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Maintaining packaging efficiency is vital in meeting cost and productivity challenges for today’s manufacturers. One of the main areas where productivity can face challenges is during the accumulation process of manufacturing. Sometimes there is downtime in the manufacturing process, for example, leading to an accumulation of products that could become damaged during the waiting process. […]

W&M Manufacturing, a part of the Carrera Manufacturing group, has strategically grown to provide their customers a single-source for molding, finishing and coating needs for plastic products from individual to finished components. Customer Challenge W&M is a premier leader in the automotive and lighting industries, specializing in both lenses and reflectors. To help strategically grow […]

It’s a new year – and, as a manufacturer, that means its time to reassess your product handling equipment and its functionality to ensure all are operating at peak performance. Many equipment suppliers offer Wellness Checks as a preventative maintenance offering to examine all aspects of your automated system and make recommendations based on findings. […]

Nowhere in the packaging process is the handling of the product more susceptible to damage than in the wrapper infeed cycle, resulting in high defect rates, lessened throughput and increased production costs. This is common particularly with shrink wrapping where mis-wraps can easily occur, jamming the line. When shrink coverage does not completely cover the […]

Many conveyors used in filling and packaging lines enable the adaption of product control devices, such as product stops, pushers and clamps that can be used to modify the flow of conveyed products. Most conveyors bring these devices in from the side or even over the top, such as would be found on belt conveyors, […]