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| | | | Pack-to-order – quickly and accurately – is becoming a more and more common practice, presenting new demands for the production equipment used to handle the task. Cost effectiveness is required throughout the entire value chain. For manufacturers it's all about smaller stock levels and flexible production so that customers can get the small and ongoing orders they need. BILWINCO is the undisputed leader in weighing, counting and packing solutions that make the pack-to-order process both efficient and easy to manage. | | Pack to order – no problem
BILWINCO has been using pack-to-order for several years. Our solutions are based on BILWINCO multihead weighers that ensure the combined efficiency and flexibility needed in pack-to-order production.
BILWINCO’s pack-to-order solutions ensure, among other things:
1. Easy running-in
2. Quick and easy changeover of packing equipment – manual, semi-automatic or fully automatic
3. High utilisation of product volume
4. Software solutions that automatically synchronise the line’s production data with the customer’s logistical control
Easy running-in
BILWINCO solutions are always designed with the highest attention to user-friendliness. With time it has become generally acknowledged that linear weighers are more time- and labour intensive when it comes to optimal performance – and in reality optimal running is not always achieved. Comparing BILWINCO’s multihead weighers with other multihead weighers, it is clear that our multihead weighers are ahead of the rest. With an automatic servo-control, our multihead weighers handle nearly the full running-in of a new product by themselves.
Quick and easy changeover
It’s simple to change a BILWINCO multihead weigher over from one particular product and packaging to another. It doesn’t require any mechanical adjustments. The changeover is made in a matter of seconds at the press of a button.
The filling system and end-of-line machines obviously need to be changed over according to size/type – typically via a pair of handles – or by a fully automatic electronic process. If you have more than 15-20 changeovers per shift in your production, you should always consider the fully automatic solution, as it generally turns out to be the most profitable over time.
Automatic changeover is faster and more accurate than what even a skilled operator can achieve manually, but the most important point is that automatic changeover frees up the operator to do something else at the same time as the changeover happens.
High utilisation of product volume
In order to pack everything of a particular type in bulk inventory, the weigher should be able to optimally utilise the product volume. This has previously been a general problem for multihead weighers, but BILWINCO, as the market's leading supplier, has found a solution to this problem.
The operator keys in how many packs are to be included in the packing order, and when the order is completely packed the machine stops by itself and prompts the operator for a new order. If the operator selects the "pack-all" option, the machine continues until the very last piece.
Software automatically increases speed and minimises errors
The many short pack-to-order batches turn paperwork into an enormous and time-consuming burden. That is why our customers often opt for BILWINCO standard or specially adapted PC-based synchronisation of packing data. Automatic exchange of data between packing line and ERP system reduces errors and accelerates the process.
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