Multipacking

Multipacking and variety packs are seen by many marketing personnel as a way of increasing sales of a product into the marketplace. To meet this requirement in the can and bottle market Enterprise Tondelli has a variety of equipment and systems to meet this need.

They fall into the following broad categories defined as follows:-

Kraft board type sleeve multipackers

• This type of multipack would typically produce 1x2, 1x3, 1x4, 2x2,2x3, 2x4 and 2x5 packs although this is not definitive
• Speeds would be from 80 to 120 packs per minute
• Bottle necks could be through the board or enclosed. 

Film only multipackers

• Packs able to be produced are from 1x2 upwards
• Machine outputs can be from 20 packs to 400 packs per minute as required for instance on a 2,000 cans per minute beverage filling line
• For very high speed an automatic pre-printed reel change over system is available with the machine continuing to run at 80 cycles per minute before returning to 200 cycles per minute

Microflute cartons

• Generally used for the larger multipacks such as 3x4 or 6x4
• Machines from 20 to 80 cartons per minute

Often marketing requires to produce a mixed pack giving the customer for instance several flavours or variations of the same product in one pack.

• A project for Mackle Pet Foods for instance meant making combining three or four different flavours of canned pet food into the same shrinkwrapped 6, 8 or 12 variety pack. A robot depalletiser and special laning system was supplied along with all the conveyors to meet this need along with a film only multipacker shrinkwrapper. The multipacks produced were then automatically laned, orientated and packed into a tray with film.
• Multipacks often need special laning and turning systems after being produced and Enterprise Tondelli have a wealth of experience in this field along with the required conveyors
• Another solution is a multiple star wheel system that also can combine different products into the same pack.

As turn key suppliers Enterprise Tondelli will design and supply a system to meet your needs.