Personal-care packaging line — 8 SKUs, sub-3-minute changeover
Greenfield secondary packaging with case erector, top-load packer, and hot-melt sealer designed around fast SKU changeover.
- Client
- Confidential — Personal Care Manufacturer
- Location
- North Carolina, USA
- Capabilities
- Turnkey Line Build · Machine Vision
The challenge
Existing line could run only 3 SKUs without 45-minute tooling swaps. Marketing was pushing 5 new SKUs and the planner could not fit them in the schedule without losing 12 hours per week to changeover.
What we built
Wexxar BEL 252 case erector and Brenton top-load packer with servo-driven adjustable rails. Recipe-driven changeover through the HMI swaps tooling presets in under 3 minutes. Cognex vision verifies case orientation before sealing.
Key equipment
- Wexxar BEL 252 case erector
- Brenton M2000 packer
- Nordson hot-melt glue system
- Cognex In-Sight 2800
From the floor
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Results
Eight SKUs running on the line within 90 days of startup; changeover time averages 2:40, and weekly OEE jumped 14 points vs. the predecessor.
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