Sensing solution streamlines banding machines for sustainable packaging

Bandall’s primary aim is to design and manufacture bundling and banding machines that provide limitless packaging solutions across various markets. The machines offer numerous benefits, including reduced plastic and waste, enhanced marketing, and a positive impact on the environment.
 
Band together for sustainability 
The company's sustainability efforts
focus on cutting down on packaging and plastics. By utilising paper or film strips to bundle products, they can help manufacturers reduce packaging material by 80 percent. Banding (wrapping products with a thin band of paper or film) is a primary process that can be printed and is performed
by a banding machine. It is useful for bundling, labelling and sealing products.

Bandall manufactures various banding machines, including standalone models for food and beverage products, in different versions. The machines are durable, reliable and modular in structure, offering multiple options, such as stainless steel, multi-width, printer, positioning system,
or press. However, as various products require different types of bands, the company has until now had to design specific machines for each material or product.

Wouter Vaneker, Bandall’s Office Team Leader, explains: “We were having to use a specific sensor for each type of product or material. For
simplicity and cost-effectiveness, we wanted to create a single machine with a sensor that could cope with all the different types of items. We considered various sensors and brands, but OMRON turned out to have the best solution. OMRON also has a similar philosophy of sustainability to ours.”

Read the full article in DPA's July issue