Cermex FlexiPack

Wine and Spirits producers have to manage an increasing number of new formats as well as new SKU requirements. In addition, fragmented product offering (often leading to shorter production runs), brand equity and product quality are three key components for attractiveness, differentiation and consumer loyalty.

Cermex FlexiPack is an auto-adjustable case packer that guarantees the integrity of glass bottle design and decoration. The solution also includes fast, reliable and repeatable changeovers, allowing your production to be even more agile.

Top 3 benefits:

High flexibility with fast, reliable and repeatable changeovers in less than 10 minutes

Full respect of glass bottle integrity & decoration thanks to advanced speed regulation through automation programming and four conveying zones

High operability with autonomous step-by-step creation of new format, on user-friendly Human Machine Interface (HMI)

High Flexibility

Based on simplified or automatic solutions, we deliver ergonomics and ease for facilitating access for staff interventions as well as quickness & repeatability to improve line availability and ramp-up following changeovers
Motorized adjustments for fast, reliable and repeatable changeovers in less than 10 minutes (Automatic + tool-free + light weighted change parts)
Auto-adjustable machine for glass bottles, diameter from 60 to 108 mm and height between 205 to 380mm
Smooth and precise batch gripping and transfer of 24 to 48 bottles by a single auto-adjustable gripping head mounted on a 2-axis gantry manipulator
All movements are servo-driven for smooth contact with products at all times and facilitate fully automatic adjustments for changeovers.
End grippers can be easily and quickly changed for various bottle necks and/or cap designs

Product Integrity

Securing glass bottle and decoration (labels, tamper evident, capsules and tax strip) integrity, thanks to flow and speed management at every step, limiting contact, pressure, shock, and consequently, noise.

Speed regulation and positive bottle distribution in three or four lanes, thanks to the DiviArm divider
Innovative batch collation via a succession of four conveying zones, with different speed levels
Accompanying end-stop bar, for smooth transfer of bottles to the picking station
Optional: contactless conveying and accumulation solution with AQFlex® for an even-more compact overall layout and more accumulation time

Greater Operability

User-friendly Human Machine Interface (tablet-based navigation HMI) supporting operators on:

Statistics, diagnostics and maintenance: access to Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) and maintenance sheets for easier and faster trouble shooting and root-cause analysis.
Autonomous creation of new format with automatic generation of associated changeover settings, for a fully-automatic, native changeover

Reduction of gripping-head weight through lighter materials
Overall noise reduction due to the limited contacts and shocks between bottles, thanks to innovative infeed and grouping systems
Compressed air reduction as a result of the overall replacement of pneumatic actuators by electrical ones

Cermex FlexiPack