EAM Automates DVD Case Transfer

EAM has introduced an enhancement to its popular Flexible DVD Packaging System, which allows the DVD PAC Plus to be loaded with empty DVD Cases and then operate automatically.

To date, users had to manually introduce an open DVD case one at a time to the DVD PAC Plus.  The machine would then automatically load the Title Sheet, Disc and Booklet (or menu card) and then eject it onto a conveyor which would transport the open cases to a Closing Station with optional Case Inverting and Security Latch Closing.

The new automated system, now allows one operator to keep multiple DVD PAC Plus units loaded with empty cases and even tend to other packaging functions.  The Case Closing Station can feed directly into either an edge labeling system or an overwrapper. 

With the ability to add several DVD PAC Plus units the system can produce from 15 cases per minute up to 90 cases per minute.

EAM's new Flexible Packaging Systems can also be configured to handle the new BluRay DVD format.

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EAM is proud to announce the DVD-PAC Plus packaging system.This equipment is utilized in packaging DVD product in polypropylene albums that are currently popular for DVD retail packages.

The heart of DVD PAC Plus is based on the well established SSI-20 Automatic Slip Sheet Inserter. The disc place, and the booklet feed mechanisms are both adaptations of devices EAM has been building for other applications for many years.

Design criteria for this project revolved around providing DVD manufacturers or fulfillment houses the ability to remove man/hours from their manual packaging operation without spending exorbitant amounts of money on equipment to do so. This system may also be used for peak period overflow situations and short runs for those companies with full automation in house. Replicators, even many of the largest in this industry report that a significant portion of packaging orders is processed off-line. We understand this can be as much as 30% of orders dues to order size or special requirements. In discussions with various manufacturers who are presently packaging manually with well designed operations, it appears that the best throughput they can hope to achieve inserting the slip sheet, and placing one booklet and the disc is in the area of 5.5 to 6.5 MH/1000 (man hours per 1,000 units assembled). The system EAM is offering reduces this number to as low as 1.1 MH/1000.

The workstation approach is the result of many years of EAM's engineers working in high volume production environments in manufacturing engineering capacities, especially on start up programs that could not yet justify full automation. Utilizing this experience EAM has a compact, free-standing machine that is simple to operate and maintain. Overall packaging output can easily be increased simply by utilizing additional modules.

See the DVD Pac Plus in action:

The DVD Pac Plus can deposit the package directly onto a conveyor.

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