Sleeving system cuts the mustard
August 1st 2009

One of France's leading food and beverage manufacturers, Charbonneaux Brabant of Reims, has chosen Graham Sleeving Systems to provide a high speed sleeving line to upgrade its range of mustard products.

The firm wanted to place tamper evident sleeves onto filled clear glass jars and French mustard ceramic jars.

Seven different product formats were used, with each format having a vertical preperforation and a red start tamper band, to provide a simple yet highly effective security seal.

The second part of the required specification was to have the ability to full body sleeve as a replacement to paper labelling, which they have found to be a must in many of their export markets.

To meet the wide variety of glass jar sizes a Graham RF150 Sleever was purchased,which suits a variety of product sizes, and allows different change parts to be fitted quickly and easily.

To shrink the tamper-evident sleeve or the full-body sleeve, the medium of steam was chosen as being the most suitable for perfect product presentation. This was achieved adding a Graham Steam Shrink Tunnel, the whole sleeving operation fitting into less than 7 meters, and allowing the new system to be integrated into their existing production line immediately after the filling and capping facility.

The system's success is now generating interest from other Charbonneaux sites.

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