ÉLITER Packaging Machinery presents the latest version of its Gran Sonata Balcony Cartoner, which is of full stainless steel construction and with 13+ axis of servo drive system that allows recipe-based and motorized changeover, apart from the machine´s remote connectivity for swift after-sales support.

ÉLITER Packaging Machinery, the Chinese family-owned business in the segment of secondary packaging automation and manufacturer of packaging machines introduces a higher configuration as a full stainless steel washdown version of its latest new model of Gran Sonata Balcony Cartoner.

The machine´s robust construction offers the ideal hygienic to serve as the packaging end-of-line especially for clients from the food industry where the ease of cleaning and hygiene are attached with prioritized importance.

The machine is also featured by its dual-axis racetrack collator and an extraordinarily extended carton hopper that is capable of carrying up to approximately 2000+ pieces of carton blanks, facilitating considerably the frequency of feeding the hopper with blanks during the machine’s operation and each of the end-user’s production shift.

The collation system can paralleling multiple products of the primary packaging container and feed them towards the cartoner, which following this step, can load them into a shelf-ready packaging carton and finish the closure by applying adhesive from the Focke Meler glue melting system.

The machine is joined by S7-1515 2PN PLC and 13+ axis of servo drive systems from SIEMENS, thanks to which its operation follows a reliable and stable control and motion pattern. Taking advantage of such an advanced steering system, the machine offers the availability of recipe-based and motorized changeover with which shifting among different product formats is of minimized downtime and minimal manual intervention.

Incorporated also with a remote access device, the manufacturer can support the control system and program, as well as diagnosis from a distance to save time and provide quick responsiveness and reaction for technical support, regardless of time and location. As explained by ÉLITER Packaging Machinery, the client can opt for such a device by Inovance or Ewon Box, depending on their preference.