In July 2014, a cosmetics company based in Germany commissioned a TLM packaging line from Schubert (gerhard-schubert.com). The function of this line is to cartonize aerosol cans. If the TLM robots require another set of tools for an upcoming size change, the tool change takes place fully automatically and behind closed safety doors. This function reduces the conversion time to just five minutes, thus increasing the effective output rate considerably.
Four TLM sub-machines integrate all the required functions for the manufacturer of shelf-ready cartons. The aerosol cans are fed in on one track. There are four TLM-F2 robots and one transmodule section. A robot erects the trays from flat-lying blanks and places them on the waiting transmodule. Another one picks up product patterns and loads them into the trays. The next robot glues a wrap-around blank over the tray as a lid. The fourth two-axis robot transfers the package to the discharge belt.