Overview 

The VARIOPAC tray and shrink packer was manufactured by the German company Krones in 2007. It is becoming vacant as the complete line is going to be replaced in summer 2025. The packer is still in operation and has a capacity of 45 cycles/ min. 

Technical data

• Number of infeed lanes: 6
• Length of infeed: 7,300 mm
• Infeed lanes with pneumatic movement
• Shrink tunnel 
  • Passage width shrink tunnel: 920 mm / 2x 440 mm/ 3x 280 mm
  • Max. 2 lanes  
  • 45 cycles/ min 
  • Total length of shrink tunnel: 4,900mm (heated section: 3,000mm)
• Container forming unit with hot glue application
• Foil module
  • 2 foil pick-up mandrels 
  • Ionization unit to reduce static charge
• Processed formats 
  • 330 ml, film only, 3x2
  • 500 ml, film only, 3x2
  • 500 ml, loose bottles, 6x3
  • 500 ml, loose bottles, 6x4
  • 1000 ml, film only, 3x2
  • 1500 ml, film only, 3x2
• Control: Siemens S7