Autopack has launched a semi-automatic bucket line aiming to improve efficiency for customers in sectors including food, household, pharmaceutical and personal care, eliminating the manual effort of separating and orientating empty buckets from a stack and reducing the initial cost compared to a fully automatic system.
The company says users can construct a bucket line suited to their specific needs. This can consist of a bucket de-nester, bucket sealer, filling system, lid de-nester and lid pressing roller.
Each item can be added later if required. The line is usually built around the filling system of choice, liquid doser, powder filler or a range of weighing options. The semi-automatic operation is based on manual infeed and outfeed of containers.
Autopack highlights that one of the equipment line-ups includes a Lid Pressure Roller for round, square, oval and rectangular buckets up to 400mm in diameter. The driven pressure drum for sealing the bucket can be continuously adjusted in height ranging from 40mm to 400mm using a handwheel with a height indicator.
The pressure roller is equipped with an input guide plate at the front and rollers at the rear to prevent the buckets from tipping over. Other features include the 1,000mm conveyor belt, driven by a drum motor and made from blue plastic modular links.
The system also has an integrated weigh cell with advanced software controls for delivery of the product into the bucket, said to maximize speed and accuracy. The filing operation can be performed manually via push buttons or automatically via the autoFill function, with the filling process starting automatically when the correct container is detected.
Autopack adds that the stand beside the column can be manually adjusted in height for alignment with the dosing valve. The weighing platform (400x400mm, height approximately 800mm) can include a central drain hole for spilled liquids or a recovery tray for powders and solids. Constructed from stainless steel 304, the company states it is easy to clean and resistant to intensive industrial use.
In similar news, Ruizhi Machinery revealed its end-to-end machine earlier this year, which automatically loads paper rolls and produces flat-handled paper bags in a continuous process, aiming to optimize production efficiency while minimizing manual labour. The machine’s web guiding system is designed to minimize adjustment time and avoid interrupting operations by ‘quickly and accurately’ aligning the paper roll position.
The following month, Fortress Technology announced plans to debut its Vyper Vision automated top and bottom label inspection solution at PPMA 2025, aiming to ensure compliance with retailer food safety and labelling requirements. Vyper Vision uses advanced optical character recognition (OCR) to detect and reject faulty labels, printing errors and poor-quality print in real time.
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