First KHS/Schubert packaging block for Brauerei Schützengarten
KHS GmbH has now supplied a compact, multifunctional packaging block together with packaging manufacturer Gerhard Schubert GmbH for the first time. This will help Swiss brewery Schützengarten to meet the growing demand for its range of beers. The new system is chiefly distinguished by its great flexibility regarding different forms of packaging.
Brauerei Schützengarten is growing and with it the demands it makes of its packaging system. In the course of a recent and necessary new investment process the brewery opted for a new, innovative system concept by KHS and Schubert. Its entire packaging and palletizing section is also being modernized. This includes combined palletizing and depalletizing with automatic changeovers between returnable and non-returnable packaging and a new, fully automatic glass bulk depalletizer, among other features. At the same time the line is also to receive a fully automated crate magazine to buffer plastic crates. This additional automated process step increases line availability as surplus crates no longer have to be removed by hand during format changeovers.
Higher capacity in minimum space
Thanks to the appropriate packaging block supplied by KHS and Schubert the line capacity for non-returnables is practically doubled compared to the solution used so far – while taking up the minimum of space. In order to achieve this, the companies have blocked the KHS Innopack PPZ packer with a Schubert erecting and a Schubert closing module. Both companies have thus combined their many years of core expertise with proven machine technology to create one innovative system. “The joint package from KHS and Schubert had us convinced. The packaging block opens up many new opportunities for us. We’re now best equipped for the future and have established partners on board”, says Dr. Martin Ketterer, technical director and member of the management board at Schützengarten.
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