Overview

The VARIOPAC tray and shrink packer was manufactured by the German company Krones in 2005. It is becoming vacant as it is being replaced by a larger machine. The packer is still in operation and has a capacity of 70 cycles/ min. 

Technical data 

• Shrink tunnel 
  • Passage width shrink tunnel: 720 mm / 2x 350 mm/ 3x 220 mm
  • Max. 2 lanes 
  • 70 cycles/ min 
  • Total length of shrink tunnel: 7,000 mm (including 1,000 mm cooling section) 
• Container transport
  • Number of aisles for containers: 6 
  • Conveyor height above floor: 1.300 mm
• Container forming unit with hot glue application
• Foil module
  • 2 foil pick-up mandrels 
  • Ionization unit to reduce static charge
• Container infeed 
  • Number of lanes for containers: 6 
  • Lane division by means of electric/pneumatic vibrators Vibrators 
• Processed formats 
  • 0.5l: tray with film, 6x3
  • 0,5l: Shrinkpack only foil, 3x2
  • 0,75l: tray with foil, 4x2 
  • 0,75l: tray without foil, 5x4
• Dimensions: required room height: 2.600 mm
• Operating hours: 19.646  
• Control: Siemens S7