Automated packaging line eases transition from bulk to bag

摘要

Gandl Natursteine is one of the most notable suppliers and processors of natural stones in Bavaria. To offer colored pebble stones in bags and not as bulk material, the company installed a new automated packaging and palletizing system. "Until now, the colored stones were offered merely as bulk material," says company founder Rainer Gandl. "However, the intention was to package them, and therefore we needed a completely new packaging line." After they are cleaned and sorted, a conveying system leads stones to the packaging system (Beumer, beumergroup.com) where they are filled in plastic bags that are then welded. An articulated robot stacks the bags quickly and gently. "The system palletizes bags very reliably and efficiently and does so in a very small footprint," Gandl says.