Products: glass bottles and various types of packaging
Sector: alcoholic beverages
Speed: 30.000 bottles per hour
Number of motors: 152
Type of project: new line
Customer’s challenge:
As a private labeller, Konings works for numerous customers. Due to expanding business, the company needed a new and fully flexible line for glass bottles of max. 50 cl.
Solution:
- Completely new line layout from empty bottle to palletizer
- Integration of 12 machines of various brands
- All controls programmed in open source
- More than 20 production configurations possible
Luc NULENS, Director & COO at Konings
“Actemium was very easy to work with due to their considerable willingness to jointly achieve the established goal and creatively resolve unforeseen problems. Great team with the right knowledge level and good coordination.”
Advantages:
- Tremendous flexibility
There are various closure options for the bottles, from screw top and cork to crown cap. The line can also handle three different types of packaging: crate, cardboard box and stretch wrap - Preferred brands
Konings chose its own mix of existing and new machines. We integrated all components into a perfect layout for the countless packaging combinations. - Full control
Konings now has complete control over its new line and, thanks to the open source software, can easily and quickly switch to new production configurations.
