A contract packager was hand filling vitamin gummies, which was a timely process. Morrison sought to automate this process, saving the customer both time and money.
We leveraged our orienting expertise to design a rotary system that positioned containers under a customer-supplied filler, ensuring each container was perfectly aligned beneath the rotary filler heads, which were fed by a load scale.
The process began with containers being positioned by a timing screw (feed screw) into an infeed star wheel. From there, they moved around another star wheel, followed by the filler heads, and finally exited toward the capper. Throughout this entire process, Morrison’s change parts—stars and guides—securely handled the containers.
This rotary design enabled continuous motion during filling, eliminating the need for labor-intensive hand-filling and significantly increasing daily throughput and finished product output. Additionally, the design of Morrison’s stars and screws seamlessly integrated into existing systems, allowing for easy upgrades as packaging evolved to meet customer marketing needs.
Inline and rotary designs both have unique purposes for filling applications. In this case, the rotary design was preferred as it allows a continuous motion for filling, eliminating the start and stop of inline application designs. In the end, this creates more throughput and product per minute.
This system was constructed from food-safe UHMW plastic, offering a robust, lightweight solution that is also easy to clean.
Morrison’s rotary design solution increased throughput and reduced time required for hand-filling gummies. The system enabled a continuous motion filling process, eliminating the start-and-stop process of inline designs, leading to a faster, and more efficient production line. Morrison’s stars and guides ensured that containers were positively handled throughout the entire process, reducing the risk of errors and product damage and ensuring proper container handling.
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