Schubert remains a reliable partner with innovative, tailor-made solutions

In the future, the packaging industry will also have to master the balancing act between economic viability, legal requirements and social demands. The “Environmentally friendly packaging” motto, which will set the tone at the FachPack trade fair in Nuremberg, bears witness to this fact. Schubert will not only be addressing the issue at its stand, but will also demonstrate precisely how customers can derive added value from it. With Schubert-Consulting as its engineering partner, the company offers manufacturer-independent, comprehensive consulting services for cost-effective conversion to sustainable packaging materials. This ranges from the development of new packaging and its registration in accordance with the new European Packaging Act (VerpackG), through concept development and process planning, to the selection of suitable machine suppliers. Additionally, new requirements from the online mail order business are also taken into account: today, entirely different packing schemes, packing sizes and materials are required than in the stationary trade, which predominantly uses display packs.

A customer machine at the Schubert booth will demonstrate how cardboard boxes can be used instead of packaging film in the packaging process. The exceptionally compact lightline Cartonpacker consists of three sub-machines in two machine frames with the functions of erecting the carton trays, filling and sealing. It packs chocolate bars in display cartons, which are fed via two belts with an output of 120 bars per minute each. The 200-gram chocolate bars are not packed in a film sleeve, but in a cardboard folding box. During processing, the products which enter the machine lying flat, are first placed on edge in a grouping chain, pushed together and then placed in blocks into a carton tray. In this process, the packaging material of the chocolate bars plays practically no role for the system.