Cermex slat lane dividers

Cermex has expanded its range of packaging solutions with the 100% in-house manufacture of slat lane dividers, offering users the option of lane dividers as stand-alone machines or as part of complete end-of-line equipment.

Lane dividers are designed to divert, distribute, sort, balance or collate primary or secondary packaging in preparation for the subsequent stage in the production line. Cermex’s slat lane dividers can be used for forming batches of primary products prior to case packing or shrink-wrapping, or forming batches of packs or cases prior to palletising. The speed and efficiency of a shrink-wrapper, case packer or palletiser may depend on the way products or batches are prepared. Cermex claims that by adding this range of slat dividers to its manufacturing it can now exert greater control on the synergy between its machines and upstream operations.

Modules designed and manufactured in the same plant may benefit from the same management process for lead times and quality. In addition, the rationalising of components may help to optimise parts management throughout the machine’s life cycle.

Cermex ran a program of 3D development, modular architecture, industrialisation and rationalisation prior to integration in the industrial process. In proposing the slat technology from design to manufacture, via the creation of a unit with a product manager and a dedicated team of technicians who are specifically trained in assembling these modules, Cermex claims to be capable of covering all its users’ requirements with slat lane dividers made by its own teams rather than purchased externally.