What's New in Packaging and Automation?
Harpak-ULMA is all-in on Pack Expo events this year! This show marks our first time exhibiting at Pack Expo Southeast and presents a great opportunity to reconnect with industry peers and we were thrilled to be in Atlanta for the show this year.
Flexibility has consistently been a focus as we strive to build productive, cost-efficient, lasting packaging solutions. Attendees experienced the many faces of flexibility in packaging in our booths and discover how they can help you adapt to change and scale your production.
Get a sneak peek of the machinery and related innovations we’re bringing to Pack Expo below. We’re showcasing our thermoforming, flow wrapping, vertical bagging, tray sealing and case packing solutions on display and running demos in Booth 1608!
Booth SL-13000
March 10 – 12
Georgia World Congress Center
Booth #1608
Product to Pallet Automation
We provide primary and secondary packaging automation equipment as well as advancements in robotic automation that are paving the way to new levels of scalability and cost containment for producers of every size and industry. Robotics can now handle depalletizing, de-casing, infeed handling, raw food handling, primary packaging, secondary packaging, mixing (combo packs), and palletizing. Tertiary automation, palletizing, and tote/basket management systems are options we can help with as well.
Speed to market, standardization, cost, and reusability are all concerns when deciding whether to use automation and how much of your line to automate. Harpak-ULMA helps with every aspect of your production, from start to finish.
What was on the show floor?
ULMA Vision Inspection System
NEW: Flexi-Line Distribution System
Automating manual packaging production has never been easier. The Flexi-Line is a modular weighing and packing solution tailored for producers of all sizes, aiming to improve efficiency and scalability. No matter the final product, the Flexi-Line solution integrates seamlessly with all our packaging equipment (and to any packaging environment for that matter).
Key Benefits:
- – Lightning-fast ROI
- – Quick-changing configurations for minimal downtime
- – Small footprint design that automates your production
- – Completely customizable to suit different production scales
- – Ideal for dry, frozen, fresh, and sticky products; we challenge you to find what it’s not good with!
Performance Specs at a Glance:
- Speed: Up to 55 PPM (dry/frozen), 45 (hot/chilled), 40 PPM (sticky/marinated)
- Weigher configuration (Vibratory or Screw Feeding): MHW 10-14, MHW 30-10, and MHW 30-14
Flexi-Line maximizes production efficiency and is perfect for businesses looking to scale automation. It’s a smart investment, designed to reduce manual labor, increase productivity, and offer rapid payback. The solution’s mobility and customization features make it suitable for producers looking to quickly switch between product lines.
Flow Wrap Solutions
Our flow wrap solutions have broad applications and plenty of built-in flexibility, giving you the ability to quickly adapt to different product sizes and package with or without a carrier tray.
Flow wrappers are also dual-purpose machines, which can be designed to run several different film types like polypropylene, laminate, and polyolefin shrink. Flexible machine components also allow you to change your seal rollers, cross seal jaws, and folding boxes to create the ideal package to meet your end customer’s needs.
These machines also help you reduce downtime with simple tool-free changeovers that take 5 to 10 minutes or less and can be completed by a single person.
On the show floor
FR 400 Twin Dual-lane Flow Wrapper
Thermoforming Solutions
Thermoforming solutions are truly flexible and great for all types of food and medical applications.
Your packaging can adapt to changing markets and trends with various package formats and sizes available on the same machine, including vacuum, MAP (modified atmosphere packaging), and skin. You also have the option of running flexible and/or semi-rigid films. Our thermoforming solutions also help you reduce downtime with simple tool-free, single-person changeovers that take 10 minutes or less.
Allen Bradley controls are available on our standard and skin thermoformers, and come standard on our TFS 500 through TFS 700 models. These controls may be more familiar to trained technicians and ensure more readily available parts.
On the show floor
Tray Sealing Solutions
Our G. Mondini® tray sealing and forming machines – such as our Trave with integrated Platformer technology – provide powerful performance and flexibility across various applications, from snack packs to fresh or frozen prepared meals, meat and cheese, and beyond. Our tray sealers are manufactured with the most advanced capabilities for denesting, conveyance, filling, sealing, and secondary case packing, along with full product-to-pallet automation integration, standard, and their equipment options include 100% Allen Bradley-integrated controls architecture.
Top producers are always looking for more efficient, innovative ways to develop and implement high-speed, high-performance packaging lines that can adapt to changing consumer trends and meet their packaging demands. At Harpak-ULMA, we meet those needs by offering our customers a robust line of automatic, high-output tray sealing and forming machine solutions.
On the show floor
Vertical Bagging Solutions
Our family of vertical machines has been devised with our customers’ needs in mind. Designed for continuous motion packing for a wide variety of products, these machines are highly flexible when changing the forming size to allow for different portion and bag sizes. Our VFFS equipment offers uncompromising versatility and consistent performance when vertically packaging liquids, pastes, powders, granulated foods, frozen foods (IQF), snacks, vegetables, and many other particulate products and adapts to almost any film type.
Our vertical bagging machinery focuses on robust, reliable, intuitive operation, using the latest generation of maintenance-free, advanced electronic controls, dynamic brushless drives, and internal programming with a friendly, usable touch screen with icons.
On the show floor
Flexibility for your packaging line means...
Adapting to changing trends
The world of packaging moves fast. Trends like sustainable packaging, increased snacking, and clean label products all require shifts in your packaging strategy. Adapt to these changes and go to market quicker with flexible machines that can produce several sizes and packaging formats with a variety of films.
Reducing production downtime
We know time is valuable on the production floor. That's why decreasing downtime with simpler changeovers on machines, advanced training using augmented reality, and excellent customer service are a priority for us. Less downtime means more flexibility to scale your production.
Remaining user friendly
Flexibility doesn't just apply to your machinery and run times. It applies to your operators, too. Simplifying your machine design with streamlined training solutions helps your team develop skills faster and reduce error. That's why Harpak-ULMA offers Allen Bradley controls on a growing number of machines and provides advanced online training solutions.
Have questions? Connect with our experts!
We’re excited to reconnect in person at Pack Expo, but we’re also happy to be a resource for you year-round. If you have a packaging need or question, don’t hesitate to reach out. We’ll connect you with our packaging experts to provide the guidance and insight you deserve.