High-Speed, Top-Load Cartoner

IWK TL Series assures safe, reliable product handling while incorporating a novel transport system, station flexibility for shifting needs, and quick changeover for minimized downtime.

Among other notable highlights, the IWK TL Series incorporates an intelligent transport system that is not typically found in top-load units. Instead of requiring a fixed distance between carton holders, customers get an individually adaptable setup; this allows for a variable number of items per function, simplifying operation significantly. Secure carton holding is assured throughout via mechanical hold and, since the system does not use vacuum belts or conveyors, the risk of breakage-caused contamination is mitigated. Features such as these are derived from the company’s embrace of emerging technologies to bring advanced capabilities to customers in the horizontal-load cartoning space.

The series’ monoblock design allows for mixing and matching various stations per product-specific needs, including product feeding, carton erection, and divider insertion units prior to transport to end-of-line closure, reject and discharge modules. Marking can be performed via inkjet or laser printing, and quality control features include code reading and presence verification for both products and inserts.

The series can form and fill carton from 90 to 180 mm in length, 50 to 150 mm in width, and 15 to 80 mm in height, based on carton flats from 150 to 500 mm long and 150 to 400 mm wide. Depending on box size and insert parameters, the machine can produce up to 120 completed cartons per minute—considered top-speed in a sector that has experienced surging demand.