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Horizontal Cartoner

Item Horizontal Cartoner
Cartoning Speed 30-300 cartons/min
Carton Size Range Customizable
Carton Thickness 250gsm-400gsm
Air Pressure 0.6Mpa-0.8Mpa | 6-8 Bar
Air Consumption 40L-120L/Min
Voltage 110/220/380V, 50/60Hz
Options Code Printer, Leaflet Inserter, Hotmelt Closure
After-sales Service Manual, Guidance Video, Video Conference, Field Maintenance

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Horizontal Cartoner

A horizontal cartoner is a packing machine that integrates mechanics, electricity, compressed air, etc., and many industries introduce it for packaging all kinds of products.

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It is also called an end load cartoner or a side load cartoner.

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The carton’s back panel is parallel to the ground during end load cartoning.

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As shown in the video below:

A horizontal cartoning machine could complete the following steps in one stop, which includes:

  • Box Blank Picking
  • Blank Unfolding & Erecting
  • Carton Placing & Conveying
  • Product Loading
  • Dust Flaps Folding
  • Carton Closing
  • Closed Carton Outputting

It is suitable for cartoning medicines, cosmetics, food, daily necessities, fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), hardware fittings, stationery, toys, oral liquids, granules, flavorings, etc.

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A variety of options are available for your choice, including:

  • Closed Carton Sorter
  • Code Printer
  • Hot Melt Adhesive Applicator
  • Leaflet Folder
  • Leaflet Inserter
  • Sachet Sorter
  • ……
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GUK Leaflet Folder

To purchase a side load cartoner or seek an end load cartoning solution, contact us via email or WhatsApp.

Email: info@sirosilo.com

WhatsApp: +8617312124727

What is a Horizontal Cartoner?

A horizontal end load cartoner completes a series of motions such as box blank picking, blank erecting, box bottom closing, content loading, box top closing, and closed carton outputting in one stop.

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In short, it converts flat box blanks into product-packed closed cartons.

You can use it alone, or integrate it with other upstream & downstream equipment to form a packaging line, such as:

Working Principle

Referring to the photo below, let’s dive deep into its working principle.

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A simplest side load cartoner works as shown in the above photo.

Upstream equipment or workers put the products into the bucket conveyor, and the photoelectric eyes quickly identify the products in the bucket and send signals to the PLC.

Then, the PLC issues a command to the the box blank picker.

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Photoelectric Eye

The box blank picker quickly picks up a blank, pre-breaks & erects it, and puts the erected carton into the chain conveyor.

These product and carton chain conveyors move forward synchronously.

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During carton conveying, the cartoner first closes the box bottom;

Then the carton comes to the cartoning station, and an air cylinder drives a pushrod inserting the product into the carton;

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Next, the carton moves forward following the chain conveyor for its top closing;

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At last, the product-packed & closed carton comes out from the outlet.

Components

The schematic below clearly displays common components of an end load cartoner equipment.

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Let’s explore them in depth one by one.

Bucket Conveyor

The bucket is usually fixed on a toothed chain, this chain is driven by a separate servo motor.

With the servo controls, the bucket conveys the product to the loading station precisely.

The bucket size is adjustable according to the product & carton sizes. After adjustment, you need to set the bucket size on the touch screen accordingly.

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Bucket Conveyor

When the bucket is close to the loading station, the photoelectric eye will detect whether there is a product in the bucket.

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Photoelectric Eye

If yes, the photoelectric sensor feeds back a signal to the PLC, the PLC sends a command to the carton feeder (picker), and the carton feeder picks up a carton blank from the magazine.

Box Blank Magazine

It plays the role of storing carton blanks.

You could adjust its length and depth by loosening the fixing screws, which fit the corresponding carton size.

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When the carton blank supply is not enough, the warning light is on, reminding the operator to add more.

If the machine enters the low carton supply running state, it will automatically stop until the magazine has enough carton blanks.

Blank Picker & Erector

It is the so-called carton feeder.

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Carton Picker

When the carton feeder receives the command from the PLC, it will pick up the carton blank from the magazine, pre-break it, and place it on the carton conveying rail.

The carton lies between the two lugs, thus it will not deviate from the rail.

Carton Conveyor

Two independent servo motors drive the carton forward until discharging the closed carton.

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Carton Conveyor

As the carton is placed between two lugs, you can adjust these lugs’ positions, fitting cartons of different sizes.

During the carton’s forwarding, the top guide rails lightly press on the carton, ensuring that the carton runs smoothly and its position does not shift.

Product Loader/Inserter

For continuous motion cartoner, the barrel cam loader always plays the role of carton pusher.

The barrel cam loader consists of many sliding arms, these arms rely on servo motor drive, thus they can smoothly load products into cartons.

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Barrel Cam Loader

For the intermittent cartoning machine, the pushrod undertakes the content loading task.

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Carton Sealer

This part consists of a carton closure unit and a carton conveying rail.

Two rotating cranks drive the carton closure unit to move a connecting plate, which is a typical four-bar mechanism.

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There are three stainless steel paddles (or plows) on the connecting plate so the cartoning process has 3 steps:

  • Folding
  • Inserting
  • Closing

The carton conveying rail ensures the carton moves within a specific range.

The power of the paddle (or plow) comes from the cam on the carton closure unit, which makes the paddle (or plow) reciprocate within a certain angle range.

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Closed Carton Outlet

After closing/sealing the carton, the closed carton comes to the outlet, out of the side load cartoner finally.

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Some components are optional, you could choose according to your packaging needs.

Leaflet Inserter

GUK paper folding machine undertakes the task of leaflet inserting.

Speaking of the GUK paper folding machine, installation is easy, folding mode setup is quick, and quality is reliable.

After all, it is the world’s No.1 paper folding machine.

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GUK Paper Folding Machine

What’s more, the GUK paper folding machine is compatible with different driving and transmission modes, its wear rate is very low, and it is easy to maintain & upgrade.

It is a high-speed leaflet folding machine with superior performance, its max. speed could reach 500 sheets per minute.

To pair with high speed side load cartoner, it is the first choice leaflet inserter.

Code Printer

You could choose an ink printer or a deboss coder to complete batch and date printing.

The batch & date printed by the ink printer are less clear, the ink easily gets damp in a humid environment, causing the batch & date to be unclear.

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Therefore, we recommend you use the deboss coder.

The batch and date printed by the deboss coder are not easy to wear, they could maintain a clear display for a long time.

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Generally speaking, code printing finishes at the tuck flap folding station.

Hot Melt Glue Applicator

For some cartons that require hot melt closure, Nordson hot melt glue system is suitable to complete this work.

The Nordson machine’s nozzle sprays hotmelt glue onto the carton’s bottom closing panel.

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In the next station, the cartoner presses the top closing panel onto the bottom closing panel, these 2 panels stick together to complete the carton closure.

Types

Carton Style

End load cartoning often involves the following four types of cartons:

123 Bottom Box

Auto Bottom Box

Seal End Carton

Tuck End Box

Automation

Fully Automatic

For the automatic end load cartoner, the product feeding is automatic, that is to say, when the product comes out from the upstream production line or the primary packaging line, it could automatically enter the horizontal end load cartoner’s product inlet.

As shown in the video below, the facial cream bottle passes through the outfeed conveyor belt from the upstream filling machine and approaches the inlet of the horizontal cartoner, and then a push rod pushes the cream directly into the bucket.

Then, the facial cream bottle follows the bucket conveyor to complete the following workflows set by the machine.

Semi-automatic

Compared with the automatic horizontal cartoning machine, the semi automatic end load cartoner needs to arrange manual product feeding into the inlet of the machine, that is, one by one bucket.

The subsequent processes of carton erecting, content cartoning, and carton sealing are the same as those of the automatic end load cartoner.

Whether it is an automatic end load cartoner or a semi automatic end load cartoner, when the carton blanks in the magazine are almost running out, it is necessary to add more blanks into the magazine manually.

Motion Manner

Continuous Motion

The continuous motion cartoner uses a barrel cam loader to push products into the box.

The barrel cam loader integrates many sliding arms, these arms progressively and smoothly push the products into the carton within a certain period.

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Barrel Cam Loader

Of course, the packaging speed of the continuous motion cartoner is faster, thus its price is higher.

Intermittent Motion

The intermittent motion cartoner pushes the product into the carton through the pushrod’s back-and-forth movement.

During the product loading process, the product, carton, and leaflet conveying chains pause for a while, waiting for the pushing completion;

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Manufacturers

Manufacturers of horizontal cartoning machines are spread all over the world.

Due to the improvement in living standards, the demand growth for daily necessities, fast-moving consumer goods, and medicines is significant.

Thus the horizontal packaging machine demand for these products is increasing, including side load cartoner.

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The following list covers the most well-known side load cartoner manufacturers all over the world.

  • bergami
  • bivans
  • bosch
  • bradman lake
  • cam
  • clybourn cartoner
  • dividella
  • econocorp
  • hoonga
  • ima
  • iwk
  • kliklok
  • marchesini
  • mgs
  • pure pak
  • ra jones
  • romaco
  • tishma
  • uhlmann
  • ……

These manufacturers have a long history, and strong technical accumulation, and continue to lead the technology of horizontal cartoning.

SiroSilo is also a professional side load cartoner manufacturer here in China, with our R&D team and factory, we are capable of customizing a dreamy horizontal end load cartoner as per your request.

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Welcome you to video call with us via WhatsApp, then we could lively broadcast our factory to you, if we happen to be testing a side load cartoner, you could watch its instant running status.

Price

The price of a horizontal cartoning machine depends mainly on the following aspects: speed, degree of automation, customized features, and configuration.

Speed

The horizontal continuous motion cartoner is faster than the horizontal intermittent motion cartoner, and the price is higher.

Degree of Automation

This depends on whether you are online packaging or offline packaging.

Suppose you are connecting a horizontal cartoning machine to upstream production or primary packaging equipment.

In that case, it is better to choose a higher-speed automated machine to match the incoming speed of the upstream equipment.

If you are offline packaging and don’t have to worry about the speed impact of upstream production or primary packaging equipment, then you could choose manual or automated product feeding according to your actual requirements for speed.

Customized Features

Each customer’s product and cartoning requirements are different, and because of this, many customers end up purchasing a customized horizontal cartoning machine, and the price is higher than the standard one.

Configuration

Many customers have rigid requirements for the brand of core components such as PLC, inverter, touch screen, etc.

Integrating better components into the horizontal cartoning machine will increase the final price.

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The price range of horizontal cartoning machines in China spans a wide range, you could find horizontal cartoning machines from USD$15,000 to UDS$100,000.

Horizontal Cartoner Choice

Box Types

Carton Sizes

Box Design & Material

Product & Package

Rate

Size Switch

Combination & Integration

Footprint

Future Focus

Safety

Vertical Cartoner

Vertical cartoner automatically loads products into folding cartons, it automatically completes a series of motions such as carton forming, product loading, code printing, and carton sealing during the cartoning process.

It is suitable for the automatic packaging of products in food, pharmaceutical, beauty, and daily necessities industries, such as vials, blister packs, Celine bottles, snacks, cosmetics, etc.

The frame of such a machine is a rotary table with many orderly distributed working stations around the rotary table.

These stations include:

  • Carton Erecting Station
  • Bottom Sealing Station
  • Product Loading Station
  • Product Loading Station
  • Code Printing Station
  • Carton Sealing Station
  • Sealed Carton Outfeed Station

There are usually a few spare stations on the rotary table, reserved for the future addition of custom functions.

For more information about our SiroSilo top load cartoner, please click the picture below.

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Horizontal V.S. Vertical Cartoner

The main difference between a vertical cartoner and a horizontal cartoner is the carton placement style when loading the product.

If the carton’s front and back panels are vertical to the ground, it is a vertical cartoner, when a vertical cartoner is loading, the product is guided from above into the carton or drops into the carton directly.

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It is suitable for powder, granule, and liquid material cartoning, and often runs together with weighing and dosing equipment.

Vertical cartoning is ideal for products that could be easily pushed over, such as irregularly shaped containers. Vertical cartoners are also better suited for items that are difficult to flatten, such as pouches.

When the carton’s front and back panels are parallel to the ground for product loading, it is a horizontal cartoner, horizontal cartoners push products into the carton from the side.

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Side load cartoner is commonly useful for cartoning boxes, blisters, biscuits, toothpaste, toothbrush, soap, toy, cosmetics, light bulbs, sachets, tissue, pouch, thermos, poker, and other products.

When you are hesitating to choose a vertical or horizontal cartoning machine, please consider your main product and potential future packaging needs first.

Relatively speaking, horizontal cartoning machine is specialized for single products, so if you have a single product, both horizontal and vertical cartoning machines are good choices.

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But if you have many kinds of products, then a convertible top load cartoner is the machine for you. It could realize the changeover between different carton sizes and styles faster, then configure the filling process accordingly to support products of different shapes and nature.

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