Automated Packaging Machines
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Automated Packaging Equipment
Fill bottles, containers, and other packaging with greater accuracy and consistency using equipment selected for your product, container, and production requirements.
Form packaging around products using heat and shaped tooling for applications requiring protective or close-fitting packaging.
Automatically fill and seal bags for products ranging from bulk materials to individually packaged items.
Apply product, case, and shipping labels with equipment suited to your packaging formats and production speeds.
Print dates, lot codes, barcodes, and other product information directly onto packaging and products for identification and traceability.
Apply shrink film around products or grouped packages to create secure, consistent packaging for handling and distribution.
Automatically form corrugated cases from flat blanks, reducing manual handling and preparing boxes for packing.
Automatically load products into corrugated cases using equipment designed around your products, packing patterns, and throughput requirements.
Close and seal corrugated cases using tape or adhesive, with automatic and semi-automatic options for different production requirements.
Secure cartons, bundles, and palletized loads with automatic and semi-automatic strapping equipment.
Automatically stack cases, bags, and other products onto pallets using robotic systems designed around your loads and production requirements.
Secure palletized loads for storage and transportation with automatic and semi-automatic stretch wrapping equipment.
Capture pallet dimensions and shipment data to improve freight accuracy and reduce costly shipping discrepancies.
Partners in Solving Your Biggest Packaging Challenges
Every packaging operation has its own challenges, from production bottlenecks and changing packaging requirements to limited floor space and existing equipment constraints.
RMH Systems works as an extension of your team to solve these challenges through complete packaging systems tailored to your operation.
Our expertise includes:
Packaging Automation Success Stories
Automated Honey Packaging Line Improves Speed & Product Quality
Repeat customer Smitty Bee Honey bottles, packages, and processes honey from all over the world for grocery stores, bakeries, and meat processors.
Solutions
- Bottle descrambler – Eliminates the labor-intensive process of placing empty bottles on a line
- Liquid filling machine
- Bottle capper machine – Accurately and securely places lids, snaps, or caps on containers or bottles
- Induction sealing machine – Creates a tamper-evident seal on containers or bottles
- Automatic labeling machine – Improves the labeling process by ensuring uniformity, precision, and speed
- Case packing machine – Boosts productivity by packing products more quickly and efficiently
Results
✓ Boosted production speed to 100 units per minute
✓ Improved customer service by reducing fulfillment times while creating capacity to acquire new customers
✓ Stabilized production with continuous, consistent fill line operation and fewer stops and starts
✓ Enhanced product quality through consistent filling, labeling, and case packing
✓ Increased daily output to support higher production demands
Chemical Packaging Automation Reduces Manual Labor
Repeat customer Helena Agri-Enterprises is one of the nation’s leading agronomic solutions providers, supplying farmers and agricultural businesses with crop protection products, fertilizers, seed, precision agriculture technology, custom application services, and data-driven solutions.
Solutions
- Robotic bottle depalletizer – Automates bottle handling to reduce manual labor and improve line efficiency
- Net weight liquid filler with monoblock capper – Delivers accurate fills and consistent capping to minimize product giveaway and improve quality
- Zero downtime labeling machine – Maintains continuous production with uninterrupted label changes, maximizing uptime
- Continuous inkjet printer– Applies reliable lot, date, and traceability codes for compliance and product tracking
- Case forming, sealing & packaging machines– Creates consistently formed, loaded, and securely sealed cases while reducing manual packaging labor
- Case vision inspection – Verifies case quality and labeling to reduce errors and improve quality assurance
- Industrial coding & marking– Produces clear, accurate case identification for efficient warehouse operations and supply chain traceability
- Robotic palletizer– Builds consistent, stable pallets while reducing labor requirements and ergonomic risks
- Stretch wrapper– Secures pallet loads for safer transport and reduced product damage
- Conveyor systems throughout the line – Provides smooth product flow between stations to eliminate bottlenecks and maximize overall line efficiency
Results
✓ Only one operator is needed to staff the entire fill line process, which is now fully automated
Conveyor Integration Reduces Manual Packing While Reusing Existing Equipment
This customer is a private-label bakery for a major regional grocery store chain. They needed to increase production volume while reducing the manual labor required to pack baked goods into cases.
Challenges
- Increasing production volumes: The bakery needed to support higher production volumes with a process that relied heavily on manual case packing.
- Existing equipment integration: The customer wanted to reuse its existing bulk packer, labeling, case sealing, and palletizing equipment as part of the automated process.
Solutions
RMH designed a conveyor system that integrated with the bakery’s existing packaging equipment, allowing the customer to automate more of the case-packing process while using equipment already in its facility.
Product is conveyed from the flash freezer to an elevated infeed on the customer’s bulk packer, which counts the individual baked goods and drops the appropriate quantity into a case below. A zero-pressure accumulation conveyor automatically indexes cases into position beneath the packer and holds each case in place during filling.
Once a case is filled, the bulk packer signals the conveyor to release it. The case then moves through a case shaker to settle the product before continuing to the customer’s existing labeling, case sealing, and palletizing equipment.
The system also includes a manual packing option that allows product to be diverted to operators if the automated packing process is unavailable, helping the bakery maintain production.
In addition to the conveyor hardware, RMH provided the controls package, which included a control panel, PLC programming, and commissioning to operate the system as one complete solution.
Results
✓ Supports increased production volumes
✓ Reduces repetitive manual case packing
✓ Repurposes employees to higher-value roles
✓ Reuses existing packaging equipment
✓ Maintains flexibility with a manual packing option
