- Media
Spot-Pak® Overview Video
Spot-Pak® Sustainability Video
Spot-Pak® Brochure
Spot-Pak® White paper
Spot-Pak® Layout Drawings
Spot-Pak® Awards
Belfonte Testimonial
Kozy Shack Testimonial
Weyerhaeuser Testimonial
Some of our best ideas are really
'Outside the Box'
How many times have you been challenged to “Think Outside the Box!” when faced with an important problem? Delkor's engineers took this phrase to heart in their development of the Spot-Pak® Packaging System. This innovative solution for secondary packaging applications not only eliminates the corrugated box, but the corrugated tray as well.
The Spot-Pak® packaging system is a fully automated end of line packaging solution that:
- Loads primary product containers onto flat corrugate pads
- Controls stability of product placement and movement on pad surface via a temporary bond of product to flat pad
- Assembles a wide variety of pack patterns into a shrink wrapped shipping package
The patented Spot-Pak® technology yields a high integrity shipping package that:
- Reduces packaging material costs 40% to 60% over traditional corrugated shippers
- Increases pallet density from 5% to 20%, depending upon product size and pattern
- Provides durable shippers to withstand the rigors of product distribution
- Offers a proven track record with nearly two hundred Spot-Pak systems in operation throughout North America
Operation
The Spot-Pack® loader picks pads from a magazine, applies temporary-bond adhesive onto the surface of the pads, picks an array of primary product containers, and places the containers onto the pad. The machine runs at an indexing speed of 20-24 cycles per minute.
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Infeed |
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Pad Placement Reciprocating pick arm places flat pads onto the indexing conveyor. |
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Adhesive Application Hot melt glue system stitches Spot-Pak® adhesive onto pads in conformity with the product pack pattern. |
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Product Transfer Two axis gantry pick and place servo loader lifts a complete product pack pattern of accumulated product and then lowers it onto the flat pad. |
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Top Pad Placement For added strength and rigidity, a top pad can be placed over the product containers. (Optional Feature) |
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Layer Stacking Stacking one product layer on another achieves handling efficiencies. (Optional Feature) |
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Shrink Wrapping The unitized bundled is shrink wrapped, and ready for palletizing. |
- Available Loader Configurations
- Inline infeed and discharge conveyors with in-line flow
- Inline infeed and discharge conveyors with counter flow
- Perpendicular infeed and discharge conveyors
- Available System Layouts
- Inline
- L-Shaped
- U-Shaped
- Custom
- Package Style
- Distribution packages transparent or opaque film)
- Retail packages graphic printed retail ready film)
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Speed Capability(Application dependent)
- 35 Finished packages per minute with a dual-roll shrink bundler
- 45 Finished packages per mInute with continuous motion dual-roll shrink bundler
- 60 Finished packages per minute with single roll shrink bundler
- Up to 100 Finished packages per minute with dual-lane single roll shrink bundler
- Construction
- Stainless steel framework and guarding
- Polycarbonate or stainless steel woven wire windows
- Standard fully welded tubular steel frame
- Precision servo-driven gantry robot
- Software
- Production monitoring and reporting through HMI touch screen
- Run on-demand sensor
- 3-Color machine status light tower
- User configurable password controlled access (Operator/Maintenance)
- Magazine level sensor with operator alert
- Adhesive level sensor with operator alert
- English/Spanish HMI language available
- Safety
- Guard master category III guard door interlocks and safety monitor relay
- Lock-Out Tag-Out ready air and electrical disconnect
- Air supply shut-off valve with dump
- Two emergency stop buttons
- Ergonomics
- Ergonomic guard doors for easy access
- Light-Weight Changeover Tooling
- Low level magazine for easy loading
- Angle-Mounted HMI for easy viewing
- Utility Requirements
- Loader 35 amp disconnect @ 480V 60hz 3-Phase (240V/575V Optional)
- Loader 20 CFM @ 80 PSI air consumption (Maximum)
- Accessories
- Elevation kit
- Spare parts kit
- Machine Capacity
- Package widths up to 26”
- Package height up to 12”
- Loading Capabilities
- Spot-Pak® (Pad/Shrink Film) packages
- Retail Ready Tray (Tray/Shrink Film) packages with optional feeder
- Shipping case packages with optional feeder & flap controls
- Changeover
- 1 to 5 minute changeover for height and pattern changes
- 5 to 15 minute changeover with product height and pattern changes
- Tool-Less quick change parts
- Labels and scales on all adjustment points
- Step-By-Step changeover documentation in manual
- Controls & Electronics
- Allen Bradley ControlLogix PLC
- Allen Bradley Panelview 1000 “Plus” color touch screen HMI
- Allen Bradley Powerflex 40 frequency drives
- Allen Bradley Ultra 3000 servo drives
- Ethernet connectivity
- Flash memory backup
- Adhesive System
- Nordson ProBlue 10 adhesive melter
- H201/202T zero cavity air-open / air-close application heads or EM-901/902 electronic application heads available
- Wash down heads and hoses available for demanding environments
The Spot-Pak® package was originally developed by Delkor to optimize secondary packaging for tapered containers typically used in the dairy industry for yogurt, cottage cheese, and sour cream. Today, more than 50% of the entire North American production of cultured dairy products goes to market in a Spot-Pak® package.
Snack Dip |
Yogurt |
Cottage Cheese |
Experience has also shown that the Spot-Pak® system can be adapted for a wide variety of rigid containers – metal cans, blow-molded bottles, tapered cups, glass or plastic jars, paperboard cartons and canisters – making it suitable across a broad range of industries. New applications are emerging on a continuous basis.
Canisters |
Bottles |
Paperboard Cartons |
Personal Care |
