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Leading the Pack

Efficient solutions from Schneider Packaging pay for themselves. By Cathy Kallas
> > SChneleler Equipment Co. In<. says It provides customers with equipment t hat can meet all of their packaging needs.
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dding an automated packaging system can save countless man-
hours and provide streamlined operations. Schneider Packaging
Equipment Co. Inc. takes the guesswork out of getting a product to
market quickly and efficiently with its automated end-of-line pack-
solutions for the food, beverage, tissue, paper, pharmaceuti-
cal and plastics markets.
Celebrating its 40th anniversary, Schneider built its success by providing inno-
vative end of line packaging solutions for manufacturers. The company is an ex-
pert in cartoning, case packing, palletizing, robotics and full-line integration tak-
ing the custOJT\er's primary package to unit loads ready to ship. Schneider lends its
expertise by designing packaging solutions that focus on reducing costs while in-
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creasing production.
"Manufacturers are always looking for ways to stream-
line their production:' says Terry Zarnowski, sales and
marketing director. "We provide automated end-of-line
solutions that increase productivity with faster through-
put rates, flexibility for current and future needs, fast
changeover time, and safety. We design efficient and re-
liable solutions that fit all their needs."
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SChneider Packaging
Equipment co. Inc.
www.schnelderequlp.com
HQ: Brewerton. N.Y.
Specialty: End-of-line
packaging systems
Terryzamowskl, sales and market
lng director: we design tailor
made end-of line pack;aglng solu-
tions to maximize our customer's
value proposition and efficiency:
Schneider works closely with customers to develop
packing solutions to fit a need. When designing a solution,
they start by understanding the issue at the product level.
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"Every product has a personality,"
Zarnowski explains. "A gable top dairy
container, for example, may be coated
or uncoated, cold or warm, and each
behaves differently at time of manufac-
ture. We work to understand and ac-
commodate that personality. We design
a personality-specific solution that in-
corporates calculating throughput rates,
ergonomic flow throughout the facility,
and changeover rates."
Product personality includes under-
standing the product inside the contain-
er. "We have to take the product char-
acteristics into account," Zarnowski
states. "Understanding that ice cream
cones, for example, need to be handled
gently, we need to process them at high
speeds while being gentle to avoid
damage to the product. Our engineer-
ing staff looks at what solutions we
have designed for similar products or
look to solutions we have developed in
other market segments to come up with
a solution for the new product."
Incorporating more robotics has in-
creased efficiency greatly. Schneider
continues to expand its technology in
product handling as part of its continu-
ous cycle of improvement. It has been
using smaller, less costly robots for
product orientation for carton loading,
case packing and palletizing. By using
vision guidance, robots capture images
to determine location and for quality
checks such as verifying count, size and
label verification. They use very small,
end-of-arm tooling for fast pick-and-
place of individual items. These robots
are capable of performing 120 picks
per minute depending on the robot
model and application.
A recent co-packing project had
many variables to consider. "Our client
had a machine for a bagged product;'
Zarnowski states. "The bags could con-
tain 12-count, 24-count, 2 stacks or 4
stacks or any combination. They want-
ed to pack laying down, on their side,
with combo horizontal and vertical pac-
kaging for flexibility.
"With a conventional non-robotic sys-
tem it could take several hours to do a
changeover;' he adds.
"Our new design replicated the func-
tionality of the old technology using ro-
botics," he continues. "Since adding the
new machine, their reliability and effi-
ciency has skyrocketed with very fast
changeovers and minimal downtime."
All Schneider systems are designed
to work at maximum efficiency. When
an emergency stop or jam occurs, in
most cases, the system will continue
where it left off. Configurations are cus-
tom designed so new machines can be
integrated into current processes. Many
systems can be modified with addition-
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al parts or software for new products.
Systems are constructed of welded
tubular steel with an open and accessi-
ble design for easy maintenance and are
available from painted steel to heavy
wash stainless. User-friendly touch
screen operation is standard, and most
systems require minimal or no-tool
changeovers for quick product line
changes. All Schneider systems are held
to the highest standards and must pass a
rigorous process control checklist.
From start to finish, Schneider truly
partners with its clients. Offering a multi-
tude of services, it provides installation,
training, ongoing support, lifetime serv-
ice and replacement parts for all of their
machinery. It coordinates scheduling to
avoid interruptions in production.
Working Together
Schneider realizes that a collaborative
approach with its suppliers is critical to
its success. Close relationships provide
opportunities to work through different
scenarios and come up with the most
efficient solutions. The company says
it works closely with a number of lead-
ing vendors. These vendors include
Domino North America, a supplier of a
variety of high-quality digital coding
and labeling technologies.
"We innovate with all of our suppli-
ers to come up with the best solution for
an application," Zarnowski states. FD
DOMINO NORTH AMERICA Domino and
Schneider Packaging Equipment Co. Inc.; A decade
of collaboratiVe customer solutions. Domino North
America manufactures coding and marking solu
tlons. During the past decade. Domino has part
nered with Schneider to supply end users with
combined packaging and printing technologies.
ProVIding best In class products accompanied with
thorough support Including; drawings. remote and
onslte technical assistance and training programs.
that are the core of Domino and Schneider
Packaging co. Inc. Together we are a powerful
force providing high performance packaging and
printing technologies.
Domino. Do more.
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