By Charles Carter, 09/11/22
US company Sparck Technologies has developed an automated packaging system that cuts cardboard boxes to the exact size of every item to reduce waste.
Retailers such as ASDA and Boots use the innovation to reduce carboard and filling material usage, and lower labour and shipping costs.
The company started out making the world’s first automatic clog machine in the 1920s before moving into the world of packaging, with its first automated system launching in 2014.
First, you place an order on the induct station which can contain single or multiple items, as well as hard and soft goods.
A scanner captures a 3D image of the order to determine the minimum box size required.
Carboard from a large feeder roll is custom cut to eliminate unnecessary volume and the need for void fill.
The order is then auto-boxed, sealed, weighed and labelled in one seamless process, every three to seven seconds depending on the machine.
What are the potential benefits?
Companies using the auto-boxing technology save on average 88 percent in labor costs, 45 percent in shipping costs and 29 percent in cardboard, according to Sparck Technologies.
They can also eliminate 8 to 16 packing stations.
More info
https://sparcktechnologies.com/us/
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