Automation and Custom Engineering
Automate your packaging line with solutions engineered for your unique requirements.
When your product, your floor plan, or your throughput goals don’t fit an off-the-shelf solution, that’s where PACKPRO’s Engineering Group comes in. We can help design and build an integrated system that fits your budget and productivity goals.
Automation is central to how PACKPRO helps operations increase throughput, reduce manual handling, and cut waste. Our automation and custom engineering capabilities include:
- Conveyor and material handling systems
- Safety retrofits and guarding
- Custom fabrication and machine modification
- Packaging line integration and customization
- Turn-key equipment integration and commissioning
- Ongoing field engineering and preventative maintenance
We help you automate the parts of your line that are costing you the most in labour, downtime, or damaged product, engineered to run inside your existing footprint.
Packaging Automation Solutions and Custom Engineering Services
Packaging Line Integration & Customization
Whether you’re designing a new line or upgrading an existing one with new machinery, our Engineers plan the integration around your current operation and where it’s headed. Custom engineering services include rebuilds, upgrades, and full line customization.
That planning is what keeps a new piece of equipment from becoming an isolated addition, and instead makes it part of one system your team can run.
Field Engineering & Ongoing Support
Our manufacturer-authorized Field Engineers handle everything from initial installation and operator training to routine service and emergency repairs, keeping your automated systems running at full efficiency.
With direct access to OEM parts and a Preventative Maintenance Program built around your operation, you get fast troubleshooting and minimized downtime.
Custom Fabrication & Mechanical Integration
Our Engineering Group can modify or fabricate the components to ensure your packaging system is optimal for your production operations. Lift tables, custom guarding, product-specific tooling, and mechanical modifications are all designed and built in-house at PACKPRO.
Our team built a pneumatic lift table for a beverage manufacturer that improved pallet containment and packing efficiency.
Conveyor & Material Handling Systems
Getting product between stations or between floor levels is often where a line loses the most time. Custom conveyor systems close those gaps, moving product exactly where it needs to go without manual handling.
A take-away conveyor from an automated bagger is an example of a small automation that makes a large impact. On a larger scale, full material handling systems tying multiple stations together are built for high-volume fulfillment. Before recommending or designing a solution, our Engineering Group will provide a consultation based on many factors, including your goals and budget.
System Commissioning & Testing
New automation equipment is only valuable once it’s actually working inside your line. We manage the integration of new and existing equipment, then commission and calibrate the full system before we hand it back to your team.
That includes testing under real production conditions, so what leaves our facility runs the same way on your floor, as it did for a major multinational logistics company’s new pallet wrapping line. Read the full case study here.
Safety Retrofits & Guarding
As lines are automated or reconfigured, safety requirements change with them. Our engineers design and install protective guarding, skirts, and door extensions that meet current safety standards without slowing down the equipment they’re protecting.
We also calibrate retrofitted equipment to run your specific product and packaging formats seamlessly after the upgrade, as we did for a large grocery retailer’s automatic case former, retrofitting it to run custom corrugated boxes.
Optimize Your Packaging Operations with Automation
We bring the same full-system approach to automation as we do all of our packaging solutions, increasing packaging productivity by bringing together best-in-class automation, packaging equipment, and engineering services.
Because automation projects can be a capital investment, we support them the same way we support our equipment lines: with financing options, ongoing field engineering, and preventative maintenance to protect the system once it’s running.