Horizontal form, fill, and seal machines are ideal for packaging individual goods such as chocolate bars and cookies – and not just in the food industry. These machines package the products individually and separately. SEW‑EURODRIVE automation enables quick, easy, and automatic format changes for this application. It means manufacturers can handle different products and bag sizes perfectly using just one packaging machine.

For a truly compact horizontal form, fill, and seal machine with just two synchronous servo axes, look no further than the "standard" Horizontal Form Fill and Seal StarterSET (612) as a basic package.

For up to six synchronized servo drives with further automation and visualization tasks, the "advanced" Horizontal Form Fill and Seal StarterSET (614) is the appropriate basic package.

MOVIKIT® Bundle FormFillSeal (FFS)

The license bundle for form, fill, and seal machines (FFS) consists of software licenses for the application-specific implementation of typical horizontal or vertical form, fill, and seal machines. It includes the MOVIKIT® AutomationFramework programming template, web visualization, OPC UA data server, electronic cams, fieldbus master support, and other machine-typical functions (winding, cutting, and sealing).

Stable temperature regulation is crucial to the quality of the seal on the bags, while the material and the speed of the packaging machine have a direct impact on control. The software modules in MOVIKIT® AutomationFramework provide a precise means of adjusting and monitoring such control processes using major disturbance variables. In combination with the MOVIKIT® MultiMotion Camming software module, the film print image can be perfectly synchronized with sealing. Here, too, the software modules contained in the StarterSET support quick and easy automation.

Regardless of the controller performance required, both StarterSETs include MOVIKIT® Bundle FormFillSeal, which has an extensive library of machine-typical functions. Perfectly coordinated, with a great deal of scope for customized programming and high degrees of freedom, the StarterSET is the ideal introduction to SEW‑EURODRIVE's world of automation.

Vertical form, fill, and seal (VFFS) machines are ideal for filling bulk materials such as nuts or candy. Bag size, pack weight, and product properties are decisive factors for the automation of machine functions and motions. The function libraries contained in the StarterSET include specially developed print mark correction functions for precisely monitoring the print image of the film to be processed.

On average, there are six synchronized servo axes in a form, fill, and seal machine. These are automated as appropriate using the "advanced" Vertical Form Fill and Seal StarterSET (624) as the basic package. If further synchronized drives and additional complex automation tasks are to be added, the "progressive" Vertical Form Fill and Seal StarterSET (626) is recommended. Regardless of how many axes are to be driven and the machine's ultimate level of performance, our modular StarterSET always offers the appropriate basic configuration for a complete solution.

MOVIKIT® Bundle FormFillSeal (FFS)

The license bundle for form, fill, and seal machines (FFS) consists of software licenses for the application-specific implementation of typical horizontal or vertical form, fill, and seal machines. It includes the MOVIKIT® AutomationFramework programming template, web visualization, OPC UA data server, electronic cams, fieldbus master support, and other machine-typical functions (winding, cutting, and sealing).

The MOVIKIT® MultiMotion Camming software module contained in the StarterSET ensures volumetric filling that is synchronized in real time – using a worm, for example. This is made possible by the simple parameterization of filling variants and the simultaneous clock-synchronous control of the relevant actuators. Vertical form, fill, and seal machines of this kind incorporate comprehensive drive and control functions almost from end to end and differ in terms of scale and performance.

In a sideloader or toploader multipacker, a wide variety of product formats need to be processed as quickly as possible and with as little effort as possible. This calls for automation with highly flexible program execution – an ideal application for our MOVI‑C® modular automation system.

In a sideloader or toploader multipacker, a wide variety of product formats need to be processed as quickly as possible and with as little effort as possible. This calls for automation with highly flexible program execution – an ideal application for our MOVI‑C® modular automation system.

MOVIKIT® Bundle CasePacker Robotics (CP-TL)

The license bundle for multipackers with robot kinematic model (CP-TL), for the application-specific implementation of typical multipackers in the toploader design with kinematic model. MOVIKIT® AutomationFramework programming template, web visualization, OPC UA data server, electronic cams, robot kinematic model, and machine-typical functions (product tracking, gluing, and cam control).

Toploader multipackers are used in secondary packaging for products that cannot be stacked or accumulated. The prepared cartons and trays are automatically erected and glued. One or more kinematic models place the products from above into the carton, which is then closed and transported away. The sideloader design without a robot kinematic model synchronizes the products with the cartons based on curves. Pulling, gluing, forming, filling, and closing – thanks to straightforward parameterization, the modular design of a toploader or sideloader multipacker can be described and implemented in a short space of time using the correct StarterSET with the appropriate MOVIKIT® software modules from the MOVI‑C® modular automation system.

Palletizers and palletizing robots are process automation systems for automatically combining packs on load carriers. There are basically four different types of palletizer – articulated arm robots, layer palletizers, linear robots, and gantry palletizers. Pack size, pack weight, and, in particular, the work envelope are key factors when it comes to machine functions and motions.

Our End-of-Line StarterSET always offers the right solution for this application. The "advanced" End-of-Line StarterSET (664) is the perfect choice for gantry and linear robots with or without two-axis kinematic model, while the "progressive" End-of-Line Robotics StarterSET (676) provides the perfect basic package for complex articulated arm robots or kinematic models with four axes.

MOVIKIT® Bundle EndOfLine Robotics

The license bundle for palletizing robots (EoL ROB), for the application-specific implementation of typical palletizing robots with four-axis kinematic model, MOVIKIT® AutomationFramework programming template, web visualization, OPC UA data server, electronic cams, robot kinematic model, and machine-typical functions (product tracking, position detection, and collision detection).

Thanks to the StarterSET's excellent flexibility and modularity, you can quickly implement any automation task in palletizing and depalletizing. Besides speed and reliability, the comprehensive range of functions geared specifically to palletizers in MOVIKIT® Bundle EndOfLine and MOVIKIT® Bundle EndOfLine Robotics, which are included in the StarterSET, ensure a versatile software solution and perfect control of the robot axes for extremely gentle container handling and optimum stacking quality.

Horizontal fill and seal machines are used for filling yogurt, pudding, and drinks into pots, tubs, and jars. The containers fed into the machine are separated, sterilized, filled, closed, sealed, inspected, and, finally, conveyed out. The work steps are automated and need to be very precisely synchronized so as to ensure a high throughput.

Automation with our hardware and software solutions makes it possible to implement these types of machine, even when very stringent hygiene requirements apply. The comprehensive range of solutions offers manufacturers of fill and seal machines exactly the product they need to be able to package goods hygienically in line with their requirements and expectations. Depending on the setup and requirements for cleaning the machine, and the specific design of the machine itself, a whole range of different drive and automation components are used. Consequently, the StarterSET for horizontal fill and seal machines is available as a basic package in two designs.

The "progressive" Horizontal Fill and Seal – Hygienic StarterSET (637) is ideal for machines with drives that come into contact with food. Stainless steel CM2H.. servo gearmotors are used in this case. The "progressive" Horizontal Fill and Seal StarterSET (636) contains servo gearmotors from the CM3C.. series in the standard design (degree of protection IP65), which can be used in applications where there is no contact with food.

MOVIKIT® Bundle FillSeal

The license bundle for form, fill, and seal machines (FFS) consists of software licenses for the application-specific implementation of typical horizontal or vertical form, fill, and seal machines. It includes the MOVIKIT® AutomationFramework programming template, web visualization, OPC UA data server, electronic cams, fieldbus master support, and other machine-typical functions (winding, cutting, and sealing).

Special software functions have also been developed specifically for this type of machine. Both versions of the StarterSET contain the award-winning MOVIKIT® AntiSlosh software module. This module reduces the sloshing of liquids considerably by adjusting the travel profile accordingly. This shortens the settling time for liquids that have been moved. These vibration-reducing motion calculations are a core element of MOVIKIT® Bundle FillSeal.