Taking the heat off packaging operations
August 1st 2007 Automated Packaging
Systems has recently
installed its AirPouch void
filling-system in the Baxi
group's factory in
Lancashire. Until recently,
boiler and heater
manufactuer Baxi used a
void-fill system that involved
renting two machines that
crushed paper. This had to
be purchased in vast
quantities to provide the
void-fill for the spare parts
distribution. The AirPouch
machine is easy to use in
either automatic or semiautomatic
mode creating
continuous strips of air
pillows with easy-tear
perforations. Requiring
minimal maintenance,
AirPouch is a fast system,
operating at 15m of void-fill
packaging a minute.
"We were impressed by
the neatness and
maneuverability of the
machine and were very
pleased at the saving in
materials – we seem to be
using much less packaging
than before," says Alan
Shaw, Baxi's expediter.
"The air pillows go much
further than the large
amounts of paper we
previously used and we have
greater flexibility with
AirPouch. We no longer
have rental costs, we save
on paper and we only
require one machine and
operator, freeing up
valuable manpower and
floor space." More articles from Automated Packaging Systems Ltd: | 
