Automatic Bagging Systems

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Do any of these situations sound familiar?
• Packaging can’t keep up with production.
• Packaging is sloppy and damage reports are rising.
• Packaging quality goes down as shifts progress.
• Packaging is taking up too much space in your facility.
• You’ve got workers suffering from repetitive strain injuries.
• You’re so dependent on manual labor that one employee missing their shift affects your entire
production schedule.
• You’re struggling to keep up with customer demand.
• You’re losing product and profit because of overfilled product bags.
THE CHOICE TO AUTOMATE

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Increased production
with decreased expense.
Trying to get a lot of little things into
something much bigger: right away, to keep
up with production and get things out on the
right schedule, the idea of automating the
bagging process seems like it would be the
right fit for your production needs.
SO, HOW ABOUT THIS FOR THE BEST REASON TO
AUTOMATE?
10 ways automatic bagging systems
provide increased efficiency
1. Up to 350% faster production throughput.
2. Increase in weight accuracy.
3. Average labor cost reductions of 40%.
4. Up to 50% reduction in the amount of needed
workstations.
5. Printing options that are approximately 50%
faster.
6. Lower maintenance costs: fewer moving parts,
uses off-the-shelf parts.
7. Up to a 90% reduction in scrap and material
costs.
8. Ability to record historical data, used for
maintenance and measuring errors.
9. Integrates popular rate shopping software for
shipping efficiencies and savings.
10. Average training time of about one week.

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If you’re on the fence about whether you really need to automate your bagging, we can help
with that. No matter the size of your business, an automated bagging system will help you
increase production while reducing expenses. It can reduce labor up to 80%, save up to
50% over paper envelops, and eliminate 100% of labeling and corrugated boxes.
WHO NEEDS AN AUTOMATIC BAGGING SYSTEM?
“Automating [aspects of the] manufacturing process not only drives costs down,
it improves quality, reduces waste and optimizes energy use. […The] application
of automation is an essential ingredient in the sustainability of manufacturing
businesses; automation will consequently increase a manufacturer’s competitive
edge.” Mike Wilson, Chairman of the British Automation and Robot Association

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Before you choose which machine is right for your facility, consider the
following questions:
1. What product(s) are you handling?
2. What bags will you be using (type, size, and style)?
3. What speed / throughput do you think you require?
4. What weight accuracy and product weight will be required?
5. Are there any space restrictions or considerations regarding the installation area?
BEFORE CHOOSING A MACHINE

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INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY
Doing more with less is the mantra of the new American workplace.
It goes without saying that the key to successful warehouse operations is smooth, efficient product flow.
But inevitable bottlenecks will form along the conveyor line, especially if you’ve got a lot of people trying
to bag, weigh, and label items. What can you do to keep product flowing and maximize throughput?
Because bottlenecks can occur with bag filling, automating this portion of production will inevitably
speed up throughput, drive down costs, and improve accuracy.
REMEMBER:
Automatic baggers can work long
hours, as well as at night and on
weekends, providing an overall
increase in productivity.
A cost comparison of skilled workers
versus an automated system is the
best analysis to determine if increased
productivity can offset any human
staff-related costs.

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Bagging, weighing, and labeling by hand is a time consuming process; it is slow and
inefficient, no matter what sized product you may be packaging.
Ask yourself: will this machine cost more over its expected life than the labor you’d be replacing would
cost? Can labor costs be saved elsewhere by freeing up expensive manpower for more valuable positions
in your facility? And does it remove workers from safety risks that could cause accidents or injuries?
According to U.S. Department of Labor estimates, the median age of the manufacturing workforce rose by
nearly 4 years in the first decade of the 21st century. And the Society of Manufacturing Engineers “predicts
that the shortfall of skilled workers could increase to 3 million jobs by 2015 due to the aging manufacturing
workforce.”
DECREASED EXPENSES

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CASE STUDY: Wood Pellet Plant
A 50,000 ton per year wood pellet plant operating five days a week for 10 hours per
day produces 200 tons of pellets each day.
To maintain their 200 ton per day production schedule, this facility has to efficiently fill more
than 10,000 bags, stack them on 200 pallets comprised of 50 bags per pallet, wrap them,
and move them into a waiting storage area.
Manual packaging would cut current
throughput by nearly 50 percent.
The manual approach can be expected
to yield 6 to 10 bags per minute, while
their automated solution forms, fills,
and seals 15 to 20 bags per minute,
allowing the plant to easily meet their
daily tonnage requirements.

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CASE STUDY: Frozen Food Producer
A company produces single-serve and family-sized packages for sale nationwide at
grocery stores, membership warehouse clubs, convenience stores, and food service
operations.
Packaging is done at its 119,000-sq-ft facility on five packaging lines. In the past, this facility
was manually filling the frozen packs and using a dozen employees to do so.
They wanted to automate the bagging process
for different reasons, but much of the savings
come from reduced labor. “The labor-savings
are dramatic,” the VP of Manufacturing
revealed. “When we look at the fact that we’ve
virtually doubled our speeds from manual
packing, with fewer people, we have realized
a 65% reduction in labor costs.”

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In today’s competitive, consumer-driven marketplace, the question is perhaps not whether
to add automation to your warehouse operations, it is when and where to add it. Most
systems pay for themselves in less than a year when you factor in the savings from
workforce reallocations, safety improvements, and material usage reductions, as well as
the increased production speeds.
But these are just a few of the factors to understand when you weigh the long-term
benefits and costs of automating any part of your packaging process. It’s also important to
think about how the needs of your customers and your facility might change over time and
have a plan about what sort of automation technology you’ll need to drive efficiency and
productivity in the future.
AUTOMATION SAVES MONEY

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