank magazine by a newly designed picker equipped with vacuum suction cups; then, the carboard blank is carried up along the blank ramp and positioned under the incoming pack collation with short side leading. The tray/case former features a continuous wrap-around system.The flap folding devices fold the blank’s side flaps and then the upper/lower flaps of both the front and back side of the pack. The hot melt glue sealing ensures an excellent resistance of the pack.At the machine outlet, the pack walls are pressed by special guides.Advantages:Modular design: SMI machines are designed according to advanced principles of module assembly and feature interchangeable mechanical and electronic components, which ensure a reduction of the down-times during technical interventions or programmed maintenance and the optimization of the use of spare parts on stock.Operational flexibility: These machines can package a wide range of products in several pack collations, so as to effectively meet the end user's current and future requirements. Moreover, each machine can be equipped with additional devices, which increase its basic functions and ensure a high level of customization of the final package.Motors directly connected to the drive shafts: SMI machines do not include gearboxes: the motors are directly connected to the drive shafts. The consequent advantage is the reduction of maintenance, energy consumption and noise.Continuous motion pack formation: The continuous motion packaging system ensures a fluid production process and protects the containers from strikes, thus granting more reliability, a better quality of the pack and a reduction of mechanical wear.Thermoplastic material dividing pins: In the pack formation zone, the use of dividing pins made of thermoplastic material, that last longer than those made of metal, reduces the machine noise and protects the fragile containers (such as glass containers) and their labels.Easy and cost-saving maintenance: The rounded safety doors enable to have more space inside the machine and thus to install motors externally compared to the mechanical units they drive, which allows the operator to easily perform the activities connected to the plant maintenance.New shapes: All of the models of SMI case packers can realize hexagonal or octagonal microflute/miniflute cardboard cases, which can be subject to more sophisticated printing processes, as compared to the standard corrugated cardboard.Perfect cases: SMI case packers are equipped with fixed guides, which press the pack walls at the machine outlet. This system ensures a perfectly balanced, resistant case, whereas the rotary chain pressing systems can not guarantee the same quality level."User-friendly" man-machine interface: The POSYC® control panel, sliding on a boom running the whole length the machine, is very easy to use, thanks to the intuitive interface, the touch screen and the diagnosis functions and real-time technical support on the POSYC®.Accessories:Easy-Load: The innovative “Easy-Load” system allows the automatic loading of the cardboard blanks magazine and features considerable advantages from an operating and functional point of view; in fact, the operator can easily load the cardboard blanks, stacked horizontally in uniform groups, because the feeding belt of the cardboard blanks magazine is positioned at the same working height as the packer's infeed belt, rather than under it. The technology used in the "Easy-Load" magazine also features the great advantage of ensuring fluid and constant picking operations with a wide range of cardboard blanks having a thickness between 0.5 mm and 5 mm.PID SBP®: The PID SBP® inserts stretched board pre-assembled partitions into cardboard boxes, in order to protect fragile products (such as glass containers) and save their labels from abrasions. This device can be installed on the WP wrap-around case packers and on the CM combined packers. Compared with the traditional inserting systems of non-preassembled partitions, the PID SBP® allows to reduce the partitions purchasing cost by about 20% and their storage volume by at least 60%; have a more compact machine, since both the partition magazine and the Partition Inserting Device are mounted on top of the machine; speed up the partition insertion operation and the loading times of the relevant magazine, since partitions are already pre-assembled; reduce the sensitivity of partitions to humidity and climate changes. The PID SBP® and the pre-assembled partitions magazine are mounted at the machine inlet, on top of the pack-forming section. The maximum operating speed is 40 packs/minute (1-head model) or 60 packs/minute (2-head model).Technical Specifications:Speed: up to 100 packs per minutePackaging types: Tray only, Wrap-around caseLanes: 1Frame: Sand-blasted and powder-painted steelProtection doors: Anodised aluminium, rounded shape, slow-down closing deviceMotors: ICOS brushless, digital servo-driver integrated, no gearboxesGrouping device: Continuous motion, electronically synchronized fingers, plastic materialBearings: For life lubricatedInfeed conveyor: Thermoplastic chains, low friction, motorized oscillating laning guidesCardboard magazine: Beneath infeed conveyor, easily accessible (P and T models)Blank picker: Cam-operated, vacuum suction cupsElectrical cabinet: With air conditionerDisplay: Interactive touchscreen, intuitive graphics