Case packer module for gentle bottle placement
US-based 
packaging machinery firm Standard-Knapp has introduced its Versatron Case Packer with lowering head module. It is ideally suited for customers looking for gentle, positive handling of their product, yet is still rugged enough for 24/7 operation. When equipped with the module, the Versatron Case Packer can continue to operate as a robust drop packer or can be quickly converted to a lowering head case packer.
The product is ideal for the partitionless packing of products made with glass, aluminum, PET, or other materials. In a move towards sustainability, partitionless packaging allows for the use of less material in packing, whilst also providing fully programmable pick-and-place motion, achieving positive placement fully into the bottom of each case. The slide-out change part lowering head is equipped with colour-coded change parts and pneumatics for quick, error-free changeover.
The lowering head module can be equipped with various gripper heads to provide safe, consistent damage-free placement of products into each case with zero drop. Depending on the size of the product, the lowering head can operate at 30 cycles per minute, the fastest rate among lowering head machines. Designed primarily with wine, liquor, and beer containers in mind, it can also handle locking shape containers.
The Versatron offers long life, easy operations and maintenance that makes changeover simple and fast, with an excellent and easy to use human machine interface (HMI). The module is designed with more Lexan doors and panels for increased visibility, so that operators can perform preemptive, walk-by maintenance.
