Mitt Packing Station

No carton maker can afford the risk of product rejection and must decide between either investing in an expensive detection system, slowing down the gluer or adding more personnel to the back of the line. Whichever choice is made, the cost to the converter is significant. WSI has a reasonably priced solution to this dilemma, The WSI Mitt Packing Station.

Following the folder/gluer, the Mitt Packing Station rotates the carton shingle onto either of its folded edges. The shingle is then transferred to a conveyor which runs at a much slower speed to compress and ‘stand’ the cartons on their edge. Your catchers will have as much as twice the time to pack the same number of cartons.

The Mitt Packing Station will allow you to increase your gluer’s production speed, allow additional time for quality inspection and eliminate the repetitive hand motions associated with hand-packing for a gluer.

Mitt Turntable

When positioned between the folder / gluer and an automatic packer, turns finished cartons 90-degrees onto their folded edge prior to entering the packer.

OVERALL VIEW The Mitt Turntable positioned between the gluer take-off apron (left) and the entry of a Jagenberg Japacker (right).	LOOKING TOWARD THE PACKER Cartons exit the gluer, glue flap to the left, and enter the turntable.
LOOKING DOWN ONTO THE TURNTABLE As the turntable rotates counter-clockwise, cartons are shingled on to it and move around the right-hand side.	LOOKING TOWARD THE GLUER Cartons exit the turntable, shingled, with the glue-flap “crosswise” to the direction of the carton flow.