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Packaging, Conveyors and Materials Transfer
News Release from: Standard-Knapp | Subject: Standard-Knapp Continuum
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 08 December 2006
Continuum integrated tray/shrink system
for food
The new Standard-Knapp Continuum tray/shrink system provides efficiency, quick changeover and a low-maintenance design for increased efficiency and flexibility in the food and beverage industries
Standard-Knapp, a worldwide leader in the manufacture of innovative packaging machinery, introduces the Continuum Integrated Tray/Shrink System Ideal for packaging applications in the food and beverage industries, this new Standard-Knapp tray/shrink system provides efficiency, flexibility, quick changeover and a low-maintenance design
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 23 Mar 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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Handling the largest diameter range in the industry, the robust Continuum Integrated Tray/Shrink System is ideal for both loose containers and multipacks in a variety of materials, including glass, PET, HDPE, metal and fibre cans, HiCone, shrink bundles, and paperboard overwrap.
These products can be packed into both corrugated and chipboard trays for added flexibility.
Customers can choose between a free-standing or integrated shrink wrapper, as well as an integrated tray stacker option.
Operating at speeds up to 100 trays per minute (TPM), the Standard-Knapp system provides a smooth transition during the product/tray merge.
Additionally, the Continuum Integrated Tray/Shrink System offers a quick, by-the-numbers changeover system with minimal change parts that require no tools.
The system also features simple touch screen controls and a push-button grouper changeover to increase ease-of-use.
Servo-driven for increased precision and repeatability, the Standard-Knapp Continuum Integrated Tray/Shrink System offers Zero-Gap in-feed technology for balanced, jam-resistant packing lanes.
Zero-Gap incorporates precise geometry and sensors to ensure a continuous container supply to the downstream lanes and grouping section.
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