Why YOU need a packaging conveyor

Packaging conveyors are one of the most essential conveyors in any manufacturing process. Ensuring that goods are securely and safely packaged is one of the most crucial steps in ensuring that a product can safely make it to store shelves. Ensuring that those packages are also well-made and capable of securing their products in place will help make consumers more amicable towards products on store shelves. With the varying weight, size, and types of packaging in the manufacturing field, it’s important to have a conveyor system that can hold up to all the different requirements in your manufacturing process.

Why do you need a specialized packaging conveyor?

The type of products that are required to be packaged affects the method of packaging for any given product. For any sort of liquid item, whether it be food or medicine, jars/vials are usually used to store the product. After the containers have been filled, they are generally capped and factory sealed, ensuring that nothing will leak out. Making sure that the caps are properly sealed is essential to the safety of both the manufacturer and customer, as any sort of leaks could result in damage to manufacturing systems or the development of bacteria inside the liquid, harming consumers. Having a conveyor system that is able to line all the products up in the perfect way to ensure that the capping and sealing processes go smoothly is essential to having an efficient production line. For traditional packaging and shipping packaging, the process can be much simpler. For shipping boxes, products can be almost entirely automated to be securely placed into a box and then shipped off. Robots and humans can also be present to ensure that the package is securely sealed and nothing is damaged during the packaging process. For traditional product packaging, such as toys or frozen food, packaging conveyors can be designed to perfectly and efficiently carry their product through a packaging system, securing their products in place to help prevent damage to items either on store shelves stores or during shipping.

Packaging Conveyor Options

Whether you need to fill and cap bottles or just move your products to a case packer, mk has a wide variety of conveyor options to fulfill your needs. In exceptional circumstances, mk is additionally capable of creating and inventing completely customized solutions for all of your packaging needs. For bottling and filling needs, we have food-grade and FDA-approved conveyor systems in our CleanMove line of products. All of these conveyors are also up to the standard set by the pharmaceutical industry, so any sanitary requirements for those products and their packaging are also met by mk’s standards! As for traditional box packaging, whether it's product packaging or shipping packaging, mk offers a wide variety of conveyors to suit your needs. For heavy and bulky products, a vast majority of our conveyors are able to support loads up to 300 lbs, but we do offer models that are capable of more than 3,500 lbs. Check out mk's Packaging Industries webpage to learn more about the various conveyors offered for the packaging industry. 

Why you need a high-quality packaging conveyor

Packaging conveyors are an essential part of any manufacturing process. Whether it be for securing a product or preparing it for the shipping process, no good assembly line can do without them. Making sure that the packaging process is streamlined, efficient, and consistent is vital to having a healthy production line, making the packaging conveyor one of the most important parts of the puzzle. mk has the perfect solutions for any packaging conveyor you may ever need, so make sure to contact our sales team for more information using the form below.