The topic of packaging is connected to all commercial goods, spreading in nearly all industries. Automation is indispensable in the world of packaging today – whereby the focus has changed over the time. While originally the focus was on the automatic processing of packaging itself, e.g. erecting/closing boxes and forming/sealing trays and bags, the further development concentrated on the feeding of products.
Besides steadily growing production figures, ergonomic and hygienic requirements caused a continuously increasing grade of automation, especially in the food and pharmaceutical industry. What was still a vision some years ago – the request for unattended production – grew, but it also became increasingly realistic. Driverless transport systems in the field of internal transport of pallets have already established on the market. Additionally, there is automated feeding of magazines or bunkers including the disposal of the applicable packing material.